Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor speaks at the Viva Technology Conference in Paris on June 15, 2022.
Nathan Lane | Bloomberg | Getty Images
OpenAI board chairman Bret Taylor joined CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on Thursday to discuss his views AI Start Sierra.
Taylor co-founded Sierra in March 2023 to help companies build artificial intelligence agents that can interact directly with customers. AI agents vary in complexity, but they typically help users answer questions, automate processes and perform specific tasks, according to the company’s website.
“This is how your company gets a branded customer experience that really speaks to you, and it’s going to do everything you can do on your website,” Taylor said.
Sierra has been valued at about $4 billion, and Taylor said he was excited to build a “lasting company.”
Taylor said that in the current “artificial intelligence wave,” he believes there will be more than 10 “meaningful” enterprise software companies and more than one major consumer company worth trillions of dollars.
Asked about regulation in the tech space and a possible breakup of Google, Taylor said: “I think a lot of people in Silicon Valley think we should focus more on empowering small tech rather than trying to disempower big tech.”
Taylor added that he believes the U.S. is “the best country for entrepreneurs” because “we have the capital. We are not too heavily regulated. What often happens in these well-intentioned environments is that people introduce into the business environment Limitations that actually help start a business.
Taylor joins the OpenAI board of directors after company CEO Sam Altman was appointed to the board. briefly evicted last fall. He helped lead the company after the departure of other executives, including former chief technology officer Mira Murati. start to change to a for-profit entity.
