一 | 布莱恩・埃利奥特在创办第一家公司时押下赌注：技术发展与市场需求终将跟上自己的构想。但现实并未如其所愿。 New York-traded West Texas Intermediate (WTI) settled down 97 cents, or almost 1%, at $98.53. The intraday low was $95.17, a bottom not seen since the week ended April 8. In just two sessions, the US crude benchmark had lost almost $15 or 14%.,Citigroup says WTI could collapse to $65 a barrel by the end of this year and slump to $45 by end-2023 if a demand-crippling recession hits.,London-traded Brent crude, settled at $100.69, down $2.08 or 2.02%. Earlier, it broke below the $100 mark the first time since April 25, hitting a session low of $98.59. Like WTI, Brent has also lost almost $15, or 13%, over two days of trading.,West May Use Proposed Russian Oil Price Cap Scheme for Gas Price, Von Der Leyen SaysYesterday, 12:20 GMT,A cluster of economic data of late has suggested that the United States may be headed for an economic slowdown - possibly a recession - as the Federal Reserve embarks on the most aggressive rate hikes in a generation to tame inflation roaring at 40-year highs.,A closely-watched gauge of the US services sector fell to its lowest in 20 months in June.,Separately, the US Labor Department signaled that the red-hot labor market may be starting to cool. Job openings, as measured by its monthly survey, fell in May, to a level of 11.254 million that is still high by historical comparison.,The job openings data came ahead of Friday’s more important June non-farm payrolls report, which is expected to show a smaller jobs growth compared with May. Economists say some 268,000 payrolls were probably added last month - versus the 390,000 in May - holding unemployment at 3.6% for a third straight month. A jobless rate of 4% or below is seen by the Federal Reserve as full employment.,“While our view remains that higher consumer prices are required to balance the oil market this summer, we acknowledge that significant and large shocks continue to distort fundamentals,” Goldman Sachs said in an energy market outlook.,Blockage of Russian Bond Payments to Erode Dollar Dominance, French Economist Says27 June, 15:29 GMT,A rocketing dollar ahead of more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, or Fed, has also shaken the roots of the energy rally seen since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February and the resulting sanctions on Moscow.,The Dollar Index, which pits the greenback against six major currencies, continued its ascent from overnight, leaping to above 107, its highest since December 2002. The dollar has rallied with few stops since November last year on bets of aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, or Fed, which has just started delivering on those expectations.,The drone of recession talk is expected to get louder across the United States after the Atlanta division of the Federal Reserve forecast last week a second straight quarter of economic decline for the year. The Commerce Department officially reported a 1.6% economic contraction in the first quarter.,The Federal Reserve, in minutes of its June policy meeting released on Wednesday, said it saw a real danger of high inflation becoming entrenched in the US economy and the only way to balance runaway prices with growth was to have appropriate interest rate hikes.,The central bank is expected to push ahead with another three-quarter percentage point interest rates hike this month, potentially taking key lending rates to between 2.25% and 2.5% range from the 0 - 0.25% range they stood at in February.。这位前美国陆军游骑兵，把同样的豪赌押在了如今执掌的公司 Blitzy 身上。而这一次，他赌赢了。 今年 5 月，Blitzy 完成 2 亿美元融资，投后估值达 14 亿美元。公司员工数量近几个季度几乎每季度翻一番，现已接近 200 人。市面上不少开发工具仍需要人类工程师引导辅助，而 Blitzy 旗下 AI 驱动开发平台可以自主完成大型企业遗留代码库的逆向工程与现代化改造，并在此基础之上搭建完整软件项目。 公司首席执行官埃利奥特介绍，平台可以同时调度数千个 AI 智能体，帮助企业 “大幅加快业务目标落地”。“我们的差异化优势，就在于处理大规模业务的能力。” 要理解埃利奥特这一步跨越，以及他如何说服一众人才追随自己，我们可以回顾他的第一次创业：那是一家做 AI 心理治疗的公司。时间回到 2020 年，要知道 ChatGPT 直到 2022 年 11 月才正式发布。 埃利奥特表示：“我们的构想，比当时的技术能力超前了差不多两年。恰恰两年之后，这一产品赛道迎来爆发。” 这家创业公司在运营约一年后宣告倒闭。
二 | Blitzy 诞生于埃利奥特就读哈佛商学院期间，在这里他结识了联合创始人西德・帕尔德希。帕尔德希曾任职英伟达，同时攻读工商管理硕士与理学硕士学位。
三 | 埃利奥特回忆道：“2023 年我们创立这家公司的时候，愿景十分清晰：打造大规模自主化软件。这就是公司的核心使命。
四 | ” 但同样，这个构想在当时太过超前。
五 | 埃利奥特直言，这在当时属于“技术层面不可能完成的任务”。“也就是说，我们创业的前提预判是：AI 大模型的底层能力将会发生翻天覆地的变化。
六 | 而事实证明，我们这个判断完全正确。” 但在预判成真之前，他们首先要招募人才，开启创业之路。面试都是深度长谈。
七 | “你必须跟候选人讲得明明白白：‘这就是我们坚信的方向，这是我们要奔赴的终点。但这需要所有人紧跟技术环境的瞬息万变，灵活调整方向，或加速前行，去适应瞬息万变的市场，最终抵达目标。’” “当时真该挂上那块《足球教练》剧中标志性的黄色‘相信’标语牌。” 如今，即便 Blitzy 高速扩张，埃利奥特与帕尔德希依旧亲自参与候选人面试。每一位应聘者都要对照公司四大价值观进行评估：是否具备快速行动的能力、冠军心态、创新热情，以及客户至上的意识。
八 | 正如埃利奥特所说：“我们不能沉迷于技术本身有多酷，而忘了初衷。” Blitzy 发展势头迅猛。
九 | 回望过往，我问埃利奥特：在技术尚未成熟时再次创业，是否需要莫大勇气。 “归根结底，做这件事总要有信念上的一跃（leap of faith），” 他说，“只是要看现实与目标之间的鸿沟究竟有多宽。这一次，我已经积累了不少认知储备，对于事态如何演进，也多了几分把握，所以鸿沟并没有想象中那么巨大。”责任编辑：郭明煜。
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