Dubai – Andrew Feldman, CEO and co-founder of Cerebras Systems, did not shy away from the debate about the long working hours required by large technology companies. During a debate at , the largest technology and artificial intelligence fair taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he was emphatic when asked about the topic: “I don’t believe you can be great at anything by working 40 hours a week”, he stated.
He acknowledged there is a debate today on networks like X and LinkedIn about the amount of work that could be considered reasonable, but compared this type of work to that of high-performance athletes, such as professional basketball players.
“We’re looking for people interested in solving problems that have never been solved before. We’re looking for people who are passionate and want to be awake at any time and continue to build incredible things that other people can’t,” he said.
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Regarding the recent capitalization of the chip manufacturing company, which obtained financing of more than US$1 billion at the end of September, Feldman listed plans to take the company to another level in an area of tough competition from giants such as Nvidia.
“We are trying to quadruple our manufacturing capacity, we are trying to increase the number of data centers [ele citou localizações nos EUA e na Europa] and we are looking to process some additional ideas we have on the engineering side, growing our team.”
*The journalist traveled at the invitation of the organizers of GITEX Global 2025
