Inside The Silicon Mind

He's Seen This Bubble Before. It Ended Badly.

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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)

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