On the long game of developing CUDA:
“I like hard things because it takes a long time to do. If it takes a long time to do, it takes a really resilient person to do it.”
One result of this past tech cycle was a view that companies needed to build hyper complex ponzi schemes of ambition in order to accumulate capital and be valued. This led to a variety of shooting stars that never realized their main goal.
Another view was an insane amount of value ascribed to hyper-narrow features masquerading as companies, leading... See more
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