Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava thinks AI emails are killing conversations

<figure> <img alt="Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo: SpinLab" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/IMG_3820.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kakul Srivastava is the CEO of Splice, the sample platform countless producers rely on for one-shots and melodic loops. Samples pulled from the service have found their way into massive hits like Lisa's "<a href="https://youtu.be/dNCWe_6HAM8">Money</a>" and "<a href="https://youtu.be/eVli-tstM5E">Espresso</a>" by Sabrina Carpenter. (The original samples are <a href="https://splice.com/sounds/sample/023441d922ac1266aa00741e2b62ea41a30ef4eda9953b9faf4313c2858446b0">here</a> and <a href="https://splice.com/sounds/sample/30dd0c48c5dcc6b8c43aa6d75c3a3eaa5cd0cb8a6672f006f76e75f8ea133852">here</a>, for the curious.)</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Before that, Kakul held executive roles at Flickr, Yahoo, GitHub, and Adobe. Throughout her career, Kakul has found herself at the intersection of Silicon Valley and creatives. That's been especially true at Splice, where she's not just expanded the platform's footprint by acquiring <a href="https://www.spitfireaudio.com/">Spitfire Audio</a>, but also overseen its forays into the wor …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1004162/splice-ceo-kakul-srivastava-ai-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>