David Sachs

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 26, 2021 by Parker Conrad · across every show →

Everything said about David Sachs, oldest first

Apr 26, 2021 negative
What-if
Conrad: Zenefits' outcome would differ if A16Z and Sacks hadn't ousted him
“If I had fought at my last company, being forced out by A-sixteen Z and David Sachs, and had stayed in place, like, if we could replay the videotape, what would the outcome for that company have been? I believe that it would have been very different”
Parker Conrad Apr 26, 2021 ▶ 22:39 20VC: Rippling's Parker Conrad on Why The VC/Founder Marriage Analogy is Weird, Why The Notion of Focus, Focus, Focus is Overrated, Why Narrow Point Solutions Are Not Best in Class Products & The Rise of the "Compound Startup"
Aug 9, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Lemkin: Top VCs have made their best investments from cold inbound pitches
“They all have done some of their best investments from cold inbound. All of them.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 20:16 Jason Lemkin: Every VC has a FRAUD in their portfolio; The IPO market is about to EXPLODE | E1046 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 20, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Lemkin: Craft Ventures Allocating 80% of $3.3B Fund to B2B AI
“David Sachs did an opener with me. He said of crafts, 3.3 billion, they said, 80% is going into B to B AI.”
Jason Lemkin Sep 20, 2023 ▶ 11:35 Is the VC Model Broken? Jason Lemkin, Mike Maples, Eric Paley & Harry Stebbings Debate | E1062 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 3, 2024 negative
Opinion
Avi Eyal criticizes David Sacks' isolationist foreign policy views
“Honestly, for the life of me, I can't work out what he believes America stands for, if it stands for even anything. You can't look after your own interests and not understand that the world is connected. And others, you need to find commonality of interest, an…”
Avi Eyal Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 1:03:49 Avi Eyal: Making $2.3BN on Monday, Stripe & PillPack from Entrée Capital MP | E1173 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 17, 2025 positive
Opinion
Andrew Ng: Trump and David Sacks did a good job clearing AI regulations
“I think Trump did a good job and then his whole team, David Sachs and Christian and so on, did a good job clearing out unnecessary regulations.”
Andrew Ng Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 8:28 AI Fund’s GP, Andrew Ng: LLMs as the Next Geopolitical Weapon & Do Margins Still Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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