OpenAI is growing faster than Instagram did, says Kevin Weil
Kevin Weil · Coatue Pt2. Open AI’s Kevin Weil Dives into All Things ChatGPT | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod · Jun 21, 2025 · at 1:32
Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer at OpenAI and former VP of Product at Instagram, compares OpenAI's hypergrowth trajectory to historic social media scaling.
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“I mean, for one, I, we have grown faster than anything I've ever seen. And I thought I had seen fast growth when I was at Instagram, for example.”
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