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Hayden Field

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
480 total appearances

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

Anthropic, they felt pretty safe using it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

They didn't feel like they'd be on the hook for

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

reputational risk.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

So yeah, OpenAI has to close the gap in terms of actual usage, anecdotally what people prefer, the hype that's involved with cloud code and all that that brings, and then also the reputational stuff that Anthropic kind of has going for it just because of its steady, slow growth.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

It is pretty crazy right now.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

I think they're going through a huge strategic shift.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

And it's just... It's a question of whether this is going to be like every other shift we've seen in the past with them kind of going all in on one thing, going all in on another thing, going all in in parallel on five things.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

Is this really going to last?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

That's kind of what people are asking.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

And we don't know.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

I mean...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

I think if they are entirely focused on coding and enterprise, yeah, it makes sense that there'd be a lot of upheaval.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

But they're also like, you know, really into building this super app.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

And Greg Brockman just took over charge of that while Simo is out.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

And then.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

On the business side, their CSO, their CFO, and their CRO are going to take charge.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

And then their CMO just stepped down due to health reasons.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

Their head of communications stepped down in January, and there's still no replacement there.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

And that, I think, is part of why they bought TBPN.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI industry's existential race for profits

There's been a lot of bad press about OpenAI in the last few months.