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Scott has spent over 25 years in the IT field, working in disciplines such as systems architecture, software development, team growth, and entrepreneurship. He was a Microsoft MVP for 12 years in ASP.NET and IIS. He's co-authored two books (IIS 7 and IIS 8 Professional), is a Pluralsight author, and has spoken at various conferences, code camps, and user groups. He's now shifted into the AI space, building AI solutions and supporting others in their AI journey. Scott co-founded a new startup, Kitchen Copilot, using all the new GenAI tech to help people cook more at home and eat healthier. Topics of Discussion: [1:34] Scott's career journey and how Kitchen Copilot originated. [7:27] More about Kitchen Copilot's features. [9:35] How Kitchen helps with meal planning and recipe discovery for all levels of at-home chefs. [13:17] The technical process of importing recipes. [15:58] Using Microsoft Document intelligence to read handwriting and take screenshots of cookbook recipes. [17:13] Deployed pieces of the application. [20:43] E-mail import and queuing system. [23:32] Choice of LLM models including Groq. [29:37] Automated testing approach for LLM-based applications. [31:36] Hosting details. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo Flowise Attention is all you need Kitchen Copilot Make Perplexity Claude Groq About Groq Scott on LinkedIn Kitchen Copilot AI Generator Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
Today's show: Jason, Alex, Lon and Special Guest Mark Jeffrey of Hash Rate, cover the explosive rise of Bittensor, a decentralized AI compute network some are calling the “third great coin” after Bitcoin and Ethereum, explore Meta's bold move to host its open-source LLaMA models via partnerships with Groq and Cerebras—potentially setting the stage for a future AWS competitor—and unpack shocking revelations from the Wall Street Journal about Meta AI chatbots engaging in inappropriate conversations with underage users. Plus, we explore how AI is now writing up to 30% of code at major tech firms like Google and Microsoft, signaling a radical shift in how software gets built.Timestamps:(0:00) Episode Teaser(1:28) Introduction to the episode and guests(2:31) Mark Jeffrey's involvement in crypto and Bittensor project(5:06) Bitcoin vs. Bittensor: Stability and efficiency(10:20) Hubspot for Startups - Visit hubspot.com/startups and join the founders who are turning growth challenges into opportunities.(15:16) Governance, staking, and starting a subnet in Bittensor(17:52) Exploring Ready.AI and its impact on the future of AI(20:08) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST(27:17) Trump's influence on crypto regulations and the stablecoin act(30:03) Oracle - Try OCI and save up to 50% on your cloud bill at https://www.oracle.com/twist(38:42) AI-driven VC outreach and Alexis Ohanian's advice on cold emailing(45:03) Introducing LayerNext with CEO Buddhika Madduma and customer onboarding challenges(49:04) Ikigai for startups and balancing bespoke work with scalable product development(55:38) Strategies for securing lighthouse customers and the 'bear hug' approach(56:43) Reddit rapid response: Debating the return to office for young professionals(1:04:05) Closing remarks and guest plugsSubscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpLinks from episode:Hash Rate Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@markjeffreyLayerNext: https://www.layernext.ai/r/antiwork: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/Follow Mark:X: https://x.com/markjeffreyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjeffrey/Follow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Alex:X: https://x.com/alexLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelmFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisThank you to our partners:(10:20) Hubspot for Startups - Visit hubspot.com/startups and join the founders who are turning growth challenges into opportunities.(20:08) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST(30:03) Oracle - Try OCI and save up to 50% on your cloud bill at https://www.oracle.com/twistGreat TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.comSubscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916
What does it actually take to build agentic AI applications that hold up in the real world? In this episode, Ashok sits down with Austin, founder of Focused, to share field stories and hard-won lessons from building AI systems that go beyond flashy demos. From legal assistants to government transparency tools, Austin breaks down the concrete criteria for identifying where AI makes sense — and where it doesn't. They unpack how to find the right starting point for your first agentic app, why integration with legacy systems is the real hurdle, and the engineering must-haves that keep AI behavior safe and reliable. You'll hear practical guidance on designing eval frameworks, using abstraction layers like LangChain, and how observability can shape your development roadmap just like in traditional software. Whether you're a product leader or a CTO, this conversation will help you distinguish hype from real opportunity in AI. Unlock the full potential of your product team with Integral's player coaches, experts in lean, human-centered design. Visit integral.io/convergence for a free Product Success Lab workshop to gain clarity and confidence in tackling any product design or engineering challenge. Inside the episode... A practical checklist for identifying your first AI-powered app The hidden cost of "AI for AI's sake" and where traditional software is better Why repetitive knowledge work is prime territory for automation How Focused helped Hamlet build an AI for parsing government meeting data Where read-only data access gives you a safe starting point Why integration is often more complex than the AI itself The importance of eval frameworks and test-driven LLM development How to use observability to continuously improve AI agent behavior Speed vs. believability: surprising lessons from Groq-powered inference Using multiple models in one system and LLMs to QA each other Mentioned in this episode Hamlet (government transparency startup) - https://www.myhamlet.com/?convergence LangChain - https://www.langchain.com/?convergence Groq - https://groq.com/?convergence Claude (Anthropic) - https://claud.ai/?convergence Dspy Prompting framework - https://dspy.ai/?convergence Shopify AI memo (referenced) - https://convergence.fm/episode/shopifys-leaked-ai-mandate-explained-6-takeaways-for-your-product-team?convergence Amazon Bedrock / SageMaker - https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/?convergence Unlock the full potential of your product team with Integral's player coaches, experts in lean, human-centered design. Visit integral.io/convergence for a free Product Success Lab workshop to gain clarity and confidence in tackling any product design or engineering challenge. Subscribe to the Convergence podcast wherever you get podcasts including video episodes to get updated on the other crucial conversations that we'll post on YouTube at youtube.com/@convergencefmpodcast Learn something? Give us a 5 star review and like the podcast on YouTube. It's how we grow. Follow the Pod Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/convergence-podcast/ X: https://twitter.com/podconvergence Instagram: @podconvergence
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W najnowszym TyfloPrzeglądzie omawiamy między innymi okulary HoloRoad – rozwiązanie stworzone przez Polaków, dostępne w formie abonamentu. Dzielimy się opiniami o różnych inteligentnych okularach, a nasz słuchacz Marcel prezentuje własnoręcznie napisaną wtyczkę pogodową do NVDA. Dla tych, którzy chcą jeszcze więcej aktualnych informacji dotyczących niewidomych polecamy nowy kanał TyfloNews na YouTube. Przybliżamy też nowości w Blindshellu, sposób na skuteczne nagrywanie rozmów na Androidzie i dostępność MacWhisper na iPhone'ach oraz iPadach. W części poświęconej sztucznej inteligencji poruszamy temat wykorzystywania danych Europejczyków przez Metę, a słuchacz Sławek opowiada o swoich doświadczeniach z korzystania z narzędzia GROQ. Na koniec zapowiadamy nową wtyczkę do NVDA i niespodziankę przygotowaną przez Paulinę. Audycja dostępna jest również w wygenerowanej automatycznie wersji tekstowej
MITIGATION STRATEGIES VS FAKE JOB CANDIDATES Reports of fraudulent job applications are on the rise. A globalised internet, universal job insecurity and the reduction of friction provided by technology innovation from EasyApply to AI-powered mass personalisation, is a producing a perfect storm which is overwhelming recruitment teams. As these trends accelerate, we can expect the volume and sophistication of fake job applications to likewise increase. Let's talk about the techniques job candidates are using and what counter measures employers are thinking about to ensure only authentic, honest candidates get through to process. We will explore: - What do we categorise as fraudulent? - What types of candidate fraud can we describe? - What is our current mechanism of mitigation? - Detect or Deter? - How do we ensure Candidate Experience, whilst protecting employers interests? - Is the best way to change our talent attraction approach (i.e stop advertising) or can there be another solution? - Using tech to fight agains tech - What are the most fraud-proof assessment techniques - How to balance between security vs efficiency? - What skills does a recruiter need to be good at fraud mitigation? - What do hiring managers needs to do to become good at fraud mitigation? - What types of assessment are no longer viable? - What are the long term implications for talent acquisition? All this and more as we dive into the world of recruiting and the job search in 2025 We are on Friday 25th April, 2pm BST Register by clicking the green button and follow the channel here (recommended) Ep303 is sponsored by our friends at BrightHire BrightHire is the leader in Interview Intelligence trusted by the world's fastest growing companies: Canva, Ramp, Toast, Axon, Zapier, Vercel, Klaviyo, Rippling, Attentive, HighTouch, Groq, Navan, and 000s more. Not just another note-taking tool, BrightHire's end-to-end AI platform is transforming how our clients hire — delivering substantial hiring efficiency and consistently raising the bar on quality. “BrightHire has elevated both the quality and speed of our hiring process” - Tony James, Talent Acquisition Partner at AlphaSense Discover why market-leaders call BrightHire a game-changer for how they hire. If you schedule a demo with our team next week, and mention Hung sent you, we'll send you a $50 eGift.
Send us a textIn this special episode of Sidecar Sync, we dive into the future of AI infrastructure with Ian Andrews, Chief Revenue Officer at Groq (that's Groq with a Q!). Ian shares the story behind Groq's rise, how their LPU chip challenges Nvidia's dominance, and why fast, low-cost, high-quality inference is about to unlock entirely new categories of AI-powered applications. We talk about the human side of prompting, the evolving skillset needed to work with large language models, and what agents and reasoning models mean for the future of knowledge work. Plus, Ian shares how Groq uses AI internally, including an incredible story about an AI-generated RFP audit that caught things humans missed. Tune in for practical insights, forward-looking trends, and plenty of laughs along the way.
