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Jensen Huang Declares AGI Has Arrived | Tesla Launches Cybercabs | Index Pulls Out of Town
- ▶ 1:13:40 Harry Stebbings I think everyone in this category is being forced to, though, by Brett Taylor, who's being very clear in terms of his expansion, and. 2 times in the scene
How to Build Your Own Data Center & Why Every Startup Should Do It
- ▶ 24:52 Cliff Weitzman Brett Taylor is amazing.
- ▶ 25:43 Harry Stebbings Um, that's Brett Taylor. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 51:21 Cliff Weitzman It's Brett Taylor.
- ▶ 53:33 Cliff Weitzman Brett Taylor has the best resume, I think, of anyone in the world, right? 9 times in the scene
Open Models vs Frontier Models: Who Actually Wins? | The $100K Token Budget Every Engineer Will Need · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:37 Harry Stebbings Um, so I want to start with, I heard that Brett tried to hire you or start a company with you several times before Sierra. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:30 Harry Stebbings What's your personal take and what are you and Brett sit around the fire and say, should you put a cap on this?
- ▶ 26:30 Clay Bavor So Brett and I are constantly building agents ourselves. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:57 Clay Bavor So Brett and I write a usually six to 10 page memo.
- ▶ 42:06 Harry Stebbings You and Brett, I mean, like, it's the dream team of the best of the best operators. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 50:13 Clay Bavor Each of our values comes directly from Brett and me, and actually one of the best decisions we made was, I think it was the time we were five or six employees. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:46 Harry Stebbings What was the most recent disagreement you and Brett had? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:00:59 Harry Stebbings What when Brett says something, are you like, yep, I'm sure he's a G at that. 6 times in the scene
Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix & Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:12:47 unnamed speaker I mean, you know, Brett, you guys know so much better than me. 2 times in the scene
Anthropic's Raise & What It Means for Potential IPO? Mag7: Google & Amazon Up, Meta & Microsoft Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 30:25 Rory O'Driscoll In other words, Brett Taylor can call higher than anyone else.
- ▶ 1:10:56 Harry Stebbings Um, uh, speaking of, uh, OpenAI, OpenAI's chairman, Brett Taylor, is out in market raising nine hundred and fifty million dollars
- ▶ 1:11:49 Jason Lemkin Um, and I believe that these agents, you know, everyone from Brett Taylor to Owen at Intercom, everyone sees these agents, um, merging and they're going to do sales and CX and enterprise. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:26 Harry Stebbings The point is also on the flip side, OpenAI would buy them today for 40, fifty billion to get Brett as CEO. 3 times in the scene
OpenAI Kills Sora & Hits $100M ARR on Ads | Oura Going Public & Whoop Raises at $10BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 15:36 Harry Stebbings It's the best thing for OpenAI not to buy Sierra, incorporate that as a customer support product, and have Brett Taylor come in as the day-to-day CEO, and Sam can be fundraiser, Sam can be master of...
Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins? | The Data Center Arms Race | The Ultimate Stock Picks · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 48:35 Jason Lemkin And if you're best at digital transformation for enterprises, maybe that's what Brett Taylor is.
Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins? | OpenAI's $110BN Mega Round | Cursor Hits $2BN in ARR · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 29:28 unnamed speaker Brett Taylor would be in charge, right? 2 times in the scene
Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad: Who Won & Lost? | Sierra Hits $150M ARR: Is Customer Support Too Crowded? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 56:37 Harry Stebbings Mike, Mark, and the 14 companies in the last two years that raised over a hundred million dollars with Brett from Sierra, I don't think that's a good place to be investing.
20VC: From $6.2BN Market Cap to $2.8BN: What Is Not Translating About Navan's Public Story | Are Any Public Company CEOs Actually Happy? | Why Navan Built It's Own Customer Service AI and What it Could Mean For Customer Service AI with Ariel Cohen
- ▶ 20:48 Harry Stebbings Why did you decide to do a build versus buy and work with a Brat Taylor at Sierra or a Jesse at Dakagon?
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg: How to Make Mega Deals | Lessons from Rabois, Halligan & Grady · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 33:50 Harry Stebbings This is what I worry about, though, when I look at kind of, when you look at GRR figures, and you think about like a Sierra, and it's like the growth, and Brett's amazing, and like the best of the best, Jesus, like, take my money too,…
a16z's David George on the Most Controversial Bet at a16z & Do Margins and Revenue Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 39:42 Harry Stebbings And, like, Brett and Sierra is obviously, like, you know, the OG of OGs of SaaS.
Anthropic Raises $30B from Microsoft & NVIDIA & NVIDIA’s Core Business Faces TPU Threat · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 35:34 Harry Stebbings Sierra, Brett Taylor, formerly co-CEO of Salesforce, 6 times in the scene
Benchmark's GP, Everett Randle on Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 36:32 Everett Randle You know, more than Brett Taylor, who represents this wave of AI applications. 2 times in the scene
Is a $4.5BN Exit Enough in VC? & Harvey Raises $150M & Why Google is a Buy and Amazon is a Sell · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 38:42 Rory O'Driscoll I don't get the impression that Brett Taylor is a yes man, right? 2 times in the scene
OpenAI Restructuring: Who Wins and Who Loses & Mercor Raises $350M at a $10BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Why VC Today is Worse than 2021 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 17:35 Jason Calacanis You know, you know, there's, there's no one better than Brett Taylor out there, right?
