AI initiative

also referred to as: ai initiatives

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 23, 2024 by AJ Tennant · across every show →

Everything said about AI initiative, oldest first

Oct 23, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tennant: Enterprises spend $5M-$10M annually on non-experimental AI initiatives
“Like, you've got a couple of these big, big brands and companies that are doing AI in the right way that's actually impacting their top line or bottom line already that isn't experimental, right, and they're willing to spend, some of those accounts are willing…”
AJ Tennant Oct 23, 2024 ▶ 24:34 AJ Tennant: How to Build a Sales Machine and Where Most Go Wrong | E2118 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 28, 2025 bearish
Opinion
O'Driscoll: Meta has a tenuous link between core ads and LLMs
“They have a very tenuous link between their core business and their AI initiative. They talk about how AI is optimizing their core business, but even I think from the discussions they said, that's much more old school AI than any of the LLM stuff.”
Rory O'Driscoll Aug 28, 2025 ▶ 30:10 Anthropic's $10B Round, Klarna's IPO, Inside a16z's 72 Deal Seed Investment Machine ft. Marc Benioff · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Lemkin: Big Tech Companies Struggle to Sustain Small AI Initiatives
“One thing that hasn't changed is in the age of AI is big companies only have so many priorities. They can introduce a lot of little, little tests, but at the end of the day, it takes a lot of energy in a big company to Keep a big initiative going because there…”
Jason Lemkin Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 44:44 Eventbrite Sold for $500M, Databricks $5B Raise at $134B Valuation & Why SaaS is Like Japan · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 7, 2026 bearish
Assertion Contradicted
O'Driscoll: Microsoft's revenue growth is flat without its AI initiatives
“Without the AI initiative, Microsoft is flat revenue.”
Rory O'Driscoll May 7, 2026 ▶ 0:41 Anthropic's Raise & What It Means for Potential IPO? Mag7: Google & Amazon Up, Meta & Microsoft Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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