Cofounder, Meta Platforms
Search every verified Eduardo Saverin interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Meta Platforms and co-CEO of B Capital, has spoken about the impact of artificial intelligence on business and society. In a May 2025 interview with AIBRASIL, Saverin described AI as a "key paradigm shifting technology" and said that the most important application of AI is not in creating fundamental large language models but in integrating AI into workflows so that users do not have to take an extra step to use it. He stated that the majority of productivity gains in businesses could be achieved with a proper application layer and workflow integration, rather than requiring significantly more advanced models. Saverin also discussed the societal challenges of AI, including job displacement, and said that entrepreneurs and companies should balance profit optimization with societal benefits. In a March 2025 appearance at the Web Summit in Qatar, Saverin commented on the advancement of DeepSeek, stating that "innovation can and should come from anywhere" and that such developments are "very positive for the industry" because they make core models more accessible from a pricing standpoint. He said that DeepSeek is good for certain types of functions while other models are better for others, and that choice in foundational models will drive more access to AI. Saverin also noted that the news of DeepSeek's capabilities should not cause companies to decelerate spending on AI infrastructure, but rather accelerate it because the return on investment per dollar is higher.
“Really when I think about AI and what its ultimate business model is, it's less about creating a fundamental LLM and then charging per API call or per use; that will go the way of SMS — the use case is ultimately applications to the real world.”
“This technology is evolving so quickly that it is hard for governments globally to coalesce and drive regulations that quickly and that agile, so it's important for entrepreneurs, companies and every user to be thoughtful and balance personal or business outcomes with broader societal needs.”
“Advertising is close to 1% of the world's GDP, and if you think about financial services you're talking about something significantly above and nearing twenty percent of the world's GDP.”
“Financial services is inherently collaborative: the largest institutions, stakeholders, regulators and governments are working together to drive impactful change.”
“Artificial intelligence is the crux of everything that's transpired and big data — we're collecting more data than ever before. The question is how do we take the data, analyze it, distill it and make it into an actionable format that will make businesses better and ultimately provide a good benefit to the world.”
“Young kids in a garage can put together phenomenal technology that will enable innovation in some of the largest businesses in the world, and their distribution platform, their capital, their regulatory know‑how will enable young entrepreneurs' growth. The idea is a marriage but it requires a translation engine — very...”
“Capital is becoming commoditized; it's about what you can bring with the capital and what type of support you can provide to entrepreneurs.”
“If you define 'winter' as a crunch of venture valuations and fundraising, I definitely think we're getting there — I think valuations did peak in 2015. But the best businesses stand the test of time irrespective of cycles, so this is a time for entrepreneurs with sustainable businesses to grow while others are being de...”
“It's quite critical to have operational advice on how to best manage your capital: when should you fundraise, what valuation should you fundraise at, and should you fundraise even though you might not need money given the market cycles — and most importantly the go-to-market strategy.”
“The second one was our decision to not build everything ourselves but open up to the world — a realization that not all the smartest people worked for us — and we had built a key asset, which was the social graph, that others could deploy applications on top of.”
“In the same way that the social graph and the real-name identity was very innovative and changing for the tech world with Facebook, Jumio was doing that for the web in terms of transactions and the transactional economy.”
“Fraud is measured in the billions in every country that has an internet-using population.”
“We've been one of the pioneers in bringing people and technology for people to become from passive to active on the web and in technology from being Anonymous to identified; that really helped create voice, democratizing voice, and you've seen that in how it's helped in political, charity, natural disasters like the re...”
“It was never expected to have been such a great financial success; I took my life savings and put it into this company.”
Eduardo Saverin, Facebook co-founder and co-CEO of B Capital, comments on DeepSeek's advancement at the Web Summit in Qatar.
Eduardo Saverin, Co-Founder & Partner, B Capital Group • Raj Ganguly, Co-founder & Partner, B Capital Group.
Eduardo Saverin, Co-Founder, Facebook & Co-Founder at B Capital Group alongside Raj Ganguly, Co-Founder at B Capital Group discuss how global trends in innovation and venture capital can be leveraged to benefit entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley. Fore more news and insights visit SuperReturn365: https://goo.gl/9nEbXA
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Since his move to Singapore in 2009, Facebook's cofounder Eduardo Saverin has been recognized as an active player in the Asian tech ecosystem. If you want to get first dibs on hearing the Brazilian billionaire’s latest plans for investing in the region, pick his brains on the hottest trends today, or understand which qualities in startup founders captures his attention, you cannot miss his first-ever conference appearance! Tech in Asia (YC W15) is the go-to online platform for Asia’s tech community, with annual conferences in Singapore, Bangalore, Tokyo, and Jakarta. Right here is where you c…
With one of Facebook founders Eduardo Saverin.. in Singapore techinasia 2016.
Multi-camera live-stream by Aardvark Video & Media Productions at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas. Featuring Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. https://aardvarkvideolasvegas.com
Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin talks with CHINICT's founder & president Franck Nazikian - at the 8th annual edition of the CHINICT conference - China's #1 Tech Conference - on May 25th 2012 in Beijing at Tsinghua University Science Park.
During the Up Close and Personal panel at TechVenture 2011 Singapore, Facebook.com Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin shared what he views as the potential of Facebook now and in the future. The things he is excited about on how the technology was used beyond its original intent. (October 13, 2011)
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