Overview

• At Y Combinator’s AI Startup School Musk said he sent his resume to Netscape in 1995 and, after no response, decided to write software himself.
• That initiative led to the creation of Zip2 which he sold to Compaq for nearly $300 million in 1999 before investing most of the proceeds into X.com.
• He reflected that ceding too much control to investors in Zip2 taught him to maintain tighter oversight in later ventures.
• Musk characterized AI as a potential civilization-scale economic revolution and warned founders about intense hype around current valuations.
• Following a stint working on government efficiency initiatives he said he has returned to technology development as his primary mission across Tesla, SpaceX and xAI.