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“I view the training business of the large model itself as almost a fatal complete because whoever has access to the biggest amount of data would likely be able to train the foundation model so right now until GPU prices go down this is a billion-dollar-a-year exercise; only large companies make sense.”

Alfred Chuang
Alfred Chuang
Founder of BEA Systems, Race Capital
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On , Alfred Chuang, Founder of BEA Systems at Race Capital, spoke about AI economics during Alfred Chuang 💻 Il Miliardario della Silicon Valley che non conoscevi on MarcelloAscani.

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Alfred Chuang began his career in the 1980s at Sun Microsystems. Later, he founded his own company, BEA Systems, the first company to develop middleware for distributed computing. He led BEA as CEO for 8 years, taking it public and eventually selling it to Oracle for $8.5 billion. Today, he manages Race Capital, his venture capital firm in the heart of Silicon Valley. Instagram:   / marcelloascani   Business inquiries: [email protected]
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Founder of BEA Systems · Race Capital

Alfred Chuang, founder of BEA Systems and managing partner at Race Capital, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Asia on April 29, 2026, to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on legacy software companies and the venture capital landscape. Chuang described the current AI shift as "the most profound technological shift" he has experienced in his career, stating that AI will embed a "brain" inside applications that can think and complete tasks. He said that legacy SaaS companies must either fully re-architect their software to embed AI or risk being left behind, and he pointed to Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 as a "watershed moment" for AI's ability to understand and replicate old code. Chuang also commented on market dynamics, stating that "tech is not an industry that can revolutionize itself without large bubbles" and that the current AI-driven bubble is "pretty big" and necessary to propel the industry forward. He noted that while some legacy SaaS companies' valuations have dropped 40 to 50 percent despite stable earnings, this creates a favorable environment for startups and predicted a wave of M&A beginning in the second half of 2026. Regarding cryptocurrency, Chuang suggested that crypto may find utility in AI for transactions between autonomous agents, where small, fast payments are needed.

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