Cliff Obrecht
21 statements across 3 episodes · 11 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2016 by Wesley Chan · said 64 times in 21 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (32), Jason Lemkin (18), Wesley Chan (10), Mike Cannon-Brookes (2), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (1)
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2026 17 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- Insights from Coatue's Growth Investor Lucas Swisher · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Anthropic Raises $45B but Falls Short on Compute & Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Groq’s $20BN NVIDIA Deal | Why Sam Altman Doesn’t Care About Dilution & Invisible Unemployment 2026 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad: Who Won & Lost? | Sierra Hits $150M ARR: Is Customer Support Too Crowded? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Anthropic Inference Costs Skyrocket |TikTok Deal Closes |The IPO Market:Wealthfront & EquipmentShare · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Canva Slashes Growth | Talent Exodus at Google | Revolut's $50B CEO Package | Musk's $55B Terrafab
- Thrive Raises New $10B Fund | OpenAI Buys OpenClaw | Stripe at $140B: Is Adyen Wildly Undervalued? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2025 18 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- OpenAI’s $10BN Secondary Sale, Ramp Hits $1BN ARR & Brex Hits $700M · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Michael Burry Shorts NVIDIA and Palantir & Has Defensibility Died in a World of AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- BVP Partner, Byron Deeter: The Future of Venture - Why Chanel vs Walmart is BS · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- OpenAI Restructuring: Who Wins and Who Loses & Mercor Raises $350M at a $10BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Anthropic Raises $30B from Microsoft & NVIDIA & NVIDIA’s Core Business Faces TPU Threat · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Opendoor CEO, Kaz Nejatian: OpenAI and Oracle, How Can Either Afford to Do This · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Sam Altman's Masterplan or a Gift to Anthropic? Palantir & Shopify Crush Earnings · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | Microsoft Layoff 9000 People | OpenAI's Bombshell · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2024 6 mentions in 1 episode
2023 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2022 8 mentions in 1 episode
2016 10 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
Everything said about Cliff Obrecht, oldest first
Jun 29, 2016 bullish
Canva's phenomenal user growth mirrors Google Analytics' mass-market expansion playbook
“And that's what, you know, I think that's what Cliff and Melanie at Clamba have done. It's absolutely amazing. If you look at their user base, if you look at the forums, if you look at their incredible growth, Over the, even the past year has been nothing shor…”
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023 positive
Jan 27, 2023
Obrecht: Treating rejected job candidates with integrity brings them back later
“If you leave a nice taste in those people's mouths, like, and you always be the good human, and be the honest Honorable person and speak truths. People come back, and they remember you, and when they are ready for that career change, or when an opportunity doe…”
Jan 27, 2023
Canva's Obrecht: Melanie Perkins and I take opposite approaches to building trust
“Mel and I are completely, so Mel is my wife and the CEO of Canva. So my boss which is and definitely the worthy boss. But we have totally opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to trust. So I trust by default and you can lose that trust. Mel, it takes a l…”
Jan 27, 2023 positive
Obrecht: Candidates From Obscure, Self-Taught Backgrounds Become Canva's Best Performers
“If you have come from a obscure background, like non-traditional tech or whatever and have taught yourself the tools, I find those people, once they figure out the game, cause this all is just one big game. Once they figure out how to play the game, they are S…”
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023 neutral
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023 positive
Jan 27, 2023
Obrecht: Global philanthropy lacks efficient systems connecting capital to world problems
“I think the world has enough good intentions and capital to solve the world's problem. I think what we need to solve and not just us, but the bridge we need to, the gap we need to bridge is connecting those good intentions and that capital with the problems. A…”
Jan 27, 2023
Sep 4, 2025 bullish
Sep 4, 2025 bullish
Sep 4, 2025 positive
Sep 4, 2025 bullish
Obrecht: AI Energy Demand Will Accelerate Transition to Nuclear Power
“And so while I see AI pessimists and environmental pessimists saying, oh, so much more energy, it's going to be bad for the environment. I actually think it's going to rapidly accelerate our shift to green energy, particularly nuclear which we're just going to…”
Sep 4, 2025 neutral
Obrecht: Canva Is Transitioning to a Unified AI Credit Model
“We're moving to a unified credit model around AI. So your premium subscription, free gets a certain amount, premium subscription gets you a certain amount. And then if you're a super active user, and so that means it can't eat into our margins too much. So you…”
Sep 4, 2025 positive
Obrecht: Early investors who raised SPVs for late rounds saw highest returns
“And the best investors that have done best out of Canva, like they were early stage funds, but they realized, holy shit, we're onto something here. So they raised SPVs or additional vehicles to move further up the value chain, like going later and later stage …”
Sep 4, 2025 bullish