☝️ Peter Huang

No matter if DeepSeek spent 5 million, 100 or 1billion - LLMs become better while becoming cheaper. Cheaper to build and cheaper to run. DeepSeek is another massive step towards the commodisation of LLMs. As margins squeeze for the LLMs, they will seek margin within AI applications, hence they build their own agents, computer use etc. It is what they differentiate themselves from other LLMs. So to build a business that has a moat, you have to find an industry specific AI application with a non-public dataset, maybe even an offline data set. Something not even DeepSeek has access to. And then you can do magical things, AI applications for the real world. That help offline businesses (=90% of businesses) do better. The great thing is: you can build this from anywhere. Even outside the US and China. Even in the EU. (and yes we still have to undo the AI Act urgently so that we can create global AI application winners, just regulate high risk AI but leave the rest unregulated. Ursula von der Leyen & Henna Virkkunen & Thierry Breton & Margrethe Vestager, European Commission ) https://lnkd.in/drwA-Jnp

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I had a fascinating, and frankly quite sobering, discussion with Georg Zoeller (Co-Founder @ C4AIL, ex-Meta) on the alphalist podcast. Georg Zoeller argues we're already in an AI singularity, but the hype vastly outpaces reality. We covered: - Unsolved security flaws (prompt injection is terrifying!) - Why current AI economics often don't make sense - The commoditization of software engineering - Why second movers might have the advantage If you're a CTO grappling with AI strategy, this is a must-listen for a dose of first-principles thinking. Link in comments! #AI #CTO #TechnicalLeadership #AISecurity #AlphalistPodcast

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Hosting your first offsite takes most founders a long time to get to. But this one did it in under 2 years. Patrick Cleary, President and Co-Founder of Paul Street and a key member of the founding team at Wayflyer, shared the BTS of building not 1, but 2 transformative businesses on our latest episode. From driving partnerships and growth strategies at Wayflyer to scaling Paul Street into a leading affiliate-focused marketing agency, Patrick's not scared to redefine how brands grow and scale. In this episode of Turning Pro Podcast, Patrick unpacks how it all went down hosting his first team offsite with over 20 employees, how to balance profitability with growth, the power of compounding networks, and more. Don't miss out on hearing from the Director of Partnerships of a billion-dollar company. We breakdown... → How a simple conversation turned into a multi-billion-dollar company. → How Wayflyer became the fastest-growing Irish startup ever. → Why Patrick left Wayflyer to launch Paul Street. → How networking built Patrick's career and 2 companies. → The one thing most agencies get wrong when trying to scale. → How to delegate and build a high-trust team that operates without you. → Why Paul Street is obsessed with retention. → How a company offsite made Patrick realize he had built something special. And much, much more. Check out the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gS_3rdki

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VC's can be incredibly "invaluable" at times... The influence of VC funding is a massive contributing factor to the flawed GTM approaches of many SaaS companies. I see this daily with misaligned incentives and short-term focus. They still prioritise growth-at-all-costs over sustainable business, often pushing their investments to scale quickly to justify high valuations and secure the next funding round, which can lead to inefficient or poorly thought-out GTM strategies. Or overfunding them which masks weakness and props up fundamentally flawed businesses. All this does, is delay the need to refine GTM processes. And the worst one of all, they pressure them to follow outdated B2B playbooks. Heavy reliance on outbound sales, MQL (marketing qualified lead) funnels, and siloed marketing/sales teams. I spoke to one company yesterday who has 46 SDRs.. 46! VCs, drawing from past successes to push founders to adopt these legacy tactics even when they’re misaligned with modern buyer behavior or market conditions is a problem It leads to stifling innovation in GTM, forcing companies into inefficient models that don’t reflect how customers actually buy today. Time for change #meetmagic #saas #GTM

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