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Horowitz: Databricks refused on-premise customer demands to stay cloud-only
“And actually in so in entrepreneurial world, like we saw this with Databricks, where like they had a very clear vision of what they were going to be. And the audience wanted it on premise and they refused to do it because it was so contrary to their vision. Bu…”
Ben Horowitz May 28, 2025 ▶ 1:13:42 Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software
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Andreessen: Training state-of-the-art AI models costs $100M+
“To train us, you know, state of the art model, you're at a hundred million dollars plus. You know, to train a, you know, a big one, to train a small one, like the Databricks model that just came out. It's like on the order of ten million dollars.”
Marc Andreessen Apr 2, 2024 ▶ 1:04:45 Politics & the Future of Tech
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Ghodsi: Databricks still retains all seven original co-founders
“We're, you know, seven co-founders still.”
Ali Ghodsi Oct 15, 2025 ▶ 1:03:16 Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a $100 Billion Business
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