David Pierce

They were like, we're going to make video into everything. We're going to start doing yoga classes over zoom, but we're also going to build like Zoom mail and Zoom docs. And that became the center of how people worked. And Microsoft goes, oh God, maybe that is going to be the center of how people work and built teams and crushed it because ultimately the free thing usually wins.

They were like, we're going to make video into everything. We're going to start doing yoga classes over zoom, but we're also going to build like Zoom mail and Zoom docs. And that became the center of how people worked. And Microsoft goes, oh God, maybe that is going to be the center of how people work and built teams and crushed it because ultimately the free thing usually wins.

They were like, we're going to make video into everything. We're going to start doing yoga classes over zoom, but we're also going to build like Zoom mail and Zoom docs. And that became the center of how people worked. And Microsoft goes, oh God, maybe that is going to be the center of how people work and built teams and crushed it because ultimately the free thing usually wins.

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Uh, no, I think it's, it is plausible in a way that I find a lot of AI stuff really implausible. Because in a real way, most of the data that you need exists, right? Like companies have that data somewhere. It is written. Company handbooks get written down. These things are placed somewhere. The problem is that they are in thousands of places, right?

Uh, no, I think it's, it is plausible in a way that I find a lot of AI stuff really implausible. Because in a real way, most of the data that you need exists, right? Like companies have that data somewhere. It is written. Company handbooks get written down. These things are placed somewhere. The problem is that they are in thousands of places, right?

Uh, no, I think it's, it is plausible in a way that I find a lot of AI stuff really implausible. Because in a real way, most of the data that you need exists, right? Like companies have that data somewhere. It is written. Company handbooks get written down. These things are placed somewhere. The problem is that they are in thousands of places, right?

Again, I was just rereading this Okta thing ahead of our recording here. And the average company in the United States pays for, I think it was 110 different pieces of enterprise software. That's too many. And what it means is if you want to find a thing, God help you. Like, where do you even start?

Again, I was just rereading this Okta thing ahead of our recording here. And the average company in the United States pays for, I think it was 110 different pieces of enterprise software. That's too many. And what it means is if you want to find a thing, God help you. Like, where do you even start?

Again, I was just rereading this Okta thing ahead of our recording here. And the average company in the United States pays for, I think it was 110 different pieces of enterprise software. That's too many. And what it means is if you want to find a thing, God help you. Like, where do you even start?

And so what you've seen, I think, is the beginning of what's about to be another big rebundling as a result of that. Because that thing you just described is super enticing. There are studies everywhere that say we spend a huge amount of our time at work just looking for stuff. And that actually easy access to information would be like the greatest productivity enabler in modern history. And

And so what you've seen, I think, is the beginning of what's about to be another big rebundling as a result of that. Because that thing you just described is super enticing. There are studies everywhere that say we spend a huge amount of our time at work just looking for stuff. And that actually easy access to information would be like the greatest productivity enabler in modern history. And

And so what you've seen, I think, is the beginning of what's about to be another big rebundling as a result of that. Because that thing you just described is super enticing. There are studies everywhere that say we spend a huge amount of our time at work just looking for stuff. And that actually easy access to information would be like the greatest productivity enabler in modern history. And

The idea that I could just say, what is our sales history with them? Or like, who's the contact over there and get that stuff quickly. Incredible. And so every company is after this, right? Like Dropbox built this thing dash that searches across all your stuff and all your different apps. You see companies like notion, which are trying to do more and more stuff.

The idea that I could just say, what is our sales history with them? Or like, who's the contact over there and get that stuff quickly. Incredible. And so every company is after this, right? Like Dropbox built this thing dash that searches across all your stuff and all your different apps. You see companies like notion, which are trying to do more and more stuff.