Transformer Paper

topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes

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5 statements about Transformer Paper, every show

20VC Assertion Partly supported
Abridge was founded three months after the Transformer paper
“We started three months after the Transformer paper.”
Shiv Rao May 16, 2026 ▶ 14:10 The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao, Founder @ Abridge · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kaiser: The eight Transformer paper co-authors were never in one room
“I don't think all eight of us were ever in the same physical room.”
Łukasz Kaiser Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 24:34 What’s Next for AI? OpenAI’s Łukasz Kaiser (Transformer Co-Author)
MAD Assertion Supported
Kaiser: Translation industry grew and translators earn more post-Transformers
“The translation industry has grown considerably since then. It has not shrunk. There's more translations to be done. Translators are paid more.”
Łukasz Kaiser Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 1:01:04 What’s Next for AI? OpenAI’s Łukasz Kaiser (Transformer Co-Author)
ACQUIRED Assertion Open · timeframe Oct 2025
All Eight Transformer Paper Co-Authors Left Google Within Years
“And also, of course, within a couple years, all eight authors of the Transformer paper had left Google to either start or join AI startups, including OpenAI.”
David Rosenthal Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 2:03:08 Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired
20VC Assertion Supported
Gomez: Google Brain Trained Language Models Two Weeks After Transformer Paper
“Well, they weren't in the sense that, like, two weeks after we released the Transformer paper, we started training language models. So we, like, technologically and research-wise Google brain was certainly not behind.”
Aidan Gomez Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 46:49 Aidan Gomez: What No One Understands About Foundation Models | E1191 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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