Pat Grady quote, Sep 20, 2023

Partner, Sequoia Capital · Sep 20, 2023 · Essay, Generative AI's Act Two

We did not anticipate the extent to which end user demand would outstrip GPU supply. The bottleneck to many companies’ growth quickly became not customer demand but access to the latest GPUs from Nvidia.

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Said by: Pat Grady, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Where: Generative AI's Act Two
Topics: Compute, Chips
Company: Sequoia Capital
Source: sequoiacap.com/article/generative-ai-act-two/

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