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ASOTU CON Throwbacks with Ben Hadley

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Episode #1360: Today we're throwing it back to ASOTU CON and revisiting a few of the quotes that had the biggest impact on the room. Plus, we break down Anthropic’s confidential IPO filing and its meteoric rise past OpenAI in valuation


  • We might be biased, but we think ASOTU CON featured some of the best keynotes in the industry, and today we figured we’d throw it back to just a couple of weeks ago.
    • Brian Benstock: “What you’re looking for is right here in the mirror.”
    • Patrick Abad: “Accountability without development is just disappointment with a deadline.”
    • David Spisak: “How did your life differ from that of a rock?”

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