There will be no more than ~10 foundation model labs globally, but thousands of successful AI startups

There will be no more than ~10 foundation model labs globally, but thousands of successful AI startups | he said well look there's five there there won't be more than 10 but there will be thousands of successful AI startups that percolate out... yes, a few AI labs worth trillions of dollars, thousands and thousands of successful startups and a lot of incumbent companies that are in deep deep trouble.

he said well look there's five there there won't be more than 10 but there will be thousands of successful AI startups that percolate out... yes, a few AI labs worth trillions of dollars, thousands and thousands of successful startups and a lot of incumbent companies that are in deep deep trouble.

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  "context": "Eric uh he he said um one of the questions actually from the crowd is how many foundation model labs are there going to be? uh and he said well look there's five there there won't be more than 10 but there will be thousands of successful AI startups that percolate out and a lot of what we'll see in the news here reinforces what he was saying.",
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