Episode #45: Hire the experimenters, Lessons from "failed" enterprise AI pilots, Valuations soar past the 2021 bubble

The Learning Corner by Precursor · Aug 28, 2025 · 20m · transcript

We kick off the episode by discussing Rebecca Kaden’s essay, “Hire the Experimenters”, which argues that speed, adaptability, and creative risk-taking are more valuable than traditional credentials in today’s AI-driven startup world. We explore how this mindset shift is reshaping what “great hiring” looks like for early teams — and whether that flexibility can translate into long-term defensibility. Then we break down the MIT report on generative AI deployment across enterprise — and the not-so-great news that 95% of pilots are failing. Charles shares his opinion that these "failures" are…