Twilio Bets Small, DeepSeek Scares & the GameOn Fraud | E2076

Today’s show: Jason and Alex cover Twilio’s team size compression, DeepSeek’s scary good AI for only $6M and the GameOn fraud saga that sounds too crazy to be true.

(0:00) Alex and Jason kick off the show
(6:27) Rundown of potential topics
(7:10) Twilio’s team size strategy and AI’s impact on workforce
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(14:52) Entrepreneurship in the AI era and automation concerns
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(22:49) Meta’s investment in data centers and surplus compute power
(26:36) Technology’s potential to solve humanity’s problems
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(32:01) Empathy for workers displaced by automation
(34:11) DeepSeq’s role in reducing AI industry costs
(37:27) Game On startup fraud case and due diligence in startups
(53:13) Venture capital’s role in startup oversight
(55:36) OpenAI’s Operator announcement and AI autonomy risks

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