AI upstarts think they are selling ‘God in a Box’: C3.ai founder

The pace of development for AI continues to blow minds. What was cutting-edge 90 days ago looks like old news today. AI models are doing more things, even quicker – an observation easily seen in Tesla’s new humanoid robots. After a big year for AI breakthroughs, what might 2025 hold? And will regulators finally catch up to the developers working on the next big AI projects? Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi talks with C3.ai chairman and CEO Tom Siebel for a wide-ranging look at AI and how it may shape the future. The pair discusses leadership lessons learned over Siebel’s long-time spent in the tech industry, initially with early software pioneer Siebel Systems.

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00:00-Tom Siebel joins Opening Bid

00:46-Overhyped AI

05:31-Too high market valuation

11:37-'If Nvidia disappeared tomorrow it would be the end of the world, but no one would know if Open AI disappeared'

16:55-Legislation over regulation on AI to protect us

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

Tom Siebel is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C3 AI. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Siebel Systems, which merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Founded in 1993, Siebel Systems became a leader in application software with more than 8,000 employees in 29 countries, over 4,500 corporate customers, and annual revenue in excess of $2 billion.

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