How do you enable AI acceleration (at both the hardware and software layers) that stays ahead of rapid industry shifts? In this episode, Dhananjay Singh from Groq dives into the evolving landscape of AI inference and acceleration. We explore how Groq optimizes the serving layer, adapts to industry shifts, and supports emerging model architectures. Featuring:Dhananjay Singh – LinkedIn, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XLinks:GroqSponsors:Augment Code - Developer AI that uses deep understanding of your large codebase and how you build software to deliver personalized code suggestions and insights. Augment provides relevant, contextualized code right in your IDE or Slack. It transforms scattered knowledge into code or answers, eliminating time spent searching docs or interrupting teammates. ★ Support this podcast ★
Send us a text01:19 - CoreWeave Prepares for $35B IPO After 737% Revenue Growth 04:00 - Stripe Hits $91.5B Valuation in Tender Offer 05:12 - OpenAI Raises $40B at $300B Valuation, Partners with SoftBank 07:59 - X Seeks $44B Valuation for New Fundraising Round 09:01 - Thinking Machines Eyes $9B Valuation With $1B Raise 09:34 - MrBeast Targets $5B Valuation for Media Business 10:19 - Shein Plans London IPO at $50B Valuation Despite Profit Drop 11:05 - SpaceX's Starlink Becomes Nigeria's No. 2 ISP 14:23 - Unitree Robotics Gains Traction in Global Markets 16:12 - ByteDance Valued at $400B After Internal Buyback 18:37 - Ramp Hits $13B Valuation After Secondary Sale 19:40 - Safe Superintelligence Hits $30B Valuation With $2B Raise 20:50 - Plaid Plans $6B Secondary Share Sale 21:31 - Scale AI Secures Major US Military Contract 22:47 - Epirus Raises $250M to Scale Counter-Drone Tech 23:54 - Klarna Plans $15B IPO on NYSE in April 24:56 - Discord Plans 2025 IPO, Valued at $5.6B THANK YOU TO OUR RIA/IBD PARTNERS*: AG Dillon closed 6 pre-IPO stocks funds on Mar 7, 2025. We're making investments into Anduril, OpenAI, xAI, Groq, Figure AI, and a space economy company in this recently closed offering and raised a record $30 million with 33 RIAs/IBDs participating. A great result and a special thank you to our RIA/IBD partners. AG Dillon assets under management now stand at $93 million in just under two years since closing our first fund. If you're a financial advisor and would like to use our single stock funds to build bespoke pre-IPO stock portfolios please drop us an email. You select pre-IPO stock company exposures and weight allocation to each pre-IPO stock to express your unique investment thesis. Our funds are available for purchase at Charles Schwab, Fidelity, and directly at AG Dillon Funds. $2,500 minimum investment. Email aaron.dillon@agdillon.com to invest.* NOTE: AG Dillon ("AGD") is not affiliated with any pre-IPO company. Some pre-IPO companies may require company approval for purchases (aka transfers). AGD has not been pre-approved by any pre-IPO company to purchase their stock. AGD purchases pre-IPO stocks in the secondary market and may gain exposure by directly purchasing the stock (on the company's capitalization table) and/or through a third-party fund (aka special purpose vehicle, or SPV).
Leading global tech analysts Patrick Moorhead (Moor Insights & Strategy) and Daniel Newman (The Futurum Group) are front and center on The Six Five analyzing the tech industry's biggest news each and every week and also conducting interviews with tech industry "insiders" on a regular basis. Welcome to this week's edition of “The 6-5.” I'm Patrick Moorhead with Moor Insights & Strategy, co-host, and I am joined by Daniel Newman with The Futurum Group. On this week's show, we will be talking: TSMC & Broadcom Eye Control Of Intel? https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1890534596305199444 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1890754946821222816 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1890577982206460078 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1890754949845274750 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1891189011835727903 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1891902924634140900 https://www.barrons.com/articles/intel-stock-price-tsmc-broadcom-353ca9d9 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-stock-pulls-back-from-record-rally-as-analysts-note-barriers-to-potential-deals-with-tsmc-broadcom-183207050.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJpQvcuN74hvyRnTUyDFWaJS2MJJGmjwzD_92TrTyZj2R5PCKkrxYfqGguZCIdE0K37bX5V752FrR6qL1-BLDIxNGvUJ-mrdSAsHCPo79XLsG3H4Fv5Zr6_rDkM8y6pb0ON_EzIor8h8tVb_giEKEwCHB9vNaQciY3V7LIFjt3mx https://www.wsj.com/tech/broadcom-tsmc-eye-possible-intel-deals-that-would-split-storied-chip-maker-966b143b Lenovo Q3FY25 Earnings https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/q3-fy-2024-25/#:~:text=Revenue%20grew%2020%25%20year%2Don,Reporting%20Standards%20(HKFRS)%20basis. https://www.reuters.com/technology/lenovos-q3-revenue-jumps-20-pc-industry-recovers-2025-02-20/ https://www.stocktitan.net/news/LNVGY/lenovo-group-third-quarter-financial-results-2024-ljkkqskfq2ue.html What HP Acquiring Humane Means for AI https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1891981440625369418 https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/hp-humane-deal-ai-pin-shutting-down/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hp-inc-hpq-acquires-humane-215402894.html Groking Grok-3 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1891845938404012528 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1891988379631239487 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1891829617800982706 https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/musks-xai-unveils-grok-3-ai-chatbot-rival-chatgpt-chinas-deepseek-2025-02-18/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-xai-releases-grok-3-rcna192670 Apple iPhone 16e And Its New Modem https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1892294426027823194 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1892291469139996926 https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-se-new-chip-3cf0cdb2 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/apple-unveils-iphone-16e-with-ai-.html Microsoft Majorana 1 Quantum https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1892341026955596241 https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/microsoft-reveals-its-first-quantum-computing-chip-the-majorana-1.html https://www.theverge.com/news/614205/microsoft-quantum-computing-majorana-1-processor Disclaimer: This show is for information and entertainment purposes only. While we will discuss publicly traded companies on this show. The contents of this show should not be taken as investment advice.
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Jonathan Ross is the Founder & CEO of Groq, the creator of the world's first Language Processing Unit (LPUTM). Prior to Groq, Jonathan began what became Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) as a 20% project where he designed and implemented the core elements of the first-generation TPU chip. Jonathan next joined Google X's Rapid Eval Team, the initial stage of the famed “Moonshots Factory”, where he devised and incubated new Bets (Units) for Google's parent company, Alphabet. In Today's Episode We Discuss: 04:20 Interview with Jonathan Ross Begins 04:59 Scaling Laws and AI Model Training 06:22 Synthetic Data and Model Efficiency 12:01 Inference vs. Training Costs: Why NVIDIA Loses Inference 17:06 The Future of AI Inference: Efficiency and Cost 18:15 Chip Supply and Scaling Concerns 20:57 Energy Efficiency in AI Computation 25:40 Why Most Dollars Into Datacenters Will Be Lost 31:05 Meta, Google, and Microsoft's Data Center Investments 41:11 Distribution of Value in the AI Economy 42:10 Stages of Startup Success 43:17 The AI Investment Bubble 45:00 The Keynesian Beauty Contest in VC 48:40 NVIDIA's Role in the AI Ecosystem 53:39 China's AI Strategy and Global Implications 57:51 Europe's Potential in the AI Revolution 01:10:14 Future Predictions and AI's Impact on Society
Our 200th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 02/14/2025 Join our brand new Discord here! https://discord.gg/nTyezGSKwP Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. In this episode: OpenAI announces plans to unify their model offerings, moving away from multiple separate models (GPT-4, Claude, etc.) toward a single unified intelligence system, with free users getting "standard intelligence" and Plus subscribers accessing "higher intelligence" levels. Adobe launches their Sora-rivaling AI video generator with 1080p output and 5-second clips, emphasizing production-ready content for films and introducing new pricing tiers through Firefly subscriptions at $10-30 per month. Elon Musk and a consortium offer $97.4 billion to acquire OpenAI's nonprofit entity, potentially complicating the company's transition to a for-profit structure, though Sam Altman quickly dismissed the offer's viability. TSMC implements stricter chip sales restrictions to China, requiring government-approved third-party packaging houses for chips using 16nm and below processes, aligning with US export control measures and affecting major tech companies like Nvidia and AMD. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter (00:01:25) Response to listener comments (00:02:41) News Preview Tools & Apps (00:03:58) Adobe's Sora rivalling AI video generator is now available for everyone (00:09:45) OpenAI lays out plans for GPT-5 (00:16:42) OpenAI is rethinking how AI models handle controversial topics (00:21:28) Perplexity AI launches new ultra-fast AI search model Sonar (00:23:45) YouTube AI updates include auto dubbing expansion, age ID tech, and more Applications & Business (00:24:37) Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI (00:34:32) Anthropic's next major AI model could arrive within weeks (00:39:09) AI chip startup Groq secures $1.5 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia (00:42:15) OpenAI reportedly planning to build its first AI chip in 2026 Projects & Open Source (00:45:01) Zyphra Introduces the Beta Release of Zonos: A Highly Expressive TTS Model with High Fidelity Voice Cloning (00:51:11) Gemstones: A Model Suite for Multi-Faceted Scaling Laws (00:57:15) Hephaestus: Improving Fundamental Agent Capabilities of Large Language Models through Continual Pre-Training Research & Advancements (00:58:24) Model Tampering Attacks Enable More Rigorous Evaluations of LLM Capabilities (01:04:24) Distillation Scaling Laws (01:10:06) Matryoshka Quantization (01:17:47) How much AI compute exists globally? How rapidly is it growing? Policy & Safety (01:21:29) US and UK refuse to sign summit declaration on AI safety (01:25:43) Utility Engineering: Analyzing and Controlling Emergent Value Systems in AIs (01:34:40) xAI Risk Management Framework (Draft) (01:39:59) TSMC bans more chip sales to China due to stricter U.S. export sanctions (01:42:38) Listener requested topic Synthetic Media & Art (01:43:48) Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US (01:44:46) Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after AI video goes viral (01:45:55) Outro
Send us a text00:00 - Intro00:53 - xAI Raising $10B at $75B Valuation, Maybe Higher?02:21 - Figure AI Raises $1.5B at $39.5B Valuation 03:13 - Anduril Doubles Valuation to $28B with $2.5B Raise 04:01 - Groq Secures $1.5B Contract from Saudi Aramco 04:35 - Klarna Plans April IPO at $15B Valuation 05:23 - Safe Superintelligence Seeks $20B Valuation 05:59 - Stripe Considers Share Sale at $85B Valuation 06:39 - Eudia Secures $105M for Legal AI Expansion 07:19 - Plaid Plans $300M-$400M Share Sale 08:09 - Harvey Raises $300M at $3B Valuation 08:59 - Mercury Eyes $3B Valuation in New Round 09:39 - Databricks Partners with SAP, Valued at $63.6B 10:35 - Canva Expands Daily Plans, Valued at $33.9B 11:19 - OpenAI Prepares GPT-4.5 Launch, Valued at $300B
BestPodcastintheMetaverse.com Canary Cry News Talk #814 - 02.10.2025 - Recorded Live to 1s and 0s GOLDEN ARMY OF AMERICA | Trump Golden Samurai, Big Mainstream, ICE Raids, Groq v Grok Deconstructing World Events from a Biblical Worldview Declaring Jesus as Lord amidst the Fifth Generation War! Join the Canary Cry Roundtable This Episode was Produced By: Executive Producers Joseph G*** Sir Jamey Not the Lanister*** Sir Marty B*** Cage Rattler Coffee*** Sir LX Protocol V2, Barron of the Berrean Protocol*** Producers of TREASURE (CanaryCry.Support) Jessica R, Elle O, Cheryl L, Stacy W, Misses TinFoilHatMan, Sir Darrin Knight of Hungry Panda's, Valerie W, Sir Jacob, Sir Marti K Knight of the Wrong Timeline, Karen W, Samantha D, Veronica D, Sir Scott Knight of Truth, Sir Casey the Shield Knight Producers of TALENT Jonathan F, Marty K Producers of TIME Timestampers: Jade Bouncerson, Morgan E Clippy Team: Courtney S, JOLMS, Kristen Reminders: Clankoniphius Links: JAM SHOW NOTES/TIMESTAMPS Podcast T- 00:00 HELLO WORLD 00:00 V / 00:00 P EFNO RUN DOWN 00:00 V / 00:00 P EXECS 00:00 V / 00:00 P COFFEE 01:41:0:00 V / 00:00 P https://CageRattlerCoffee.com BEAST SYSTEM 00:00 V / 00:00 P First Time ever White Hat Super Bowl Narrative TRUMP 051:00:00 V / 00:00 P Japanese PM Ishiba gifts Trump a golden samurai helmet during White House visit (NY Post) → Netanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington (CNN) Are pennies worth it? Trump's plan to scrap them didn't come out of nowhere (NPR) Whistleblower affiate says Josh Shapiro arrange trump assassination (X) → More Documents → Gulf of America ELON/DOGE 01:44:030:00 V / 00:00 P Clip: Calling Elon Musk and DOGE the devil (X) The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk's DOGE Army (Wired) → Dec. 2020: Palantir's Tiberius, Race, and the Public Health Panopticon (UH) AI 02:08:560:00 V / 00:00 P AI chip startup Groq secures $1.5 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia (Reuters/Investing) → NY bans Deepseek from government devices (NYP) CYBORG 02:16:250:00 V / 00:00 P Cyborg cockroaches can work as a team for rescue missions with system upgrade (Strait Times) PRODUCERS/TALENT/MEET UP 02:24:510:00 V / 00:00 P TIME/END 02:41:210:00 V / 00:00 P
Send us a text00:00 - Intro00:23 - Klarna April IPO at $15b06:33 - Anduril raise at $28b14:43 - Groq crushing it w/ $1.5b Saudi deal
Send us a textFUNDS CLOSING MAR 7*: AG Dillon is closing six (6) pre-IPO stocks funds on Mar 7, 2025. Anduril, OpenAI, xAI, Groq, Figure AI, and a space economy company. Use these single stock funds to build bespoke pre-IPO stock portfolios. You select pre-IPO stock company exposures and weight allocation to each pre-IPO stock to express your unique investment thesis. Available for purchase at Charles Schwab, Fidelity, and directly at AG Dillon Funds. $2,500 minimum investment. Financial advisors only. Email aaron.dillon@agdillon.com to invest.00:00 - Intro00:55 - Deel Valued at $12.6B After $300M Secondary Sale 01:51 - Winklevoss's Gemini Crypto Exchange Eyes IPO 02:31 - Neuralink Expands Human Trials, Valued at $8.7B 03:49 - OpenAI Secures $40B Investment at $300B Valuation 05:03 - Thinking Machines Lab Seeks $100M, Recruits OpenAI Veterans 06:03 - Stripe Acquires Bridge for $1.1B, Strengthening Stablecoin Play 07:22 - Figure AI Drops OpenAI Partnership, Pursues Proprietary Models 08:29 - Groq To Deliver 2M AI Chips In 2025, Challenging Nvidia * AG Dillon ("AGD") is not affiliated with any pre-IPO company. Some pre-IPO companies may require company approval for purchases (aka transfers). AGD has not been pre-approved by any pre-IPO company to purchase their stock. AGD purchases pre-IPO stocks in the secondary market and may gain exposure by directly purchasing the stock (on the company's capitalization table) and/or through a third-party fund (aka special purpose vehicle, or SPV).
