Alex Heath(@alexeheath):Databricks and Perplexity co-founder @andykonwinski has a phrase for the AI industry's current trajectory: "feudalism with better branding." With @LaudeInstitute, he's trying to fight AI's concentration of power by incentivizing top AI researchers to do their work out in the open. I've known Andy for over a year now and find him incredibly thoughtful on how AI is impacting society. He's on the podcast this week:

2026.06.19 01:25

Databricks and Perplexity co-founder @andykonwinski has a phrase for the AI industry's current trajectory: "feudalism with better branding." With @LaudeInstitute, he's trying to fight AI's concentration of power by incentivizing top AI researchers to do their work out in the open. I've known Andy for over a year now and find him incredibly thoughtful on how AI is impacting society. He's on the podcast this week: