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Andrew Feldman | How Cerebras Built the "Impossible" AI Chip Now Challenging NVIDIA
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What happens when you decide to build a revolutionary AI chip that's 56 times larger than anything else in history, years before the world even knows what AI will become?
In this episode of the Artisanal Podcast, Andy Price (Founder, Artisanal Ventures & Artisanal Talent) sits down with Andrew Feldman—the co-founder and CEO of Cerebras—to discuss his journey as a "professional David" battling the Goliaths of the tech world.
Andrew shares how his upbringing on the Stanford campus, surrounded by Nobel Prize winners, instilled a deep intellectual curiosity where ideas were the currency. He reveals the audacity it took to convince top-tier investors to back a "gigantic atom-splitting, likely-to-fail thing". And he explains how a shared vision and a commitment to engineering methodology allowed his team to solve a problem that had stumped brilliant minds like Gene Amdahl, IBM, and even Elon Musk for decades.
A must-listen for entrepreneurs who believe in the power of relentless grinding, big ideas, and building a company fueled by passion and purpose.
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. The Non-Linear Story of Cerebras (00:00:49)
3. Building the On-Ramps to the Internet (00:06:35)
4. Building a Company When No One Knew What AI Was (00:09:40)
5. Pitching a Gigantic, "Likely-to-Fail" Chip (00:17:56)
6. Why Cerebras Bet on the Middle East (00:26:42)
7. Delaying the IPO for a Strategic Partnership (00:34:24)
8. The Mercenary Mindset of AI Founders (00:42:21)
9. Advice for Building a Durable AI Company (00:45:50)
10. Building Something Worth Grinding For (00:51:31)
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