Compute Spend
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
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No Priors 
the MAD Podcast 
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5 statements about Compute Spend, every show
Park: Simile raised capital because scaling data and compute accelerates progress
“We were sort of at this moment where, yes, we can actually significantly raise the input, both in terms of data, compute spend. To actually meaningfully accelerate this progress, that's when we thought it actually makes sense.”
Lemkin: AI Startups Must Capture Compute Spend or Replace Human Headcount
“You're either getting money from compute, right? This massive spend, or you're getting money because you're using AI to replace humans. Otherwise, you're not gonna grow.”
Guo: Test-time scaling allows AI startups to pass compute costs to customers
“I think an underappreciated impact of test time scaling is you're going to better match user value with your spend on compute. And so if you are a new company that can figure out how to make these models useful to somebody, the customer can pay for the compute…”