Kevin Scott, CTO @ Microsoft: An Evaluation of Deepseek and How We Underestimate the Chinese

Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft, where he leads the company’s AI and technology strategy at global scale and played a pivotal role in Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI. Prior to Microsoft, Kevin spent six years at Linkedin as SVP of Engineering. Kevin has also enjoyed advisory positions with Pinterest, Box, Code.org and more. ---------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 01:08 Where is Enduring Value in a World of AI 08:13 Why Scaling Laws are BS 10:00 What is the Bottleneck Today: Data, Compute or Algorithms 13:21 In 10 Years Time: What % of Data Usage will be Synthetic 18:59 How Will AI Agents Evolve Over the Next Five Years 30:15 The Future of Software Development 35:05 The Thing That Most Excites Me in AI is Tech Debt 39:01 Quick-Fire Round 41:27 Leadership Lessons from Satya Nadella 42:36 DeepSeek Evolution: Do We Underestimate China ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZTtgTNBKwtZBMHvl?si=85bc9196860e4466 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-twenty-minute-vc-20vc-venture-capital-startup/id958230465 Follow Harry Stebbings on X: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings Follow Kevin Scott on X: https://twitter.com/kevin_scott Follow 20VC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/20vchq Follow 20VC on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@20vc_tok Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/contact ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #kevinscott #microsoft #cto #aiagents #deepseek #satyanadella