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Jonathan Ross is the Co-Founder and CEO of Groq, providing fast AI inference. Prior to founding Groq, Jonathan started Google's TPU effort where he designed and implemented the core elements of the original chip. Jonathan then joined Google X's Rapid Eval Team, the initial stage of the famed “Moonshots factory,” where he devised and incubated new Bets (Units) for Alphabet. The 10 Most Important Questions on Deepseek: How did Deepseek innovate in a way that no other model provider has done? Do we believe that they only spent $6M to train R1? Should we doubt their claims on limited H100 usage? Is Josh Kushner right that this is a potential violation of US export laws? Is Deepseek an instrument used by the CCP to acquire US consumer data? How does Deepseek being open-source change the nature of this discussion? What should OpenAI do now? What should they not do? Does Deepseek hurt or help Meta who already have their open-source efforts with Lama? Will this market follow Satya Nadella's suggestion of Jevon's Paradox? How much more efficient will foundation models become? What does this mean for the $500BN Stargate project announced last week?
Global leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum to address economic growth, trade policies, and AI challenges. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres emphasizes climate change measures. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to increase fossil fuel production, while discussions center on artificial general intelligence. The CEO of AI startup Groq presents advancements in machines mimicking human intelligence. Experts raise concerns about potential risks of unchecked AI. A partnership involving Oracle, SoftBank, and OpenAI allocates $500 billion to AI-linked infrastructure, focusing on establishing data centers in Texas. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim present at the forum, with Sánchez discussing Trump's return to power and impact on tariffs, and Ibrahim addressing a deal between Malaysia and Singapore for job creation.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tom Ellis works at Groq, using Haskell to compile AI models to specialized hardware. In this episode, we talk about stability of both GHC and Haskell libraries, effects, and strictness, and the premise of functional programming: make invalid states and invalid *laziness* unrepresentable!
Take a trip down memory lane with this special episode that recounts the major stories shaping 2024. From the SEC's historic approval of a Bitcoin ETF and Ethereum's Dencun upgrade to Nvidia's staggering climb to a 3 trillion valuation. We explore SBF's day in court and the repositioning of crypto with the Bitcoin Act. Further we recount the year's key records spanning from the $1.1 billion dollar Bridge acquisition to Groq's big raise and Willow's quantum leap. Join us as we bring you the ABCD advancements and global financial shifts that defined 2024. Remember to Stay Current! To learn more, visit us on the web at https://www.morgancreekcap.com/morgan-creek-digital/. To speak to a team member or sign up for additional content, please email mcdigital@morgancreekcap.com
Timestamps: (0:00) Jason and Sunny kick off the show (1:26) Discussing Grok's recent developments and Middle East tech inspiration (3:51) Global business challenges and Jason's 2025 announcements (7:53) Gemini app demo and ChatGPT 4 comparison (9:57) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (11:24) Evaluating ChatGPT 4.0 Pro limitations and robo-taxi fleet costs (12:46) Differences between ChatGPT models and future improvements (19:57) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://www.openphone.com/twist (20:58) LLM focus shift and robo taxi cost model experimentation (23:01) Importance of prompt engineering in AI tools adoption (25:31) Workplace AI adoption challenges and generational tech differences (27:22) New productivity hacks and Gemini app's growth (30:27) Zendesk - Get six months free at https://www.zendesk.com/twist (34:06) Startup support programs and Google Gemini's research capabilities (37:08) AI model performance evaluation and simplification (45:02) Meta's Llama 3.370b launch and AI industry impact (46:37) Infrastructure costs, competitive landscape, and AI-generated content evolution (55:44) Trust and bias in language models, news analysis startup ideas * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Mentioned on the show: Check out Sora here: https://sora.com/ Check out Kling here: https://klingai.com/ Check out Groq: https://groq.com/ * Follow Sunny: X: https://x.com/sundeep LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (9:57) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (19:57) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://www.openphone.com/twist (30:27) Zendesk - Get six months free at https://www.zendesk.com/twist * Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916
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Liquid Weekly Podcast: Shopify Developers Talking Shopify Development
In this conversation, Ben, a Director of Product at Shopify, shares his journey to the company, discusses the latest updates in Shopify Editions Winter '25, and highlights improvements in the CLI and GraphQL API. Ben emphasizes the importance of community engagement and the potential for future developments in the Shopify ecosystem. Ongoing improvements and future vision for Liquid and its integration with developer tools like VS Code are highlighted. Ben also emphasizes the importance of enhancing the developer experience, streamlining workflows, and leveraging community feedback. The discussion also touches on the role of AI in development, the significance of open-source collaboration, and the need for a cohesive and intuitive coding environment. *Episode Takeaways* - The Winter Edition focuses on refining existing features rather than introducing new ones, "The Boring Edition" - CLI improvements aim to enhance the developer experience significantly. - GraphQL API enhancements allow for better theme management and integration. - Community feedback is crucial for product development at Shopify. - Ben's journey to Shopify involved building his own company first. - The CLI has been rebuilt to improve functionality and ease of use. - GraphQL is now fully integrated for managing themes and other resources. - Ben encourages developers to build apps using Shopify's public APIs. - The future of Shopify includes more extensibility and community-driven tools. The goal is to enhance the developer experience with tools like VS Code. - Streamlining Liquid development is crucial for efficiency. - Future improvements will focus on making Liquid more expressive and simpler. - Community engagement is vital for the evolution of Liquid. - AI tools like Copilot can significantly impact development workflows. - The integration of various tools can create a seamless experience for developers. - Liquid's evolution aims to maintain simplicity while adding functionality. - Building in public fosters transparency and collaboration. - The developer experience (DX) is directly tied to user experience (UX). - Hot reloading and better asset management are key future features. *Timestamps* 00:00 Ben's Journey to Shopify and Product Role 08:21 Winter Editions Overview and New Features 25:40 Embracing GraphQL for Enhanced API Management 45:12 Building a Strong Foundation for Future Development 50:47 Aligning Developer and Business Goals 56:34 Community Engagement and Open Source Development 01:09:17 Philosophical Insights on Development and Collaboration *Find Ben Online* Twitter(X): https://x.com/benjaminsehl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminsehl/ *Resources* Shopify Editions Winter '25: https://www.shopify.com/editions/winter2025 KOTN: https://kotn.com/ Sanity.io Groq: https://www.sanity.io/docs/groq Liquid RFCs: https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/discussions/categories/requests-for-suggestions Jeffrey Guenther Shopkeeper: https://github.com/TheBeyondGroup/shopkeeper Vite Plugin for Shopify Dev: https://github.com/barrel/shopify-vite *Picks of the Week* Ben: - Dami Dina AI Generator for Liquid sections https://x.com/DamiDina/status/1861755659353542741 - Teenage Engineering CM-15 https://teenage.engineering/store/cm-15 Karl: Fresca https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/fresca-sparkling-soda Taylor: Dev Duck https://shopify.supply/products/rubber-duck Signup for Liquid Weekly Don't miss out on expert insights and tips—subscribe to Liquid Weekly for more content like this. https://liquidweekly.com/
The story of Groq, a semiconductor startup that makes chips for AI inference and was recently valued at $2.8 billion, is a classic “overnight success that was years in the making” tale. On this episode, I talk with founder and CEO Jonathan Ross. He began the work that eventually led to Groq as an engineer at Google, where he was a member of the rapid eval team – “the team that comes up with all the crazy ideas at Google X.” For him, the risk involved in leaving to launch Groq in 2016 was far less than the risk of staying in-house and watching the project die. Groq has had many “near-death” experiences in its eight years of existence, all of which Jonathan believes have ultimately put it in a much stronger position to achieve its mission: preserving human agency in the age of AI. Groq is committed to giving everyone access to relatively low-cost generative AI compute, driving the price down even as they continue to increase speed. We talked about how the company culture supports that mission, what it feels like to now be on the same playing field as companies like Nvidia, and Jonathan's belief that true disruption isn't just doing things other people can't do or don't want to do, but doing things other people don't believe can be done – even when you show them evidence to the contrary. Other topics we touched on include: Why the ability to customize on demand makes generative AI different Managing your own and other people's fear as a founder The problems of corporate innovation The role of luck in business How he thinks about long-term goals and growth — Brought to you by: Mercury – The art of simplified finances. Learn more. DigitalOcean – The cloud loved by developers and founders alike. Sign up. Runway – The finance platform you don't hate. Learn more. — Where to find Jonathan Ross: • X: https://x.com/JonathanRoss321 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-jonathan/ Where to find Eric: • Newsletter: https://ericries.carrd.co/ • Podcast: https://ericriesshow.com/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theericriesshow — In This Episode We Cover: (04:24) Jonathan's involvement with the DeepMind Challenge Match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol (06:06) How Jonathan's work Google and how it led him to that moment (08:46) Why generative AI isn't just the next internet or mobile (10:12) The divine move in the DeepMind Challenge Match (11:56) How Jonathan ended up designing chips without the usual background (13:11) GPUs vs. TPUs (14:33) What risk really is (15:11) Groq's mind-blowing AI demo (16:23) How Jonathan decided to leave Google and start Groq (17:30) The differences between doing an innovation project at a company and starting a new company (19:03) Nassim Taleb's Black Swan theory (21:02) Groq's founding story (24:12) The difference in attitude towards AI now compared to 2016 and how it affected Groq (25:46) The moment the tide turned with LLMs (28:28) The week-over-week jump from 8,000 users to 400,000 users (30:32) How Groq used HBM and what is it (the memory used by GPUs) (32:33) Jonathan's approach to disruption (35:38) Groq's initial raise and focus on software (36:13) How struggling to survive made Groq stronger (37:13) Hiring for return on luck (40:07) How Jonathan and Groq think about the long-term (42:25) Founder control issues (45:31) How Groq thinks about maintaining its mission and trustworthiness (49:51) Jonathan's vision for a capital market that would support companies like Groq (52:58) How Groq manages internal cultural alignment (55:59) Groq's mission and to preserve human agency in the age of AI how it approaches achieving it (59:48) Lightning round You can find the transcript and references at https://www.ericriesshow.com/ — Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. Eric may be an investor in the companies discussed.
