Nilay Patel (/ˈniːlaɪ/) is an American editor and blogger who has been editor-in-chief of technology news website The Verge since 2014.

In 2003, Patel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Chicago.

[4] In July 2014 he returned to The Verge as editor-in-chief,[5] after Joshua Topolsky left the position to work at Bloomberg.

[6] Patel is a co-host of The Vergecast, which has won the Webby Award for best technology podcast.

[7] He also hosts Decoder, a podcast on which he interviews tech and policy leaders, launched in 2020.