Show Notes
In this episode of Keep It Brief, we sit down with JD Ross, founder of Opendoor and now WithCoverage, to break down why domain expertise plus AI tools is the formula winning in the next five years.
We unpack why he turned down Sam Altman's offer to run OpenAI's business side, why traditional operators beat young tech founders at building AI businesses, and the simple philosophy that got him to $8 billion in revenue before he left.
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