API
also referred to as: apis
6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 30, 2025 by Dario Amodei · across every show →
Everything said about API, oldest first
Jul 30, 2025
Sep 25, 2025 negative
Oct 10, 2025 bullish
Dec 5, 2025 neutral
McDermott: Lack of backend APIs is the primary blocker for AI agents taking action
“I think if you don't have an API on that system, we can't swivel chair yet. With an AI agent effectively or, you know, reliably. And, you know, we can vibe code and build the integration for them, but the API has to be there. And so mostly the blocker, like wh…”
Jul 27, 2026 neutral
Kantrowitz: Frontier AI Labs May Be Forced to Shut Off APIs
“I don't have any information to suggest that they're going to shut off their APIs. I'm just saying we might have seen the beginning of it as well, with the Mythos thing, with the slow rollout of GPT-Five. Six. Just wait, because they may have no choice but to …”
Jul 29, 2026 bearish
Kantrowitz: Selling Raw AI Intelligence Alone Won't Build Trillion-Dollar Companies
“I think that if there was a belief that you could build a trillion dollar company just by selling intelligence from the API alone not gonna happen most likely.
but what could happen is you, if you're the developer of the intelligence, you can build products w…”