Description

Mike Kropp built products at Microsoft and AWS that scaled to millions. Now at Iridius, he's creating AI for highly regulated industries - and warns most AI startups face an extinction event.

Discover:

• Why apps/bots get copied while platforms with moats survive
• Microsoft's "customer connected development" (17K developers giving weekly feedback)
• Discipline that separates Microsoft/AWS winners from startup failures
• Why enterprises reject non-deterministic AI
• How founders must set the pace - or lose their team

Timestamps:

00:00 - "Mass extinction event coming for AI startups"

02:30 - How Microsoft nailed product-market fit at scale

09:00 - Discipline vs impatience in enterprise vs startups

15:00 - The compliance crisis blocking enterprise AI

25:00 - "Founders set pace. Team rises - or leaves"

Book recommendation: Quantum Supremacy, by Michio Kaku

About Mike Kropp: Microsoft patterns & practices leader, AWS product builder, Iridius CEO (AI for regulated industries)

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/@InsideTheSiliconMind
Website: https://insidethesiliconmind.com/

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