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Published · transcript-backedBret Taylor: belief
10 Mar 2026 Cheeky Pint Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board
“When we first met, I doubt either of us had an extremely positive view of the future of Microsoft.”
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- Bret Taylor
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- belief
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- 10 Mar 2026
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- Cheeky Pint
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…Voting/weighing machines. Voting/weighing machines. I get it. There's probably more safer sectors to invest in, but I don't think it's an indictment of individual companies. That's my point. I actually think... When we first met, I doubt either of us had an extremely positive view of the future of Microsoft. At the time, it felt a previous generation company. Now you look at Azure, their OpenAI relationship, all these things, what an impressive turnaround. I think any one of these companies could do it. I think it's just... But it's more of an indictment of the market. I have a lot more questions. Would you like another Guinness?…
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