Episode
Ring's Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
Decoder with Nilay Patel · Nov 17, 2025 · 1 h 10 min
Jamie Simonoff, founder of Ring, won't let me call him the CEO. He says his title is and always has been 'chief inventor.' His mission with Ring is to make the world safer, and he has a pretty expansive view of what that means. He told The Verge last month he thought Ring could 'almost zero out crime' in some neighborhoods within a year or two. That's a big promise — and also potentially a very…