Siqi Chen, Runway
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Siqi Chen is co-founder and CEO of Runway, the finance platform you don't hate. He was also the president, CPO and CEO of Sandbox VR, the VP of growth at Postmates and he sold his first company to Zynga in 2010.
The limits of bubble thinking: How AI breaks every historical analogy
It’s always the same story: A new technology appears and everyone starts talking about how it’ll change everything. Then capital rushes in, companies form overnight, and valuations climb faster than anyone can justify. Then, many many months later, the warnings arrive, and people suddenly remember the dot-com crash or crypto.
Build vs buy is dead — AI just killed it
Picture this: You're sitting in a conference room, halfway through a vendor pitch. The demo looks solid, and pricing fits nicely under budget. The timeline seems reasonable too. Everyone’s nodding along.
How to avoid becoming an 'AI-first' company with zero real AI usage
Remember the first time you heard your company was going AI-first?