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This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Lemon.io - Hire pre-vetted remote developers, get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist Fidelity Private Shares℠. Manage your cap table and data room, get faster, more accurate 409A valuation and fully automate your next financing round. Visit https://www.fidelityprivateshares.com! Mention our podcast and receive 20% off your first-year paid subscription. CLA. Innovation takes balance. CLA's CPAs, consultants, and wealth advisors can help you get from startup to where you want to end up. Get started now at https://claconnect.com/tech * Sunny Madra joins Jason to discuss Tesla's Robotaxis (2:17), demo ChatGPT-4o new Canvas interface (25:23), break down Meta's Movie Gen model (41:11), Notebook LM (54:41), and much more! * Timestamps: (0:00) Sunny Madra and Jason kick off the show (2:17) Tesla's Robotaxi reveal and challenges with regulatory approval (10:00) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (11:22) Self-driving architectures and potential applications for Tesla's Cybervan (18:15) Update on Tesla's Optimus robot and the future of autonomous vehicles (22:04) Interest rates and startup funding challenges (22:13) Fidelity Private Shares℠ - Visit https://www.fidelityprivateshares.com! Mention our podcast and receive 20% off your first-year paid subscription. (23:14) Traffic congestion, urban planning, and future players in autonomous vehicles (25:23) ChatGPT-4o with Canvas demo (31:28) CLA - Get started with CLA's CPAs, consultants, and wealth advisors now at https://www.claconnect.com/tech (41:11) Meta vision models and Groq demo (42:35) Apple AirPods updates and AR glasses privacy concerns (47:46) Meta's new vision models, open-source impact, and OpenAI's business model (54:41) Notebook LM's tools (1:00:13) Capturing family history with AI and Meta Movie Gen's potential * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * LINKS: Check out OpenAI's Canvas: https://openai.com/index/introducing-canvas/ Check out Notebook LM: https://notebooklm.google.com/ Check out Meta Movie Gen: https://ai.meta.com/research/movie-gen/ Check out Meta Llama 3.2: https://ai.meta.com/blog/llama-3-2-connect-2024-vision-edge-mobile-devices/ * Follow Sunny: X: https://twitter.com/sundeep LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (10:00) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (22:04) Fidelity Private Shares℠ - Visit https://www.fidelityprivateshares.com! Mention our podcast and receive 20% off your first-year paid subscription. (31:32) CLA - Get started with CLA's CPAs, consultants, and wealth advisors now at https://www.claconnect.com/tech * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com/ Check out the TWIST500: twist500.com * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast
How do we get back to human beings and not just humans doing? Today, we have the show's first-ever live recorded episode with two A.I. luminaries, guest Dinesh Maheshwari and guest co-host Joanna Peña-Bickley, who explore what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence. Dinesh is a humanist entrepreneur, advisor to several startups, and Chief Technology Advisor at Groq. With a career across 9 startups, 3 of which he co-founded, Dinesh brings three decades of experience to the machine learning space. He has also served on the Board of Advisors of several startups and Board of Directors of industry organizations and has been awarded 58 US patents with 23 additional patents pending. Joanna is the Founder & CEO of Vibes AI, an A.I.-first wearable company prioritizing brain vitality, and the Founder of Ai Design Corps™, a non-profit on a mission to embed resilience into the future of learning and work. Known as one of Alexa's moms and the "Mother of Cognitive Experience Design," for over 25 years, she's launched visionary A.I. products for Amazon, AWS, Uber, GM, Citibank, and IBM, garnering patents and global acclaim. In today's conversation, you'll hear: Dinesh's vision as a "humanist entrepreneur". How Dinesh distinguishes between human and machine intelligence and the differences and importance of insight and intuition-based learning as compared to path-based learning. What A.I. inference is, and why it's important. His perspective on the four levels of human existence, and we also explore the need for the humanities and the potential for meaningful human interactions in commercial spaces. Discover Dinesh's thoughts on how A.I. can unlock new value creation and free us from, in his own words, "productivity enslavement." You won't want to miss his and Joanna's passionate belief in embracing our human potential in the age of A.I. — Enjoy! EPISODE SHOW NOTES: https://creativitysquared.com/podcast/ep67-dinesh-maheshwari-and-joanna-pena-bickley-a-i-human-flourishing/ JOIN CREATIVITY SQUARED Sign up for our free weekly newsletter: https://creativitysquared.com/newsletter Become a premium member: https://creativitysquared.com/supporters SUBSCRIBE Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform: https://creativitysquared.com Subscribe for more videos: https://youtube.com/@creativity_squared/?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT with C^2 https://instagram.com/creativitysquaredpodcast https://facebook.com/CreativitySquaredPodcast https://giphy.com/channel/CreativitySquared https://tumblr.com/blog/creativitysquared https://tiktok.com/@creativitysquaredpodcast #CreativitySquared CONNECT with Helen Todd, the human behind C^2 https://instagram.com/helenstravels https://twitter.com/helenstravels https://linkedin.com/in/helentodd https://pinterest.com/helentodd Creativity Squared explores how creatives are collaborating with artificial intelligence in your inbox, on YouTube, and on your preferred podcast platform. Because it's important to support artists, 10% of all revenue Creativity Squared generates will go to ArtsWave, a nationally recognized non-profit that supports over 100 arts organizations. This show is produced and made possible by the team at PLAY Audio Agency: https://playaudioagency.com. Creativity Squared is brought to you by Sociality Squared, a social media agency who understands the magic of bringing people together around what they value and love: http://socialitysquared.com. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalCreativity #ArtificialIntelligenceAI #AIFuture #AIPodcast #HumanPotential #TechForGood #AIInnovation #AIAndHumanity #AILeadership #MachineLearning #AIInEducation #CreativeAI #AIAndCreativity #FutureOfHumanity #AIPhilosophy #FutureTechnology #FutureTech #AIandCulture #AINews #PodcastCommunity #TechPodcast #AIPodcast #AIArt #Groq
Today on the Haskell Interlude, Matti and Sam are joined by Satnam Singh. Satnam has been a lecturer at Glasgow, and Software Engineer at Google, Meta, and now Groq. He talks about convincing people to use Haskell, laying out circuits, why community matters, and why you should not be afraid to lose your job!
