Poolside CEO says most companies shouldn’t build foundation models
Co-founder and CEO of Poolide Jason Warner has not chopped words: he thinks that most companies want to build AI models Foundation instead on building applications. Polside is an AI-driven software development platform.
Warner told the audience on the Humanx AI conference In Las Vegas on Monday that he thinks intelligence is the most important raw material in the world – on the same footing with electricity – and anyone who does not believe that this should not build a foundation model.
“If you are one of those people, if you want to take a side of the fence, you are a printing press for cash in contrast to something that we have ever seen in the world,” said Warner. “Or if the other side of the fence, you actually change and bend the bow of humanity in a way that we have never done before. And I believe that is true. ‘
Warner added that his company “literally” goes after Agi via software. If someone looks at fundamental models as a more “nice to have” as a way to raise VC Content Money, the company just has to build a wrapper on an existing fundamental model instead, he added.
That said, however, Warner said he thinks that companies are building foundation models, not just a foundation model like their product. Instead, that should be part of their product – especially the more the landscape becomes more competitive.
“In my opinion, when I am going to build things like this, I build on one side, go after intelligence, I have to go after the most difficult environment,” said Warner. “You can’t easily be on the one hand and hard on the other. It is not really logical, because if you go for everything, go for everything. “
He added that this is the reason why Poolide goes after heavy areas, such as defense and collaborating with the government. But Warner said that at a certain moment the company is also planning to launch a consumer application.
The San Francisco established in San Francisco was founded in 2023 by Warner, the former CTO of Github and VC at Managing Director at Redpoint, and Eiso Kant, a serial founder. The company has collected more than $ 620 million in durffinancing and is currently appreciated at $ 3 billion.
