AI application startups

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2024 by Saam Motamedi · across every show →

Everything said about AI application startups, oldest first

Jul 15, 2024 bullish
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Motamedi: Dismissing AI startups as 'wrappers' will age like early SaaS critiques
“I think we're going to look back on this discourse a few years from now, and it's going to feel very similar.”
Saam Motamedi Jul 15, 2024 ▶ 9:40 Saam Motamedi: Why Series B Won’t Make Money & Why $1M ARR is a BS Milestone for Series A | E1177 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 5, 2025
Insight
Moore: AI expertise is scarcer and more vital than domain expertise
“You think it's the domain expertise that matters. It is without a doubt The AI expertise that is more scarce and therefore matters more.”
Bucky Moore May 5, 2025 ▶ 40:21 Bucky Moore @ Lightspeed Venture Partners: Why You Cannot Do VC If You Do Not Do Pre-Seed · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 28, 2025 bullish
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Casado: Break-Even AI App Margins Are Deliberate Board Choices For Distribution
“In my experience, most of these companies that are like, let's say break-even margins, it's like a board level specific choice to prioritize distribution, not just because this is systemically something they have to do.”
Martin Casado Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 24:47 a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 10, 2025
Insight
Randle: AI labs set the baseline competition for application startups
“For a lot of these categories, the labs set the baseline in terms of customer experience. They're like, they're your competition at your base layer. And so whatever you can get from ChatGPT or whatever you can get from anything directly from the labs apps them…”
Everett Randle Nov 10, 2025 ▶ 29:18 Benchmark's GP, Everett Randle on Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 11, 2025
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O'Driscoll: Founders must verify base models cannot easily replicate AI apps
“One of the non-negotiable disciplines before you do it is you should go and try and use the core models to do the same thing. And you should try and build a functional version of that as simply as you can. And if you can get even vaguely close to it, you need …”
Rory O'Driscoll Dec 11, 2025 ▶ 52:38 SpaceX Valued at $800BN & Harvey Raises $160M at an $8BN Price & Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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