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Reid Hoffman

Co-Founder, LinkedIn & Partner, Greylock, Greylock Partners

Search every verified Reid Hoffman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock, has been active in public discussions on artificial intelligence, politics, and technology policy over the past two months. In appearances at the Masters of Scale Summit and on podcasts, he has advocated for a "steering" approach to AI development, arguing against both unchecked acceleration and calls to halt progress. He has described extinction risks from AI as "way overblown," while identifying cybersecurity, biological threats, and job disruption as more immediate concerns. Hoffman has also promoted the use of AI as a tool for job transitions and medical second opinions, stating he personally knows three people whose lives were saved by ChatGPT. In political commentary following the 2026 midterms, Hoffman discussed the Democratic victories in the House and Senate, attributing them to a clear demand for an economy that works for everyday Americans. He acknowledged the tension in his own political giving, saying he supports getting big money out of politics but continues to donate because he believes those with wealth have a responsibility to stay involved. Hoffman also addressed the relationship between tech companies and the public, noting that Americans are distrustful of tech firms and that companies must demonstrate how they benefit communities, such as through data center investments. He has called for international collaboration on AI governance and has participated in conversations with figures including Demis Hassabis, Maria Ressa, and Hillary Clinton on these topics.

Recent appearances

  • Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis: How AI could become dangerous (with Reid Hoffman) | Summit '26

    November 05, 2026 · 📺 Masters of Scale

    Google DeepMind co-founder and chair Demis Hassabis says the world is not ready yet for what’s next in AI. He joins Reid Hoffman to talk about how to effectively govern frontier AI, why a more diverse group of experts need a seat at the table, and more. This conversation was recorded live as part of Masters of Scale Summit in October of 2026 at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. 📫 THE MASTERS OF SCALE NEWSLETTER 35,000+ read our free weekly newsletter packed with insights from the world’s most iconic business leaders. Sign up: https://hubs.la/Q01RPQH-0 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Pod…

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  • How Democrats took back the House and Senate

    November 04, 2026 · 📺 Reid Hoffman

    After Democrats win the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms, Reid Hoffman sees a clear demand: an economy that works for everyday Americans. He and Aria Finger examine Democratic breakthroughs in Texas and across the South, and what those candidates got right. Reid tackles the tension in his own political giving: why he keeps donating while backing efforts to get big money out of elections. They also discuss why Elon Musk’s spending fell short and what tech leaders who embraced the Trump administration must do to rebuild trust. From campaign donations to data centers, the conversation return…

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  • Can democracy survive Big Tech? (with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa) | Masters of Scale Summit 2026

    October 29, 2026 · 📺 Masters of Scale

    Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa has spent years confronting disinformation and political pressure through her news organization, Rappler. In conversation with Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger, Ressa explores the crises facing truth, accountability, and democracy, and what we can do to help defend them. This conversation was recorded live as part of Masters of Scale Summit on October 21, 2026 at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. Chapters: 00:00 Introducing Maria Ressa 0:44 Winning in the Philippine Supreme Court 1:36 Maria's "two dictators": Duterte and Zuckerberg 3:44 Can S…

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  • Is AI making us quit sooner?

    October 21, 2026 · 📺 Reid Hoffman

    What happens to software businesses when AI makes their products easier to recreate? Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger explore what a developer’s effort to rebuild seven Adobe apps with Claude means for software pricing, competitive moats, and intellectual property. They also unpack Andrej Karpathy’s AI capability gap: why everyday users and researchers inside frontier labs have very different views of what AI can do. Then, they examine a randomized study showing that brief AI assistance caused—not just correlated with—reduced persistence after that help was removed. Reid makes the case for AI as a…

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  • I Thought He Was Joking… Until He Told Me He Co-Founded LinkedIn

    October 19, 2026 · 📺 James Dumoulin Asks

    I thought he was joking… until he told me he CO-FOUNDED LINKEDIN. 💰😳 Imagine having a casual conversation with someone, only to discover they helped create one of the biggest professional networking platforms in the world. In this video, James Dumoulin meets someone who claims to have co-founded LinkedIn, the platform that transformed how millions of professionals connect, build careers, and discover business opportunities. What starts as an ordinary conversation turns into a fascinating look at entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and the mindset behind building a globally recognized…

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  • Why AI Should Be Steered, Not Stopped w/ LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman

    October 14, 2026 · 📺 Mo News

    As warnings mount that artificial intelligence could take millions of jobs, and even threaten humanity itself, Reid Hoffman argues we need a middle path: keep developing the technology while putting safeguards in place. The billionaire LinkedIn co-founder, early OpenAI backer and former board member, and major Democratic donor joins Mosheh for a conversation about technology, money, and political power—and the future he’s helping finance. Hoffman explains why he thinks extinction fears are overblown, how America should compete with China, and what lawmakers should require companies to do --…

