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Zuckerberg Back on X Challenging Codex & Claude Code | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 54:01 Jason Lemkin Well, every five or seven years, you do have to accrue to Sam Altman or Gary Tan to run it.
Anthropic Raises $45B but Falls Short on Compute & Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:06:44 Harry Stebbings There's Thrive, there's Chamath's numbers, there's Gary Tan on bullshit ARR, there's SBF, the greatest ambassador of our generation.
Cursor Acquired for $60BN | Anthropic Hits $1TRN in Secondary Markets & Figma, Adobe, Canva Dead? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 9:40 Jason Lemkin I was watching something on Twitter with him and Gary Tan a year ago. 2 times in the scene
Why You Need a $1B Fund To Do Series A | SpaceX at $2TRN & Data Centers in Space | Groq's $20BN Deal · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:05:11 unnamed speaker And so, if you're Gary Tan, you say the hundred billion dollar outcomes make it irrelevant.
Anthropic Inference Costs Skyrocket |TikTok Deal Closes |The IPO Market:Wealthfront & EquipmentShare · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 48:24 Jason Lemkin This and then Gary Tan again saying that ventures should be 10 times bigger, um, smart guys, right? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 49:36 Jason Lemkin Well, Gary said that, not me. 2 times in the scene
Anthropic’s $10B Raise | a16z’s $15B Fund: Is the Middle Dead in VC? | How OpenAI Could Go to Zero? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Predictions for 2026: Top Buy & Biggest Short | Why Salesforce Could Win & NVIDIA’s Challenges · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 10:26 unnamed speaker Pretty hard to do for someone that, you know, 24 months ago seemed to be having weird arguments with Gary Tan on Twitter,
a16z's David George on the Most Controversial Bet at a16z & Do Margins and Revenue Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 59:46 David George And I, I'm, I am a big fan of Gary.
20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
- ▶ 10:27 Max Altman We were able to put in a pretty good check, co-lead it with initialized Gary and Alexis, who also had a great fund that vintage.
How Do All Providers Deal with Anthropic Dependency Risk & Figma IPO Breakdown: Where Does it Price? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 47:02 Harry Stebbings And I think it was Keith Raboi that didn't do it when Gary Tan did, because Keith wouldn't pay more than 25 and Gary was willing to pay 35.
Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | Microsoft Layoff 9000 People | OpenAI's Bombshell · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 11:19 unnamed speaker I think it's an interesting, Harry, when I remember, um, I, when I wrote it up, the other thing I said, it was an interesting parallel to Gary Tan, 6 times in the scene
Is DPI The Only Thing That Matters? with Sam Lessin, Jason Lemkin & Rory O’Driscoll · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:11:41 Jason Lemkin But Gary would tell you, since 30% of the batch is unicorns, it don't matter. 3 times in the scene
OpenAI’s $6BN Jony Ive Deal & YC Is Both Chanel and Walmart, and Has Officially Won! · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 24:57 Jason Lemkin First of all, bringing in Gary was a huge, a massive change. 2 times in the scene
Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 55:50 Harry Stebbings We mentioned Parker earlier when Gary Tannen initialized did ramp was an expensive ish seed round.
Kevin Hartz: "How I Lost Airbnb at Seed Because of an Exploding Term Sheet" | E1180 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:06:23 Harry Stebbings I think with Gary coming back as well, they've got their stride again. 5 times in the scene
Jason Lemkin: Why Pricing is Worse Than Ever and There is More Funding Than Ever | E1157 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:06:17 Jason Lemkin So Gary and team's job is to get a 140 of them funded most as quickly and as possible.
Dan Siroker: Second-Time Founders Are More Investable & Why Not To Hire People Out of College |E1153 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:08:09 Dan Siroker Um, so I am very impressed with Gary's reinvention of YC recently.
Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:03:05 Harry Stebbings Like when you see him. 11 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:06:46 Tom Blomfield I would not want Gary's job.
- ▶ 1:09:13 Tom Blomfield I'm very, very happy not having Gary's job.
Keith Rabois on Rejoining Khosla Ventures | E1102 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 11:09 Keith Rabois It was, you know, obviously controversial at the time, for the seed, and Gary Tan, initialized, also gave a term sheet. 2 times in the scene
Jason Lemkin: Predictions for 2024 - What Does a Trump Administration do for Startups? | E1099 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 23:10 Jason Lemkin Gary Tan coming back to Y Combinator. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:04:41 Jason Lemkin So along those lines, half are going to stay and Gary's going to do this for a decade.
Is the VC Model Broken? Jason Lemkin, Mike Maples, Eric Paley & Harry Stebbings Debate | E1062 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:38 Mike Maples So, you know, Coinbase, when it was funded by Gary Tan, it wasn't popular to fund a crypto exchange yet.
Sheel Mohnot: How I Got Married in the Metaverse; Founder vs Product vs Market | E1035 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 37:12 Harry Stebbings And then kind of Gary Tang came back and said, fuck you to everyone. 2 times in the scene
20VC: What are the World's Tech Leaders Running From? Fear? Insecurity? Poverty? What Drives the Best with Orlando Bravo, Bill Ackman, Dara Khosrowshahi, Parker Conrad, Tobi Luttke, Brian Armstrong and more..
- ▶ 11:45 Harry Stebbings Um, but, I want to ask, and kind of speaking of that, I did speak to Gary Tan before the show, and he mentioned that tough time.
Jason Lemkin: Cold Email Tips; Why Only 15% of Founders Listen to their VCs | 20VC #954 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:05:41 Jason Lemkin Gary Tan and Keith, Roboy and David Sacks and Stuart. 2 times in the scene
Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 28:09 Kyle Harrison I think that, and, you know, folks like Gary and stuff stepping into that role, like, I think that they're going to continue to just be amazing.
