Silicon Valley GirlOpenAI Co-Founder: Start Building With AI Before You Feel Ready | Greg Brockman
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- September 30, 2026
- Duration
- 30m
- Channel
- Silicon Valley Girl
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Keep customer conversations, notes, and next steps together with HubSpot Smart CRM: Try HubSpot - https://clickhubspot.com/9b86a2 Greg Brockman co-founded OpenAI and previously served as CTO of Stripe. He says AI could bring a “massive renaissance of entrepreneurship” over the next year or two. But what should you actually ask AI to do—and what’s worth building when the models keep getting better? In this episode, I show Greg the AI app I built to prepare for our interview and ask how to make it more ambitious. We talk about why he no longer writes software himself, what AI could do for a small watch store, why knowing your customers still matters, and how his own AI agent helps him work. Greg also shares where to start if you have just one hour. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — Why aren’t we using more of what AI can do? 00:59 — What a proactive AI assistant could do for you 02:16 — Why Greg no longer writes software himself 04:15 — I show Greg the AI app I built for this interview 06:00 — How the app could help produce the final episode 07:10 — What small-business owners should focus on 08:39 — The watch store and the world’s best programmer 09:18 — Raising the ceiling of ambition 10:01 — What makes an AI app worth paying for? 11:16 — The coming renaissance of entrepreneurship 12:56 — HubSpot Smart CRM 13:50 — How to build something better models won’t make obsolete 15:48 — Why domain expertise is an AI advantage 17:38 — Greg’s AI briefing agent 19:48 — How OpenAI measures AI’s effect on productivity 20:59 — Greg’s AI chief of staff 21:54 — When is more AI compute worth it? 23:51 — Where to start with agents—and when to automate 25:29 — What should stay under human control? 26:18 — What to try with AI if you have one hour 27:48 — What work with AI could look like in five years *Links:* 📩 Follow my Newsletter (Future Proof): https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Greg-Brockman 🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 𝕏 : https://x.com/siliconvalleymm 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
SPEAKERS
Greg Brockman
guestCo-founder of OpenAI, known for leading engineering and product efforts behind ChatGPT and related AI systems.
Marina Mogilko
hostYouTuber and entrepreneur who hosts the Silicon Valley Girl interview show.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Greg Brockman and Marina Mogilko, OpenAI Co-Founder: Start Building With AI Before You Feel Ready | Greg Brockman explores proactive AI agents will unlock a near-term entrepreneurship boom Greg Brockman argues that today’s AI models are vastly underutilized because users struggle to discover a few high-value workflows that make them “power users.”
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