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ClickHouse CEO: AI Margins Need to Improve | Revenue Concentration Should be a Concern
- ▶ 59:46 Aaron Katz Uh, I've got a ton of respect for Oli and the company.
The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao, Founder @ Abridge · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Shopify CEO on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:02:04 Harry Stebbings We just had Ali on.
Insights from Coatue's Growth Investor Lucas Swisher · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 8:44 Lucas Swisher If you talk to Ali from Databricks, um, we've been an investor since 2019. 3 times in the scene
Anthropic Inference Costs Skyrocket |TikTok Deal Closes |The IPO Market:Wealthfront & EquipmentShare · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 6:26 Jason Lemkin Um, the one thing in addition to my post, I, I, um, I saw that not too long ago, but a while back, Ollie from data brick said, which is one of the most successful companies at this strategy, the hubritics.
Alex Rampell: The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers & Labour | The Future of Venture · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:35 Harry Stebbings David George has got a big appetite, you know, and Ali's raising a series T as we speak.
Groq’s $20BN NVIDIA Deal | Why Sam Altman Doesn’t Care About Dilution & Invisible Unemployment 2026 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:09:18 Harry Stebbings Then why is Ali from Databricks suggesting that he might not stay in the basement? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:15:06 Jason Lemkin So that would be the one thing Ali might get out of it, is the ability to spend 10, 20, 3040, fifty billion
Predictions for 2026: Top Buy & Biggest Short | Why Salesforce Could Win & NVIDIA’s Challenges · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 24:17 unnamed speaker It was all outdoors and Ollie came.
20Sales: Scaling Snowflake from $0-$3BN in ARR | Snowflake vs Databricks: My Biggest Lessons | Why Customer Success is BS and What Replaces It with Chris Chris Degnan
- ▶ 32:48 Chris Degnan I think that's a narrative that their CEO has, has done a good job of talking about, but I do disagree with it. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:17 Chris Degnan But saying that because I, I shout loud, loudly, I mean, look, Ali at Databricks, he shouts pretty loud and he's done a good job, and I don't necessarily agree about how he goes about doing things, but
20Sales: $0-$3.7BN: The Databricks CRO's Playbook to Build the Fastest GTM Engine in SaaS History | How Databricks Beat Snowflake | How To Build a Sales Org of 5,000 and Close $190M Deals with Ron Gabrisko
- ▶ 5:09 unnamed speaker Ali and the whole crew. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:28 unnamed speaker First of all, Ali's like one in a billion. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:14 unnamed speaker Like Ali was really good at that. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:15 unnamed speaker It's Ali, the founders.
- ▶ 35:22 unnamed speaker I mean, Ali and I kind of built, and the founders, you know, the early days of the company, right? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:15 unnamed speaker At that point we had already done, Ali and I did the deal with Microsoft, right?
- ▶ 1:05:22 Harry Stebbings I heard that Ali did a break dance to it.
- ▶ 1:09:24 unnamed speaker Uh, one day, you know what, I think when Ali and I got the first Microsoft deal signed was a pretty amazing day. 2 times in the scene
Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:29:25 Harry Stebbings And what I mean by that is, if you're the Collison's, if you're Ali at Databricks, if you're Elon at SpaceX, you don't need to go public today.
David Meyer: Why You Should Hire People Who Aren’t In Product Already | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:45 Harry Stebbings So I spoke to Ali years ago, and I've heard many great things.
- ▶ 7:20 David Meyer One of the, the, you know, Ali's cultural values, but I, I've kind of internalized it even, you know, pre, pre data breaks is truth seeking.
- ▶ 21:03 David Meyer I mean, I think it's just a different challenge at every stage, and, uh, you know, you've talked to Ali a bunch. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:00:23 David Meyer I mean, Ali ran product, but then he became CEO and there was a gap.
- ▶ 1:04:05 David Meyer And then you meet someone like, you know, Ali, you know, pulls back this curtain and you're like, holy shit, I want to be part of this.
- ▶ 1:05:11 Harry Stebbings How often do you speak to Ali? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:10:28 David Meyer And that's not what Ali wanted to hear. 3 times in the scene
a16z GP Martin Casado: How I Went from Engineer to VC; Lessons from Chris Dixon | 20VC #956 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 23:42 Martin Casado Like, for example, when all the God see, you know, the CEO of Databricks and I have dinner, we almost always just talk about like category creation and building out, go to market from a technology standpoint, it's actually a very, very…
Cathie Wood: Elon & Twitter; Why Facebook is a Value Stock Now; ARK's Performance | 20VC #949 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 39:08 Harry Stebbings In all others, the capital chooses the asset, and my question to you is, in the top decile, which is, as we all know, what drives performance for all funds, there is 50 people chasing it, and it's Ben Horowitz at Andreessen who turns up to…
20VC: a16z's David George on Leading a16z's Growth Fund Today, The Biggest Misconceptions of Growth Investing, How a16z Think Through Portfolio Construction, Investment Decision-Making and Scenario Planning & How The Entrance of New Players Has Changed Th
- ▶ 0:40 Harry Stebbings I'd also want to say a huge thank you to Ariel at TripActions, and Ali at Databricks in particular.
- ▶ 2:52 Harry Stebbings I do want to start by saying a huge thank you to Angela Strange on your team and Ali at Databricks for some brilliant questions, suggestions, but thank you so much for joining me today, David.
- ▶ 26:39 Harry Stebbings I spoke to some of your companies before the show and one, Ali, who I love by the way, but Ali said to me, you got to ask this guy, 2 times in the scene
20VC: Annie Duke on Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions, How To Evaluate Risk, The Theory of Sunk Cost in Venture & How to Optimise Both the Discussion and Quality of Investment Decisions
- ▶ 40:17 Harry Stebbings As always, I so appreciate all your support, and I can't wait to bring you an incredible episode this coming Thursday with Ali, founder and CEO at Databricks.