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Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman

Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0

Born1967-08-05

Occupationbusinessperson, consultant, entrepreneur, financier

EmployerChaosium, LinkedIn Corporation, PayPal

EducationStanford University, The Putney School, Wolfson College

AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire, Marshall Scholarship

Highlights

One of the things I realized over the last month was that, we’re seeing such progress with Manas. I need to get back to founder mode,
techcrunch.com2026-06-05Source
And so you don’t want to be saying, ‘Hey, as opposed to being the England of the Industrial Revolution, we’re going to be the Poland of the Industrial Revolution.’
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
Like if you do the analysis of rising electricity costs, it has no correlation with the data centers, or even what is relatively modest AI usage so far. And yet all blame for increasing electricity prices today is AI.
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
I obviously feel enormously bad that it took me a few years to understand kind of what the monstrosity was,
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
Just about everything is going to be blamed on AI,
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
The talent race to your average American looks crazy. The amount of money you're paying individuals in order to do this,
businessinsider.com2025-07-10Source
The fact that universities have not changed, and it's like, 'Well, but I already have my curriculum, and this is the way I've been teaching it for the last X decades,' etc.
businessinsider.com2025-05-15Source
Wishing for the 1950s past is a bad mistake,
businessinsider.com2025-05-15Source
Every month, every year, every week that there’s earlier [AI] access causes human goodness,
time.com2023-09-07Source
XAI is, as Elon himself has described, it's a complete train wreck for its kind of building of foundational models and other kinds of things.
finance.yahoo.comSource
It wasn’t like we rolled in, and it was like ‘Oh, that was fun and easy,’
startups.comSource
OK, there was a certain amount of blood lost on that one.
startups.comSource
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One of the things I realized over the last month was that, we’re seeing such progress with Manas. I need to get back to founder mode,
techcrunch.com2026-06-05Source
And so you don’t want to be saying, ‘Hey, as opposed to being the England of the Industrial Revolution, we’re going to be the Poland of the Industrial Revolution.’
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
Like if you do the analysis of rising electricity costs, it has no correlation with the data centers, or even what is relatively modest AI usage so far. And yet all blame for increasing electricity prices today is AI.
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
I obviously feel enormously bad that it took me a few years to understand kind of what the monstrosity was,
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
Just about everything is going to be blamed on AI,
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
The talent race to your average American looks crazy. The amount of money you're paying individuals in order to do this,
businessinsider.com2025-07-10Source
The fact that universities have not changed, and it's like, 'Well, but I already have my curriculum, and this is the way I've been teaching it for the last X decades,' etc.
businessinsider.com2025-05-15Source
Wishing for the 1950s past is a bad mistake,
businessinsider.com2025-05-15Source
Every month, every year, every week that there’s earlier [AI] access causes human goodness,
time.com2023-09-07Source
XAI is, as Elon himself has described, it's a complete train wreck for its kind of building of foundational models and other kinds of things.
finance.yahoo.comSource
It wasn’t like we rolled in, and it was like ‘Oh, that was fun and easy,’
startups.comSource
OK, there was a certain amount of blood lost on that one.
startups.comSource
But yet it’s all currently blamed to AI,
semafor.com2026-04-10Source
You could almost think of it as the IAC of AI,
finance.yahoo.comSource
You're a premium-priced CoreWeave,
finance.yahoo.comSource

Works Timeline

2025
2023
2021
2020
  • La revolución del sentidoBook
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2019
  • HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HRBook
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2018
  • BlitzscalingBook
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  • Revolución Del SentidoBook
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  • HBR's 10 must reads on entrepreneurship and startupsBook
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2014
2013
  • El Mejor Negocio Eres T Adptate Al Futuro Invierte En Ti Mismo E Impulsa Tu CarreraBook
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2012

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