Is Affirm Outgrowing Credit Cards? Max Levchin Explains

Is Affirm Outgrowing Credit Cards? Max Levchin Explains

Finance Frontier
Finance Frontier
Jun 2, 2026

Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin joins Yahoo Finance's Power Players for a wide-ranging conversation on artificial intelligence, software engineering, entrepreneurship, and the future of work.

Timestamps
00:00 Meet Max Levchin: From PayPal to Affirm
02:15 Why this is the best time ever to be an engineer
05:45 What AI means for computer science graduates
09:00 Why every company may become a software company
11:30 How Max uses AI agents in his own life
15:20 Building a personal AI assistant and smart home app
18:45 The future of AI: Humans vs. machines
23:15 Why authenticity becomes more valuable in an AI world
26:30 Max Levchin on AI layoffs and hiring
30:45 Why Affirm still needs more engineers
34:00 How Affirm plans to reach $100 billion in GMV
37:00 Why consumers are moving beyond credit cards
40:15 PayPal, legacy, and building Affirm
42:00 Work-life balance and building companies for decades