Google’s Strike Team for Coding Models, Anthropic’s Powerful CFO, Polymarket’s Raise

About this episode

The episode discusses Google's new coding automation team, Polymarket's valuation, and features an in-depth profile of Anthropic's CFO.

The Information’s Erin Woo talks with TITV Guest Host Rocket Drew about Google’s new internal strike team focused on automating coding and AI research. We also talk with Yueqi Yang about Polymarket’s $15 billion valuation and the rise of prediction markets, and Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research, about the Berkeley AI control conference and the latest in AI safety. Finally, we get into the in-depth profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao and the company's path to a massive IPO with Sri Muppidi and Valida Pau. Articles discussed on this episode: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-creates-strike-team-improve-coding-models https://www.theinformation.com/articles/polymarket-talks-raise-money-15-billion-valuation Subscribe: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscribe_h Sign up for the AI Agenda newsletter: https://www.theinformation.com/features/ai-agenda TITV airs weekdays on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us: X: https://x.com/theinformation IG: https://www.instagram.com/theinformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@titv.theinformation…

People in this episode

Host: Erin Woo

Guests: Rocket Drew, Yueqi Yang, Buck Shlegeris

Topics covered

• AI research
• coding automation
• prediction markets
• AI safety
• IPO
• venture capital

Keywords

• Google
• coding models
• Polymarket
• AI safety
• IPO
• prediction markets
• Anthropic
• Krishna Rao

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Polymarket, Redwood Research, Anthropic, Berkeley AI

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