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Prediction Held up
Kant: Most developers will adopt AI pair programmers within two years
“Well, the first thing that I think is at this point, almost uncontested, but frankly, when I was building source, most people didn't think would happen is the fact that the majority, if not all developers in the next couple of years in the world will adopt som…”
Eiso Kant Dec 20, 2023 ▶ 9:29 The Race to Build the Ultimate AI Programmer | Poolside CTO Eiso Kant
Prediction Held up
Kant: Non-engineers will build software via AI prompts within three years
“We don't think we're more than three years out to that point where a non-engineer, someone with no coding, you know, software development background is able to come and give one of those high level vague things of what they want built, right? Cause that's what…”
Eiso Kant Dec 20, 2023 ▶ 10:42 The Race to Build the Ultimate AI Programmer | Poolside CTO Eiso Kant
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Kant: Poolside first compute online late 2025, 250MW by Q1 2027
“So at the beginning of Q four, end of Q three, so next year, we've got the first compute coming online. And then we're finalizing in Q one, 20, 27, the first you know, 250 megawatts, but already next summer, the next 250 megawatts starts construction. It's a s…”
Eiso Kant Nov 6, 2025 ▶ 26:40 Intelligence Isn’t Enough: Why Energy & Compute Decide the AGI Race – Eiso Kant
Assertion Supported
Mistral and Poolside funding is a trickle compared to OpenAI, says Polu
“It's already awesome that Mistral was able to raise that much, that Toolside is able to raise that much, but it's a trickle compared to what Open Air is raising, compared to what Anthropik is raising.”
Stanislas Polu Oct 11, 2023 ▶ 51:00 Secure, Private, Powerful: Dust’s Vision for Enterprise AI Agents | Stanislas Polu
Assertion Supported
Poolside and Reflection are building clusters with massive B200 GPU deployments
“They're companies like Poolside. They're building out tens of thousands of B-two hundred, GB-two hundred chips. You know, there's other folks like Reflection who are who are building out. Tens of thousands of B 200 chips.”
Dan Fu Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 19:13 The End of GPU Scaling? Compute & The Agent Era — Tim Dettmers (Ai2) & Dan Fu (Together AI)
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