Aaron Levie, Box Co-Founder & CEO, joins Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley in a discussion on software valuations, public markets earnings, AI, legal immigration, and the potential limitations and advancements of AI systems. They also explore the journey of Box, investment in Snowflake, product market fit, CIO decision-making, Google's advertising model, and the use of capital as a weapon of economic destruction.

Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box, discusses the transformative window in AI, the impact on business models and SaaS, the future of AI agents, and startups' strategies against OpenAI. Covering AI adoption challenges, the next AI breakthrough, and the battle between startups and incumbents in the AI space.

Aaron Levie, CEO of Box and a savvy tech commentator, explores the evolving landscape of AI and cryptocurrency with lively hosts. He playfully claims the title of 'toxic Bitcoin maxi' as markets heat up. The conversation dives into AI's journey towards general intelligence and its economic implications across various sectors, even touching on unexpected ties like farming. They also discuss the complexities of tech mergers and the need for smarter regulatory approaches to maintain innovation while balancing market dynamics.

Aaron Levie joins Jason to discuss the launch of Box AI (19:13), AI as a platform shift, its potential effects on employment dynamics (25:53), and much more! (00:00) Aaron Levie joins Jason (4:12) Thoughts on the impact and pace of AI (6:54) Aaron's "Aha!" moment (10:02) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST (11:33) Getting consent to use data from customers (13:50) Creating an AI model for early adopters (19:13) Aaron demos Box AI (24:33) MasterClass - Get up to 35% off for Mother’s Day at https://masterclass.com/startups (25:53) AI making the workforce more efficient (33:29) How AI technology affects morale (36:45) The non-obvious uses of AI (38:24) Hampton - Join the Hampton community today at http://joinhampton.com/twist (39:44) The Writers Guild strike in Hollywood (46:57) Copyright and citations (53:49) The challenges with Crypto FOLLOW Aaron: ⁠⁠https://twitter.co/levie FOLLOW Jason: ⁠https://linktr.ee/calacanis⁠ Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, shares insights on how cheaper AI is reshaping the workforce. He argues that while AI excels at data management tasks, it could actually create more jobs by automating routine processes. Levie emphasizes Box's commitment to a 'model agnostic' strategy, allowing flexibility in adopting various AI technologies. The discussion also touches on the evolving role of AI in boosting productivity and the competitive landscape faced by companies as they adapt to these technological advancements.

Guest: Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, and Mamoon Hamid, partner at Kleiner PerkinsWhen he was a newly minted venture capitalist at USVP, Mamoon Hamid got a tip that he should meet a young entrepreneur named Aaron Levie, and fought for the right to invest in his cloud storage startup, Box. For years after that initial investment, the two men say, Box’s fate was precarious: “We could have died any day,” Mamoon says, and Aaron recalled several times he had to be talked “down from a ledge.” Today, they tell us how Box established itself as “open for business” — a concept Mamoon hounded Aaron with in the early years — and grew into success.In this episode, Aaron, Mamoon, and Joubin discuss Box socks, authenticity at work, Josh Stein, living in the office, over-diligence, Google Platypus, the 2008 crash, nostalgia, everything is personal, the ten-person test, burnout, Dan Levin, ChatGPT, Parker Conrad, and Silicon Valley as “technology town.” In this episode, we cover:“Make mom proud, unless she’s evil” (01:59)How Mamoon and Aaron met (04:38)Mamoon’s first investment in Box (11:15) Pausing the term sheet (16:08)“We could have died any day” (19:01)What is company-building? (23:23)Open For Business (25:27)Getting to cash flow positive (27:52) Slow growth with no burn vs. fast growth, high burn (31:15)Tough feedback (34:31)Overcoming challenges around the Box IPO (36:31) Growing as CEO (38:35) The Apple Vision Pro and AI (44:15)Investing in cutting-edge companies (49:15)Using AI to re-juice growth (51:48)How Aaron educates himself (54:22)Business as a sport (57:14)Who Box is hiring and what “grit” means to Aaron (01:00:44)Links:Connect with AaronTwitterLinkedInConnect with MamoonTwitterLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Aaron Levie is the Founder and CEO @ Box, the company incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Prior to their IPO in 2015, Aaron raised from some of the best in the business including the main man Mark Cuban, a16z, Emergence, DST, Coatue, DFJ and many more. Aaron founded the company from his dorm room at the University of Southern California and has led the company to 1,900 employees and over $770M in revenue, as of 2021 data. In Today’s Episode with Aaron Levie You Will Learn: 1.) How Aaron founded Box from his dorm room at the University of Southern California? What was that founding a-ha moment? What did the first year look like? Does Aaron agree, "serial entrepreneurship is overrated"? 2.) Phases of Leadership and Company Growth: How does Aaron define the different phases of leadership required as a company grows? Which phase did Aaron find the most challenging? How did he overcome it? What are the first things to break when companies grow? What can founders do to prevent this? Does Aaron agree, "the best CEOs are the best resource allocators"? 3.) The Market: How does Aaron thinkj about the dislocation between private company valuations and public company market caps? What does Aaron believe are the biggest challenges founders face when they are over-capitalised? What does Aaron mean when he says, "raise when cash is cheap, spend as if it was expensive"? How does Aaron advise founders on fundraising today? 4.) The Team and Culture: How does Aaron create a safe space where all team members can come to him with anything? How does Aaron approach effective goal setting? How does one balance between achieveable and also aggressive goals? How does Aaron approach the art of delegation? What is his decision-making framework for what to delegate vs what to control? Item’s Mentioned In Today’s Episode with Aaron Levie Aaron’s Favourite Book: Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

Aaron Levie is the CEO and Co-founder of Box - a now profitable public company he founded in 2005 after dropping out of USC. In his second appearance on The Logan Bartlett Show, Aaron shares what he's most excited about in the AI world including real applications that Box is building today. He also shares his takes on who will win the AI battle between incumbents and startups, AI doom and where there are opportunities for new founders to build. As always, Aaron gives great operating advice for first-time founders and recounts some of the things that Box did well to get to where they are today. (0:00) Intro(0:54) Welcome back, Aaron Levie(4:28) Lightning bolt moment with AI(10:00) OG Customers(12:50) Describe Box's AI usage(24:13) Why have the big tech companies been able to execute as well as they have?(28:00) How would you start a company as a young enterprising founder today?(33:04) The social contracts of AI(37:21) Aaron's doom perspective(45:06) Operating profit(48:29) One lesson of operational excellence(52:59) Wrong startup advice(56:38) Reading recommendations Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the ShowLogan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes. Executive Producer: Rashad AssirProducer: Leah ClapperMixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA 🎙 Listen to the show Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the Show Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.

Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, discusses the impact of cheaper and faster AI, AI's effect on jobs, and how companies like Box are utilizing these technologies. Topics include OpenAI cutting GPT-4o's prices, AI safety debate, and the future of AI in technology and work.

The CEO of Box, Aaron Levie, joins the podcast to discuss the return of Sam Altman to OpenAI and its implications for the AI field. They delve into the importance of practical discussions on AI safety, the role of accountability and oversight at OpenAI, and the clash between effective altruists and effective accelerationists. The chapter also explores the potential impact of Google's strategies and the need to consider the implications of incorporating generative AI into software.