About this episode
The episode discusses the potential for cooperation in the AI industry and its implications for data centers and startup culture.
Alex and Ellis sit down with Anjney Midha, a venture capitalist, Stanford AI lecturer, and founder of AMP, to discuss why zero-sum thinking is holding the AI industry back. They discuss what it would look like if labs actually cooperated, why compute needs to work like electricity, and what his viral Stanford class on AI has revealed about the next generation of founders. They also get into the GameStop and eBay acquisition, why data centers need something like a nutrition label, and what AI is doing to startup culture right now. Follow ACCESS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accesspodcast/ Follow Alex: https://sources.news/ https://x.com/alexeheath/ Follow Ellis: https://meaning.company/ https://x.com/hamburger ACCESS is produced in partnership with the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Alex, Ellis
Guest: Anjney Midha
Topics covered
- AI industry cooperation
- data centers
- startup culture
- venture capital
- technology education
Keywords
- AI
- data centers
- venture capital
- Stanford
- startup culture
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OpenAI, Anthropic, AMP, GameStop, eBay, Vox Media
Places: Stanford
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