Shiv Rao
20 statements across 2 episodes · 10 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 9, 2026 by Miles Clements · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Mar 9, 2026 positive
Clements: Abridge founder Shiv Rao is a generational talent
“I don't know that I would characterize it as we lost, but the company that I, where I really, really loved the founder and we didn't get there was Shiv and a bridge. We actually hosted this AI dinner a couple of weeks ago and I was like, I'm going to manipulat…”
May 16, 2026
May 16, 2026 positive
May 16, 2026 positive
May 16, 2026 positive
Abridge can operate as a flat company using AI tools
“And anymore, I'm in this very idealistic mode that we can be a very, very flat company in the near future. Just like less managers, like less, like a lot more ICs, super ICs taking on that much more, you know, everybody Everybody kind of with these tools able …”
May 16, 2026 negative
May 16, 2026
May 16, 2026 bullish
Declining AI inference costs will drive exponentially higher token usage
“I don't know about the specific number, but I think directionally, I think so. I think that you just can't get enough of this technology once you start to use it. And even as inference costs come down, you just end up using more and more and more of it.”
May 16, 2026
May 16, 2026 neutral
May 16, 2026 neutral
May 16, 2026 positive
Clinical conversations can power new healthcare AI infrastructure
“It was this thesis that this idea, the secret hiding in plain sight, that this data set, this, like these conversations, it's the most human signal and it really powers healthcare. And you can build a whole new set of rails on top of this signal.”
May 16, 2026 bullish
May 16, 2026 neutral
May 16, 2026 positive
May 16, 2026 neutral
May 16, 2026
May 16, 2026 positive
Top research talent is far more valuable than early model access
“B. B over A. Yeah, no question about it. No question about it, because ultimately it's always about the people, and if you've got incredible people, you're going to build your own models, your own primitives, and yes, the frontier models you're going to be abl…”
May 16, 2026 negative
Vertical AI startups cannot win by fighting foundation model labs
“If you are fighting against them, you've already lost. If you haven't figured out how you're going to win with them, how you're gonna not just coexist, but actually find ways to collaborate potentially, and if the tailwinds that they create are not yours to le…”