Episode · Sources with Alex Heath · 2026-05-07
Books mentioned on 'AI Coachella' Stanford prof on data center backlash
Alex and Ellis sit down with Anjney Midha, a venture capitalist, Stanford AI lecturer, and founder of AMP, to discuss why zero-sum thinking is holding the AI industry back.
Anjney Midha discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that challenges conventional startup thinking.
Discussed“As a sophomore, I had the, I was lucky enough to take Peter Thiel's first sort of zero-to-one class. It was called CS183B, How to Start a Startup. And that, you know, one of the students was Blake Masters in the class, and Blake turned it in, you know, wrote up the notes with Mike Solana's help, and they turned”
Where to get it
