"Skates later told Business Insider that Amplitude leaders used AI tools like Cursor to "lead from the front." Executives worldwide are developing expansive, costly AI initiatives. Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates says a lot of the industry's buy-in is thanks to Sam Altman. Skates cofounded the publicly traded analytics company, which he said has about 800 employees. On the " Lightcone Podcast," Skates acknowledged that some engineers were skeptical of their company leaders' rapid adoption of AI."
""I think Sam Altman is the best salesperson of this generation, bar none," Skates said. "I think he has done an exceptional job stating a very ambitious vision, getting a lot of people rallied behind it." Thanks to Altman's pitch, "investors already bought in, executives are bought in, world leaders are bought in," he said. In an email to Business Insider, Skates doubled down on that view."
Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates credited OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with rallying investors, executives, and world leaders around an ambitious AI vision. Skates said Altman's salesmanship prompted expansive, costly AI initiatives and substantial corporate investment while corresponding AI revenue remained much smaller. Skates acknowledged that some engineers at Amplitude were skeptical of rapid AI adoption by company leaders. Amplitude leaders adopted AI tools like Cursor to "lead from the front" and demonstrate use cases. Skates highlighted that companies invested about $1.5 trillion in AI this year while revenues stayed in the tens of billions, creating a nearly 100x gap.
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