Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman argues that massive speed improvements in AI are not just about reducing latency. Like how fast internet turned Netflix from a DVD mailer into a studio, ultra-fast AI will enable fundamentally new applications and business models that are impossible today.
Jensen Huang argues the "AI bubble" framing is too narrow. The real trend is a permanent shift from general-purpose to accelerated computing, driven by the end of Moore's Law. This shift powers not just chatbots, but multi-billion dollar AI applications in automotive, digital biology, and financial services.
The cost for a given level of AI performance halves every 3.5 months—a rate 10 times faster than Moore's Law. This exponential improvement means entrepreneurs should pursue ideas that seem financially or computationally unfeasible today, as they will likely become practical within 12-24 months.
As frontier AI models reach a plateau of perceived intelligence, the key differentiator is shifting to user experience. Low-latency, reliable performance is becoming more critical than marginal gains on benchmarks, making speed the next major competitive vector for AI products like ChatGPT.
Most companies use AI for optimization—making existing processes faster and cheaper. The greater opportunity is innovation: using AI to create entirely new forms of value. This "10x thinking" is critical for growth, especially as pure efficiency gains will ultimately lead to a reduced need for human workers.
According to Ring's founder, the technology for ambitious AI features like "Dog Search Party" already exists. The real bottleneck is the cost of computation. Products that are technically possible today are often not launched because the processing expense makes them commercially unviable.
The common analogy of AI being "like a website" that every company must adopt may be misleading. The real transformative power of AI could be in enabling entirely new, AI-native businesses that leapfrog incumbents, rather than simply being a feature tacked onto existing products.
While training has been the focus, user experience and revenue happen at inference. OpenAI's massive deal with chip startup Cerebrus is for faster inference, showing that response time is a critical competitive vector that determines if AI becomes utility infrastructure or remains a novelty.
While AI-driven efficiency is valuable, Mistral's CEO argues the technology's most profound impact will be accelerating fundamental R&D. By helping overcome physical constraints in fields like semiconductor manufacturing or nuclear fusion, AI unlocks entirely new technological progress and growth—a far greater prize than simple process optimization.
AI isn't just an incremental improvement; it's a reinvention of the computer. This new paradigm makes previously intractable problems—from curing cancer to eliminating fraud—solvable. This opens up an unprecedented wave of entrepreneurial opportunity to rebuild everything.
The most profound near-term shift from AI won't be a single killer app, but rather constant, low-level cognitive support running in the background. Having an AI provide a 'second opinion for everything,' from reviewing contracts to planning social events, will allow people to move faster and with more confidence.