
Episode #150
EP 150: Bret Taylor (CEO, Sierra): A New Class of Software Winners
<p >Bret Taylor is the CEO of Sierra and Chairman of the Board of OpenAI. He previously served as co-CEO of Salesforce. I sat down with Bret to explore how the AI revolution compares to previous platform shifts and what it means for both startups and incumbents navigating this transition.</p><p >(00:00) Introduction and Recent Milestone<br>(00:38) AI Market and Historical Comparisons<br>(02:30) Competitive Landscape and Business Models<br>(06:02) Outcome-Based Pricing and Value Creation<br>(13:52) Technological Shifts and Business Transitions<br>(26:32) Adoption Challenges and Forward Deployed Engineering<br>(37:21) Early Investment in Snowflake and Cloud Strategy<br>(38:02) Enterprise Software Market Dynamics<...