Send us a textSubscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe;- Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets- Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays00:02 | AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Funds closing to new investors. Wires due on Oct 15. Top 10 Index Fund, OpenAI, xAI, Groq, Hugging Face, and Databricks.00:45 | Anthropic Aims for $30-40B Valuation in New Capital Raise- AI company behind Claude conversational AI- Projected annual revenue: $1B in 2024, up 1000% YoY- Gross profit margins dropped to 38% from 50-55%- Expects $2.7B cash burn in 2024- Current secondary market valuation: $25.3B (+40% vs Jan 2024)01:49 | Wiz Considers Share Sale, Valued at $15-20B- Cybersecurity company scanning data stored in cloud providers- Shareholders may cash out $500M-$700M- Rejected $23B acquisition offer from Google in July 2024- Raised $1.8B from investors like Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures- Secondary market valuation: $18.2B (+52% vs May 2024)02:35 | Revolut Gains Investment from Mubadala at $45B Valuation- London-based fintech with 45M global customers- Founder Nik Storonsky sold $200-$300M worth of shares- Mubadala participated alongside Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, and Tiger Global- Processes over 500M transactions monthly; B2B service generates €450M annually03:17 | Chime Gears Up for 2025 IPO with Morgan Stanley- Fintech banking startup with 7M active users- Became profitable in Q1 2024- Launched a cash advance product for users up to $500 before payday- Secondary market valuation: $9.2B (-63% vs Sep 2021)04:03 | Scale AI's Revenue Quadruples to $400M in H1 2024- Provides data for AI developers like Meta and Google- Operating margin improved: $1.20 spent per $1 revenue, down from $1.50- Annualized revenue near $1B, valued at $13.8B (primary, May 2024)- Secondary market valuation: $14.1B (+2% vs May 2024)04:56 | OpenAI Transitions to Public Benefit Corporation, Hits $156.5B Valuation- Raised $6.5B in funding round led by Thrive Capital ($1B commitment)- New voice technology "Advanced Voice Mode" rolling out to more users- Key departures: CTO Mira Murati, Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew, and others07:40 | Google Expands Gemini Chatbot for Workspace Integration- Gemini API requests increased 36-fold in eight months- Targeting enterprise adoption via Workspace subscribers- Emphasizes security with SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, and ISO 27701 certifications08:41 | Rippling Launches AI Talent Signal Tool, Valued at $15.9B- HR/IT business software platform with a new AI-driven tool- Evaluates employees with task-specific metrics- Built using AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic- Secondary market valuation: $15.9B (+18% vs Apr 2024)09:36 | Anduril Secures Major Defense Contracts, Valued at $17.4B- Defense tech contractor partnered with Microsoft for US Army goggles- Ghost-X UAS chosen for Army's reconnaissance capabilities- Potential $21.9B in orders over a decade- Secondary market valuation: $17.4B (+24% vs Aug 2024)10:37 | Klarna Expands BNPL Services with Adyen- Partnership integrates BNPL into 450K+ Adyen payment terminals- BNPL market gaining traction with 26% of paycheck-to-paycheck consumers- Secondary market valuation: $10.3B (+54% vs Jul 2022)11:34 | Pre-IPO Stock Market Weekly Performance- agdillon.com/subscribe to receive weekly pdf report in your inbox12:18 | Pre-IPO Stock Vintage Index Weekly Performance- agdillon.com/subscribe to receive weekly pdf report in your inbox
Do you know someone in the workplace who always seems to win support for their ideas and initiatives? Have you ever wondered what this person's favorite go-to strategies are for winning other people over? If you want to know the exact strategies required to up-level your influence and persuasion, today's episode is for you. Three different leaders are featured on the show this week, each of them considered highly skilled when it comes to advocating for ideas that have added real value to their organizations. Claire Hart is the Chief Legal Officer at AI chipmaker Groq. Lynne Oldham is currently Chief People Officer at Stash. And Jim Arnold, who was most recently COO at Markel Specialty. This is a veritable masterclass in winning trust and credibility, and you don't want to miss it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://significagroup.com/45
Timestamps: (0:00) Sunny joins Jason to jump into AI demos. (1:21) Analysis of Q4's impact on startups and Nvidia's market performance (5:09) Chip design advancements and AI prevalence in startup technology (8:12) Experiences with ChatGPT-4 and Google's Gemini in Gmail (10:14) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at http://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (11:36) Discussion on generative AI: filtered vs. unfiltered content (19:50) Vanta. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at https://www.vanta.com/twist (20:03) Importance of SOC 2 compliance and AI's role in LinkedIn (22:42) AI integration in Gmail and throwing AI at business problems (25:28) AI personalization tools and grading AI email integration (29:01) Micro1. Visit https://www.micro1.ai/twist to open a talent search and get a 2 week free trial per hire. (32:22) Deep dive into Search GPT functionalities and Google's AI search evolution (39:08) Practical AI search tests and Yelp's data integration (43:17) Ethical considerations in personalized AI technology (45:26) AI-powered product recommendations and monetization of AI models (51:44) Legal challenges in AI and generation of web apps (56:15) Exploring practical AI applications and Claude AI's app development (1:00:14) The era of building your own apps and fast image generation tools (1:02:12) Comparison of Playground and Canva, impact on graphic design (1:04:28) Grok's itinerary creation and the future of user interfaces (1:07:14) Closing remarks and acknowledgments Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * LINKS: Check out Gemini Gmail Chat: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/gemini-in-side-panel-of-gmail.html Check out Search GPT: https://chatgpt.com/search Check out Groq with Voice: https://groq.com Check out Claude: https://claude.ai/ Checkout Playground: https://playground.com/design * Follow Sunny: X: https://twitter.com/sundeep LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (10:14) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at http://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (19:50) Vanta. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at https://www.vanta.com/twist (29:01) Micro1. Visit https://www.micro1.ai/twist to open a talent search and get a 2 week free trial per hire. * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com/ Check out the TWIST500: twist500.com * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast
Pankaj Kedia has been a trailblazer across laptop PC, smartphone, and wearable products, having held leadership roles at Intel and Qualcomm over the last 3 decades. Now an active AI investor, advisor, mentor, and speaker, Pankaj founded 2468 Ventures in 2021 and has since made angel investments in such notable AI companies as Anthropic, Athena, Figure, Groq, and OpenAI. Recently appointed as the Chief AI Officer and board member at Biossmann, a Mexican healthcare solutions company, Pankaj brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the AI space. He holds engineering degrees from IIT Roorkee and the University of Michigan, along with an MBA from Wharton.In this conversation, we discuss:The journey of transitioning from early AI work in the 1980s to becoming a key player in the wearable revolution.Leadership lessons learned from working with iconic leaders like Andy Grove at Intel and Irwin Jacobs at Qualcomm.The evolution of wearable technology and its role in augmenting human capabilities through AI.The ethical implications and potential risks associated with the integration of AI in wearable devices.Insights into the mindset and qualities of successful AI entrepreneurs and the criteria for investing in disruptive technologies.Predictions about the future of work, the rise of AGI, and the shift towards an age of abundance where work becomes a choice rather than a necessity.ResourcesSubscribe to the AI & The Future of Work NewsletterConnect with PankajAI fun fact articleBabak Hodjat, co-inventor of Siri, on AI and the Future of Work
This week the three hosts are here in full force as Rony returns from vacation. Now that a federal judge ruled that Google is a monopolist, the question is what to do about it. Forbidding them from buying distribution is one thing, but now people are talking about forcing them to spin off their browser business. Speaking of Google, they've released new AI image generators, and they are quite good and totally free. Grok-2 is now available for X premium subscribers. It can also generate images. Starlink competitor AST is taking flight - on SpaceX. The other Groq (with a "q") is a semiconductor startup that raised $640M series D. Chips are expensive, but everyone is eyeing Nvidia's market share. This week our guest is Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies, which is focused on Avatars, which he sees as the full expression of AI and the Metaverse.Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! NOTE: this is a re-upload with fixed audio, my bad on the last one! - Andrey With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris) If you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord. Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ If you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form. Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai In this episode: - Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible. - OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended leaves, and new lawsuits from Elon Musk. - Rapid advancements in humanoid robotics exemplified by new models from companies like Figure in partnership with OpenAI, achieving amateur-level human performance in tasks like table tennis. - Research advancements such as Google's compute-efficient inference models and self-compressing neural networks, showcasing significant reductions in compute requirements while maintaining performance. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter (00:03:14) Response to listener comments / corrections Applications & Business(00:06:56) Google's hiring of Character.AI's founders is the latest sign that part of the AI startup world is starting to implode (00:15:12) Investors in Adept AI will be paid back after Amazon hires startup's top talent (00:22:36) AI chip start-up Groq's value rises to $2.8bn as it takes on Nvidia (00:29:22) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (00:36:18) Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (00:41:40) Figure's new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations (00:47:01) ASML, Tokyo Electron dodge new US chip export rules, for now (00:53:10) OpenAI reportedly leads $60M round for webcam startup Opal Tools & Apps(00:55:40) OpenAI cuts GPT-4o prices, launches Structured Outputs amidst price war with Google (01:02:08) Apple Intelligence could get a $20 Plus version (01:04:05) Audible is testing an AI-powered search feature (01:05:53) Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages Research & Advancements(01:06:35) Scaling LLM Test-Time Compute Optimally can be More Effective than Scaling Model Parameters (01:16:27) Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis (01:20:19) Self-Compressing Neural Networks (01:28:30) Let Me Speak Freely? A Study on the Impact of Format Restrictions on Performance of Large Language Models (01:32:43) Berkeley Humanoid: A Research Platform for Learning-based Control Policy & Safety(01:33:35) METR announces results of study on comparative capabilities of humans and agents (01:39:35) ‘The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem (01:49:13) Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules (01:54:56) Amazon faces UK merger probe over $4B Anthropic AI investment (01:55:44) GPT-4o System Card (02:03:09) Outro
Our 175th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris) If you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord. In this episode: - Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible. - OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended leaves, and new lawsuits from Elon Musk. - Rapid advancements in humanoid robotics exemplified by new models from companies like Figure in partnership with OpenAI, achieving amateur-level human performance in tasks like table tennis. - Research advancements such as Google's compute-efficient inference models and self-compressing neural networks, showcasing significant reductions in compute requirements while maintaining performance. Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ If you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form. Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter (00:03:14) Response to listener comments / corrections Applications & Business(00:06:56) Google's hiring of Character.AI's founders is the latest sign that part of the AI startup world is starting to implode (00:15:12) Investors in Adept AI will be paid back after Amazon hires startup's top talent (00:22:36) AI chip start-up Groq's value rises to $2.8bn as it takes on Nvidia (00:29:22) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (00:36:18) Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (00:41:40) Figure's new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations (00:47:01) ASML, Tokyo Electron dodge new US chip export rules, for now (00:53:10) OpenAI reportedly leads $60M round for webcam startup Opal Tools & Apps(00:55:40) OpenAI cuts GPT-4o prices, launches Structured Outputs amidst price war with Google (01:02:08) Apple Intelligence could get a $20 Plus version (01:04:05) Audible is testing an AI-powered search feature (01:05:53) Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages Research & Advancements(01:06:35) Scaling LLM Test-Time Compute Optimally can be More Effective than Scaling Model Parameters (01:16:27) Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis (01:20:19) Self-Compressing Neural Networks (01:28:30) Let Me Speak Freely? A Study on the Impact of Format Restrictions on Performance of Large Language Models (01:32:43) Berkeley Humanoid: A Research Platform for Learning-based Control Policy & Safety(01:33:35) METR announces results of study on comparative capabilities of humans and agents (01:39:35) ‘The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem (01:49:13) Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules (01:54:56) Amazon faces UK merger probe over $4B Anthropic AI investment (01:55:44) GPT-4o System Card (02:03:09) Outro
