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What if abundant intelligence makes human ambition expand rather than human relevance disappear? NLW explores Venkatesh Rao’s “Cognitive Mercantilism,” which uses the history of capitalism to challenge assumptions about AI and our intellectual future. From the agricultural revolu ...  Show more

Spawn’s ten-person team shipped 77,000 code changes in a month with an always-on fleet of AI agents. NLW breaks down the systems behind that output, why human taste and ambition still matter, and five practical lessons other businesses can apply. In the headlines: legal AI startu ...  Show more

(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:53) EA acquired for $55B in biggest LBO ever, why PE is in trouble (17:42) IPO market, SPAC 2.0 (27:41) The AI rollup opportunity (36:01) Sacks joins the show! (38:27) OpenAI and Meta launch short-form video apps: "AI Slop" or the future of content? (45:0 ...  Show more

OpenAI is one of the fastest-growing companies ever, thanks to its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. But costs to train and run the models that underpin that technology are steep. And chief executive Sam Altman has said he has even bigger aims. The FT’s Madhumita Murgi ...

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode, we dive into OpenAI's recent fundraising round at a whopping $90 billion valuation and explore what this means for the tech industry. We also take a closer loo ...  Show more