Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Few founders have seen Silicon Valley from every seat at the table.

After co-creating Google Maps at Google, serving as CTO at Facebook, and later as co-CEO of Salesforce, Bret Taylor is now building AI agents at Sierra to redefine customer experience.

On Grit, he explains why “competitive intensity” is a core value at their fast-growing company and why he believes AI won’t lead to a world where people stop working.

Guest: Bret Taylor, co-founder of Sierra

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00:00 Trailer
00:48 Introduction
04:08 Hiring for Fortune 100 Credibility
11:57 Failure Has No Owners
16:35 AI Competition and Model Economics
38:58 Hiring in the Agent Era
56:07 High Touch Deployment Model
01:01:31 Fun vs Fulfillment
01:04:18 Co Founders and Resilience
01:11:26 Wrap Up