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The Big Interview

The Eternal Sunshine of Sam Altman

By Jon Steinberg · Nov 23, 2021 1:31pm PST

At 10 a.m. on a radiant November morning in San Francisco, Facetime pings with an unrecognized 917 number. “Hello, Jon, this is DVF.” DVF...DVF...Diane von Fürstenberg! Mother of the wrap dress. Muse of Warhol. Shipmate of Bezos. Wife of Diller. “Oh! Hello!” “I understand you’d like to talk about Sam Altman?” Yes, of course. Altman, the... At 10 a.m. on a radiant November morning in San Francisco, Facetime pings with an unrecognized...

The Big Interview

What A Wonderful Day It Has Been at The Information

By Jessica Lessin · Apr 7, 2017 10:10am PDT · 5 comments

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Udacity CEO Sebastian Thrun. Photo by Bloomberg.

The Big Interview

Sebastian Thrun’s Big Business Model Shift

By · Jul 30, 2015 5:28pm PDT

Over the past few years, investors have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into online education, and now companies like Coursera, Udemy and edX are searching for profitable long-term business models. That’s led Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun to abandon his initial approach of charging for videos and to instead charge for degrees in... Over the past few years, investors have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into online...