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Masters of Scale: IBM’s $10 billion bet on what comes after AI

aired Jun 29, 2026 · 44.0m
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Summary

The Masters of Scale team recently announced over a dozen speakers joining the lineup for this year's Masters of Scale Summit, and I'm so excited to be able to share them with you.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of think, going, you're, including: Matthew Prince, Ivan Zhao, Amy Webb, Reid Hoffman, and more will take the stage this October 20th through 22nd in San Francisco.

Key takeaways
  1. 01The greatest rewards always come from the greatest risks
  2. 02I think foundation models are going to become commodities
  3. 03IBM is playing a distinctive role in the AI race, not building AI models, but betting on how best to use them and on what comes after them
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