Posted on fifteenth April 2024 by Harry

Sam Altman is the CEO @ OpenAI, the corporate on a mission is to make sure that synthetic normal intelligence advantages all of humanity. OpenAI is without doubt one of the fastest-scaling firms in historical past with a valuation of $90BN and $2BN+ in income. Previous to OpenAI, Sam was the President and CEO @ Y Combinator and made angel investments within the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, Pinterest, Asana and extra.

Brad Lightcap is the COO @ OpenAI and the person liable for the unbelievable scaling of gross sales, GTM, partnerships and enterprise to in the present day being over $2BN in income. Earlier than OpenAI, Brad was an investor at Y Combinator, the place he met Sam and earlier than that led finance and operations initiatives at Dropbox.

In Right this moment’s Episode with Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap We Talk about:

1. The Partnership: The Most Highly effective Double Act in Tech:

• How did 25 individuals rejecting OpenAI’s CFO positions 6 years in the past, result in Brad becoming a member of OpenAI earlier than Sam even did? What did he see that the world didn’t?
• What does Brad suppose is Sam’s largest superpower that the world doesn’t know? What does Sam suppose it Brad’s largest superpower that the world doesn’t now?
• How do selections get made between Brad and Sam? How do they determine what to delegate vs what to not? What’s the most up-to-date disagreement that they had? How did they resolve it?

2. The Subsequent 12 Months for OpenAI: Bottlenecks, Compute and Commoditisation:

• What are the core bottlenecks dealing with OpenAI within the subsequent 12 months?
• How does Sam imagine we resolve the elemental drawback of compute?
• What’s the single largest barrier to the standard of fashions bettering?
• What’s the finish state for the mannequin panorama? Will fashions change into commoditised?

3. OpenAI: The Quickest Scaling Firm in Historical past:

• What has been the key to how OpenAI has scaled to $2BN in income in 24 months?
• Why does Sam imagine that he’s “not a terrific operator”? What drives this pondering?
• What have been the primary issues to interrupt within the scaling of OpenAI?
• What do Brad and Sam know now in regards to the scaling that they need that they had recognized firstly?
• Why does OpenAI lean in direction of hiring extra skilled individuals within the staff?

4. Find out how to Make investments and Function in a World of OpenAI:

• What single query can founders ask that can reveal if they are going to be steamrolled by OpenAI?
• Does Sam imagine enormous numbers of firms shall be steamrolled by OpenAI?
• For buyers, is there cash to be made investing within the software layer of AI in the present day?
• What query ought to all companies be asking about tips on how to undertake and use AI of their enterprise?

5. Sam Altman: AMA:

• What have been the only largest classes Sam has discovered from the founders he has invested in?
• Which founders has he discovered essentially the most from? What did he be taught from every?
• What’s Sam most involved about on the earth in the present day? Why what?
• What sudden traits or traits does Sam most search for within the founders he invests in?
• Why does Sam say that he’s not comfortable however he’s grateful?