API
also referred to as: apis
6 statements across 6 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 22, 2017 by Alex Mittal · across every show →
Everything said about API, oldest first
Mar 22, 2017 bullish
Alex Mittal expects APIs to unlock complex compute power and data for developers
“The other is actually fundamentally, we're seeing the exposing complex, like computing capabilities and data that is inaccessible to most people through APIs. And so like by analogy, if you're at CES, like NVIDIA announced this cloud gaming service, which is n…”
May 27, 2021 bullish
Founders Should Default to APIs Because Companies Rarely Replace Them
“If I was a CEO today, and when I'm in the boardrooms today with CEOs, my advice is where you can plug in APIs and use them for whatever the capability is, do that first. And over time, constantly look at designing it out, but you almost never will.”
May 22, 2023 positive
Wittenborn: PhotoRoom expanded beyond mobile into six-figure enterprise API contracts
“Take photo room. It's a prosumer product. We started on mobile. It's successful, not just in the US, but also in emerging countries. And now we're bringing the same product to web, to teams, and we have an API that people are paying 600 digits for a year.”
Nov 4, 2024 positive
Sam Altman: Open source AI models and integrated APIs will coexist
“There's clearly a really important place in the ecosystem for open source models. There's also Really good open source models that now exist. I think there's also a place for, like, nicely offered, well integrated services and APIs, and, you know, I think it's…”
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Krieger: Selling pure API token access is a terminal failure mode
“I think the more you are just, like, maybe it's good inverting that all to see, like, what the failure mode looks like. I think it is resting on your laurels or not retaining your best people. Just believing that making the models incrementally better in every…”
Sep 15, 2025 negative