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Inside OpenAI Enterprise: Forward Deployed Engineering, GPT-5, and More | BG2 Guest Interview
11 Sep 2025
Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week, guest host Altimeter’s Apoorv Agrawal explores how OpenAI is reshaping enterprise with Sherwin Wu, Head of Engineering OpenAI Platform, and Olivier Godement, Head of Product OpenAI Platform. From T-Mobile’s AI voice support to Amgen’s drug breakthroughs to Los Alamos’ air-gapped supercomputer—this episode dives into the real world of AI at scale. Enjoy another episode of BG2!Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(01:50) OpenAI’s Enterprise Mission: Beyond ChatGPT(06:00) Case Study: T-Mobile <> Voice & Support (11:30) Case Study: Amgen <> Accelerating Drug Development(13:45) Case Study: Los Alamos National Lab (17:00) Why 95% of AI Deployments Fail?(20:30) Physical vs Digital Autonomy: Scaffolding & Infrastructure(26:00) GPT-5: Release, Benchmarks vs Behavior(30:00) GPT-5 Feedback: Instruction Following, Hallucinations, Code Quality(33:00) Multimodality: Text, Voice, and Video(35:30) Audio: Realtime API vs Stitched Audio(38:00) Model Customization & Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT)(43:00) Rapid Fire: Long/Short Picks (1:03:00) Highlights and Lowlights @ OpenAIShow Notes:T-Mobile Partnership: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/business/t-mobile-launches-intentcx-with-openaiAmgen Partnership: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-amgen/Los Alamos Partnership: https://www.lanl.gov/media/news/0130-open-aiMIT AI Report: https://mlq.ai/media/quarterly_decks/v0.1_State_of_AI_in_Business_2025_Report.pdfProduced by Dan ShevchukMusic by Yung SpielbergAvailable on Apple, Spotify, www.bg2pod.comFollow:Brad Gerstner @altcap https://x.com/altcapBill Gurley @bgurley https://x.com/bgurleyBG2 Pod @bg2pod https://x.com/BG2PodApoorv Agrawal @apoorv03 https://x.com/apoorv03Sherwin Wu @sherwinwu https://x.com/sherwinwuOlivier Godement @oliviergodement https://x.com/oliviergodement
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