SVIC Podcast

OpenAI acquires remote collaboration platform Multi, while Amazon works on a chatbot called Metis to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. OpenAI's acquisition strategy focuses on aqua-hiring talent, with a majority of new hires being technical roles. Amazon's Metis project aims to integrate the chatbot into its retail shop. The project is known internally as Ban Yan and will...

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Googlers React To Lex Fridman & Aravind Srinivas Interview, OpenAI & Anthropic - Robots.txt heat 👉DON'T MISS THE CONVERSATION! Gain entry to our exclusive Discord community by becoming a Youtube Channel member or patreon.com/svic supporter to access exclusive episodes, insider updates, and be part of a vibrant group where learning meets laughter Please support us by checking out our s...

Max Cho, founder of Coverage Cat an insurance startup, will join us to talk about building an insurance brokerage in the age of AI. Before founding Coverage Cat he had prior roles at Two Sigma, Google, and Microsoft 👉DON'T MISS THE CONVERSATION! Gain entry to our exclusive Discord community by becoming a Youtube Channel member or patreon.com/svic supporter to access exclusive episodes, inside...

OpenAI Is Stealing Talent From Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. 👉DON'T MISS THE CONVERSATION! Gain entry to our exclusive Discord community by becoming a Youtube Channel member or patreon.com/svic supporter to access exclusive episodes, insider updates, and be part of a vibrant group where learning meets laughter Please support us by checking out our sponsors: Thangs - Premium 3D models for y...

OpenAI's Political Lobby Spending And OpenAI Goes To Washington 👉DON'T MISS THE CONVERSATION! Gain entry to our exclusive Discord community by becoming a Youtube Channel member or patreon.com/svic supporter to access exclusive episodes, insider updates, and be part of a vibrant group where learning meets laughter Please support us by checking out our sponsors: Thangs - Premium 3D models f...

A lot has been said about ChatGPT job loss, but what does the research say? 👉DON'T MISS THE CONVERSATION! Gain entry to our exclusive Discord community by becoming a Youtube Channel member or patreon.com/svic supporter to access exclusive episodes, insider updates, and be part of a vibrant group where learning meets laughter Please support us by checking out our sponsors: Thangs - Premium 3D...

Anissa Gardizy is a reporter at The Information, which is the leading publication high-powered technology executives and founders read every day. She has also worked at the Boston Globe. She's joining us to talk about the various supercomputers and data centers that Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Satya Nadella are trying to build. We just released an exclusive episode on the companies that Nvidia...

We discuss: Apple's AI Private Cloud - Real deal or hype? & Reducing LLM Hallucinations We are looking for more sponsors, reach out to info@svinvestorsclub.com if you would like to support the show. Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and more. 🚀You...

Googlers React To Dwarkesh Patel Guest Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI Manifesto: Comparing AGI to Nukes We are looking for more sponsors, reach out to info@svinvestorsclub.com if you would like to support the show. Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and mor...

FTC Is After OpenAI, Microsoft and Nvidia We are looking for more sponsors, reach out to info@svinvestorsclub.com if you would like to support the show. Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and more. 🚀Youtube and Patreon supporters: We invited Christa Laser...

Joe Hickman, a former Tesla employee, joins us to discuss his time at the company, including his experiences during the Model 3 ramp-up, working around Elon Musk, navigating layoffs, the Solar City acquisition, and much more! We are looking for more sponsors, reach out to info@svinvestorsclub.com if you would like to support the show. Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked a...

Saurabh Sharma, VP of Product and Design at You.com, an AI search engine. Joins us to talk about You.com's launch of Custom Assistants, a new feature that allows users to create personalized AI assistants. Before working at You.com Saurabh worked at Google as a Group Product Manager. Please support us by checking out our sponsors: Thangs - Premium 3D models for your 3D Printer. Save 15% on you...

Pianpian Guthrie joins us to discuss her startup Amotions (amotionsinc.com), an AI coaching and upskilling startup. Please support us by checking out our sponsors: Thangs - Premium 3D models for your 3D Printer. Save 15% on your memberships by entering promo code: "SVIC" & using this link https://than.gs/?affiliateCode=SVIC to access stores BigBricks, SuperCrazyPrints, and Terra de V...

Jason Saltzman works for Live Data (www.livedatatechnologies.com/) , a company that continuously monitors the open web for job change signals, tracking the employment status for 95M+ decision-makers in North America and the EU. Jason joins us to talk about Salesforce's executive flight and their struggling business model, OpenAI's hiring of roboticists, and much more! Chapters: 00:00 Intro...

Ravin Thambapillia is the co-founder of Credal.ai. His company helps enterprises build secure AI apps with their data, addressing the challenges of data governance and security in AI applications. You'll learn about the challenges of AI data governance & security, how he made product pivots without wasting money, how his business is experiencing explosive growth, with a 100,000% increase i...

Tech Employee Spent Too Much Time Covering OpenAI Drama, here are his thoughts. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:20 Ilya Suskeberg's Departure from OpenAI 03:06 Sam Altman's Thoughts On Ilya 05:23 Ilya's Accomplishments In AI 07:50 Timeline of Ilya's Failed Coup Against Sam & 48 Laws of Power 10:00 Ilya's Stepping Into A Great Man's Shoes & Not Planning...

In this conversation, Jordan and Tim discuss Super Teacher Inc., an AI tutoring platform that provides unlimited tutoring for $10 a month. Tim explains the effectiveness of tutoring in education and the challenges of affordability. He shares his experience in networking and the importance of building connections. Tim also provides insights into the tech stack behind Super Teacher and the role of A...

In this conversation, Jordan reacts to Sam Altman's recent interview at Stanford and discusses various topics related to AI, business, and entrepreneurship. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the root problem and having a vision when building a company. Jordan also talks about the need for experimentation and the time it takes for society to fully integrate and utilize new technolog...

In this conversation, the hosts discuss several topics including newspapers suing OpenAI, the sentencing of the former Binance CEO, A16Z's views on HR, and the increasing budget allocations for generative AI in enterprises. They also touch on the loss of credibility in institutions and the challenges of measuring ROI in AI investments. In this conversation, Joseph and Jordan discuss various to...

The Financial Times has struck a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content, allowing ChatGPT to respond to questions with short summaries from FT articles. OpenAI has also been in talks with Apple about generative AI for iOS 18. The challenge for OpenAI is to maintain a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, especially with the open-source communit...

In this conversation, the hosts discuss various topics including the AI safety board that Sam Altman is on, Eric Schmidt's comments on AI, the Rabbit R1 device, and upcoming speakers on the podcast. They also touch on the regulatory vacuum in AI, the fundraising efforts of XAI Corp, and the importance of patience in the creative process.

Joe (VP of Eng) and Jordan (Mergers and Acquisitions), Google veterans, react to David Shapiro's predictions on AI.

This podcast episode dives into the impacts of Microsoft's AI on business efficiency, OpenAI's advancements in search technology, and the integration challenges of AI within corporate environments. The discussion also covers Slack's AI improvements, the adaptation to AI technologies in different sectors, and insights into the future of AI-driven corporate solutions. Show hosts Joe (Eng...