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Every AI Founder Should Be Asking These Questions

Shownote

Jordan Fisher is the co-founder & CEO of Standard AI and now leads an AI alignment research team at Anthropic. In his talk at AI Startup School on June 17th, 2025, he frames the future of startups through questions rather than answers—asking how founders s...

Highlights

As artificial intelligence accelerates toward human-level performance, startup founders are confronted with unprecedented strategic uncertainty. The rapid evolution of AI systems forces a reevaluation of traditional assumptions about product development, team structure, and long-term viability. In this pivotal moment, the most pressing challenge isn't technological—it's existential: how should entrepreneurs make decisions when the rules of the game could change overnight?
02:22
Founders should plan for AGI within two years.
13:54
AI can enable less biased, memory-free auditing to build trust in startups.
21:00
Working on hard problems like energy and manufacturing could be a key moat in the future of AI
25:25
This is the last chance to make a world-changing impact with AI
39:23
A personal assistant agent must handle game theory and power dynamics in scheduling.

Chapters

What if AGI arrives sooner than we think?
00:00
Can startups build trust in an AI-driven world?
09:03
Is custom data still a winning edge?
18:32
Should founders aim to change society, not just markets?
25:25
Why are VCs missing the real AI revolution?
37:23

Transcript

Jordan Fisher: Welcome to this talk. I'm extremely confused. I think maybe more confused than I've ever been in my entire life. Probably, definitely more confused than I've ever been in my entire life. And I want to talk about that because I think, I don't...