AI, VC, and the next big opportunity in tech, with 'Startup Project' host Nataraj Sindam

As the creator and host of the "Startup Project" podcast (thestartupproject.io/episodes/) , Seattle-area tech senior product manager Nataraj Sindam ( / natarajsindam ) talks with a wide range of investors and entrepreneurs, contributing to his broad perspective on the future of artificial intelligence, investing, startups, and business technology. He's also author of the Above Average (above-average.beehiiv.com/) email newsletter, and venture partner with Incisive Ventures (incisive.vc/) .
Our topics this week include:
• The opportunity to apply the power of large language models and generative AI to the larger world of business-to-business applications, including services tailored to workflows in specific industry verticals.
• How AI will drive a massive increase in data centers in the next 5-10 years to meet increased demand for compute and storage, and will require new "intelligence layers" in cloud infrastructure.
• The opportunities and challenges for startups to compete with large tech companies in developing foundational AI technologies, and where tech investors are focusing when it comes to AI startups.
• The different incentives in a traditional startup approach (focusing on getting to a minimum viable product) vs. long-term AI moonshots, exemplified by former OpenAI leader Ilya Sutskever's new venture (www.cnbc.com/2024/06/19/opena...) .
• Apple's efforts to integrate AI into its applications and operating systems (www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/0...) , and the tradeoffs between the Apple ecosystem and the more wide-ranging Windows/Android platform approach.
• In the return of our "My AI" segment, we discuss a useful way to quickly get a summary of CZcams videos using the Copilot sidebar in the Microsoft Edge browser.
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Audio editing and production by Curt Milton.
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