Noam Shazeer initially joined Google in 2000, and became a great contributor. In 2021 he wanted to release the Chatbot Meena, but Google closed it down, resulting in him leaving to found Character AI. In 2024 Google didn't buy Character AI, as I said in the video - I was mistaken, but then entered a massive licencsing deal for $2.7B bringing Noam back through an acqui-hire. But that was 2 years ago. Now he's leaving again to join OpenAI.
Welcome back to the Two Founders Podcast. In today’s episode Anna talks about Jeff Dean leaving Google, and what that means, and Matteo expands on the advice of is “hire people smarter than you” really a good advice?
We also discuss the LinkedIn nugget to not go to investors to ask for advice when things aren’t going well - just show up with good news. Spoiler: We do not agree.
Q&A: My customer is asking me to send a proposal, should I? - No, the answer is always no.
The big question: Do you want to look stupid today, or stay stupid for another year?
Watch full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OgfMPC7Hvn4
Listen to episode at https://rss.com/podcasts/twofounderspodcast/3131129
