Coinbase layoffs and AI rationale

Amazon Reporter Catherine Perloff talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about a new hybrid AI search experience and the future of product discovery. We also talk with Rocket Drew about OpenAI President Greg Brockman’s $30 billion testimony in the Elon Musk trial, Yueqi Yang about Coinbase’s 14% workforce reduction and a16z’s new $2.2 billion crypto fund, and we get into the safety risks and hidden costs behind xAI’s rapid data center buildout with Theo Wayt. Finally, we wrap with Warp CEO Zach Lloyd on the $60 billion SpaceX-Cursor deal and why he is taking his AI coding startup open source.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/xais-fast-cheap-data-center-build-hidden-costs

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/greg-brockmans-rough-day

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazon-offer-hybrid-mode-ai-search-retail-site

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