Frontier

company on 10 shows · 15 statements across 14 episodes · said 24 times in 14 episodes since 2022

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20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greze: On-device phone AI models are slower and dumber than frontier models
“Like, local models on the phone, it's amazing, but they're just not, they're just, it's just slower and dumber, right, than what's at the frontier.”
Jean-Denis Greze Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 40:14 Town vs Instinct vs GrokBot | Why the AI Assistant Market Is Not a Bubble
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
The AI Market Will Be Non-Zero-Sum Across Labs, Open Source, and Apps
“Like, this is not an or thing. It's an and thing, right? Like, this is an and thing. Frontier's gonna work really well. Like, N minus one models are gonna work really well. Open source is gonna work really well. There's gonna be a bunch of application companie…”
David George Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 8:27 Why AI Demand Is Outrunning Compute Supply
20VC Opinion
Reyes: 99% of Global 2000 enterprise workflows do not need frontier models
“But if you go into any business in the global 2000 today, and you look at, you ask any random person, what are you doing today? It's not something that needs the true frontier of intelligence, like, 99% of the time, and so cost will dominate.”
Eno Reyes Aug 29, 2026 ▶ 48:59 Should American Enterprises Work With Open-Source Chinese Models? | Only 10% of Neo-labs survive
20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated
O'Driscoll: Open-weight will drive token volume while frontier models capture revenue
“Yes, I think that the vast predominance of tokens process will be open weight, and obviously, as people reiterating, the vast majority of revenue, the significant majority of revenue will still be frontier state-of-the-art because it can command more value tha…”
Rory O'Driscoll Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 32:52 Anthropic's $30T Assumption & OpenAI Confirms IPO | Why Customer Service & Robotics are Overinflated
ANOTHER PODCAST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Evans: AI foundation models become commodities if frontier progress slows
“If the frontier slows down, then this stuff is definitely a commodity.”
Benedict Evans Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 13:23 Token pricing
LATENT SPACE Assertion Supported
Malde: NVIDIA Nemotron is drastically cheaper and faster than frontier models
“The really cool part is Nemetron is a drastically cheaper and faster model than the frontier.”
Ronak Malde Jun 21, 2026 ▶ 12:17 ⚡️Every product of the future will be a living system — Ronak Malde, Trajectory.ai
Shevelenko: Chinese AI models are pushing the frontier but not at it
“They are, you know, they're pushing the frontier. They're not at the frontier, but they're pushing it.”
Dmitry Shevelenko May 7, 2026 ▶ 52:58 AI Agents: Mirage Or Real Revolution? — With Dmitry Shevelenko
MORE OR LESS Prediction Open · timeframe May 2031
Dave Morin predicts open-source AI will always lag frontier proprietary models
“And so you have this thing where open source is also always going to be lagging the frontier. And so it's not going to be like a total replacement.”
Dave Morin May 1, 2026 ▶ 30:07 Elon Musk vs OpenAI Trial, Google Cloud Surge, Meta’s Blocked Acquisition, Anthropic Winning · More or Less Podcast
TBPN Assertion Supported
Coogan: OpenAI is hiring hundreds of enterprise AI consultants
“OpenAI is hiring hundreds of new staffers to expand a technical consulting team that helps large corporations develop custom AI applications and agents to automate employee tasks, according to a person Knowledge with the company's plans.”
John Coogan Feb 6, 2026 ▶ 17:30 Anthropic’s Trust Nuke, OpenAI’s new releases, Google Claims AI Crown | Diet TBPN
TBPN Opinion
Hays: OpenAI aims to be the central orchestrator of enterprise AI agents
“They want to be the orchestrator, right? And if you want to bring in some other Other folks in to help out. Great. At least for now.”
Jordi Hays Feb 6, 2026 ▶ 19:03 Anthropic’s Trust Nuke, OpenAI’s new releases, Google Claims AI Crown | Diet TBPN
TBPN Assertion Supported
Coogan: OpenAI launched GPT-5.3 Codex and Frontier AI co-worker platform
“So GPT-Five-Point-Three Codex launched today, and there's a very, very cool There's a very, very cool update to or new product, Frontier, which is a product for building AI co-workers that I'm very excited to talk to Sam about because it feels like the first g…”
John Coogan Feb 5, 2026 ▶ 16:13 Anthropic's secret strategy behind its Super Bowl ad campaign
Tech giants back CDR to secure future low-cost capacity
“There are companies like Microsoft, Frontier, and others that are seeking to create a market and build a supplier base. I see those companies providing the leadership in the market. They're doing it for good reasons for themselves as well. Securing a first rig…”
Steve Oldham Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 27:45 Captura's high-stakes gamble
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Kann: Microsoft and Frontier dominate virtually all carbon removal purchases
“If you just look at, like, overall Tons purchased in the CDR market. It's basically Microsoft, followed by, like, an order of magnitude lower frontier, which is the Stripe Coalition, followed by a bunch of little minnows, you know, in, in relative terms.”
Shayle Kann Sep 25, 2025 ▶ 28:18 Ag residue and carbon removal
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Contradicted
Frontier buyers are willing to pay upwards of $5,000/ton for CO2 removal
“There's, you know, a number of companies, particularly around Frontier, that are willing to pay upwards of 5000 dollars a ton for CO two”
Lara Pierpoint Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 13:59 The first commercial construction project for low-carbon cement
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Shayle Kann says Frontier, Microsoft, and Shopify dominate durable carbon removal
“Though there is a growing buyer pool, it's really still predominantly dominated by a small number of companies that are procuring in part, not just for their own benefit, but trying to foster an ecosystem and support the development of the industry, right? So …”
Shayle Kann Feb 29, 2024 ▶ 2:59 The challenges of building a carbon removal portfolio

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