Andreessen: Elon Musk Eliminated the Research-Product Distinction at xAI
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Marc Andreessen discusses organizational structures and handoffs between research and product teams in AI companies.
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“Elon, as usual, of course, is provoking this question, is, I'm sure you guys talked about, but, you know, he has now, you know, with NXAI, he's now collapsed, you know, he's eliminated the distinction between research and product”
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