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The State of Data & AI with Tom Tunguz, VC at Theory Ventures

Name: The State of Data & AI with Tom Tunguz, VC at Theory Ventures
Uploaded: 2026-01-06T14:00:41+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: Richie Cotton
Description: Tom Tunguz argues that Gemini 3 proved massive pre-training alone can't capture all human knowledge, shifting AI strategy. The winners will be nimble…

6 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Tom Tunguz argues that Gemini 3 proved massive pre-training alone can't capture all human knowledge, shifting AI strategy. The winners will be nimble companies that adapt quickly to customers. He predicts a future where your status is measured by how many autonomous agents handle your tasks.

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We thought that pre training was dead, and all the techniques about bringing in the total of human knowledge and compressing it into an LLM, it solved that problem. But the launch of Gemini 3 basically shattered that illusion. The nimblest companies, the companies that are relentlessly customer focused, will be the ones who win, because they need to anticipate and hear from their customers how those buyer preferences are changing. How do you start to create bigger, more complex documents that describe an entire project in a way an agent can understand and work on? While you are hosting a podcast, while you are attending a meeting, while you're having lunch, the status symbol now will be how many agents are working for me while I'm having tea.