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Fitzpatrick: Belief that synthetic data replaces human feedback is wrong
“Look, I think the biggest one is just the view that synthetic data will take over, and you just will not need human feedback.”
Matt Fitzpatrick Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 0:39 Matt Fitzpatrick: Who Wins the Data Labelling Race & Why Al Needs Forward-Deployed Engineers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Fitzpatrick: Out-of-the-box enterprise software has always been a lie
“I think you could kind of argue that out of the box software has always been a lie to some degree. Ah, it's a weird thing to say, but they always had a ton of configuration and they just dressed it up to some degree.”
Matt Fitzpatrick Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 24:57 Matt Fitzpatrick: Who Wins the Data Labelling Race & Why Al Needs Forward-Deployed Engineers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Fitzpatrick: Palantir uniquely foresaw the necessity of forward-deployed engineering
“I think I call out Palantir because I think they realized 10 years before the rest of the kind of tech market that forward-deployed engineering and customization would be important, and I think that was a very countercultural leap at the time. You know, I, cau…”
Matt Fitzpatrick Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 49:17 Matt Fitzpatrick: Who Wins the Data Labelling Race & Why Al Needs Forward-Deployed Engineers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Fitzpatrick: AI data labeling figures are actual revenue, not GMV
“I think it is revenue. I think that your, the rate you get on every project is different. The margin you make on every project is different. So I do think it is revenue”
Matt Fitzpatrick Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 50:20 Matt Fitzpatrick: Who Wins the Data Labelling Race & Why Al Needs Forward-Deployed Engineers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Fitzpatrick: Databricks is the most useful foundation for AI
“Look, I think their tech is great. And I think that it's interesting in a lot of ways, the most useful foundation for AI is really good Databricks infrastructure.”
Matt Fitzpatrick Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 1:17:34 Matt Fitzpatrick: Who Wins the Data Labelling Race & Why Al Needs Forward-Deployed Engineers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Fitzpatrick: Physical world interactions and robotics are top AI growth vectors
“And so I think physical world interaction patterns are the, some of the most interesting growth vectors for this. But they do take time and money to invest in. Robotics being another big part of that.”
Matt Fitzpatrick Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 55:11 Matt Fitzpatrick: Who Wins the Data Labelling Race & Why Al Needs Forward-Deployed Engineers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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