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#61 - Sam Altman on Masters of Scale

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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Identifying Missed Potential in Job Candidates and Founders

The speaker reveals that what troubles them the most is not the job candidates or founders they funded who succeeded, but those they rejected who could have been the next industry giants. The speaker expresses regret for turning down individuals who might have become the next Zuckerberg or Chesky. They emphasize the importance of a smartphone AI that only alerts them to important information and filters out content that could reduce their happiness, indicating a preference for personalized content curation.

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