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The new rules for hiring, building, and betting on AI | This Week in AI E002

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Feb 25, 2026
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Richard Socher
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Tanay Kothari
Richard Socher, AI entrepreneur and investor building search and AI infrastructure. Tanay Kothari, founder of Whisper Flow, maker of AI voice dictation and automation. They tackle the viral Citrini doom post, why voice dictation finally works, new low-friction voice interfaces, how AI-first teams are being rebuilt, automating customer support at scale, open source vs proprietary models, and Taiwan chip risk.
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INSIGHT

Model Inference Is Becoming Electricity-Like

  • The marginal cost of basic model inference is trending toward electricity-like prices, pushing commoditization and a race-to-the-bottom on simple LLM tasks.
  • Tanay expects pure model serving to reach single-digit margins above electricity over time.
INSIGHT

Open Source Forces Faster Innovation

  • Open source models and distillation reduce closed-model moats and accelerate innovation across labs.
  • Richard Socher says open source forces faster releases and broader access, creating competition that benefits users and builders.
ADVICE

Train Employees To Manage Agents

  • Certify and train employees on agent management before rolling agents company-wide to ensure safe, role-specific delegation.
  • Richard recommends role-based certification programs to increase adoption and correct usage inside enterprises.
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