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Enterprise adoption follows predictable patterns despite AI advantages
  • Even with AI's inherent advantages (instant knowledge absorption, no hiring friction), enterprises adopt slower than startups
  • Factors include legal reviews, security compliance, executive buy-in, and rollout planning
  • Example: Claude Code adoption varies by months between startups and large enterprises
Dario AmodeiDwarkesh Patel00:25:54

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Any given feature or any given product, like Claude Code or Cowork, will get adopted by the individual developers who are on Twitter all the time, by the Series A startups, many months faster than they will get adopted by a large enterprise that does food sales. Dario Amodei
You have to go through legal, you have to provision it for everyone. It has to pass security and compliance. Dario Amodei

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