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Kevin Weil

We got connected through Kevin Wheel, who is former CPO at OpenAI, now head of science at OpenAI.

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Innovation4 steps

Decompose-and-Ensemble

Break a broad problem into specific tasks, then solve each with a specialized model in an ensemble.

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Innovation4 steps

Eval-Driven Product Development

Design the test for your AI product alongside the product, then hill-climb the model against it.

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Strategy3 steps

Model Maximalism

Build at the edge of what models can barely do — the next model will make it sing.

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Productivity2 steps

Poor Man's Fine-Tuning (Few-Shot + Role Priming)

Steer a model with in-prompt examples and a role identity instead of a full fine-tune.

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Innovation3 steps

Reason About It Like a Human

To design or debug AI behavior, ask what an equivalent human would do in the same situation.

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Leadership5 steps

Ship-Fast Operating Model

Lightweight bottoms-up planning, PM-light teams, and iterative deployment in a fast-moving domain.

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Entrepreneurship3 steps

Vertical AI Opportunity Finder

Build where the winning data is locked behind a company or industry's walls — foundation models won't go there.

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