Blake Montgomery
Blake Montgomery approaches technology as a story about power, business and the tools that reshape everyday life, with a particular focus on how US technology companies build and deploy emerging systems such as artificial intelligence.
He is the US tech editor at the Guardian, responsible for steering its technology coverage for the US edition and setting the agenda across news, analysis and features. His public profiles describe him as a tech editor and science fiction writer, reflecting a professional focus on near‑future tools and their cultural consequences. That combination gives his coverage a forward‑looking tone, treating technology both as an industry beat and as a set of ideas about what comes next.
Technology editor shaping US coverage
In his current role, Montgomery oversees technology reporting rather than only filing individual stories, which makes him a central figure in deciding which companies, products and trends merit sustained attention. His remit explicitly centers on technology in the United States, giving his coverage a strong focus on US‑based firms, platforms and regulatory debates.
Professional bios note that he came to the Guardian from a technology publication where he oversaw tech news and reviews, experience that feeds into his editorial approach to both breaking stories and product‑driven coverage. As an editor, he works across formats, commissioning and shaping work that ranges from corporate news through to deeper explanatory pieces on how emerging tools are changing markets and culture.
Artificial intelligence, platforms and corporate power
Montgomery’s writing places artificial intelligence within the broader contest for dominance among large technology companies, treating AI not as a standalone novelty but as a driver of strategic rivalry and market value. In his coverage of OpenAI’s leadership and ambitions, he frames the conflict between Sam Altman and Elon Musk as a corporate power struggle with direct implications for whether AI platforms become trillion‑dollar businesses, rather than a purely personal feud. He brings similar attention to the way platforms and major technology firms leverage new tools to entrench their position, highlighting how executive decisions, funding structures and governance shape the products ordinary users encounter.
Across this work, AI is treated as part of a continuum of technologies that raise questions about control, accountability and long‑term risk, rather than as an isolated product launch.
Emerging hardware and future‑facing tech
Beyond AI, Montgomery’s documented reporting interests include emerging hardware and interfaces such as 3D printing and augmented reality.
These subjects position him at the intersection of consumer technology and industrial change, where new devices alter how people work, design and interact. His focus on areas like 3D printing and AR reflects an interest in practical applications as well as the speculative futures those tools invite, aligning with his parallel work as a science fiction writer. When he writes about these technologies, he tends to emphasize both their commercial ecosystem and the social contexts in which they are adopted, reinforcing his broader tendency to link technical detail to business models and lived experience.
Wide‑ranging experience across digital outlets
Montgomery’s portfolio reaches well beyond the Guardian, with published work in general‑interest and technology outlets that span national newspapers, magazines and specialist sites. His professional biography cites bylines in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Daily Beast and Motherboard, indicating experience reporting for audiences that range from mainstream news readers to focused technology communities.
He has also held a leadership role overseeing tech news and reviews at Gizmodo, which shows a track record in both quick‑turn reporting and sustained coverage of consumer technology.
This breadth of publishing gives him familiarity with different editorial priorities, from deep investigations into technology’s social effects through to clear, service‑oriented explanations of new products and platforms. Taken together, his editing responsibilities, subject mix and cross‑outlet experience mark him out as a technology journalist whose work consistently connects corporate decisions, emerging tools and their impact on people’s lives.
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