Eric Schmidt
Former CEO of Google and noted technology investor and commentator.
“General Intuition, an AI agents / spatial intelligence startup, is in talks to raise ~$300M at $2B+ from Bezos, Schmidt, Khosla, General Catalyst.”
“He said to the room, it will be your natural tendency to think that this increase in technological innovation and disruption and change that we've been experiencing for the last couple of years is an anomaly... But hold on to your seats because things are only going to accelerate from here.”
Source→“Eric Schmidt was loudly booed during a University of Arizona commencement speech after telling graduates they would help shape artificial intelligence.”
“Eric Schmidt — Booed at University of Arizona commencement for pro-AI remarks. 'The crowd continued to boo even as Schmidt stopped his speech to say, If you'd let me make this point, please. They did not.'”
“A well-funded opposition coalition — including John Doerr, Eric Schmidt, Michael Moritz, and Chris Larsen — is sponsoring multiple ballot initiatives to cancel it out, including one that would 'bar any future wealth taxes.'”
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