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Max Levchin to CEOs blaming AI for layoffs: Own it

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Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin joins Yahoo Finance’s Power Players for a wide-ranging conversation on artificial intelligence, software engineering, entrepreneurship, and the future of work.

Timestamps
00:00 Meet Max Levchin: From PayPal to Affirm
02:15 Why this is the best time ever to be an engineer
05:45 What AI means for computer science graduates
09:00 Why every company may become a software company
11:30 How Max uses AI agents in his own life
15:20 Building a personal AI assistant and smart home app
18:45 The future of AI: Humans vs. machines
23:15 Why authenticity becomes more valuable in an AI world
26:30 Max Levchin on AI layoffs and hiring
30:45 Why Affirm still needs more engineers
34:00 How Affirm plans to reach $100 billion in GMV
37:00 Why consumers are moving beyond credit cards
40:15 PayPal, legacy, and building Affirm
42:00 Work-life balance and building companies for decades

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