foundation model
also referred to as: foundation models
10 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Mar 15, 2025 by Sharad Sharma · across every show →
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Mar 15, 2025 neutral
Sharma: US AI regulation focuses on foundation models over apps
“The US, which has tried to control AI and its dissipation you know, Sam Altman's statement was just a manifestation of that. And the GPU diffusion order is a manifestation of that said, look, ultimately all these apps will have only a few models. Oh, you know,…”
Nov 7, 2025 neutral
Sahai: Startups' clean data slates rival incumbents' massive but dirty datasets
“Incumbents have the advantage of a lot of data, right? But they also have the baggage that often the data is not very clean. So as you build your models, as you build your foundation models, et cetera, are you relying on good data or not, right? Whereas a star…”
May 15, 2026 positive
Ameya Bhatawdekar: Enterprise AI quality comes from surrounding engineering, not just models
“These intelligent systems, these AI systems are not just a model, right? There's a lot of layering that happens on top of these models. These systems have to really deliver specific capabilities or specific experiences that help people do certain specific task…”
Jun 9, 2026 positive
Ambati: Monthly AI model churn is fueled by synthetic data loops
“Every month, if you will, there is a new model, right? That's beating the old model, and visibly adopted already, and people are moving to the new models and the data is just flowing, like you're generating data, you're sort of getting access to new data creat…”
Jun 18, 2026 negative
Jul 21, 2026 bullish
Jul 24, 2026 neutral
Jul 24, 2026 negative
Foundation models struggle with multi-stakeholder enterprise workflows due to missing memory
“The foundation models aren't built for that because they don't really understand persona. They don't have memory. You know, you think they don't have memory of multiple complex and the interdependencies between those. So I actually am seeing founders, some of …”
Jul 31, 2026 positive
Krishnan: Meaningful services provide AI startups a moat against model advances
“Having having the need for a meaningful services component does, for example I mean, it serves a useful purpose also today, right? Like in a manner which might not have been valued as much a few years ago, which is that It absolutely gives you a certain moat a…”