Summary
Bret Taylor, co-founder of Sierra, compared the current excitement around artificial intelligence (AI) to the 1990s dot-com bubble at a summit in San Francisco. He believes there will be both successful and unsuccessful companies in this AI wave. Taylor and Sierra have been focusing on AI agents from the beginning.
Key Facts
- Bret Taylor is the co-founder of Sierra and former Salesforce co-CEO.
- Taylor discussed the potential of an AI bubble at the AI+ Summit in San Francisco.
- He compared the AI boom to the dot-com bubble from the 1990s.
- Taylor stated some companies will succeed, like Amazon did during the dot-com era.
- Sierra's founding team has experience from Google, AI, and search engine work.
- Sierra has been focusing on AI agents since its early days.
- Clay Bavor, another Sierra co-founder, uses the frequency of the word "agentic" on billboards as a sign of the AI market's hype.
- AI agents are a popular topic in 2025, as highlighted by Sierra's emphasis on them.
