AI development seems like it’s moving at the speed of sound. If 2023 was about co-pilots, this year is shaping up to be about agents that work with humans to improve business performance. At the same time, AI chip giants Nvidia and AMD are racing to keep up with demand for their new chips. Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits down for an extensive chat with You.com founder Richard Socher. Socher has pretty much seen and done it all in terms of AI development. He was chief scientist at Salesforce helping to develop many of the company’s advancements in AI. At You.com, he is using AI to better drive the company’s search engine business and take the fight to Google. You.com recently raised $50 million from the likes of Nvidia and Salesforce Ventures, valuing the business close to $1 billion. What’s next in AI? Socher is the guy to pontificate on it.

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00:00-Richard Socher joins Opening Bid

01:00-Talking AI agents

12:00-Competitive Google battles

16:00-AI represents a shift in humanity

21:00-Nvidia is second largest investor in You.com

Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky.

Richard Socher is the CEO and founder of You.com, the first chat-search assistant. He also invests in and mentors other startups at AIX Ventures where he's a founder and managing partner.

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