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Liquidity Summit Talks: Antonio Gracias and Gavin Baker | E1990

E1990 • Aug 9, 2024 • 75 mins

Alex leads us into two great talks from Liquidity Summit 2024. First Jason sits down for a one-on-one with Valor’s Antonio Gracias, followed by a great talk with Gavin Baker of Atreides.

Key Points

Antonio Gracias discussed the strategic importance of minimal bias in training data for AI and the potential of Xai in leveraging unbiased data sources like X and Tesla's vision system.
The conversation highlighted the rapid pace of technological change and the need for resilience and grit in navigating the volatile landscape of venture capital and public equity investing.
Gavin Baker emphasized the necessity of leveraging unique data and internet-scale distribution for AI companies and noted the varying degrees of success among tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon in adopting AI technologies.

Speakers

Alex Wilhelm

Host • 3%

Bianca Veltri

Host • 1%

Jason Calacanis

Host • 29%

Antonio Gracias

Guest • 32%

Jason Calacanis

Host • 2%

Jason Calacanis

Host • 1%

Gavin Baker

Guest • 32%

Partners

Chapters

0:00	Teaser of today’s Liquidity Summit talks from Alex.
1:13	Alex kicks off the show.
1:38	Valor’s Antonio Gracias joins Jason
4:26	Unbiased data and business models in AI
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11:14	Achieving AGI and robots in real-world applications
14:26	Venture capital dynamics and innovation
18:09	Athena case study: Investor operational support
22:05	CommandBar - Visit ⁠https://www.commandbar.com/twist⁠ to get a custom live demo.
23:04	Traditional venture playbook and crossover hedge funds
28:33	US balance sheet implications and emerging entrepreneurship regions
33:39	Immigration policy's role in recruitment
36:19	Investing in socially impactful companies
38:09	Brex - Get the business account trusted by 1 in 3 US startups at https://www.brex.com/twist24
39:01	Atreides Management’s Gavin Baker joins Jason
47:38	The importance of investing in relationships
54:32	Resilience in public equity investing and learning from failure
1:00:29	AI adoption differences between startups and enterprises
1:02:32	America's innovation through resilience and immigration
1:03:43	Google and Apple's AI strategies and infrastructure
1:11:32	Meta's strategic moves in search and the metaverse

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