Join us as we welcome back Steve Simonson, a renowned expert on sourcing and leveraging AI technology for Amazon sellers. This episode is packed with insights on a wide range of topics, from managing remote teams to the innovative use of voice AI in customer service. Steve shares his experiences over the past year, highlighting the rapid advancements in AI technology and how his team has been integrating these updates into their processes. We also discuss effective strategies for managing remote teams, emphasizing the importance of building management skills, fostering online collaboration, and maintaining team morale through regular communication and celebrations. Listen in as we explore the evolving role of AI in enhancing workflows and customer interactions, particularly for Amazon sellers. Steve sheds light on how major companies like Google, Amazon, and Meta are advancing AI technologies, with mentions of Meta's open-source Lama model and Amazon's AI applications like Rufus. Despite ongoing concerns about AI accuracy, Steve assures us that issues like hallucinations are gradually diminishing. We discuss the successful deployment of AI chatbots in customer service and the growing importance of AI in managing brand websites and internal company processes, with specific resources within the Helium 10 software highlighted for deeper insights. We also address the challenges facing Amazon sellers, including new fees, profitability issues, and competition. Steve offers reassurance by drawing parallels to past economic cycles and emphasizing persistence, sharing insights from Jeff Bezos' relentless approach. Additionally, we tackle the complexities of modern supply chain disruptions, offering practical tips for short-term problem-solving and long-term strategies such as resourcing and nearshoring. Finally, we highlight the significant opportunities that AI presents for small brands, encouraging businesses to embrace AI tools and look forward to upcoming events like Amazon Accelerate in Seattle. In episode 586 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley and Steve discuss: 00:00 - Managing Remote Teams and Leveraging AI For Amazon Sellers 03:53 - International Team Leadership Reflection 10:27 - Emerging AI Tools for Ecommerce Sellers 16:05 - Accessing Freedom Ticket for Amazon Sellers 19:09 - AI Video Creation for Beginners 20:46 - Leveraging AI for Listing Generation 22:56 - Navigating Challenges in E-Commerce Business 28:24 - Talking About Retirement 31:29 - Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions 34:09 - Enterprise Software and AI Integration Advice 35:32 - Small Brands Embracing AI Opportunities ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast ► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension ► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life) ► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft ► Watch The Podcasts On YouTube: youtube.com/@Helium10/videos Transcript Bradley Sutton: Today we've got Steve Simonson back on the show, one of the most knowledgeable people in the world when it comes to leveraging AI for Amazon sellers. 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Bradley Sutton: Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast by Helium 10. I am your host, Bradley Sutton, and this is the show. That's a completely BS-free, unscripted and unrehearsed organic conversation about serious strategies for serious sellers of any level in the e-commerce world. You know, here at Helium 10, I don't know how this happened but we have a lot of S things. You know, we've got the Serious Sellers podcast, we did the Sell and Scale Summit. Now we've got Steve Simonson here and so I did have a hat with an S. This is actually a unique minor league baseball Sacramento hat here, but we're trying to keep the S theme together here. Steve, how's it going? Steve: Boy, I'm well, I love it. The alliteration does not stop. That is really impressive. If you look closely at my forehead, you'll see a giant S carved into the forehead. So everybody, get out your inspection equipment. But it's there, you can rest assured. Bradley Sutton: I love it. I love it All right, guys. Well, this is not the first rodeo of Steve here. He's been on the podcast before, so if you want to get back into a little bit more of his backstory and different things, some of the episodes he's been on is episode 38, episode 459. And we're going to talk a lot about AI today because I think that's what Steve is known for and that's what his module on Freedom Ticket is also about. But before I even, I just wanted to just see what you've been up to like the last year. It's been a year or so since you've been on the podcast. How's the back end of 2023 and 2024 been for you? Steve: Yeah, it's been good. I tell you it's a very fast-paced world we live in, and particularly as I focus on AI and how we integrate that into some of our enterprise-level software, it is just an endless train of upgrades, like every week somebody's got a new model and some new AI breakthrough has happened, and so we've been really quite busy at trying to figure out how to support these future frameworks within the same context of how can you build it once but allow it to be upgradable. So it's been exciting, it's been fun, but, no, no short of challenges as well. Bradley Sutton: Sure, sure, absolutely, absolutely. Now, one place in the last year or so that we caught up was in Bali. We went and spoke at this event and that was an amazing event. So anybody who has a chance to attend an event that Regina organizes, you should definitely, you should definitely try. We even had mud wrestling and everything. And I remember one thing you were talking about there. It's funny. I don't remember what I did yesterday, but then I'll just remember the strangest things or the most random things. I remember you had a big team across different countries and you were talking a little bit about that and it just, you know, across. You know across different countries, and you were talking a little bit about that. And it just got me thinking too. You know, as entrepreneurs most of us we don't have like an office and we've got, you know, in-office employees. You know we might start out hiring a VA here or there, and then you know the team scale. So you know somebody like yourself with experience, you know managing scores of employees at the same time. What are some tips you can give Amazon sellers out there or just entrepreneurs who have remote teams Like how do you, first of all, just what are some tips on managing a remote team where you're not there in person? Steve: Well, the first thing is it is. It's a skill that you have to learn right. So a lot of us think that somehow management is just built into all of us. I don't believe it is, and I think entrepreneurs are some of the worst at it, myself included, maybe first and foremost terrible manager, but I think you've got to build the skills, and so one of the things that we try to do is find ways of collaborating online that would be similar to an office environment. So, you know, our HR folks will have, you know, birthday celebrations or, you know, have monthly meetings to celebrate everybody's birthday or those types of things. We also have other things systemically that try to help, you know, remind everybody. Hey, celebrate your Wednesday weekly win. Everybody has at least one win every week, so let's share those amongst the company, because there's a lot of people in the company who may not know each other different locations, different parts of the world but I do want to just remind people that the basics really matter, like how you talk to people, you know understanding, you know where they're coming from, do they have the essentials that they need to, you know, perform the job. Steve: And the biggest I don't know revelation, especially dealing in the Amazon world is everybody expects a VA to be a unicorn. It's like you can do everything as the entrepreneur, so you just think you're going to delegate everything over to this unicorn. That's not going to happen. It's unfair, it's unrealistic and it shows that you're not yet a competent manager. And so my advice is you know, start slow, give very specific, task oriented things that have a beginning and an end, and then you know kind of work up from there and, as the internet says, educate yourself right. There's lots of books. One of my favorites is it's. It's the book name is called it's the manager. People don't quit jobs, they quit managers, and the faster we, as entrepreneurs, learn that, the better off we'll be. Bradley Sutton: Yeah for sure. Now, speaking of managers, you know, once you get more than a few employees in a foreign location, you know you might make some kind of managerial structure. So for the subordinates, hey, you know performance management, things like that, you know it's probably handled by the manager. But how do you, kind of like you know performance, evaluate the managers themselves? You know, because you don't have really a middleman, they're directly reporting to you. How do you know who's your stars? And then how do you know when you need to take, perhaps corrective action? Steve: Well, the number one thing that leads our decision making and I recommend this for anybody is data right. Let's start with what are the responsibilities this particular section manager, right? Are they in charge of marketing? All right, how are the leads going? What are the KPIs related to this? And people have a lot of trouble coming up. They ask all the time what are the KPIs? What are the KPIs? And you know we talk about AI a lot. Go ask ChatGPT. Here's the position. Give me a you know, general position description and give me good KPIs and then massage it right. It can't read your mind, but it can, you know, kind of move and groove with the suggestions you give it. So KPIs are absolutely doable. Now, sometimes getting the data is a little harder than you want it to be, but once you overcome that hurdle or at least come up with an alternative, then data should drive those conversations. And the question is like hey, you're doing really well this week. What's going right? Why is this going so well? We want to be able to understand and replicate it. Or hey, you're behind your numbers. What are the challenges you're facing? Maybe they got a bunch of people on vacation or maybe the Google credit card stopped charging. There's all kinds of things that happen in business, but numbers drive decisions and we like to say what's broken in the system, not what's broken in the people. The people want to do a good job In general. If you manage them and you're fair with them, then you're going to find that they want to perform well. They want to do a good job. Bradley Sutton: I'm sure we talked about more things. We had a good time there at the Balinese massage. That was my first one. I don't like those rough, those really rough ones. The Thai massages Guys, don't get Thai massages unless you like pain, oh my goodness. But I think they put you and Leo like in a couple's massage. Steve: Yeah, Leo, and I decided that you have the romantic couple's massage. Yeah, it was lovely. Bradley Sutton: Yeah, yeah like I had my room all to myself and then you're like oh, okay, well, I guess we're going to be here in this room. Steve: How did he get the room? Although we all had the room with no walls, which is like you know bugs and everything else but yeah, it was pretty neat. I think all of the you know for an hour it was nine bucks or something and it was a joy. Bradley Sutton: Yeah, you can't beat that. Steve: Yeah, it was a delight. Bradley Sutton: Can't beat that. Great food and everything else. All right. Now switching back to you know, one thing you talked about there and you've been known for the last couple of years is at the forefront of how Amazon sellers and e-commerce entrepreneurs should be leveraging AI, and so that's something that's changing on a weekly, monthly basis. The last year, what are some of the most notable advancements or differences in the world of AI as it relates to Amazon sellers? Steve: Well, first of all, you know, last year it was kind of the year of ChatGPT, right, everybody heard ChatGPT and this became a synonymous term with AI. But they're just one company. ChatGPT is led by OpenAI, which is ironically not open now. It's closed source, and over that they kind of led the tip of the spear into this new world of AI. There are plenty of others trying to get things done. Google has tried and has had a couple flubs. Amazon itself is now deploying AI for the customer-facing side, as I'm sure many sellers are recognizing. And then there's so many others, including Meta, which has allowed their stuff to go actually open source. The Lama model, which is a large language model built on, like you know, 400 billion or 40 billion, I can't even remember. The numbers get so insane. I think it's 400 billion data points in the Lama 3.1, which is as good as any closed source or paid service, and that is exciting. Groq is exciting. So there's a lot of these engines coming out. For sellers, what they, in my opinion, should be focused on is like how do I make my workflow today better, right, whether it's my own personal workflow which I use AI all the time, or the work, you know process of my colleagues. And it's really important to tell your team this is not to replace you, this is to enhance you. The AI will not replace you, but somebody who uses AI will replace you if you don't get your act together. Like this is really, really an important message. And so you know, the first step is just how do you improve those workflows, and then there are many other exciting steps coming up down the line. You know almost immediately. Bradley Sutton: Maybe it's because I'm an old fogey, as it were, as far as adopting new things sometimes, but a problem with AI I've had in the past is a similar one, which I remember you kind of talked about in some of your presentations. How you asked AI last year like who is Steve Simonson? And it had your birth date wrong and it said you had done this when you were some author or something like that and this and that. And so you know like, hey, you know, I guess we call those hallucinations. But then, like, you know somebody even you know we're a year later and I'm still seeing similar things like for example you mentioned the Amazon AI you know there's Rufus and then there's ones that summarize reviews and stuff like that, and some of it's just absolutely useless. You know like, no, yeah, customers love how large this seems and they also love how small it seems. I'm like, come on, like this doesn't even help me. So like, is that an accurate assessment or am I being biased? Like, say, hey, why is it taking so long to fix a lot of these hallucinations, or are you seeing a macro? Uh an improvement on those kinds of things? Steve: Yeah, no question it is improving. So if you start comparing you know ChatGPT three and a half to ChatGPT four to you know 4.0 and some of these other evolving models the hallucinations are shrinking. They won't go away until there's a large enough data set that is just more robust, honestly. So we should understand that it's still lying to you 20% to 25% of the time, just making stuff up out of