The Future of AI Licensing & Building a Billion-Dollar Company with Trip Adler

I sat down with Trip Adler, Founder & CEO of Created by Humans, and former CEO and co-founder of Scribd ($1B+ valuation), for a deep discussion about how creators should be compensated and protected in the age of AI. After building Scribd into one of the world’s largest document and ebook platforms, Trip is now tackling one of the most urgent questions in AI: who owns the rights to human-created work, and how should that content be used to train models?

In this episode, we explore how Created by Humans is building a licensing marketplace for authors, what “AI rights” look like in practice (training, reference, transformation), and how Trip is drawing on his publishing and platform experience to bridge the gap between creators and AI companies. We also get into his journey building Scribd, the lessons he’s carried forward from building a billion dollar company, and how he thinks about mission, impact, and fairness in this new era.

If you care about copyright, creators, and the future of AI, this episode is a must-listen.