Jason Calacanis & David O. Sacks + Sunny Madra , This Week in Startups

OpenAI Chaos Continues with Sunny Madra and David Sacks | E1852

21 Nov 2023 • 60 min • EN
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This Week in Startups is brought to you by… NetSuite. Once your business gets to a certain size the cracks start to emerge.  Things you used to do in a day take a week. You deserve a customized solution - and that's NetSuite. Learn more when you download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist - absolutely free, at NetSuite.com/twist LinkedIn Marketing. To redeem a $100 LinkedIn ad credit and launch your first campaign, go to linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups Brave. If you’re building AI and search-based applications, train your models with the Brave Search API. Get started for free at brave.com/jason Today’s show: Sunny Madra and David Sacks join Jason to break down all the chaos of the past few days at OpenAI including why the situation is so unprecedented (17:46), the board’s failure (30:18), the impact on startups (43:34), and much more! * Time stamps: (0:00) Recapping the chaotic past few days at OpenAI plus some immediate impacts from the fallout (16:43) NetSuite - Download your free KPI Checklist at http://netsuite.com/twist (17:46) David Sacks joins the show and explains why this situation is so unprecedented in Silicon Valley (28:51) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups (30:18) How the board could have handled this better, Sam Altman's misaligned incentives packages (or lack thereof) (37:14) Silicon Valley's battle-tested standard structure, and why you shouldn't innovate on corporate structure (42:20) Brave - Try the Brave Search API at http://brave.com/jason (43:34) Impact on startups reliant on OpenAI's models, a brutal momentum killer for OpenAI (50:39) Predictions: Return of the King? Mass Exodus? Something else? * Follow Sunny: https://twitter.com/sundeep Follow Sacks: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow Jason: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast

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