In conversation with Aditya Agarwal, Adam D’Angelo reflects on his early days at Facebook, the founding of Quora, his early conviction in OpenAI, and why he believes the recursive nature of AI is grounded in a first-principles approach.

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00:00 Trailer

00:48 Introduction

02:19 Coding genius

03:51 Synapse Media Player

07:40 Minus one story

11:57 It's all just code

15:03 AI models

19:15 Quora early days

26:12 Highly technical CEO

32:11 Software can do everything

36:39 Quora Poe

41:43 The AI freak-out

44:05 Founder mode

48:33 Natural growth

52:14 LLMs training

55:16 Outro

The Origin Story of Facebook, Quora & OpenAI | Adam D’Angelo

Minus One

The Origin Story of Facebook, Quora & OpenAI | Adam D’Angelo