Big Tech Company
topic on 5 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
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6 statements about Big Tech Company, every show
Cahn: AI competition is fundamentally a resource allocation game for Big Tech
“Starcraft is a resource allocation game and AI is a resource allocation game. And so I think as we get into it, what are your resources and how do you allocate those resources? That's the most important question facing every big tech company.”
Big Tech Companies Typically Capture and Dominate Only a Single Paradigm
“The state of play of being a big tech company, and this dates back 80 years, is technology moves fast, and the new paradigms disrupt everyone that came before you, so you get one era. And you gotta make the absolute most Of the one era that you grew up in, and…”
Sacks: Big tech will struggle to close $50B acquisitions under FTC scrutiny
“It's gonna be very hard for any big tech company to do a fifty billion dollar acquisition of anything, just that given that lean economy, FTC are opposed to bigness in and of itself.”
Karnjanaprakorn: Failing startups will merge with one another to survive
“I think we'll start seeing you know, not just within those businesses, but startups that are kind of failing, merging with other startups that are failing to survive. I think we'll just see a lot of M and a activity and not, it won't be big tech company buying…”
Sacks: Government subpoenas to tech companies must notify targets
“When you investigate somebody, when you subpoena records for a big tech company, you have to notify them. You should not be able to do that secretly.”
Cannon: Tech employees suffer intense, unnecessary risk aversion despite safety nets
“Like I've noticed like a pretty intense risk aversion among a lot of tech employees because they're like, oh, I'm in a sweet spot right now. Not realizing that they could leave and go join another big tech company if their thing never worked out.”