Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)

Idea of a PM makes no sense in the future. The skill is more like being a CEO now, which is what are we building and why? There's a lot of anxiety in the job market. AI is gonna radically reorient lots of people's careers, maybe including mine. What I've noticed in some of the best organizations is the number one consumer of tokens is the CMO. They don't need to rely upon deputies and deputies and deputies to get Actual work product. I want to hit on some contrarian takes that you have your advice, you don't actually want to be talking to customers. I hate talking to customers. I refuse to allow colleagues of mine to talk to customers. You have this idea of criticizing in public versus in private. You're uniquely great at helping companies build world class teams. If a founder shows the ability early in his or her career to assess talent ruthlessly and accurately, he or she can go very far with no other abilities whatsoever. It feels like it's never been harder to attract the best talent. Really talented people. When things are going Well, they're not happy. The morale actually does go down when people are skating. The single role for the CEO is offsetting that complacency. The better you're doing, the more the CEO should push.

Today my guest is Keith Roboy. Keith's resume, both as an operator and investor, is Absurd. He was an early investor in Stripe, Palantir, Airbnb. YouTube DoorDash Ramp and dozens of other companies

He's part of the famous PayPal mafia, where he was executive vice president of business development and policy. І з особами Чіф Оператин офісер е сквер. VP of corporate development at LinkedIn. He's also co-founded two companies, and he's currently managing director at Kostla Ventures. It's safe to say that Keith is in the ninety nine point ninth percentile at identifying talent. Building teams and operating world class companies.

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