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Opinion
Costolo: Nikita Bier's product instincts rival Kevin Systrom and Evan Spiegel
“Nikita has an extraordinary instinct for product that I think only, I would say, Kevin Systrom and maybe, you know, Evan Spiegel with his initial instinct for Snapchat stories are comparable.”
Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 ▶ 44:42 Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
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Costolo: Small AI startups like Granola vastly outperform Apple Siri
“It's surprising how Siri for, Siri or iMessage, for example, have been so impossibly slow to keep pace with what appear to be things that AI startups with 10 or 12 people have been extraordinarily successful at, like text to speech or speech to text. Granola, …”
Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 ▶ 35:11 Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
Opinion
Costolo: Meta's rolling layoffs are surprising given Zuckerberg's strategic sharpness
“What I would say specifically about Meta is Mark is extraordinarily sharp and a strategic thinker, and the thing that I've been surprised about is the little bit of the death by a thousand cuts on the layoffs.”
Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 ▶ 38:45 Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
Opinion
Costolo: Anthropic would benefit greatly from IPOing before OpenAI
“I think it would be great. I think it would be great for Anthropic if they can go first.”
Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 ▶ 21:31 Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
Opinion
Costolo: Twitter's text posts are extraordinarily resilient against TikTok and Reels
“I think Twitter's text posts are, have been extraordinarily resilient. It was like, it's like this, you know, it's ability to survive The changes in the way people use TikTok and reels and social media.”
Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 ▶ 42:57 Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
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