cloud computing

10 statements across 8 episodes · 5 bullish · 3 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Peter Levine · across every show →

Everything said about cloud computing, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levine: The centralized cloud's primary future role will be training machine learning
“The cloud is going to be all about learning. And that happens centrally. So I'm going to take all of this information that I have out at the edge, I'm going to connect these devices, I'll curate that information, and learning will occur centrally, and then pro…”
Peter Levine Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 13:57 The End of Cloud Computing
Jul 15, 2017 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levine: The replacement of cloud computing is already underway
“About six months ago, I started to think, well, what happens when cloud computing goes away? You know, of course, to myself, I'm like, well, it's so popular, and now how could it go away? I think it's actually happening right under our nose, and let me show yo…”
Peter Levine Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 1:55 The End of Cloud Computing
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Levine: Find future opportunities by asking what replaces currently dominant technologies
“My whole philosophy around this is I take something that's very popular right now, cloud computing, and I say, what happens when cloud computing doesn't exist anymore? What fills that place?”
Peter Levine Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:15 a16z Podcast | AMPLab, the Power of Open Source, and the Future of Systems Software
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levine: Computing and analytics will shift from the cloud to edge devices
“And I think the Internet of Things and drones and however you want to define these, this sort of range of computers that exist not so much in our pocket but out there in the world, I believe that there's going to be computing that will be fundamental to how we…”
Peter Levine Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:41 a16z Podcast | AMPLab, the Power of Open Source, and the Future of Systems Software
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Ross: Western European data sovereignty laws conflict with cloud computing architecture
“Governments in Western Europe are basically building a series of regulations and laws that work across the grain of the way that the cloud works.”
Alec Ross Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:11 a16z Podcast | Open vs. Closed, Alpha Cities, and the Industries of the Future
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Sinofsky: Cloud computing scale and internet data drive modern AI breakthroughs
“That is like, in a sense, the ultimate reason why all of these things are working is basically because of cloud computing, the scale of the architecture of cloud computing, and the internet that brings all that data in.”
Steven Sinofsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:03 a16z Podcast | The Dream of AI Is Alive in Go
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
UK government mandated a 'why not cloud' requirement for tech procurements
“Liam Maxwell, who's the CTO of the UK government, sort of started the same kind of trend in the UK where he said, we are spending way too much money on tech and not getting the benefits. They've created their own digital service, and they're starting to put al…”
Teresa Carlson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:45 a16z Podcast | The Cloud and The Public Sector
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rep. Polis: Members of Congress struggle to understand basic cloud computing
“Keep in mind the demographics around here. I mean, we have a tough time explaining cloud computing. I mean, you know, this is a challenge.”
Congressman Jared Polis Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:37 a16z Podcast | The Blockchain, in Congress
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
McCullough: Dot-com failures like cloud storage were just executed too early
“When you go into the dot com era stuff in those chapters, you're seeing all the things like grocery delivery, like cloud computing, cloud storage, and things like that, that were always good ideas, but seemed like the most boneheaded wrong ideas at the time be…”
Brian McCullough Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:24 a16z Podcast | How the Internet Happened
Jul 14, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Levie: Enterprise buy-in for AI is 5x higher than early cloud
“So what's really interesting is I think the level of buy-in you have now in the enterprise is like five times, you know, greater than we had in the early days of cloud.”
Aaron Levie Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 7:15 Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption
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