How AI is Transforming Silicon Valley and Could Cure All Diseases

I sit down with my friend Chris Langerich, a researcher, investor, and founder of Context Fund, to map the AI “gold-rush” reshaping California’s most important economy. After talking about how we ended up with nine-figure talent bidding wars for AI talent, we discuss how smaller teams, AI-accelerated funding, and vertically-integrated TechBio firms will upend SaaS economics and, could let us “asymptote to having no disease.” We finish by weighing whether California’s network effects keep it the epicenter of the AI boom and what get Chris most excited about the future.

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-ai-is-transforming-silicon-valley-and-could-cure/id1807612672?i=1000719799270
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/439V2C9RyjNNLiUQ3Q5fQU
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcVY170ACnw

Chapters 
00:00 – Introduction
03:47 – The AI Gold Rush
06:53 – The War for Top AI Talent
11:39 – Verification: The New Frontier
14:12 – Automating the VC Funding Process
25:37 – AI-Powered Teams and Startup Dynamics
29:16 – AI in Drug Discovery & Development
37:11 – Personalization & Reducing Friction
40:30 – California’s Role in the AI Gold Rush
45:37 – The Inner vs. Outer AI Economy
48:23 – Curing Disease with AI