API
also referred to as: apis
5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 16, 2023 by Sam Lessin · across every show →
Everything said about API, oldest first
Jun 16, 2023 neutral
Lessin: Platforms will shut down APIs to fight a data holy war
“This is why everyone's going to shut down every API imaginable. It's going to be a data. Holy war is like, if you actually have differentiated data Right? That would be useful for a specific domain getting answers through a large language model or refining a m…”
Mar 22, 2024 positive
Sam Lessin: Apple will release AI as developer APIs reinforcing hardware
“I think Dave made this point, you know, weeks ago. I think he's basically right, or the smart point, which is like, the way Apple would release this is a bunch of APIs for developers. That's the powerful move, right? Is to figure out effectively how to make th…”
Jul 26, 2024 positive
Jan 16, 2026 bearish
Sam Lessin: Ubiquitous AI will kill public APIs and turn everything into walled gardens
“The upshot is like, in some ways, all that AI is doing is rationalizing effectively the world of APIs and the world of programmatic access. Because when you drop access, where it's not just like really sophisticated, smart people who can kind of do stuff and y…”
Sep 4, 2026 bearish
Sam Lessin: Universal scripting makes AI models interoperable, destroying provider margins
“When you get down to a lower level, because you can no longer have on-off APIs, because everything is scriptable, because these things can script any interface and interact anyway, as long as you have data sovereignty, meaning like it's your data, they're all …”