What Bret Taylor thinks about innovation

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Co-founder and chief executive of Sierra, chairman of the board of OpenAI, and formerly co-chief executive of Salesforce and chief technology officer of Facebook.

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1. 18 Aug 2025

   Our readingBuyers default to buying from platforms until a new technology arrives, which swings them to best-of-breed because incumbents are bad at what is new.

   Their wordsWhen new technologies come out, this pendulum swings from best of platform towards best of breed. And the reason for that is incumbents typically aren't that great at these new technologies.

   ↗How is AI Different Than Other Technology Waves? (With Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor) [ACQ2]youtube.com 17th of 22 in this recording