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Sourcery

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Sourcery

Sourcery

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Day 2 of RAISE Summit in Paris, the biggest AI summit in Europe. 12 founders, operators, and investors give us their hottest takes on the debates splitting the room right now: is token maxing genius or a waste, is open source dying or about to take over, a...

Highlights

This podcast episode captures the key debates and insights from Day 2 of the RAISE Summit in Paris, Europe's largest AI summit. Industry leaders and investors share their divergent views on critical topics like the value of 'token maxing,' the future of open-source AI, and whether the current AI boom is a bubble. The conversation spans enterprise ROI, physical AI, and the foundational role of data.
00:00
Paris is beautiful but the summer heat is intense.
00:12
AI won't eliminate all jobs
03:46
Enterprise focus shifts from unlimited adoption to cost-consciousness and ROI
08:18
Physical AI will be a bigger story than specific model launches.
09:50
Founders must constantly think about hidden risks.
15:37
Data collection vehicles are now common even in Paris
17:33
Over-optimizing infrastructure for current AI workloads leads to wasted spending.
22:05
Token maxing is a winner's mentality.
24:31
Focus on long-term transformation over short-term distractions.
31:22
Open source models will dominate AI inferencing within two years.
32:03
In-person partnerships and storytelling help companies stand out.
35:05
Plan for a multi-model climate, not a single weather pattern.
38:23
Search is still too expensive, limiting product ambition.
42:18
MongoDB sponsors the podcast.
43:03
Geographic focus will be bigger than verticals in AI
48:41
European startups complain too much.
49:35
Token maxing is not working.
54:33
Remain bullish on humans
54:54
Data is the unsung hero and critical foundation for AI

Chapters

RAISE Summit Day 2
00:00
Qasar Younis (Applied Intuition)
00:12
AI Trends at RAISE
03:46
Applied Intuition Updates
05:29
Bubble Risks and Books
09:46
Self-Driving Future
15:37
Dylan Patel (SemiAnalysis)
17:29
Tokenmaxxing Debate
22:05
Marc Boroditsky (Nebius)
24:31
Arvind Jain (Glean)
28:37
Laura Diorio (NYSE)
32:02
Apoorv Agrawal (Altimeter): Four Seasons of AI
35:03
Nikhil Benesch (TurboPuffer)
38:23
CJ Desai (MongoDB): Agent Data Layer
42:18
Barak Kaufman (Wonderful)
43:00
Max Junestrand (Legora)
45:34
Gil Feig (Merge)
49:35
Ariel Cohen (Navan): Bullish on Humans
51:58
CJ Desai (MongoDB): Data Is Back
54:54

Transcript

Speaker 1: RAISE, RAISE, RAISE. RAISE. Paris. Paris. Paris. Paris. Paris is beautiful, but it's hot as Paris in the middle of the summer, in the middle of the heat. People are ignoring it. They're showing up. We have Qasar of Applied Intuition. Qasar, how ...