News: Brian Contreras is joining Inc. as a staff reporter, where he will be covering AI, creators and social media, and tech startups. He comes to us from the Los Angeles Times where he was the Times' first-ever artificial intelligence beat reporter.

Prior to that, he wrote…

Some personal news: later this month, I'm moving to NYC to join the tech coverage team at Inc.! My focus will be the same powerhouse industries I covered for the L.A. Times in recent years: AI and social media.

Send me your tips, your source ideas, your bagel recs!

⚡️Brian Contreras joins the tech coverage team at 🎯Inc.!