Elissa Welle is a New York-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI, including the technology itself and the companies and policies that make and shape it. She joined the newsroom in 2025 and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. Previously, she wrote about science and health trends at Reuters, Stat News, IEEE Spectrum, among other outlets. Prior to being a journalist, she researched brain-computer interfaces for her biomedical engineering Ph.D. When she’s not writing about AI, she’s probably doing human things like eating food and touching grass. Contact her on Signal for tips: elissawelle.39.