thin air, and so that should be a real staunch warning to everybody. When you see the thing, tell you something. In my case it had the several book titles that I had written, that I had not written, and no one's written right. So, like I was very impressed with what it wrote, but it was unfortunately it was not me. So expect that hallucinations will continue, but they will continue to reduce over time as well. So don't use that as your obstacle. That ain't going to work. There's so much positive, good stuff. Now some of it has to do with how you structure the prompt or how you use the ins and outs of the data, and it's certainly not flawless. But you know, every day it's getting better, and I've seen like the voice stuff is incredibly good now and I suspect within, let's say, 12 months, all the early adopters will have on their their brand website. They'll have a brand, you know, a message bot that is completely trained on their stuff, right? So all your PDFs, all your products, all your company policies, return policies, shipping, whatever and it will be able to perform chats better than a human on average, right? And, by the way, this has already been proven. Steve: This year, a company sent 2 million live customers to their new AI chatbot and it had more first touch resolutions, it had higher customer satisfaction and obviously, the cost was less and it was the equivalent of 700 full-time people. So what we want is we want better customer experience and if you can do that with AI, people will come to expect that to be available. So, early adopters within 12 months, you know, and then other people over time, for sure. Message bot chat, you know, 24, seven live, educated bots about your stuff. We're doing this now. It's very powerful. By the way, the larger your company is, sometimes you need this internally, right? Hey, what's the HR policy? What's the vacation and where it can actually interact and go? Oh well, can I get this vacation off? And it will allow it to schedule and do other things. So very powerful stuff that's coming real quick. Bradley Sutton: We're not going to go into everything he talked about in our module, but just for those who have access to Freedom Ticket, which is pretty much any Helium 10 member let me just show you, guys, where you can go to see his information. Go into Freedom Ticket 4.0 under the module Product Research and Sourcing. Click on the Power of AI for Amazon. We got you in a very flattering screenshot right there. Steve: That's actually how I talk. My eyes are closed. Bradley Sutton: Love it, but, hey guys, he goes in-depth there on how it can help Amazon sellers. But let's just stay on this subject and talk about some specific use cases. I think one of the things that was terrible maybe a year and a half ago or a year ago that has gotten a lot better, in my opinion is images. You know, um, and obviously Helium 10 has integrated some things Amazon has integrated into their advertising. They actually require, um, you know, sellers to have a custom images now for, like, sponsored brand ads and things like that. So if you're not, if you don't have this humongous repertoire of, or a repository, I should say, of, all these images, well, AI is kind of like the only way to go. So what kind of different AI tools should Amazon sellers be using now as far as imagery? And then, what are the use cases that you see most useful? Steve: Well, the first is the idea of simply being able to scale up your images. Right? You can upscale images with very high fidelity that you could not do in the old days, right? I remember watching shows, you know, maybe as far back as the 80s, you know, and the cop shows like, zoom in and enhance, and it's like anybody's ever worked with photos or videos. It's like you could zoom in all you want. You're going to see giant pixels. There's no enhance available, right? But today you actually can upscale those images. So anybody who doesn't have giant zoomable images, I think that's a lost opportunity and within that module, I put in a couple options that will do that upscaling for you. The other thing is coming very fast down the line is, you know, beautiful room scenes or lifestyle shots. They might be called with your product in the shot itself, and so that gives you just unending abilities to position your product in natural life. You know style images. There's any number of other ways you can do it. You know we use, uh, AI images to make themes, right, so you may say well, gosh, I want to have my I don't know my little travel bag and I want to show it with a, a Washington state theme or a, you know, a California theme, and AI will make beautiful, beautiful background imagery. And there's your social media right. You can just do that for every single day or multiple per day. Really incredible. The ideation that this AI brings to the table, I think, is worthwhile, and the quality, as you said, Bradley, incredibly advanced compared to how it was, you know, even a year ago, especially two years ago. So really, really, you know, images should be a high priority for everybody. Bradley Sutton: I forgot it was a webinar. I was watching Kevin King. He showed some kind of like I'm not sure if it was released yet, but some previews of different AIs for video and it looked real. I was like, how is this not real? So what is available out there that you're not having to pay thousands, you know? Uh, obviously you can get super advanced stuff and you can make movies and everything you know with it, but something that's accessible to like Joe Amazon seller, um, who could you know, perhaps you know, make make a product video with just uploading an image or a short video and then and then make that into a nice video ad or something. Steve: Yeah, so one of my favorites for this type of purpose is called Invideo.io, and I believe I highlight it in the Helium 10 presentation. But basically you can either just give it a text prompt, right, and it'll make an entire video for you. You say how long do you want it? What's your? You know, are you going on a vertical short format or a horizontal long video format? Right, so you know, one might be more appropriate for TikTok and the other one for LinkedIn or YouTube. And then you can even upload images of your product or videos that you may already have, and it can incorporate those and it will do the music, it'll do the voiceover, it'll do the pulling in a bunch of videos around it, and it can be very, very effective. And so you'll. You know, we use that every single day to make videos that are mostly good quality. There's a couple little pieces. It's like I basically told my marketing folks. It's like it's more important to have the video and get it out there and show some content and then have the final little you know accent or the little you know relic that's on the screen solved, but in video is very, very powerful, and that's just one example. There are many like it. Bradley Sutton: What else. As far as you know, I think the number one thing for me that even I'm using AI and like even six months ago I probably still hadn't really used AI, but now I use it for almost every single one of my listings is like listing generation. You know, obviously, since Helium 10 has it, I get access to it for free. But hey, you know people, you know you can get free versions of ChatGPT. But that one is really powerful to me because I'm not just for you know, I'm, I'm obviously a native English speaker. I don't need help writing an English listing. But then sometimes I have writer's block and I'm like, hey, let me go ahead and say, hey, make a listing here's, here's my keywords, and I want it like in a funny tone. And then it's not the listing I end up with. But then I'm like, oh, this is a great direction. Let me just, you know, tweak a couple of things. But for me the power is like, hey, I'm going to make a listing in in UK and hey, I need to make one with British. You know English. Hey, I need to make a listing in Spanish. I can kind of speak Spanish, but I'm not a native speaker. So, uh, I can write all my prompts in English and then it'll go ahead and, and you know, make a listing in Spanish what. What are some things that you maybe think that sellers might be leaving money on the table as far as leveraging AI when it comes to their actual copy that they're doing, whether it's listings, whether it's, you know, blogs, et cetera. Steve: Well, the first thing is I believe that because AI is so new as a tool and a lot of people, myself included, we had negative experiences right. I would generate an image on mid-journey and the guy would have nine fingers right and I'm like so the clear thing that a lot of us said is this stuff is crap, it'll never work, I'm out right. And if you had hallucinations or you had kind of weird images and you haven't revisited it, you're making a mistake. So when you get in there, the next most common mistake is single dimension thinking. Right, you say I need a listing for Amazon for this product and it writes out something that's, you know, relatively generic because you gave it one single dimension listing Amazon, this product. But if you say you know I'm, I want to add a language, like you talked about Bradley, or I want to write this like Dan Kennedy, You know one of the you know very, very best copywriters, or maybe you don't know the name of great copywriters. You go who are the top five copywriters, right, that are direct response copywriters, or who's the best you know, fantasy writers, whatever and then write it in whatever style that you're looking for. So, having a writing style, having an audience that you're trying to reach, is just adding extra dimensions to that. You know, first, single dimension concept right, I just need a listing. No, you need a listing written in a style for a platform to an audience, in a tone, right. And the more of these dimensions you add and there are far more that you could go the more personality comes out of that and that's really what you're looking for. You want the AI to help bring forward your own personality and I highly recommend people add additional dimensional layers and they will have better results. Bradley Sutton: Switching gears a little bit and, who knows, maybe this conversation will, or the answer might be some version of AI. But you are in, you know you network a lot, you go to events, you talk to a lot of Amazon sellers and I'm sure you have felt the sentiment this year. It's probably, I would say, the most negative it's been in a while as far as new fees and profitability and competition. And hey, now there might be almost like Teemu-ish thing going on where Chinese sellers can sell directly and ship directly and stuff. And so what is your advice to those people who maybe have a little bit negative connotation compared to before as far as selling on Amazon, not sure how they're going to proceed? Steve: Well, the first is, if they can get on the screen, I'll just pat them on the head. Hey, little buddy, it's going to be okay. So you guys can line yourself up if you're feeling down, and go in for the pat. Listen, I've been around a long time, right? Dinosaur is you know? They're the young upstarts compared to me. So I've seen these patterns happen for multiple generations of e-com. Right, believe me, back in 99, 2000,. It was the glory days. Then 2001, 9-11 happened and it was a nightmare and everyone hated everything. And the dot-com crash happened. And then it got really good again in the mid-2000s and everybody's flying high. And then the housing crisis and financial crisis globally happened and everybody hates everything again. Right and so and again, these continue to happen. And so my, my mission for true entrepreneurs is if you're going to be persistent, if you're going to be in the game, expect ups and downs. Do not play that just straight up line. There is no line that looks like that, even those crazy hockey sticks that you see. That you know from companies there were little iterations of up and down all the way, and I just want people to know that. You know, persistence is really part of the game and you know if you go to relentless.com. Do you know where that goes, Bradley? I do not. It goes to Amazon. And the reason why is because Jeff Bezos said if you're going to be an entrepreneur, you better be relentless so you can check it out right now, relentless.com for anybody out there. That's what you got to be. And so listen, it's okay to. I always say take one lap and go. This sucks, I wish this didn't exist. These fees, this competition, this problem, this whatever. And then get to work and try to solve it or come up with a strategy to get over the obstacle. That's your choice deal with it or get out of the business, and I think serious people have to get serious about business, so they should listen to a podcast for serious sellers. I don't know. There you go. Bradley Sutton: Double clicking on your little dinosaur comment. You know, if I'm not mistaken, you even at one point kind of retired and got out of the game and then you got back in. How does somebody know when it's time to? You know, I'm not talking about the, you know long sail into the sunset or anything, but hey, it's time to just relax and enjoy life, or no, you know what? I still need something that drives me. You know, because it's not an age thing. You know like, I know people in their late 20s who retire because they've had enough success and they've accomplished what they want to. I know people in their 80s who are still working strong. So how does the entrepreneur get to a point where it's like you know what I'm ready to, kind of like, relax a little bit. Steve: Well, the first thing is, you know, everybody's got their own context of where they came from and where they want to go. So don't let me project my stuff onto you guys. But I can tell you retirement 1.0 sucked right. It was awful, and it's not a question of you know. Could I do anything I want? Yes, I could, but my friends couldn't come out and play right, and my family got tired of being on vacation. My kids were tired of being on vacation. Now people can go oh, crying me a river. What kind of first world problem is that? But it's still a real problem, right? Because I did not enjoy it. And then I felt guilty, because I'm living a life that anybody would kill for and that doesn't make you feel good. So my brain is not wired to kind of check out. And so retirement 2.0, which I've recently begun testing we're in beta is basically just trying to say well, listen, I don't want to work 80 hours and I don't want to work any hours on things that I don't like. So over time you'll find things that you like or don't like and start positioning even your role within your current company on the things that you like to do. By the way, somebody loves to do the thing that you hate the most. Right, and I had this realization. One of my finest team members she's been with me gosh, it's probably coming up on, you know, 25 or 30 years she loves the thing that I hate the most. So I kept doing the details and very complex Excel sheets and