Host hand-off: MC Alex Lieberman introduces General Intuition CEO Pim de Witte (frontier models that act in space and time)

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A 27-second MC hand-off that bridges Frank Long’s Coatue keynote to the “Frontier Models for Acting in Space and Time” keynote by introducing General Intuition co-founder and CEO Pim de Witte.

TL;DR

• A short stage hand-off at 4:16:45-4:17:12 PM ET, right after the applause transition that followed Frank Long’s Coatue keynote (sessions 043 and 044).
• MC Alex Lieberman frames the next keynote as “frontier models built to act in space and time” — General Intuition’s own positioning phrase.
• He introduces the speaker as “co-founder and CEO of General Intuition, Pim de Wit” (the transcript drops the final syllable of “de Witte”).
• After a 21-second walk-on gap, Pim de Witte’s first on-mic word, “Hello.”, closes the segment. The full keynote lives in session 046, which shares this segment’s start timestamp (video 07:28:53).

Key lessons

1. The MC’s topic line — “frontier models built to act in space and time” — matches the official agenda title of the keynote that follows, “Frontier Models for Acting in Space and Time” (session 046). The intro telegraphs the talk’s thesis before the speaker says a word.
2. The on-stage introduction is credential-minimal: Pim de Witte gets one title, “co-founder and CEO of General Intuition.” The richer background — founder of Medal, the gaming-clips platform, and a $650M+ raise from Khosla and General Catalyst — appears in the agenda and session 046, not in this hand-off.
3. The automated transcript captured the surname as “Pim de Wit,” dropping the final syllable of “de Witte.” Short host introductions of uncommon names are prone to this transcription error. Cross-check the agenda before quoting the name.
4. The 21-second gap between “Please welcome…” (07:28:59) and “Hello.” (07:29:20) is walk-on and applause time with no transcribed speech. Segment durations measured from speech alone can hide dead time at stage transitions.

Watch this session

Alex Lieberman, Pim de Witte · 4:16:45 PM ET–4:17:12 PM ET · announcement · Watch on YouTube from 07:28:53

Notable quotes

“And now, let’s take a look at frontier models built to act in space and time.” [07:28:53 | 4:16:45 PM]

“Please welcome co-founder and CEO of General Intuition, Pim de Wit.” [07:28:59 | 4:16:51 PM]

“Hello.” [07:29:20 | 4:17:12 PM]

Session narrative

This segment is a transitional announcement, not a substantive talk. Frank Long’s Coatue keynote, “A Hedge Fund as a Function,” ended at 4:16:26 PM (session 043), followed by a 19-second applause and stage transition (session 044). At 4:16:45 PM, MC Alex Lieberman takes the mic again to open the next featured keynote in the closing block.

Lieberman uses his standard two-line intro pattern, seen earlier in the day for Max Kanat-Alexander (session 009): name the topic first, then name the speaker by role. The topic line, “frontier models built to act in space and time,” is General Intuition’s positioning phrase and matches the agenda title of the talk. The speaker line gives one credential, “co-founder and CEO of General Intuition.” The transcript renders the name as “Pim de Wit”; the correct full name, confirmed by the agenda and the session 046 record, is Pim de Witte.

After the introduction, 21 seconds pass with no transcribed audio. That gap is the walk-on and applause. Pim de Witte’s single word, “Hello.”, lands at 4:17:12 PM, and the keynote begins. Boundary note: this record shares its start timestamp (video 07:28:53, t=26933s) with session 046, the full keynote record. The talk content lives there, not here.

Speaker details

Alex Lieberman - Co-founder and Co-Managing Partner, Tenex (spoken as “10X”); MC for AI Engineer NYC 2026 day one. Serial entrepreneur best known as co-founder of Morning Brew, the business media company he started as a college newsletter and grew to 2M+ daily readers before its ~$75M sale to Business Insider in 2020. He now co-leads Tenex, an AI engineering and transformation firm that helps companies go from AI-absent to AI-native. He also founded Storyarb and Distro, hosts the Founder’s Journal podcast, and co-hosts The Crazy Ones. Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 and AdAge 40 Under 40; based in New York City. Links: LinkedIn | Twitter | Website

Pim de Witte - Co-founder & CEO, General Intuition. General Intuition is a frontier lab for acting in space and time. He previously founded Medal, the world’s largest platform for gaming clips. Before gaming and AI, he worked with Médecins Sans Frontières and ran the largest Runescape private server at age 14. General Intuition recently raised $650M+ from Khosla and General Catalyst. He speaks one word in this segment; his full keynote is session 046. Links: Website

Full timestamped transcript

[07:28:53 | 4:16:45 PM] And now, let's take a look at frontier models built to act in space and time.
[07:28:59 | 4:16:51 PM] Please welcome co-founder and CEO of General Intuition, Pim de Wit.
[07:29:20 | 4:17:12 PM] Hello.