Bing Gordon: Humans Stop Getting Levels After College
Electronic Arts veteran Bing Gordon explains why social standing beats cash rewards, and why AI cannot solve core game system design.
50 Gigawatts To The Face, 17% GDP Growth Please, Road to COD 4, Bing Gordon Joins
With John Coogan, Jordi Hays, Katie Drummond, Bing Gordon, Daksh Gupta, Jean Denis, Quinten Farmer · Sunday, October 25, 2026
John Coogan and Jordi Hays discuss Nathan Fielder's documentary film on Elizabeth Holmes with Wired's Katie Drummond, analyze SemiAnalysis's surging 50-gigawatt AI data center forecast, and review the latest Call of Duty campaign. They are joined by gaming legend Bing Gordon to discuss product psychology and AI in game design, followed by startup funding discussions with Greptile CEO Daksh Gupta ($50M Series B), Town CEO Jean Denis ($108M Series B), and Tolen founder Quinton Farmer ($30M Series B).
Key takeaways
- Electronic Arts founding executive Bing Gordon argues that volume of output separates elite talent: "better people get more iterations out, more good iterations out." Read more →
- Greptile raised a $50 million Series B led by Menlo Ventures to build independent, automated code testing and validation software. Read more →
- Town secured a $108 million Series B led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures at a $1 billion valuation to build enterprise AI agents. Read more →
- Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director at Wired, admits the publication ran one of the earliest Elizabeth Holmes profiles and "largely laundered her lies" during the 2010s tech boom. Read more →
- Quinton Farmer raised a $30 million Series B for Tolen from Keith Rabois at Khosla Ventures and Mike Mcdano at Union Square Ventures to build personal AI companions. Read more →
- SemiAnalysis revised its 2027 data center capacity forecast upward from 43 to 50 gigawatts, backed by contracts and satellite tracking. Read more →
6 articles from this episode
Daksh Gupta on Why AI Coders Cannot Grade Their Own Work
Greptile CEO Daksh Gupta explains why Nvidia and top teams demand independent code review before merging AI pull requests.
Jean Denis on Town: Workplace Agents Must Earn Trust First
Jean Denis explains how Town raised a $108M Series B at a $1B valuation by building multiplayer workplace AI agents that earn user trust first.
Elizabeth Holmes Failed on Execution Rather Than Medical Science
John Coogan and Wired's Katie Drummond discuss Nathan Fielder's film on Elizabeth Holmes, unearned founder empathy, and operational slop.
Quinton Farmer Thinks Personal AI Needs to Forget
Tolen founder Quinton Farmer explains why memory architecture and pruning matter more than raw intelligence in personal AI.
Enterprise AI Budgets Must 10x to Support 50 Gigawatts
SemiAnalysis raised its 2027 AI forecast to 50 gigawatts. To fund the capex, enterprise inference spending must jump from $100K to $1M.
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