Two speakers argue generative AI is actually under-hyped despite the buzz. They discuss major players like Microsoft and Meta, xAI's $6 billion funding round, and real breakthroughs in tools like Canva and Leonardo. The technology is positioned as the start of a transformative decade.
So like, it's just the— where we are right now is super interesting. The rate of change is what's more compelling, like how quickly this thing is going.
That's amazing. I need a mind-blown emoji on my side when I'm just listening to you. It's because I'm like, whoa, that is incredible. That is incredible. I could keep— I think I could spend hours just asking about use cases, really. Because that's really where the rubber meets the road, right? So, tell me, you know, all this, there's so much talk about generative AI. We've seen what's happened with Canva and Leonardo. And, you know, it's happening. We are at the early stages of a transformative decade. And you are at, you know, world top 3 most innovative companies. Yeah. Series D funded, you know, you're pretty much at the right in the front of the ship looking ahead at what's coming. So is it all, you know, is it hype? Is it real? You know, what do you see?
Yeah, yeah, look, it's, I get that a lot, actually. This is all hype. I think it's underhyped, to be honest. And like, there's a couple of things that Like, they give me that sort of mental model. And the first one is, man, follow the money. Like, you look at the— so you could bucket the industry and say, right, there's the big players at the top, right? Who's going to be the one ring to rule them all? And you've got Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Google, Elon Musk and xAI all going to get— like, he got $6 billion of pre-seed funding. $6 billion at pre-seed.
