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Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, joins NEW ECONOMIES to explain why we’re still underutilizing AI, why agent management — not individual contribution — becomes the default mode of work within three years, and why the next decade of company-building rewards taste and judgment over raw skill: once AI can draw, code, and write as well as any specialist, the only thing left to own is the specific, unrepeatable bar for what excellence looks like.

We also cover why AI carries a positive perception across Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America while triggering data-center bans and slowdown politics in the US and Europe — and why 91% of non-Chinese AI market cap still sits within 30 miles of Silicon Valley. We get into the founding story behind Manas AI — Reid’s drug-discovery venture, plus whether Silicon Valley is still the best place to start a company.

We close on the lessons Reid has learned from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the technology trends Reid is most excited about next.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Meet Reid Hoffman (1:36) Why Most People Are Under Utilizing AI (5:28) How Should We Be Using AI? (7:17) Why Agent Managers Are Next (8:47) Are We Taking AI Seriously Enough? (11:58) How Is Blitzscaling Different Today? (15:00) Is Silicon Valley Still The Best Region? (16:27) Should Startups Partner with AI Models? (21:37) Personalized AI & Taste (24:28) Is Distribution The New Moat for Startups? (26:19) Does AI Have a Negative PR Problem? (28:48) What Would Reid Coach Governments? (33:20) It’s Not Just Anthropic or OpenAI (36:36) The IPO Gold Rush (38:32) Sam vs Dario Characteristics (42:30) Lessons from Satya Nadella (47:30) Ollie Joins As Reid’s Chief of Staff (49:39) Reid’s Trends (55:27) Fire Round