In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen Reid Hoffman: Shaping the AI Era, Investing in Transformation and Calling on Europe
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Feb 25, 2026 
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Greylock partner known for early bets on PayPal and Facebook, joins to discuss AI as the defining tech revolution. He breaks down where AI already transforms coding, research and drug discovery. He explains why big companies lag startups, why Europe must act, and why the next generation should become AI-native.
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Reid Uses AI For Deep Research And Drug Ideas
- Reid uses frontier models for substantive research like book critiques and drug molecule attributes rather than trivial queries.
- He cites using AI for his book Super Agency and Manus AI drug discovery work as concrete examples.
Coding Is The First Big Productivity Frontier
- The strongest early productivity gains appear in coding because engineering work maps well to precise AI assistance.
- Hoffman sees coding AI as a pattern that will later extend to legal, medical and educational precision tasks.
Europe Must Build Not Just Regulate AI
- Europe should 'get on the pitch' and build AI capacity instead of only regulating as a referee.
- Hoffman suggests deals with hyperscalers for compute, permits for data centers and leveraging Europe's centralized medical data to build global medical apps.