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Steve Case

CEO of Revolution, Revolution

Search every verified Steve Case interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Steve Case, CEO of Revolution and co-founder of AOL, discussed his company's recent activities in luxury travel and hospitality. In a September 2025 interview at the Skift Global Forum, he described the strategy behind Exclusive Collective, a holding company that includes Exclusive Resorts, Inspirato, and onefinestay. He said the focus is on providing high-end customers with flexibility, curated experiences, and personalized service, and he noted that while AI can reduce friction in travel, hospitality remains a business built on trust and human connection. He also mentioned Revolution's involvement in resort development, including a 600-acre peninsula in Costa Rica and properties in Hawaii through its ownership of Maui Land & Pineapple Company. In subsequent appearances in late September and October 2026, Case drew parallels between the early internet era and the current AI boom, reflecting on lessons from AOL's history. He argued that AI companies should engage with regulation rather than reflexively oppose it, citing the nuclear power industry's failure to address public concerns as a cautionary tale. He also expressed concern that large AI valuations, such as those of SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI, may not benefit retail investors, contrasting this with AOL's public offering, which he said grew from a $70 million market value at IPO to $160 billion at the Time Warner merger. He emphasized the importance of teaching skills AI cannot replicate, such as creativity and collaboration, and cautioned that disruption can be viewed negatively by communities facing job loss.

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“Well, the focus that we created this holding company called the Exclusive Collective, which is those three brands you mentioned, Exclusive Resorts, which is more of a club that we started over 20 years ago. Inspirato, which is a subscription service started about a decade ago. And One Fine Stay, which was for it division of Accor, but we acquired it from Accor, kind of focused on the super high-end luxury villa renta”

“I think it's a little bit of context maybe a little bit of history is helpful here. Too many people I think in the tech sector particularly the AI sector just reflexively are anti-regulation. You just believe it's always going to be bad. It's always going to stifle innovation and play up. So arguments around regulatory capture play up arguments around you know otherwise if we we do anything China's going to beat us a”

“I think we need to be a little careful and bring some humility to this because sometimes when we all are talking as we just were talking about disruption is a good thing. Well, for a lot of people disruption is a bad thing. It means job loss for their family, job loss for their community. And there's a growing backlash around technology, use of smartphones and social media, AI, what the impact is going to be, robotic”

“The part that I'm not as wild about is these companies whether it be SpaceX now at two trillion or Anthropic OpenAI you know probably going public around 1 trillion. That's great for those companies. It's great for those investors but it's not great for retail investors. One of the things I loved about AOL was when we went public the market value that day was $70 million. Seven years later when we were merging with T”

“One area I've advocated for is making sure platforms remain open so startups have a chance — the equivalent we saw with the internet was open access (in this case, open source) so large platforms have to allow smaller companies to work on their platforms. Platforms that start as open when it's competitive, once they establish leadership positions start closing things down — you saw that with Twitter, you saw that wit”

“AI is a transformative technology that already has started to have impact and will accelerate; it will disrupt a lot of things and will destroy a lot of jobs. The question is: are we able to use AI and other technologies to reimagine how healthcare or education or other sectors work to create new jobs to make up for the jobs that are lost — that's why the role of startups is so important.”

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