Machine learning allows us to build software solutions that exceed human understanding and shows us how AI can innervate every industry. Steve Jurvetson More Quotes by Steve Jurvetson More Quotes From Steve Jurvetson Go to the moon, that's my dream. Steve Jurvetson moondream The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to just get more unpredictable. If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them – another economic collapse, it’s almost going to be like not news any more. But for startups this is great, because it’s a perpetual driver of disruption. Steve Jurvetson newsfinanciallifetime When a nanotech company matures and becomes a real business, it becomes something else. It becomes a biotech company or a cleantech company or a memory chip company. Nanotechnology has fueled the core innovations in electronics and energy. Steve Jurvetson innovationrealmemories Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley. Steve Jurvetson valleyssomething-newgrowth It is this breathtaking image [of] success that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science: to understand the importance of physics and math and, in many ways, to have that awe at exploration of the frontiers of the unknown. Steve Jurvetson motivationinspirationkids When burned on a CD, the human genome is smaller than Microsoft Office. Steve Jurvetson microsoftcdsoffice Putting seven people in orbit should not cost more than flying a commercial jet around earth. Steve Jurvetson orbitflyingpeople IT is now reaching out to fuels and chemicals, energy and clean tech, rockets, all kinds of bizarre industries that formerly didn’t face much competition. Steve Jurvetson rocketscompetitionfaces If you're trying to put 4,000 satellites in orbit, one launch a month doesn't work. Steve Jurvetson science Development of space will improve life on Earth. Access to space is important for agriculture, humanitarian efforts, communications, and navigation. Steve Jurvetson agriculturespaceimportantlife The first generation of biotech physically cut and pasted from one organism to another. You learned that taxol helped cure cancer, then you found the source organism and extracted the genes to make your drug. Now physical science is becoming information science. Steve Jurvetson generationyouinformationscience Corporate houses and big companies can be meaningful distribution channels for start-ups. Steve Jurvetson housescompaniesbigmeaningful As a geek, I take umbrage at the notion that chips are not sexy. But yes, robots, drones, satellites and self-driving cars are the kinds of things that excite me. Steve Jurvetson thingsmerobotssexy I do think there are more and more entrepreneurs all the time that think big. Those are the people we should be finding and funding. Most of them will fail, but the ones who succeed will change the world, and that is progress. Steve Jurvetson changetimepeopleworld Elon Musk is a remarkable individual. Steve Jurvetson elon-muskindividualremarkable Elon Musk is an incredibly prolific entrepreneur, having come up with, or been at the founding team of Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity, PayPal, all different industries that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Steve Jurvetson nothingentrepreneurteamdifferent Personally, I do not look at IPOs for an exit. Steve Jurvetson personallylookexit Venture capital is a dynamic and people-driven business. Steve Jurvetson venture-capitalventurebusiness Beyond self-driving cars, I think all airplanes should go pilotless. Get the pilots out of there. Even better, have no cockpit at all, and turn it into a nice lounge with a bar. Why give people the illusion of control with a steering wheel? Steve Jurvetson controlbetterthinkpeople In general, when it comes to AI, many of us subconsciously cling to the selfish notion that humanity is the endpoint of evolution. Steve Jurvetson aiselfishevolutionhumanity
