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Episode 004: Stretch Four Podcast

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The Church of Sam Altman [3:00 ]

The state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is of particular interest to founders. The Church of Sam Altman is a popular theme in Silicon Valley and has been quietly building steam over the course of Altman’s career starting when he was 18 and one of the first founders to complete Y Combinator. With the emergence of ChatGPT by Open AI, Altman has captured the zeitgeist and changed the game again.

The Return of Adam Neumann [17:05 ]

Adam Neumann recently revealed his next venture, Flow, at a conference put on by A16Z in D.C. in an interview with Marc Andreeson. While he was trolled on Twitter, I believe founders can learn three important lessons from Neumann. On the podcast this week, I unpack those three things.

Closing Thoughts & Church Announcements [30:28 ]

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Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny (The New Yorker)

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