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Y Combinator's Paul Graham argues that CEOs who do not directly build AI products pose a major strategic risk

Carlos E. Perez warns that executives rely on static PowerPoints.

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The only thing worse than having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI is not having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI.

2:28 PM · May 30, 2026 View on X

@paulg Or perhaps a CEO whose only contact with AI is through PowerPoint slides (perhaps created by hand by experts who don't use AI).

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The only thing worse than having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI is not having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI.

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