"He was an early engineer at Google before starting FriendFeed, a social network he sold to Facebook in 2009, where he then served as chief technology officer. He later founded Quip, which he sold to Salesforce. After eventually becoming co-CEO of Salesforce, he left to start Sierra, which is rethinking how businesses use AI for customer support. Along the way, he led Twitter's board during Elon Musk's takeover and became chairman of the OpenAI board after the firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman."
"As you'll hear in our conversation, Bret is all in on AI. Just this week, Sierra raised a new round of funding, valuing it at $10 billion. In this episode, we get into Sierra's origins and what it's doing with AI agents. I also asked Bret about OpenAI and the overall trajectory of the AI industry. We covered a lot of ground, and I hope you find Bret's perspective as fascinating as I do."
Bret Taylor began as an engineer at Google and founded FriendFeed, which he sold to Facebook in 2009, then served as Facebook's chief technology officer. He founded Quip and sold it to Salesforce before becoming co-CEO of Salesforce. He left Salesforce to start Sierra, focusing on rethinking how businesses use AI for customer support. Sierra recently raised a funding round valuing the company at $10 billion. Taylor led Twitter's board during Elon Musk's takeover and became chairman of the OpenAI board after the firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman. Sierra emphasizes AI agents and enterprise customer-support applications.
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