Friar: OpenAI's capital spending prioritizes compute first, then top talent
Sarah Friar · The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ · Y Combinator · Nov 1, 2024 · at 1:12
Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, discusses how the company plans to allocate its $6.6 billion funding round.
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“It's compute first and it's not cheap. It's great talent second. And then of course it's all the normal operating expenses of a more traditional company.”
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