Blitzhiring And The Complicated Case Of Windsurf, OpenAI And Google

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Blitzhiring and the Complicated Case of Windsurf, OpenAI and Google | E2151

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Today’s show:

On today’s show… Jason and Alex are considering the fallout of Windsurf’s OpenAI deal, the company’s latest agreements with both Google and Cognition AI, and how “blitzhiring” is actually playing out in real-world startups.Plus Jason’s short- and medium-term predictions for AI’s impact on the job market, Tesla’s latest expansion of its Austin robotaxi service, Mistral giving the EU a real stake in the AI model race, a look back at the SnapStream live TV archiving service, AND an update on how much more time we have until all our servers are obsolete.All that and more on a brand new Monday edition of This Week in Startups.

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(12:56) Windsurf’s OpenAI deal fell through… but there are breaking updates!

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(23:46) The gap from prototype to production in AI remains HUGE

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(34:56) Things are going well for Tesla’s Austin rollout, but will regulators demand LIDAR systems anyway?

(45:47) Maybe NOTHING that’s happening right now in AI is as important as what’s to come?

(54:31) Follow-Up: So how much more time until all of our servers are obsolete? What happens to them when they’re removed?

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