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Read this korrent: A company will only go as far in AI as its CEO does, and it is not something a CEO can delegate.
A company will only go as far in AI as its CEO does, and it is not something a CEO can delegate.
Last stated 3 months ago
24 May 2026
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mass unemployment some AI CEOs describe is not going to happen. — tap to centre the map on it
The mass unemployment some AI CEOs describe is not going to happen.
Last stated 3 months ago
24 May 2026
DS
Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is far less trade-off than people assume between a safer AI race and widely shared gains: a big lead can be held by a widely owned public company. — tap to centre the map on it
There is far less trade-off than people assume between a safer AI race and widely shared gains: a big lead can…
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Not one of the companies building frontier AI is willing to accept standard corporate governance, which is how dangerous they know the technology to be. — tap to centre the map on it
Not one of the companies building frontier AI is willing to accept standard corporate governance, which is…
Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The next constraint on AI adoption is not what the agents can do but how many of them a company can absorb. — tap to centre the map on it
The next constraint on AI adoption is not what the agents can do but how many of them a company can absorb.
Last stated 8 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Letting shareholders govern AI means whoever can borrow the most money controls the technology, and that cannot be how it works. — tap to centre the map on it
Letting shareholders govern AI means whoever can borrow the most money controls the technology, and that cannot be…
Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Delivery will keep being slow until companies apply AI to the human, business-process half of it, not just to coding. — tap to centre the map on it
Delivery will keep being slow until companies apply AI to the human, business-process half of it, not just to…
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not centralise the economy into a handful of companies; there are going to be many thousands of winners. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will not centralise the economy into a handful of companies; there are going to be many thousands of winners.
Last stated a month ago
31 Jul 2026
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has changed almost nothing about how a startup works; the one genuinely new thing is that companies now carry enormous token bills. — tap to centre the map on it
AI has changed almost nothing about how a startup works; the one genuinely new thing is that companies now carry…
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good. — tap to centre the map on it
A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people…
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office. — tap to centre the map on it
A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the…
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely…
Last stated 10 months ago
17 Nov 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it
A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of…
Last stated a month ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however…
Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will…
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out. — tap to centre the map on it
About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds…
Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
LT
Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
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