Marissa Mayer: AI to Make the Mundane Magical

What is the future of AI in consumer technology? Marissa Mayer believes this future includes AI that makes the mundane magical. Marissa has been leading consumer technology that affects billions of lives since the dawn of the modern Internet. She was one of the first 20 employees at Google and worked on Google Maps, Gmail, and Google Search. She served as the CEO at Yahoo! where she reinvented the website for the mobile era. Now she is the co-founder and CEO of Sunshine Products, a technology startup focused on making everyday tasks, like contact management or scheduling, magical. Episode Chapters (00:00) Introduction(01:23) The Evolution of AI: Learning, Reasoning, and Expressiveness(05:22) Scaling Laws and the Future of AI(09:00) AI's Impact on Business and Team Dynamics(14:47) The Future of Search and Advertising(19:52) Sunshine: Making Mundane Tasks Magical(24:04) The Future of Advertising in an AI World(35:39) Looking Forward: The Future of AI and Sunshine(37:55) Closing Thoughts Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lsvp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/lightspeedvp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightspeed-venture-partners/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lightspeedventurepartners/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠generativenow.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: generativenow@lsvp.com The content here does not constitute tax, legal, business or investment advice or an offer to provide such advice, should not be construed as advocating the purchase or sale of any security or investment or a recommendation of any company, and is not an offer, or solicitation of an offer, for the purchase or sale of any security or investment product. For more details please see ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lsvp.com/legal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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