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TechCrunch's Equity panel says the pacing pledges fail on corporate structure, not sincerity
In a September 20 episode reacting to Amodei's pacing plan and the wave of endorsements from Altman and others, Sean O'Kane argued the industry is not headed for a slowdown "because I don't think these companies are structured in a way where that works," and the panel noted the plan is short on details even as an unusual number of leaders publicly backed it. That is the structural counter-argument the week of endorsement coverage mostly skipped: the constraint is capital commitments and competitive obligations, not what any CEO believes. It pairs with Huang's rejection of any slowdown at Dreamforce to mark the real split as governance mechanics rather than the safety debate itself.
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