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Ed Fassio is a global AI strategist who helps executive leaders and enterprises harness the Agentic Frontier of AI to transform business models, accelerate adoption, and unlock multimillion-dollar ROI. As a keynote speaker, educator, and advisor, he bridges visionary thinking with practical execution, empowering organizations to thrive in the age of intelligent automation. His experience includes roles at Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Tata Consulting, Nextel Communications and Purdue University. (More info at: www.ejfassio.com)

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Reflect w/ Ed Fassio

Sam Altman Said He Was Wrong. Here's Why That Should Worry You More.

June 03, 2026 • Ed Fassio

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Reflect w/ Ed Fassio — where AI tells the stories that matter. Eight days after filing OpenAI's IPO paperwork, Sam Altman publicly walked back his AI jobs apocalypse prediction. Dario Amodei did the same thing the same week. Meanwhile Uber burned its entire $3.4 billion AI budget in four months with nothing measurable to show for it. And NVIDIA's own VP said AI compute now costs more than the employees it was supposed to replace. Julius and Hale break down what's actually in the receipts: the Uber COO who can't draw a line between AI spending and output, the Microsoft cancellation that reveals the real cost of uncapped usage, and why the Altman reversal isn't the all-clear signal it looks like. The companies winning with AI right now aren't the ones who believed the hype the hardest. They're the ones who built governance tight enough to survive the reckoning. Your Move: Don't read the Altman reversal as an all-clear. Build the measurement framework before you expand the budget. And watch the product roadmap — not the narrative. — Reflect w/ Ed Fassio | reflectpodcast.com

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