Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World

You're one of the most successful investors that a lot of people have probably never heard of. AI is the only market where the more I learn the less I know. And in every other market, the more I learn the more I know. The more I'm able to predict things. And I can't predict anything anymore. What scares you about the future? Uh that's a big question. I think in a couple years we'll start thinking about it as we're selling units of cognition. AI is dramatically underhyped because most enterprises have not done anything in it. And that's where all the money is, all the changes, all the impact is, all the jobs, everything. The people that I know who have been very successful or driven solely by money end up miserable. Because that money and then and then what?

It's just what do you do? What fulfills you? One of the most common self-inflicted wounds that kill companies. I think that What do you think is the next wave? I think it's gonna be an ongoing wave of And that's coming.

And that hasn't even hit gun. Welcome to the Knowledge Project Podcast. I'm your host, Shane Parrish. In a world where knowledge is power, this podcast is your toolkit for mastering the best of what other people have already figured out. My guest today is Elad Gill. who has had a front row seat to some of the most important technology companies started in the past two decades.

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