250 Interviews Beyond Silicon Valley #Shorts

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]etc. I interviewed over 250 people, so over 300 interviews. Over 90 of those people were former or current OpenAI employees and executives. So, the book covers the inside story of OpenAI's first decade and how it ultimately got to where it is today. But, I didn't want to write a corporate book. I felt very strongly that in order to help people understand the impact of the AI industry, we would also have to travel well beyond Silicon Valley. These companies tell us that AI is going to benefit everyone, and that's their mission. But, you really start to see that rhetoric break down when you go to the places that look nothing like Silicon Valley, that speak nothing like Silicon Valley, and that have a history and culture that are fundamentally different as well. And that's where you start to really understand the true reality of how this industry is unfolding around us.