David Cahn(@DavidCahn6):Great talk at AI Ascent from @flappyairplanes on why the future is data efficient. Ben Spector: "We bought the whole GPU, so we're damn well going to use the whole GPU."

2026.05.06 16:33

Great talk at AI Ascent from @flappyairplanes on why the future is data efficient. Ben Spector: "We bought the whole GPU, so we're damn well going to use the whole GPU."

Sequoia Capital@sequoia

2026.05.06 16:14

@amspector100 and @bfspector of @flappyairplanes at AI Ascent 2026: The big AI wins so far (search, coding) happen to be the most data-rich problems on earth. Almost everything else is data-poor. Unlocking the rest of the economy will depend on drastically better data efficiency. 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Meet the Founders 01:14 Not an Airplane Company 01:44 Talk Outline and Thesis 01:57 Why Data Efficiency Matters 02:46 The Long Tail of Low Data 03:28 Compute Scales Easier Than Data 04:20 Data Moats and Competition 05:16 Systems Plus Algorithms Approach 06:25 GPU Primitives and Closing