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

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 31, 2025

Duration

47m

Channel

The Twenty Minute VC

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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

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• Kevin Scott

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• Harry Stebbings

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, featuring Kevin Scott and Harry Stebbings, Kevin Scott, CTO @ Microsoft: An Evaluation of Deepseek and How We Underestimate the Chinese explores microsoft CTO Kevin Scott Explains AI’s Future, Agents, And China Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, argues that AI is in the early stages of a major platform shift, where true, durable value will accrue to products that solve real user problems rather than to models or infrastructure alone.

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