Azeem Azhar

Stanford University

At the Digital Economy Lab of Stanford University

Digital Fellow

Exponential View

Platform to drive macro-level understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on the society.

Founder

World Economic Forum

Co-Chair, Global Futures Council on Complex Risks

Harvard Business School

Executive Fellow

Investor in deep tech, climate change, AI, and other exponential themes. I've invested in more than 50 tech startups since 1999.

Investor

Oxford Martin School

Visiting Fellow

PeerIndex

PeerIndex helps companies identify what and who is influencing their customers now. We did amazing things with machine learning and large amounts of data. Raised several rounds of venture capital. Winner of Europas Grand Prix, 2012.
Acquired by Brandwatch in December 2014

Founder & CEO

Azeem Azhar is considered one of the world’s most influential thinkers on the development of technology and its impact on humanity. The founder of Exponential View is on a mission to demystify the complexities of technological transformation using his vast experience as a researcher, investor and entrepreneur. His invaluable insight and original perspective means he regularly advises politicians, business leaders, and the public notably on the challenges and opportunities presented by AI and other emerging technologies. Azeem has a track record of identifying and researching emerging trends before they become mainstream through his salient evidence-based analysis of the technology developments and impact.

GPT-5.2 now outperforms EXPERT-LEVEL industry professionals on knowledge work tasks. By a wide margin.

If models beat experts 70% of the time, then they probably outperform entry-level all the time.

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As ChatGPT approaches its third birthday on Sunday, I want to summarise my current beliefs about the deployment of the technology and the wider environment.

Part 1/4: The enterprise adoption and revenues

Linear thinking no longer applies in a world that is changing at an exponential rate. Since 2015, I have been researching, interpreting and discussing how emerging technologies will dramatically change every aspect of our lives. As a serial technology entrepreneur and investor, former regulator and analyst, I bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to my understanding of emerging trends.

My 2021 book, “The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society,” lays out a framework for thinking about the future that business and government leaders have no choice but to embrace as they plan forward. 

I share my weekly analysis in my newsletter Exponential View: http://exponentialview.co

LinkedIn Top Voice 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2020.

Making sense of the Exponential Age

Since Gemini 3 arrived, it suddenly this feels less like another model race and more like a physics demo in vertical integration.

This should matter to anyone building a startup or shaping strategy right now — the centre of gravity in AI is shifting, and the implications run deeper than a model upgrade.

My analysis:

https://lnkd.in/ePytG9sQ

ChatGPT launched three years ago. In that short time, access to “good enough” intelligence has grown massively. Anthropic’s new study says that even if AI progress stopped today, existing tools could lift US labor productivity by about 1.8% a year for the next decade – a historically unprecedented pace compared with the post‑war boom or the dot‑com era.

But we haven't seen that yet. This week, I break down why.

ChatGpt's code red

Traffic is down 6% since Gemini 3 and NanoBanana launched.
These are great models and significant propostion of my use has migrated. Has yours?
(Data via Deedy Das.)

#chatgpt #ai

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