- Editor-at-large, The Verge1
David Pierce is editor-at-large at The Verge, writing about consumer technology such as phones and smart-home gadgets, and appears on The Vergecast, the publication's tech podcast. Before The Verge, David worked at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal and Wired.1
At a glance
- Current role
- Editor-at-large
- Company
- The Verge
- Sector
- Company
- Fields
- Teaching and writing
- Work listed
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- Sources cited
- 4
- Profile reviewed
Career
The Verge's author page lists David Pierce as the publication's editor-at-large and notes earlier work at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal and Wired. Wired's author page describes David as a former senior staff writer who covered personal technology.12
Coverage
The Vergecast is The Verge's daily podcast about gadgets, large technology companies and related news. Each Friday, Nilay Patel and David talk through the week's main technology stories, and from Monday to Thursday David leads Verge staff in episodes on how gadgets and software shape everyday life. Recent episodes David introduced include a look at what AI models have achieved on long-standing math problems and a conversation with a creator about building apps with the help of AI.31
David also writes issues of Installer, The Verge's weekly newsletter of apps, gadgets, shows and other things to download, watch, read, listen to and explore. David's recent stories for The Verge cover phones, smart-home products such as Apple's HomeView, and smart glasses.41
Work and contributions
The Verge (author page) Show, channel or publication
Writes consumer-technology coverage as editor-at-large and posts Vergecast episodes.1
The Vergecast Show, channel or publication
Co-hosts the Friday news episodes with Nilay Patel and leads the Monday-to-Thursday episodes with other Verge staff.3
Installer Show, channel or publication
Writes issues of The Verge's weekly Installer newsletter of things to download, watch, read, listen to and explore.4
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.
Where they work
- The Verge 3 people in the wiki
Related people
- Hayden FieldAlso at The Verge
- Nilay PatelAlso at The Verge
- Hamel HusainTeaching and writing
- Duen Horng "Polo" ChauTeaching and writing
- Packy McCormickTeaching and writing
- Peter YangTeaching and writing
- Dave LeeTeaching and writing
- Jeff SuTeaching and writing
- Sabrina RamonovTeaching and writing
- Dwarkesh PatelTeaching and writing
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4 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026