AI talent

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 22, 2024 by Sam Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about AI talent, oldest first

Mar 22, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: AI startup talent will recombine into Big Tech within years
“If you believe, as I do, that all the value is going to accrue to the top five players anyway, what you'd expect is that, like, on some non-zero timeline, but in the next few years, all the talent that got excited about these startup opportunities and went fly…”
Sam Lessin Mar 22, 2024 ▶ 33:22 #39: How (Not?) to Exit Your AI Company, Analyzing the New Google-Apple Tie Up · More or Less Podcast
May 3, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Sam Lessin claims AI talent is the only scarce talent globally
“I do think that AI talent is the exception because it's the only scarce talent in the world right now.”
Sam Lessin May 3, 2024 ▶ 27:05 #45: How Tech Cos. Quit the Culture Wars · More or Less Podcast
Aug 1, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin predicts AI talent compensation will normalize like iOS developers
“I generally think like what Dave said, that it's much more likely this is just like the iOS displacement over again. And like the next generation of comp gets way more reasonable again.”
Sam Lessin Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 39:37 #110 Meta's Billion-Dollar Hires: Bubble or Genius? · More or Less Podcast
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