Evidence

Format Book / Offline paper

"Paul Graham argued that hackers need to understand the theory of computation about as much as painters need to understand paint chemistry, and found painting a richer source of ideas than computational theory."

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Source title Hackers & Painters

Source authors Paul Graham

Source year 2004

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Online paper / PDF

"Collaboration with external service providers can enable knowledge exchange, innovation and improved organizational performance."

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Source title Enhancing Dyadic Performance Through Boundary Spanners and Innovation: An Assessment of Service Provider–Customer Relationships

Source authors Scott J. Grawe, Patricia J. Daugherty, Peter M. Ralston

Source year 2015

Confidence mid

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"Tighter partnering between product and service teams can contribute to knowledge creation and innovation."

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Source title Does the source of external knowledge matter? Examining the role of customer co-creation and partner sourcing in knowledge creation and innovation

Source authors Sandeep Goyal, Manju Ahuja, Atreyi Kankanhalli

Source year 2020

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Hopfield’s seminar helped the Connection Machine team discover how its architecture could support neural-network computation."

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Source title Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine

Source authors W. Daniel Hillis

Source year 1989

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"The first invited seminar speaker was John Hopfield, who presented his work on neural networks."

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Source title Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine

Source authors W. Daniel Hillis

Source year 1989

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Feynman reasoned that people exploring new applications would be more willing to try an unfamiliar kind of computer."

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Source title Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine

Source authors W. Daniel Hillis

Source year 1989

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"While helping Danny Hillis build the Connection Machine in the 1980s, Richard Feynman proposed regular seminars with people exploring new applications."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Feedback Machine

Source title Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine

Source authors W. Daniel Hillis

Source year 1989

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Forward-deployed engineers can carry lessons from customer implementations back into the research and product development process."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 17: THE FOOD IS IN THE FOREST The Feedback Machine

Source title Introducing OpenAI Frontier

Source authors OpenAI

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Anthropic’s deployment approach places engineers alongside customer teams to develop solutions tailored to their operations."

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Source title Building a new enterprise AI services company with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs

Source authors Anthropic

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"OpenAI’s forward-deployed engineers work directly with specific customers to turn AI capabilities into operational systems."

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Source title OpenAI launches the OpenAI Deployment Company to help businesses build around intelligence

Source authors OpenAI

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high