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Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again
They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.
TL;DR
- Successful tech leaders are re-engaging in operational roles within the AI industry.
- Motivations include fear of missing AI's pivotal moment and the potential for significant financial gains.
- Examples include Tom Blomfield joining Anthropic, Mike Krieger becoming Anthropic's Chief Product Officer, and Andrej Karpathy joining Anthropic's pre-training team.
- Chamath Palihapitiya has taken a CEO role at his AI coding startup, 8090 Labs.
- Eric Wu launched NavigateAI, an AI copilot for construction workers.
- Peter Bailis left his CTO role at Workday to join Anthropic.
- The "member of technical staff" title is used by Anthropic and OpenAI for their technical teams, signaling a move towards hands-on work regardless of seniority.