Episode 526
Episode 526: The Optimist, the Origin, and the Deck
This week, we unpack "The Optimist", the new Sam Altman biography; revisit OpenAI’s early days; and break down Coatue’s AI strategy deck. Plus, tips for squeezing in side projects between thought leadership presentations.
June 27, 20251h 12mExplicit
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Show Notes
This week, we unpack The Optimist, the new Sam Altman biography; revisit OpenAI’s early days; and break down Coatue’s AI strategy deck. Plus, tips for squeezing in side projects between thought leadership presentations.
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- Pre-populate Everything
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Rundown
- AI Native vs. AI Add-on
- AI Frenzy
- The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future
- Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising
- ChatGPT's Enterprise Success Against Copilot Fuels OpenAI and Microsoft's Rivalry
- Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued
- Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruitment Blitz Armed With $100 Million Pay Packages
- After trying to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32B AI startup, Meta looks to hire its CEO
- Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI
- Clouded Judgement 6.19.25 - The Dropping Cost of Intelligence
- Coatue's 2025 EMW Keynote Replay
- Agents and the Web
- Linux Foundation Appoints Jonathan Bryce as Executive Director, Cloud & Infrastructure and Chris Aniszczyk as CTO, Cloud & Infrastructure to Oversee Major Open Source Initiatives
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