Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Anthropic co-founder on quitting OpenAI, AGI predictions, $100M talent wars, 20% unemployment, and the nightmare scenarios keeping him up at night | Ben Mann

Jul 20, 2025 · 1h 14m

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✨ AI Summary

Ben Mann discusses leaving OpenAI to co-found Anthropic.
Urgent need for safety-first AI development and responsible steering.
Insights into AGI predictions and the talent wars in AI.

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