Zak Zielezinski

I like to build things

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Every day. Multiple times day.

[GEOFF @geoffreywoo]

everyone who’s playing with 5.4 and 4.6 is in existential psychosis

and the rest of the world has no idea what gibberish we’re talking about, and they’ll will be smacked in the face by end of year 2026

[@jason @Jason]

It’s over

They’re recursive and they’re becoming self aware

Clawdbots are mobilizing

They’ve found each other and are training each other

They’re studying us at scale

It’s only a matter of time now

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

🚀 Leading #AIReadyEDU’s “AI & Career Readiness” workshop w/ @OurMedia—proud to advise this open-source edtech innovator. 44% of core workforce skills will shift in 5 yrs. Let’s equip students to co-create AI-driven media, not just consume. DM for deck & pilot rubric. #EdTech

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

@genius__lisa @Waymo The user experience far exceeded my morning uber

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Enjoying my first @Waymo ride. Much more relaxing than my last Uber ride earlier today. #SFTechWeek

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Mindset - how you prepare for new situations
Skill set - flexible schools
Tool set - techniques and technologies

@gbolles #SFTechWeek

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Doing well by doing good: the most important companies of the future will attract the best talent by embracing this ethos. #FutureOfTech #FutureOfWork #SFTechWeek

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Listening to @gbolles share his insights on the most important skills for the #FutureOfWork at the OurMedia AI & #GenZ session @SFTechWeek #SFTechWeek.

The most important skills for working with AI?
P: Problem Solving
A: Adaptability
C: Creativity
E: Empathy

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Excited to be at #SFTechWeek today! Looking forward to learning from the incredible minds here and building new connections across the thriving AI startup ecosystem. Let’s innovate together—reach out if you’re around and ready to chat! #AI #startups #innovation

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

This is what leadership is all about.

[Sam Altman @sama]

i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the past few days has been in service of keeping this team and its mission together. when i decided to join msft on sun evening, it was clear that was the best path for me and the team. with the new board and w satya’s support, i’m looking forward to returning to openai, and building on our strong partnership with msft.

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Masterful move

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Totally shocked by the OpenAI events of this weekend. Feel for @sama and the whole OpenAI team. What a terrible loss for humanity.

[Jeff Seibert @jeffseibert]

We just witnessed one of the worst miscalculations in the history of business.

Unbelievable.

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

@sama ❤️

[Sam Altman @sama]

i love the openai team so much

[Ron Conway @RonConway]

What happened at OpenAI today is a Board coup that we have not seen the likes of since 1985 when the then-Apple board pushed out Steve Jobs. It is shocking; it is irresponsible; and it does not do right by Sam & Greg or all the builders in OpenAI.

[Romeen Sheth @RomeenSheth]

A few takeaways from OpenAI governance cluster:

1. This may go down as one of the most value destructive moves a Board commits in history (market already values it at at least -$50B)

2. I cannot believe Microsoft had no Board Seat after a $10B investment. Nor did any major investor that put in capital. Hard to imagine investors will treat Board seats as optional or nice to have after this. This will be the canary in the coal mine for governance.

3. Why was this ever so complicated - tech has a history of trying to innovate on everything. There’s no need to innovate on company structure and governance.

4. “independent directors” that have zero competence on your business is a disaster waiting to happen - they’re either useless and can’t provide you with constructive value (at best) or they actively destroy value (at worst).

Institutionalization is coming to the tech industry fast. 2024 will be the era of tightness:

- business will be forced to be business
- governance will no longer be optional
- founders will be a lot smarter on these topics

I still can’t believe this happened. $100B of value and a generational company was potentially eviscerated in <48 hours. Crazy.

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Business success requires win-win-win strategies - a guiding principle that has shaped my journey. I’ve found that aligning incentives and outcomes across 3 stakeholders is often easier then 2. How do you create win-win-win in your field? #startups #CustomerExperience

[Jeremiah Owyang @jowyang]

The big AI trend:

All foundational models will be able to:

-see images & video
-listen to your voice
-read your messages
-talk with synthetic voices
-text you back
-haptic feedback you can feel
-read the live internet
-integrate with apps

Anytime, all the time, in the channels you want, at low cost.

[Zak Zielezinski @ZakZ]

Wow - this is cool! https://t.co/kS2ewxYwZt