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You Don't Need a Storyteller, ChatGPT Images, Ali on the Series L | Karri Saarinen, Mike Cessario, Elliot Cohen, Ali Ghodsi

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Dec 16, 2025
Joining the conversation are Karri Saarinen, CEO of Linear, who emphasizes the need for conceptual design to foster innovation, and Mike Cessario, founder of Liquid Death, who shares his brand’s unconventional launch strategy rooted in viral marketing and humor. Elliot Cohen, co-founder of General Medicine, discusses revolutionizing healthcare access through a smart, integrated chat platform, while Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, highlights the importance of proprietary data and offers insights into navigating open-source business models.
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Image 1.5 Shifts Workflows

  • ChatGPT Images 1.5 improves precision and speed, excelling at edits and creative transforms.
  • Improved editability changes workflows: generate then refine, rather than one-shot complex scenes.

Where's Waldo Benchmark Fails Up Close

  • The hosts tested ChatGPT Images with a Where's Waldo benchmark and found details fall apart on zoom.
  • The generated scene looked right from afar but lacked coherent storytelling and a valid Waldo on close inspection.

AI Infra Is Capital And Execution Risk

  • CoreWeave's tumble exposed AI infrastructure risks: demand is real but buildouts are capital- and execution-sensitive.
  • Delays, debt, and customer concentration can vaporize market value quickly.
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