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20VC: Open Models vs Frontier Models: Who Actually Wins? | The $100,000 Token Budget Every Engineer Will Need | Why Forward-Deployed Engineers Are the Future of Enterprise AI with Clay Bavor, Co-Founder of Sierra

1 tim 9 min•4 juli 2026

Clay Bavor is the Co-Founder of Sierra, one of the world's fastest-growing enterprise AI companies. Sierra is valued at approximately $15.8 billion, has raised more than $1.5BN from leading investors including Sequoia, Benchmark, Greenoaks, GV and Tiger Global, and today serves more than 40% of the Fortune 50. The company recently surpassed $150 ARR, making it one of the fastest-growing enterprise software businesses in history.

AGENDA:

00:00 – Why Frontier AI Demand Will Be Unlimited

08:00 – Open Models vs Frontier Models: Who Actually Wins?

17:00 – China's AI Advantage & The Distillation Debate

20:30 – Inside Sierra: The AI Agents Running the Entire Company

24:00 – The $100,000 Token Budget Every Engineer Will Soon Need

29:00 – Building AI for 40% of the Fortune 50

37:00 – Why Forward-Deployed Engineers Are the Future of Enterprise AI

43:00 – Sierra's Unusual Board Meetings & Billion-Dollar Company Playbook

48:00 – The Four Values Behind a $16B Startup: Craftsmanship, Intensity & Family

56:00 – Clay Bavor's Hiring Philosophy, AI-First Teams & What's Coming Next

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