Ian Silber
7 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 16, 2026 by Ian Silber · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Aug 16, 2026 neutral
Silber: Instagram's slower product change cycle would not work at OpenAI
“Like we spent more time at Instagram, we definitely moved slower. And I would say that we changed the product less and that actually worked really well for most stages of Instagram. But I don't think that that would work in, in the current stage of where we're…”
Aug 16, 2026 positive
Aug 16, 2026
Silber: OpenAI is prototyping ways to deeply embed ChatGPT into personal lives
“You know, like we're thinking a lot about how we should evolve. Sort of really think about ChatGPT becoming like deeply embedded in a per, like your personal life and how, how should the app feel? That's something that we're not going to necessarily design and…”
Aug 16, 2026 positive
Aug 16, 2026
Silber: AI designers shouldn't be precious until technology hardens
“I think the biggest thing is like embracing that the technology might change in like a month or, you know, and maybe a certain interaction or setting or whatever that you needed Doesn't need to exist, or now a new one does need to exist, or a new capability is…”
Aug 16, 2026 positive
Silber: Product teams still need dedicated PM, design, and engineering specialists
“I do still think that, and maybe this is thinking about it from like a slightly larger company perspective, but I think you do still need people that have certain responsibilities, right? Because if you have one person that's expected to design, to rally a tea…”
Aug 16, 2026 positive
Silber: IGTV flopped due to flawed assumptions, leading directly to Reels
“I worked on IGTV, which was, like, a huge flop, and then we shipped Reels and Reels was, like, we, and look, I mean, that's a good example, because, like, we had, we just, like, kind of baked in some wrong assumptions, and we held on to a few constraints, But …”