Sam Altman says Paul Graham and Peter Thiel taught him a key lesson about investing
THE SO WHAT
The reminder that the best opportunities rarely look popular is a nudge to re-examine your AI and infra bets—are you only following consensus categories. Carve out a small portion of budget and attention for non-obvious, high-conviction experiments that your peers are ignoring.
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