forecasts and inventory and things that I hated doing far too long. When I was able to turn it over to her kind of an exasperation because I'm a terrible manager and I don't know anything. She's like, oh, thank God, I've been dreaming about this and I just couldn't imagine in my own small brain that, like somebody else, would love to do this thing. So remember that there's so many different people. Somebody wants to do the things that you hate to do. So please, the faster you can excuse yourself from the things you hate, get the people who love to do those things and then you'll start to chart. You know, chart your course, whether it is a financial course or a lifestyle course or whatever it is, towards, you know that, that bright future. Me, I, I have to do stuff. My brain will not allow it to stop and you know, that's why I try to spend so much time helping entrepreneurs. I want them to come on vacation with me and let's go play. Bradley Sutton: That's good advice. You know I asked myself this question. You know, sometime of wondering, hey, well, when is it time to? You know, to hang it up, as it were. But I wouldn't be doing what I do if I wasn't feeling, you know, fulfillment and motivation from it. So as long as I still can, I'm still going to keep on trucking. Now, speaking of pre-retirement 1.0, one of your previous lives you were heavy into sourcing and things like that. I'm sure you keep your pulse on that industry as well. What should Amazon sellers these days be thinking about when it comes to, hey, I'm competing sometimes with Chinese factories. Now, hey, there's tariffs, you know, should I be considering India and Pakistan and Vietnam? Hey, you know, shipping prices are fluctuating like ridiculousness, you know, like as if it were still COVID. You know what's some just general advice you can give sellers who are, you know, thinking about those kinds of issues. Steve: General advice get in the bunker and prepare for war. It is yeah, it's we still the companies I sold, we still have me and my team still have some supply chain responsibilities. So we're interacting frequently in this space and I just got off the call with some sourcing folks I have in Pakistan just before our conversation, and all of the things you just brought up are annoyances. They're just part of the thing. I did not predict shipping getting spicy again, but I did predict some of what I call kinetic action over the last couple of years. We've said the people who follow geopolitics. We've said there's going to be more kinetic action, which is a nice way of saying people are shooting stuff at each other, which is terrible. What that means is these supply chain disruptions are unexpected. The fact that the Red Sea is kind of closed for business is insane. Nobody had that on the bingo card, right. So everybody's going around the South African. I just saw two ships going around the Arctic on their way to Holland. So from China around the Arctic to Holland, and at some point they'll need icebreakers there. So there are unique things and unique challenges that we face, but it's kind of like take a beat, look at the immediate picture. Right, you have your short term. I got a ship product. Now deal with that, overcome whatever the obstacles, pay what you have to, and then think about all right now, in six months, what does it look like? And is there a way I can avoid this, whether it's resourcing elsewhere, nearshoring or onshoring. Steve: But I can tell you like right now we have a very complex project and I've got people in Pakistan and India and it is very difficult to solve this problem. But that's why there's a moat right, and everybody who's complaining about how difficult or hard or whatever all of those are moats right. This is your advantage. We're, ultimately, most Amazon sellers are not manufacturing the product ourselves. We have somebody else do that. So what value do we add? We add all the value of solving the problems throughout that supply chain and then into the marketing side, like all of that is our value add, and we either add value and deserve what we make or we don't. And we deserve what we make right, and this is a very important point Our value that we're adding is overcoming all of these problems. So guess what? That's why they you know you get paid. You got to deal with the trouble. Bradley Sutton: All right, before we get into your final strategies of the day. How can people find you reach out to you on the interwebs out there? Steve: The awesomeers.com podcast still records videos from time to time and I have a whole founder series directed at folks. Just, it's almost like a little mini course for you. It's free, it doesn't, you know, doesn't take anything to do it. You can find me at parsimony.com just steve at parsimony.com. I spend most of my time on software and AI, trying to smash those things together in an enterprise way, right? So anybody who's doing you know 5 million, 10 million. If you're doing 10 million or more and you don't know what ERP is, you are unnecessarily driving yourself insane. But I recommend not going insane. Systems are better. Bradley Sutton: Usually better not to. Yeah, yeah, you know. Steve: I'm not a doctor, I'm just thinking. Bradley Sutton: There you go, all right. Now, you know, can you give us a couple of 30 or 60 second tips? Could be about traveling, could be about AI, could be about sourcing, anything you want. Steve: Well, one thing, I mentioned earlier that chat bots are going to be a big thing for early adopters in the next 12 months. But I want to call out one of my favorites, bland.AI is a voice customer service tool. And that company is an example of it. I'm saying this concept is coming to a voice line near you, and especially for brands who have the capacity to pay nine cents a minute to interact with customers. You train it on your own data and then this bot can be a sales person for you, a customer service person, and it's really really good. Bland.ai, amazing types of technology. I'm not suggesting this is the only company. There are many and many more. Bradley Sutton: Is that the one that at Billion Dollar Seller Summit we were waiting for the helicopter, and then you're like here I'm going to call this, Okay, yeah, yeah, I remember that. I remember that it was kind of it kind of blew me away, yeah. Steve: It's still the great example of what if you could just call a number and talk to a AI like a human, which is the ironic twist, and stop yelling representative a thousand times right, which is the ultimate nightmare. So all the big companies are moving this direction. I think small brands have this opportunity to, in the same way that AI can supercharge you know, a non-English speaker into beautiful English language listings, which should be a warning to everybody. Small guys can do what big guys do, right, whether it's video, voice messaging, AI levels of playing field. That is the most important point. So if you feel scared, if you feel nervous, talk to your friends, figure out those easy use cases, but don't be afraid of it. Embrace the fear and get to it. Bradley Sutton: Thank you so much for joining us. We're definitely going to have you back. You know, unless you're on retirement 3.0 and full launch mode, we'd love to have you back next year to see what you've been up to, and I'm sure I'll be seeing you at an event. Are you going to Amazon Accelerate? Steve: Yeah, yeah that one. I actually live in Seattle, so a good chance Bradley Sutton: I know, I was like about to say just maybe walk there, ride a bike or something. Steve: Yeah. Bradley Sutton: All right, well, I'll be seeing you at Amazon Accelerate along with everybody else and thanks a lot for joining us again.
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(0:00) Bestie intros! (0:55) Elon sues OpenAI: complex structure, tax issues, damages, past comparables (37:06) OpenAI's focus on AGI, different interpretations of AGI in tech (44:46) Groq update with Sunny Madra! (49:53) Have we hit peak Apple?: Losing regulatory battles, iPhone stagnation, Buffett starts trimming (1:06:25) TikTok ban: New proposed House bill would force ByteDance to divest TikTok, or ban the app outright (1:21:08) Bitcoin hits new all-time high: impact of ETFs and an upcoming halving event (1:25:06) Science Corner: More data on the negative impacts of microplastics in the bloodstream Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://twitter.com/Jason https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://www.scribd.com/document/710894515/Elon-Musk-v-Samuel-Altman-et-al-via-CNBC-com https://openai.com/our-structure https://openai.com/blog/openai-elon-musk https://twitter.com/vkhosla/status/1765424996548333997 https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1764039155154399490 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1765415187161464972 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1765387202953937224 https://companiesmarketcap.com https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2023ltr.pdf https://twitter.com/KevinAFischer/status/1764892031233765421 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/technology/ai-openai-musk-page-altman.html https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/apple-terminated-epic-s-developer-account https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-hit-with-over-18-bln-euro-eu-antitrust-fine-spotify-case-2024-03-04 https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html https://www.statista.com/chart/22702/andoid-ios-market-share-selected-countries https://www.reuters.com/technology/lawmakers-seek-force-bytedance-divest-tiktok-or-face-us-ban-2024-03-05 https://punchbowl.news/wp-content/uploads/Protecting-Americans-from-Foreign-Adversary-Controlled-Applications-Act.pdf https://www.reuters.com/technology/bytedance-says-china-unit-holds-local-licences-response-media-report-2021-08-16 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/us/politics/tik-tok-spying-justice-dept.html https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-d257d98125f69ac80f983e6067a84911 https://finance.yahoo.com/video/ex-google-engineer-charged-stealing-162030265.html https://twitter.com/jawwwn_/status/1732888357980536924 https://youtu.be/kONhhKQi0pU?si=hmt0LbjgLprOHNEp https://time.com/6846934/bitcoin-all-time-high-price-holdings https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BTC-USD https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/bitcoin-etf-investing-blackrock-715f1bd9 https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-a-bitcoin-halving https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309822 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202200099X
(0:00) Bestie intros! Jato Caelin (1:36) Groq update!: The key metric developer platforms should care about (5:55) Google's make or break moment: Should Sundar be fired, AI safety team's power, RIF potential, stock pressure, and more (29:17) How bloated HR departments slow down companies (40:15) Google's licensing deals: Is this TAC 2.0? How can Reddit capitalize on its data? (53:50) Klarna's huge AI innovation: AI disruption, open-source benefits, a new class of billion-dollar startups (1:13:06) Reddit S-1 breakdown (1:22:52) The Apple Car is dead: Apple cancels Project Titan Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://twitter.com/Jason https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GOOG:NASDAQ https://twitter.com/PirateWires/status/1762842476744708171 https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1762864255437516932 https://x.com/pmarca/status/1762532979317043515 https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1762900581134557636 https://twitter.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1760885099984261564 https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-ai-content-licensing-deal-with-google-sources-say-2024-02-22 https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/google-brings-stack-overflows-knowledge-base-to-gemini https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000162828024006294/reddits-1q423.htm https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/82a013b9ba852548/9d4b1790-full.pdf https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-ai-assistant-handles-two-thirds-of-customer-service-chats-in-its-first-month https://www.google.com/finance/quote/TLPFY:OTCMKTS https://tech.facebook.com/artificial-intelligence/2022/10/ai-translation-unwritten-language https://www.engadget.com/metas-new-multimodal-translator-uses-a-single-model-to-speak-100-languages-133040214.html https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1763067849218850939 https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3cs78i/whats_the_best_long_con_you_ever_pulled/cszjqg2 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai
(0:00) Bestie intros: Banana boat! (2:34) Nvidia smashes expectations again: understanding its terminal value and bull/bear cases in the context of the history of the internet (27:26) Groq's big week, training vs. inference, LPUs vs. GPUs, how to succeed in deep tech (49:37) Google's AI disaster: Is Google too woke to function as search gets disrupted by AI? (1:17:17) War Corner with Sacks Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://twitter.com/Jason https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA:NASDAQ https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1760680756689748478 https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2024/NVIDIA-Announces-Financial-Results-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-2024 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120484/nvidia-quarterly-revenue-by-specialized-market https://www.google.com/finance/quote/SPY:NYSEARCA?comparison=NASDAQ%3AQQQ&window=5D https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-keeps-likening-nvidia-to-dot-com-era-cisco-is-the-comparison-justified-eed307c1 https://twitter.com/JayScambler/status/1759372542530261154 https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1760343973632291212 https://x.ai https://twitter.com/TheTranscript_/status/1760436281438314545 https://artificialanalysis.ai https://www.contraline.com/product https://www.cafexapp.com/commercial https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-ai https://blog.google/products/gemini/bard-gemini-advanced-app https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/gemini-for-google-workspace https://twitter.com/benthompson/status/1760452419627233610 https://twitter.com/Patworx/status/1760189582870536408 https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1760163801893339565 https://ai.google/responsibility/principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning_from_human_feedback https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1760780139476992062 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1760416051181793361 https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1760729719094563019 https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1760780139476992062
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