frontier models

also referred to as: frontier model

8 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement May 9, 2024 by Elad Gil · across every show →

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May 9, 2024 neutral
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Elad Gil predicts only hyperscalers will afford subsidizing long-term frontier models
“And so one could argue that in the long run, that's where those types of models should go is the inference platforms probably provide things that are more in that range. And then the hyperscalers and their partners, you know, a handful of them will be at the f…”
Elad Gil May 9, 2024 ▶ 17:27 No Priors Ep. 63 | With Sarah Guo and Elad Gil
Sep 19, 2024 neutral
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Taylor: AI pre-training will consolidate into a small number of frontier model builders
“I think that will probably play out with the frontier models. We'll end up with a relatively small number of companies doing pre-training you know, which is the really capital intensive part of model building not because, you know, there's not, they're the onl…”
Bret Taylor Sep 19, 2024 ▶ 15:41 No Priors Ep. 82 | With CEO of Sierra Bret Taylor
Oct 8, 2024
Insight
Goyal: Validating LLM outputs is significantly easier for frontier models than generation
“It's way easier for an LLM, especially a frontier model, to look at the work of you know, itself or another LLM and accurately assess it.”
Ankur Goyal Oct 8, 2024 ▶ 36:58 No Priors Ep. 85 | CEO of Braintrust Ankur Goyal
Jul 17, 2025 bearish
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Laskin: AI coding startups face existential risk without in-house frontier models
“And then from the startup side, I think it actually puts companies that Are in these kind of critical path categories like search and coding in a pretty existential place if they can't build their own frontier models. Not all frontier labs will be able to vert…”
Misha Laskin Jul 17, 2025 ▶ 46:41 No Priors Ep. 123 | With ReflectionAI Co-Founder and CEO Misha Laskin
Jul 24, 2025
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Chen: Frontier AI Models Will Proliferate Rather Than Commoditize
“So I actually see more and more frontier models opening up over time because I actually don't think that the models will be commodities.”
Edwin Chen Jul 24, 2025 ▶ 25:04 No Priors Ep. 124 | With SurgeAI Founder and CEO Edwin Chen
Oct 23, 2025 neutral
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Lloyd: Frontier Models Have Pricing Power Due to Open Source Delta
“Right now the models have a bunch of sort of like pricing power because like there is a real delta between using the frontier model and using like the open source model.”
Zach Lloyd Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 20:53 No Priors Ep. 137 | With Warp Co-Founder & CEO Zach Lloyd
Mar 12, 2026 positive
Insight
Simon Last: Companies Must Redesign AI Software Harnesses Every Six Months
“I think this is honestly a really key thing and something that a lot of companies get wrong is just like doing one thing and then just like sticking with it. You really do have to keenly aware of what the current state of the models and the technology is, and …”
Simon Last Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 7:37 From Note-Taking App to AI Workspace: The Simon Last Interview
Sep 10, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Armstrong claims New Limit built the leading frontier model for epigenetic reprogramming
“We've built the leading frontier model for epigenetic reprogramming.”
Brian Armstrong Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 28:40 Coinbase’s Everything Exchange: Agentic Finance, Stablecoins & Tokenization with CEO Brian Armstrong
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