Q&A with Mary Meeker on the AI revolution

Mary Meeker, the famed internet analyst turned venture capitalist, recently published her first Trends report since 2019—focused on the AI revolution. Top takeaways:

• On the most important thing she learned: "We've never seen anything like the user growth of ChatGPT, particularly outside the U.S., and it shows how the global dynamics of tech and distribution have changed. I wasn't around for the evolution of the mainframe or mini-computer, but have read up on it and was around for the PC, desktop internet, mobile internet, cloud, and now AI. This is such a faster pace of change."
• On OpenAI's lead in the industry: "Early leaders fail when they fall behind on innovation or price themselves out of the market, but OpenAI shows no signs of doing either. I think it and ChatGPT will be around for a long time."
• On the importance of immigrants to the tech landscape: "America has to be a place where the brightest people in the world want to come ... Our tech ecosystem would not be where it is today without a lot of first-generation immigrants and even more second-generation immigrants."