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01 / belief
“I think that there are ways to build in inertia and traditional moats, but I think by and large, we're in a space where it is incumbent on us to continue to try to build the best thing, and everyone in this industry.”
02 / belief
“I think that vibe coding right now describes exactly this state of creation that is pretty controversial, where you're generating a lot of coding, you aren't really understanding the details.”
03 / belief
“I think another thing that's tricky about this domain is, it's kind of a new form of product building, where it's very interdisciplinary in that we are something in between a normal software company and then a foundation model company, in that we're developing a product for millions of people, and that side of things has to be excellent, but then also one important dimension of product quality is doing more and more on the science, and doing more and more on the model side of things in places where it makes sense.”
04 / belief
“I think you'll want the ability to move between all of these things fairly effortlessly, and sometimes I think you will want to have the thing kind of go spin off on its own for a while, and then I think you'll want the ability to pull in the AI's work, and then work with it very, very, very quickly, and then maybe have it go spin off again.”
05 / belief
“Many people you hear hire too fast, I think we actually hired too slow to begin with.”
06 / belief
“I think to start with, maybe we actually biased a little bit too much towards looking for people who fit the archetype of well-known school, very young, had done the things that were high credential in those well-known school environments.”
07 / belief
“I think one of the things that has been most surprising too is that the growth has been fairly just consistent on an exponential, of just consistent month-over-month growth, accelerated at times by launches on our part and other things.”
08 / belief
“I think less than the UI side of things, maybe taste is a little bit of a misnomer, but just about having the right idea for what should be built.”
09 / belief
“I think the important thing to note is, if you're in a space where you run out of useful things to do very quickly, then that's not a great situation to be in.”
10 / belief
“For the past few years, it hasn't been as big as I think the first experience people have had with some of these big models.”