Thinking Machines Co-Founder Joins Meta for $3.5BN, Industry Venture's $665M Acquisition · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 51:07 unnamed speaker I mean, I think Brett Taylor is an example of someone at the high end.
Are Burn Multiples BS in an AI World? & Sam Altman Needs $1TRN of Energy · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 33:08 Harry Stebbings I also think, by the way, that Alex Wang's acquisition created this very dangerous precedent in venture investors' minds where they're like, well, if Alex is worth 14, Brett Taylor's worth 30, and then Iliad's worth 30, and then Mira's…
20VC: Why 90% of Founders Build Startups Wrong | Why AI Growth Rates are Sustainable & Remote Work is BS and the AI Talent War | Competing with Brett Taylor and Sierra: Who Wins the Customer Service War with Jesse Zhang, Decagon
- ▶ 51:44 Harry Stebbings That would be one, or the Black Book of Brett Taylor would be another. 3 times in the scene
OpenAI’s $10BN Secondary Sale, Ramp Hits $1BN ARR & Brex Hits $700M · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 24:35 Harry Stebbings When we look at like a Brex, last round was thirteen billion, now seven hundred million growing 50%, and then you look at a Sierra, ok, I love Brett Taylor, phenomenal operator, interviewed him before, to not compete with Brett Taylor was… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:19 Jason Lemkin The, the, the, the, the, the hundred X, but I think, I mean, Brett Taylor, if you buy Sierra, you get everything, right? 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:46 Jason Lemkin Look at Brett Taylor.
- ▶ 1:07:29 Jeff Lawson Yeah, because if I, let's say you're Brett at Salesforce selling you contact center automation, and they've got Service Cloud, which is, from memory, a third of their revenue or whatever, right?
Why Apple Needs a Management Overhaul & Why Google is Catching Up with Hyperscalers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 5:29 Harry Stebbings Sierra with Brett Taylor over a hundred million in ARR.
Figma’s IPO: The Full Breakdown & Why Melio’s $2.5BN Acquisition is “Discouraging” · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 37:38 Jason Lemkin Anything incentives are hard, but I mean, Zach made it work with Brett Taylor, right?
Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 11:03 unnamed speaker Well, I'll tell you, if I had to simplify it, I think the question is, is, um, Alexander Wang as good or better than Brett Taylor? 3 times in the scene
Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: WTF Happens Now? The Future of the Late Stage Private Market · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 50:55 Rory O'Driscoll I think Brett Taylor is just such a smart dude.
Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 54:55 Harry Stebbings You want to go against Brett Taylor?
20Sales: Sierra: Inside Silicon Valley's Fastest Growing Sales Machine & How to Prospect, Outbound and Close Enterprise Deals in AI
- ▶ 0:10 Harry Stebbings Today we have one of the best, Head of Global Sales for one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world, Sierra, founded by Brett Taylor and funded by Benchmark and Greenos.
- ▶ 7:19 Reggie Marable So I consider Brett one of the, I call him the apex predator. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:47 Reggie Marable Some of these are going to be, you know, the next wave of Brett Taylors are going to be some of these agent product managers.
- ▶ 31:28 Harry Stebbings A question that I have for you is, are you a unique situation respectfully because you're Brett Taylor and the team is so stellar? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 49:11 Reggie Marable And what's really cool is our co-founder, Brett and Clay, they, they, uh, heavily involved in like meeting with customers. 2 times in the scene
Benchmark GP, Victor Lazarte: The 3 Traits All the Best Founders Have · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:06:33 Harry Stebbings Does, like, Brett Taylor come in and pitch to partnership? 6 times in the scene
Eric Vishria: Where is the Value in AI - Chips, Models or Apps? | E1206 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 37:33 Eric Vishria I think about Brett Taylor, Sierra.
Zico Kolter: OpenAI's Newest Board Member on The Biggest Questions and Concerns in AI Safety | E1197 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:00:50 Zico Kolter Um, I got, actually the, the, the, the day before I started as department head, I got an email from, from, from Brett, the chair of the board, just saying, hey, do you want to talk about maybe joining the OpenAI board? 2 times in the scene
Reid Hoffman: The Future of TikTok and The Inflection AI Deal | E1163 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 35:49 Harry Stebbings Brett Taylor's great.
Adam Mosseri: Why Video Is Bad For Business; Does Feed Matter Anymore? | E1039 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:44 Adam Mosseri And then, Brett Taylor was my boss, and I was the director of design for Mobile. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige
- ▶ 25:21 Paul Buchheit And actually, to be clear, it was my co-founder, Brett Taylor, who really did the work on that.