Charles HudsonFounder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Shopify's "Leaked" Internal CEO Memo #venturecapital #tech #investing #podcast #duet #ai

12 Apr 2025 · 0 min

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A short transcript excerpt from Charles Hudson (YouTube) discussing a Shopify internal memo about AI. Hudson predicts the memo will be referenced in media and by employees in coming months and interprets its message as signaling to startup founders and public-market investors about Shopify's stance on AI.

So I think it's a really clear statement. I'll be curious to see a year from now when somebody says, I wonder what happened with that Shopify memo? Or in six months on Business Insider interviews five Shopify employees about how they use it. I'm very curious to see, but I assume the message for that was startup companies who thought in their pitch, hey, we're going to like out AI, Shopify, and public market investors who might be concerned that Shopify isn't taking AI sufficiently serious.