Sora app review, Perplexity’s Comet is FREE, and which AI tools reign supreme? | E2188

What It Covers

Jason and Alex review AI browser wars between Perplexity's free Comet release and competitors, analyze OpenAI's $500 billion valuation tender offer dynamics, test Sora's creative video capabilities, and discuss founder equity preservation strategies.

Key Questions Answered

• •Executive Training ROI: Implementing calendar blocking, start-of-day routines, and structured management meetings increased team productivity by 20% within one week, equivalent to gaining four free employees across a 21-person team. Most young professionals lack basic executive function skills requiring deliberate training programs.
• •Founder Equity Preservation: Founders historically own 10-20% at IPO, but AI-enabled efficiency could double this to 20-40%. Instead of raising $3 million at $10 million valuation (30% dilution), raise $1 million at $10 million, hit milestones over 18 months, then raise $2 million at $20 million for combined 20% dilution.
• •Revenue Per Employee Benchmarks: AI-native companies achieve $1-12 million revenue per employee versus traditional tech companies. Midjourney generates $12 million per employee with 40 staff and $500 million revenue. Excessive profitability may indicate insufficient ambition rather than success, suggesting reinvestment in product expansion.
• •AI Browser Backdoor Strategy: Browser-based AI tools create indirect access to training data from platforms like LinkedIn and Instagram that block traditional scraping. When millions of users browse with AI assistants, companies index content through customer proxies, circumventing robots.txt restrictions and platform lockdowns.
• •OpenAI Valuation Risk Assessment: The $500 billion private valuation represents irrational exuberance with limited upside compared to downside risk. Employees should sell 80-100% of shares for diversification, investing proceeds in index funds or competitor companies rather than maintaining concentrated positions in unproven private valuations.