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  • Is The Solution to AI Job Loss… More AI? | Billionaire Reid Hoffman | Future Takes

    October 14, 2026 · 📺 Futurology and Berggruen Institute

    LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman lays out how AI that breaks jobs can also help people find, learn, and do the next one. But the transition will be painful. Watch the full episode, We Must Move Fast and Fix Things. Billionaire Reid Hoffman on AI and Our Broken Institutions | The Futurology Podcast:    • We Must Move Fast and Fix Things: Billiona...   Subscribe to Futurology: https://linkin.bio/futurology #AI #FutureOfWork #Jobs #ReidHoffman #Futurology

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  • Reid Hoffman on ChatGPT, Data Centers & Why America Needs AI

    October 02, 2026 · 📺 Newcomer

    Reid Hoffman on ChatGPT, the future of jobs, and why he believes the AI boom is keeping America out of a recession. The LinkedIn co-founder joins Eric Newcomer to explain why America needs to keep building AI while being careful about how powerful new systems are released. He shares why nobody can confidently predict AI’s impact on employment, how AI-native startups could disrupt established businesses, and what it would take to help workers navigate that transition. Hoffman also recounts knowing three people whose lives he says were saved by ChatGPT as a medical second opinion. He argues fo…

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  • When AI's builders sound the alarm

    September 23, 2026 · 📺 Reid Hoffman

    Can America lead in AI while making life better for everyday Americans? Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger weigh in on Dario Amodei’s call to pace the frontier, and Reid makes the case for America’s dual mandate: leading in AI while delivering prosperity for the many. Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger puts his personal estimate of AI-driven extinction risk above 10%. They unpack that warning alongside Sam Altman’s support for slower development and David Sacks calling Anthropic and OpenAI a cartel. Reid identifies biological threats, cyberattacks, and job disruption as the real risks, makes the cas…

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Clinton Leads Fireside Chat With Co-Founder Of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman

    September 23, 2026 · 📺 Forbes Breaking News

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Reid Hoffman, co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, during the 2026 Clinton Global Initiative meeting on Wednesday. Stay Connected Forbes Breaking News on X: https://x.com/ForbesTVNews Forbes Breaking News on TikTok:   / forbestvnews   More From Forbes: http://forbes.com

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  • What seven creators did with $1,000 a week in AI Tokens

    September 16, 2026 · 📺 Reid Hoffman

    Reid Hoffman and Parth Patil argue that if your AI experiments always work, you’re not pushing hard enough. Wrapping up the Tokens to the Future series, they revisit seven grantees’ experiments with $1,000 a week each in tokens. Their conversations span Dungeons & Dragons worldbuilding, an iOS game built in a weekend, and personal agents whose usefulness compounds over years. They explore how AI can shift more people from execution-focused “cog jobs” to creative “spark jobs,” and why expertise can sometimes make new possibilities harder to see. Throughout, they ask what to delegate and where s…

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  • Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder)

    August 02, 2026 · 📺 BlackNova Productions

    Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn, Masters of Scale) is a software entrepreneur and author. Reid joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being ...

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“I think there's quite a few things to say about this. First of all we haven't despite thousands of years of thinking about this there isn't a agreed upon definition of consciousness. So that's one issue I think and that's one issue with labeling things conscious especially the hard problem of consciousness you know is it really feeling this internally like the way we we seem to you know behaviorally these things I do”

“The next phase which I think carries the most risk is closed RSI, closed loop without the human reviewer process and that will obviously be faster but I think is also a very dangerous way to get to full AGI because we're likely for two reasons it's sometimes used to be referred to 20 years ago as like an intelligence explosion because you don't quite know how do you control keep control of such a system such a proces”

“There's been a variety of different Silicon Valley and company responses since, you know, 2020 put them in a quandry. I mean, some uh thought they said, 'Look, there's a mandate here. You know, we're companies in a country. We should respond to whoever the government is. We need to do what the kind of things that the government's asking for us.' Some thought that they had an economic opportunity here because you know”

“I think we should collectively get big money out of politics. I'm a thorough believer in democracy. I think it's you know one person one vote and how do we have a society in which we're living together is from that. Now, it is important that candidates messages are heard and there's a certain amount of money that has to go into that and even with great tools like the internet and a ability to build a following and bu”

“The new world order that's being created is made up of strands like a spiderweb. Each strand it looks weak. You can tear it. But the spiderweb can hold if those countries can hold together. So what I hope for is the middle countries, the global south, Asia, that these countries can come together. Again, think about it that this way, right? China has 15% of the world's compute power. The US still has huge power if you”

“The business model today. So we survived Duterte. And my gosh, we will do our best to survive this time period because this is a period of market failure for news organizations. If you don't know this yet, zero-click search means that referral traffic to every news site has gone down in my country, a drop of 85%. In Facebook, Facebook was the first one once the largest distributor of news globally. That went down by ”

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