#122 - AI Drama — Sierra, Brett Taylor, and the Biggest Conflict of Interest in AI

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of AI on jobs and highlights the conflict of interest involving Brett Taylor and Sierra's significant funding.

Manila: Ivan loses his job to AI. Same day, San Francisco: $950M for Sierra at a $16B valuation, 105x revenue multiple, 40% of every Fortune 50 as customers — and 99% of humanity has never heard of them. CEO Brett Taylor is simultaneously Chairman of OpenAI, ex-co-CEO of Salesforce, and takes money from Google. Inside the Sierra Agent OS + why this matters for your business.

People in this episode

Host: Malcolm Werchota

Topics covered

• AI
• business conflict
• technology impact
• leadership
• venture capital

Keywords

• AI
• Sierra
• Brett Taylor
• OpenAI
• job loss
• venture capital
• Fortune 50

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sierra, OpenAI, Salesforce, Google

Places: Manila, San Francisco

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