OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reveals the startups that will be killed by GPT-5 release

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The video leverages the authority of OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, to discuss a critical and potentially disruptive topic for the AI startup ecosystem. By framing it as a prediction of which startups will be 'killed,' it creates intrigue and a sense of urgency, encouraging viewers to understand the underlying dynamics.

Summary

The video discusses two strategies for building AI startups: assuming the model won't improve, or assuming it will continue to advance rapidly. The speaker suggests that most startups are building on the former strategy, which could be risky as OpenAI continues to improve its models.

Structure

1Introduction of two AI startup strategies
2Strategy 1: Assume models won't improve
3Strategy 2: Assume models will continue to improve
4The risk of building on older models
5OpenAI's mission to improve models
6The potential for OpenAI to 'steamroll' startups

Product placement

The video discusses OpenAI's models (GPT-4, GPT-5) and the implications for startups building on them. The caption mentions 'Deep Research,' an AI tool leveraging the o3 model, but this is not explicitly shown or discussed in the provided transcript.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reveals the startups that will be killed by GPT-5 release

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In February, OpenAI introduced 'Deep Research,' an AI tool leveraging the o3 model to autonomously conduct web searches and generate comprehensive reports within 5 to 30 minutes. Progress in AI research is advancing at an unprecedented rate @techfoundersclub - Source: 20VC #samaltman #openai #ai #chatgpt #startup #techstartup #entrepreneur

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Transcript

I think fundamentally there are two strategies to build on AI right now or startups doing with AI. There's one strategy which is assume the model is not gonna get better and then you kind of like build all these little things on top of it. And then there's another strategy which is build assuming that OpenAI is gonna stay on that same rate of trajectory and the models are gonna keep getting better at the same pace. It would seem to me that 95% of the world should be betting on the latter category but a lot of the startups have been built in the former category. And then when we just do our fundamental job which is make the model and its tooling better with every crank, then you get the "OpenAI killed my startup" meme if you're building something on GPT-4 that a reasonable observer would say if GPT-5 is as much better as GPT-4 over GPT-3 was, not because we don't like you but just because we like have a mission we're gonna steamroll you.