#110 Meta's Billion-Dollar Hires: Bubble or Genius?

What happens when VCs are called the least sophisticated financiers, AI researchers get billion-dollar paydays, and outrage becomes the new marketing? This week on More or Less, the full crew breaks down the state of the AI talent wars, the power of meme-driven marketing, and whether hope (not financial literacy) still drives Silicon Valley.

Chapters:01:15 Jersey Shore, Laundry, and Marital Advice

05:08 Sydney Sweeney Outrage: Meme Marketing & Stock Surges

18:32 VCs Are the Least Sophisticated Financiers

22:20 AI Billionaires: Comp Bubbles & Power Laws

27:09 Will Billion-Dollar AI Talent Stay?

32:24 Social Graph Recruiting: The New Acqui-Hire

38:52 AI Comp Bubble: Lessons from the iOS Gold Rush

44:22 The Robot That Folds Clothes (and Why It’s a Billion-Dollar Job)

50:11 Outrage Marketing: Fad or Future?

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