20VC: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World: Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots Buying Cybercabs and more with Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder @ Eight Sleep
20VC: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World: Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots Buying Cybercabs and more with Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder @ Eight Sleep
20VC: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World: Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots Buying Cybercabs and more with Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder @ Eight Sleep
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Shownote
AGENDA: 04:30 How Do You Hire Exceptional People in the AI Era? 08:00 What Actually Works in Growth—and Why Can't You Trust Meta's Numbers? 17:00 How to Run Hundreds of Millions in Marketing with Zero Employees 19:30 "Our Engineers Stopped Coding": What...
Highlights
Highlights
Matteo Franceschetti returns for an unusually candid conversation about hiring, disciplined growth, AI-driven engineering, China, athlete partnerships, ambition, and the future of work.
Chapters
Chapters
A Candid Return to Eight Sleep’s AI-Era Story
00:00How Do You Hire Exceptional People in the AI Era?
04:30What Actually Works in Growth—and Why Can't You Trust Meta's Numbers?
08:00How to Run Hundreds of Millions in Marketing with Zero Employees
17:00"Our Engineers Stopped Coding": What Stack Does Eight Sleep Use?
19:30Is China Leaving the Rest of the World Behind?
24:00How Do You Turn Superstar Athletes into Investors and Brand Ambassadors?
35:00What Happens When Your Co-Founder Is Also Your Wife?
43:00Should You Match Anthropic's Salaries—or Let Your Best People Leave?
51:30Will Children Born Today Ever Need to Work?
59:30What Drives You to Succeed—and Why Can't You Ever Switch Off?
1:05:00Transcript
Transcript
Matteo Franceschetti: Well, our engineers stopped coding around a year ago. A great brand with a shitty product goes nowhere. I'm extremely demanding, Like, I'm a weirdo, but business-wise, like, no mercy. Sometimes people say, oh, I'm at the final stage w...
