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Chamath: How the ‘AI Boogeyman’ will cause problems for AI businesses

August 23, 2025 / 00:56

This episode discusses the challenges of implementing AI in businesses, featuring insights on organizational pushback and the future of AI technology. Key topics include the initial success and subsequent firing of a client, the resistance faced as AI technology moves through company hierarchies, and the potential ramifications of AI fears in Fortune 2000 companies.

The speaker reflects on their first year in business, projecting $40 million in bookings. They share an experience where their first customer experienced significant gains but ultimately terminated their services due to internal resistance.

Concerns about the acceptance of AI technology are highlighted, emphasizing the need for decision-makers to navigate their comfort levels with AI. The speaker suggests that the negative perceptions surrounding AI could have lasting effects as the technology becomes more integrated into organizations.

TL;DR

AI technology faces organizational pushback despite initial success, raising concerns about its future in Fortune 2000 companies.

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This is our first full year of business.
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We'll do about $40 million of bookings
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in the first year.
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Yeah,
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that's crazy.
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Our first customer where we delivered
00:00:08
enormous gains, we were fired. And the
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reason we were fired was not because the
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technology wasn't working, but it's
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because as it goes lower and lower from
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the board and the CEO into the bowels of
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the organization, you actually run into
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huge push back. And I think that there's
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going to be that cycle that we have to
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deal with as well, which is in all of
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these AI businesses, there's all kinds
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of stuff that scare people. And there
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are many people in decision-m roles at
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many of these companies that will have
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to sort out where's their comfort level.
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That I think is a cycle that has yet to
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play itself out. in all of the Fortune
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2000, global 2000, I would not expect
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that the AI boogeyman that has been
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created doesn't have some negative
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ramifications over the next couple of
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years as well as this stuff gets sort

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Episode Highlights

  • Challenges of AI Adoption
    We faced pushback as our technology reached lower levels in organizations.
    “You actually run into huge push back.”
    @ 00m 23s
    August 23, 2025

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  • AI Challenges00:23
  • Pushback00:23

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