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pre-training

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 2, 2024 by Bret Taylor · across every show →

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Oct 2, 2024 negative
Opinion
Bret Taylor: AI pre-training outside AGI labs wastes capital
“Unless you are an AGI research lab, doing pre-training on a model I believe is just burning capital.”
Bret Taylor Oct 2, 2024 ▶ 0:07 Bret Taylor: Why Pre-Training is for Morons & Companies Will Build Their Own Software | E1209 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 4, 2026 negative
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2031
Sierra will not pre-train foundation models, leaving capex to major AI labs
“And we're not, you know, we're not doing our own pre-training. We'll leave the capital expense there to, you know, the labs and the larger companies.”
Clay Bavor Jul 4, 2026 ▶ 5:40 Open Models vs Frontier Models: Who Actually Wins? | The $100K Token Budget Every Engineer Will Need · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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