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I think as somebody who sits here in Silicon Valley, the trends that I find
really interesting, I think we're in the very earliest stages of mobile computing.
Both for how the younger generation uses devices to communicate with each other,
how they'll build businesses that communicate with their customers.
I also think what we're learning about the human body is nothing short of
spectacular.
How the brain works, how our body reacts to drugs, how our body reacts to chemicals
in the environment, and how it's different on an individual by individual basis.
Some of the stuff that the human species is coming up with right now is
truly spectacular and very exciting.
What that will lead to in terms of businesses,
the entrepreneurs will show us.
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>> I'm super excited about what I think are going to be a whole host of next
computing platforms.
You know it's the smart house, it's the smart building, it's the smart body.
So I think, the next big thing is really sort of these new frontiers
of computing technology and seeing how they turn into standardized platforms.
It's hard to imagine how those are going to turn out now, but we can clearly
see that there are people going after standardizing each of these categories.
And we're going to turn around in ten years and there will be very clear,
operating systems for a house, and for a commercial building, and for a car,
that are hard to imagine today.
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>> I believe one of the next big things that we're going to see is machine
assisted services or products.
There's been a lot of talk about artificial intelligence,
the benefits, as well as the potential dangers of fully automated robots,
robots that could make their own decisions.
That's a lively and valid debate, but
I believe that before we reach this point of highly intelligent robots,
or fully autonomous robots, whether they be cars or whatever form they take.
We're going to see actually a much wider spread of machine assisted services,
where the machine is not taking over a task entirely,
but humans are being assisted by machine, by algorithms, by data,
to make much better decisions, to perform at a much higher level of productivity.
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>> I'm a busy mom.
And so for me, I would say the next big thing is anything that saves time.
So, whether that be InstaCart, for example, or Google Shopping Express.
Google Shopping Express came to my town, and of course, I tried it out,
because it was free.
And I remember thinking at some point, this is not going to be free, and
they're going to charge me for this service.
And I thought, I'm not going to fall for it.
And then six months down the road they sent me an email and said your free
account is over and you need to pay, I don't know, $100 for the year.
And I was so addicted to Google Shopping Express that I happily
paid the $100 because now I need my toilet paper in four hours.
I perceive I do, and then all of a sudden it shows up in four hours and I am so
delighted by that.
So, for me, that's what I would say,
everything that saves me time, I'm willing to pay for.
And I think that as people see the value,
that chances are they might be willing to pay as well.
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>> What we're seeing now, the automobile is now is being opened up,
it's like a workplace.
So there's been a lot of very large companies being
built to go after the home market, to go after the workplace market.
But think about how many hours you're spent in a car, and the opportunity to
address consumer issues or problems or opportunities in that car.
And that's just a great area that we're seeing a lot of activity because
the car's now opened up for a number of companies to offer their product.
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>> The best ideas in terms of changing the world are ones that people don't actually
know they want until after they see them, until after they see the idea.
Simple example is Uber.
Who would decide to go build another taxi service?
I mean, it just doesn't sound like a smart idea to do.
Yet, they came up with a completely new model.
It's not a tech company, it's a technology enabled company.
But they came up with a completely new model, and a way to disrupt an industry,
that, until you saw it, you didn't really think about it.
And that's a great idea, so we don't know where the next great idea.
I will say this, we live here in Silicone Valley.
I think of it as the Florence of the 21st Century.
The font of all innovation and change of the world.
The underlying technology continues to give to the community.
I see 50 years behind us, and I see at least 50 years in front of us,
of increasingly capable technology which entrepreneurs are going to look at,
and have a vision that no one else has, and
be able to change the world in ways that we don't even understand.
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