Your career compounds around the problems you solve.
Vertical companies (insurance AI, finance AI, healthcare AI) build deep industry expertise.
Horizontal companies (Replit, Meta, etc) build breadth across many problem spaces.
Depth vs breadth. Both compound differently.
While everyone watches AI, Google broke time itself.
Their quantum chip just solved a problem that would outlast the universe โ in 5 minutes.
And this is just the start...
What you need to know about Willow โ and how it'll transform humanity in 2030+: ๐งต
Who is in your Hall of Fame for profitability & efficiency in fintech & big-tech?
Visa tops the list: itโs business model is inherently efficient offloading all of the regulated financial operations to its clients (who lag near the bottom).
Meta, Google and Apple have wild swings in profits but the 5-yr average is very strong.
The chart was a fun collaboration with @jevgenijs (check out his amazing posts!) and arose from New Yearโs eve conversation about corporate efficiency.
One question we had: As AI augments human capital where will profits/employee be in 5 years?
In this Friday's @twifintech, we coauthored a whitepaper with @Visa, the world's longest-running fintech, focused on the relationship between banks and fintechs, and what lies ahead for these sometimes-competitors, sometimes-collaborators.
https://t.co/BknnZBdTb2
More from me & @ashleevance
- active convos happening to reinstate @sama including w/ Microsoft and @satyanadella
- Sam has Satyaโs support/confidence whatever he does next
- in one scenario the board could resign
- this is a fast-moving complex negotiation
- Sam is open to returning as long as he has the power to execute
This brilliant team is helping F1000 companies simplify and overcome the immense logistical challenges in adopting GenAI. We @GradientVC couldnโt be more excited to roll up our sleeves alongside @LastMile ๐ฆพ