cloud companies

5 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 8, 2019 by Byron Deeter · across every show →

Everything said about cloud companies, oldest first

Jul 8, 2019 bullish
Prediction Held up
Multiple $10B+ private cloud companies will soon transition to public markets
“You're going to see these Ten billion dollar plus caliber companies starting to flip from private to public, and the lights will turn on on this segment in a way that public market investors and, frankly, the community more broadly doesn't yet fully appreciate”
Byron Deeter Jul 8, 2019 ▶ 10:06 20VC: Bessemer's Byron Deeter On Lessons From Investing in 14 $Bn Companies, What The Heck Is Going On In Cloud Today and Why Cloud IPO Floodgates Are About To Burst Open
Sep 27, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Lanng: AI-first startups today are as revolutionary as early cloud companies
“That's actually where, I mean, one of the reasons also I got so fascinated was like, to me, building a startup today that is AI first is as pivotal or revolutionary as it were, 14 years ago to build the first cloud companies.”
Christian Lanng Sep 27, 2023 ▶ 52:54 Christian Lanng: "How Being a Founder Almost Killed Me" | E1065 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 11, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Nayak: Cloud Providers Will Drive AI Inference Margins Down to Zero
“The cloud companies, they're going to run the best software. They're going to, you know, drive margins to the ground. And so competing on inference with cloud companies is really hard over time. And so if all your revenue comes from inference and, you know, de…”
Aatish Nayak Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 45:35 20Product: How Scale AI and Harvey Build Product | Why PMs Are Wrong: They are not the CEOs of the Product | How to do Pre and Post Mortems Effectively and How to Nail PRDs | The Future of Product Management in a World of AI with Aatish Nayak
Sep 22, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Taneja: Few AI model companies will scale, but will exceed cloud giants
“There's not going to be any, that many AI model companies that actually become at scale and potentially be even bigger than what these cloud companies became.”
Hemant Taneja Sep 22, 2025 ▶ 24:23 General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 15, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Winning AI applications are growing three times faster than predecessor SaaS startups
“For most of these companies that we've backed, these winning apps, they're growing faster, three X faster, you know, than predecessor SaaS and cloud companies.”
David George Dec 15, 2025 ▶ 43:31 a16z's David George on the Most Controversial Bet at a16z & Do Margins and Revenue Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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