Did Elon Really Intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI, Jobs, and the Economy
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🗓️ 24 May 2025
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Summary
Satya Nadella’s offhand remark at Build, about Elon Musk once interning at Microsoft, sparked a mystery that sent us digging through biographies and transcripts in search of confirmation.
We also break down Microsoft’s new AI moves, announced this week at the company's Build developer conference, and consider what its agentic ambitions mean for tech jobs and the economy.
Plus, a sharp warning from Microsoft President Brad Smith on Washington state’s fading focus on innovation.
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| 0:21.2 | So here's the question, though. |
| 0:23.2 | Was Satchi just going from what he read in Walter Isaacson's book? |
| 0:26.5 | Or when chat GPT spit out about Walter Isaacson's book? |
| 0:30.0 | Perhaps. |
| 0:30.8 | Or what co-pilot spit out based on GPT4. |
| 0:39.6 | Hi, and welcome to Geekwire from Geekwire.com in Seattle. |
| 0:42.7 | I'm Todd Bishop. |
| 0:43.7 | And I'm John Cook. |
| 0:44.7 | We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening |
| 0:47.8 | around us in business, technology, and innovation. |
| 0:51.2 | What happens here matters everywhere. |
| 0:52.9 | And every week on this show, we get to talk |
| 0:54.8 | about some of the most interesting and important stories and trends in the news. On this week's |
| 0:59.3 | show, John, I've got a fun Elon Musk mystery to present to you related to Microsoft that we're |
| 1:05.9 | going to be talking about. Later on, we'll also hear some very pointed comments from brad smith the microsoft president about |
| 1:13.1 | the state of innovation and research and economic development in washington state and we'll talk |
| 1:20.3 | about agents along the way i just got to go to microsoft build this week so tons to talk about |
| 1:24.5 | some fun audio clips and we'll get there but first off you you had a chat GPT story this morning for me that came up when you walked into the office, unbeknownst to me wearing a cast, a walking cast. |
| 1:36.6 | What's going on with you, John? |
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