Mehdi Shajari

Mehdi Shajari is the founder of MoboNews and a technology content creator. His career began in mobile-phone retail and developed through learning motion graphics, experimenting with new formats, and producing educational videos and product reviews. He was among the first Persian-language technology creators to turn an individual blogging practice into an enduring media outlet.

In FUSE 63, Shajari discusses the early years of MoboNews, hearing no, audience trust, the boundary between criticism and advertising, pressure from brands, and the constraints of Iran's technology market. The conversation also covers Iran's proposed internet protection legislation and tiered internet access, the future of content made with AI avatars, generational differences in approaching technology, and his personal outlook on work, life and death.