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Ara Kharazian

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338 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

It's a good question.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I mean, so what comes to top of mind, maybe this is exactly what you're getting at, but a lot of the legacy media companies that are interesting, because they're really going to come out on top of some of the transformations.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I mean, you look at like the New York Times, a lot of newspapers, which are doing deals directly with the model companies to sort of license their work.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

Does that mean they're going to be well positioned to be ahead on AI and to adopt them effectively as a workforce?

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

There's some signs.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I mean, I talked to a bunch of reporters who have sort of offhand said that despite AI is quite controversial still in the newsroom, but there's also an increasing amount of talk about like, hey, some writing is actually more appropriately done with an AI model and reporters can focus on reporting, something like that.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

So there's experimentation happening across sectors, and it's not exactly in the places where you'd expect it.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I'll say this way.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I think AI is pretty bad at most writing.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I think it's really bad at writing blogs or anything opinionated.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

I think it comes out with results that are, I mean, everyone's, people have talked about this extensively.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

Like I know when I'm reading something that's written by an AI.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

It's not just this.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

It's that.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

It's what?

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

It's not this.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

It's that.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

Yeah.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

Yeah.

The a16z Show
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet

The quiet part out loud.