Born in the era of the personal computer's ascendence and fascinated by its machinations and applications, Drew Houston took a liking to computer programming at an early age. Later in life, he was similarly taken by the internet's progress and mobile telephones. Now, the Dropbox CEO finds himself dazzled by A.I.'s transformative properties and the potential for new business streams at the company he cofounded in 2007.
"The A.I. world is just super exciting from a technical perspective. So often, I'm coding like an 18-year-old again on weekends," the now 40-year-old Houston tells Fortune.
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