Chamath: Google Is the Ultimate AI Compounding Machine

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Do you know what Google's 25-year

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average return on invested capital has

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been since going public?

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32%.

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>> Jesus [ __ ] Christ.

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>> When you are a machine and a group of

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people and a business model that

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compounds money at 32%

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over 20-year average, you give these

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guys the benefit of the doubt. These are

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not people that are flying fast and

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loose. They are methodically investing

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in their edge. They are going to get

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massively rewarded. Google has an

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incredible search experience. They've

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seemed to be navigating this transition

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to use AI. They have an incredible cloud

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business and they have an incredible

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silicon business. The best thing that

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can happen to them is 500 different

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models proliferate and they support all

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of them because they will make so much

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money at the silicon layer, they'll make

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so much money as the cloud provider, and

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they'll find a bunch of apps, including

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YouTube and other things, to make money

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from because you use the AI to target

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ads better or to help make better

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content, etc., etc.

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>> Fragmentation's good for them.

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>> Oh, it's great for them. It's a

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compounding machine.

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The video highlights Google's impressive financial track record, noting an average return on invested capital of 32% since going public. It discusses how Google's methodical approach to business, including investments in search, cloud technology, and silicon, positions them to benefit significantly from the proliferation of AI models.