- ▶ 33:40 Harry Stebbings YC obviously went from 600 to, now I think they've halved the batch size, and they've got Gary back.
Parker Conrad: How I Got Ousted from Zenefits and Came Back with a Vengence | 20VC #932 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:40 Harry Stebbings Um, but I want to ask, and just kind of speaking of that, I did speak to Gary Tan before the show, and he mentioned, obviously, um, that tough time and, you know, sex hiring a PR firm, and my question to you was just like, in that moment,…
Keith Rabois: The End of Woke Capitalism; Time Allocation Tips; Silicon Valley vs Miami | 20VC #891 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 31:03 Keith Rabois Every time I get an introduction to a new company, you know, is this the, you know, whatever, let's say Coinbase that I, you know, was introduced to very, very early by Gary, who really, Gary Tan, who really wanted me to invest. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Coinbase President & COO Emilie Choi on Building Coinbase Ventures into One of the Best Performing Funds with 0 Employees, How Coinbase Thinks Through Internal Resource Allocation and Prioritisation & Why, When and How To Hire Your COO and Head of C
- ▶ 0:33 Harry Stebbings I'd also want to say a huge thank you to Alexis Ohanian, Gokul Rajaram, and Gary Tan for some amazing questions and suggestions today.
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"
- ▶ 0:51 Harry Stebbings Gary Tan, Boris and Alex at Thunders Club, and the wonderful Mamoon at Kleiner for some amazing questions and suggestions today, a real team effort on the schedule, and it made such a difference.
20VC: Alexis Ohanian on Why Now Was The Right Time To Start Seven Seven Six, The 2 Very Distinct Types of Deals In Venture & The Unbundling of Social in 2021
- ▶ 0:41 Harry Stebbings I'd also want to say a huge thank you to PG at YC and Gary Tan for some fantastic questions and suggestions today.
- ▶ 4:24 Alexis Ohanian Uh, which led me to Gary as we were partners at Y Combinator together. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:24 Alexis Ohanian One of the reasons why Gary and I did, did such great work together is that we both really believed that doing this job well is about service.
20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings To Sohanian, Gary Tan, and the wonderful Matt Mazio.
20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus Living
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings Cool has raised over fourteen million dollars in VC funding from some very dear friends of the show in the form of Gary and Alexis had initialized, James and Peter at NFX, Mike at Floodgate, Y Combinator, GV, and Naval Ravikant, just to… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:07 Harry Stebbings I've heard so many great things from Gary Tan, from Alexis, from James and Pete at NFX, so thank you so much for joining me today, Cool.
20VC: Y Combinator's New President, Geoff Ralston on The Single Most Important Perspective An Investor Can Provide A Founder, The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside Paul Graham & Why You Will Lose As An Investor If You "Profile Invest"
- ▶ 1:09 Harry Stebbings And I do also want to say a huge thank you both to Gary Tan and Justin Kahn for some fantastic questions and suggestions today.
- ▶ 3:10 Harry Stebbings I've had so many great things from Gary Tan and Justin Khan in particular, so a huge thank you for joining me today.
20VC: How To Build True Human Relationships with VC Pre-Investment, Why Valuation Is Not The Only Term and When To Take Lower Offers & How To Approach Mental Health As A Founder with Jon Dishotsky, Founder & CEO @ Starcity
- ▶ 13:08 Jon Dishotsky Like I think Gary Tan from initialize actually had a tweet recently about this is like, if you're trying to value invest at the seed stage, it's kind of a silly exercise.
20VC: So You Want To Be Acquired? Instacart VP of Corp Dev, Dave Sobota on His Biggest Lessons From 10 Years in Google's M&A Team Working on The Acquisitions of Motorola, Waze & Android
- ▶ 0:31 Harry Stebbings To date, the company's raised over 1.9 billion dollars in funding from some of the very best investors and operators in the industry, including the likes of Mike Moritz at Sequoia, Jeff Jordan at Andreessen, Aaron Levy at Box, Sam Altman,…
20VC: One Question Founders Must Ask Themselves When Approaching Investor Selection, Why Series B Is One Of The Most Challenging Phases & What Makes For A Successful CEO Transition with Jeff Russakow, CEO @ Boosted
- ▶ 0:19 Harry Stebbings To date, they've raised seventy-four million dollars in funding from the likes of Coastal Adventures, Inovia Capital, Andreessen Horace, and our friends from last episode with Gary Tan at Initialize Capital.
20VC: Being A Wartime Leader in a Time of Peace, Why Marketing Channel Diversification Is Like The Life of A Scientist and Why Small and Mighty Beats Loud and Weak with Ooshma Garg, Founder & CEO @ Gobble
- ▶ 0:39 Harry Stebbings The company was ultimately acquired by Lawworks, and I'd also have to say a huge thank you to two people who've always been so awesome and supportive to me, Alexis Ohanian and Gary Tan.
- ▶ 3:27 Harry Stebbings As I said, I feel like I know you well already, having heard so much from Micah at Founder Collective, Gary and Alexis at Initialize, and Sundeep at Felicis.
- ▶ 19:52 Ooshma Garg So, Gary Tan and Keith Raboy had invested in our business early on. 4 times in the scene
20VC: Coinbase's Brian Armstrong on The Rise & Short Term Correction in ICOs, The Regulatory Framework Required For Blockchain To Succeed & How The Rise of Blockchain Disrupts The VC Industry
- ▶ 26:53 Harry Stebbings As I said, I heard so many great things from your Gary Tans to your Hodges to your Albert Wengers, and they told me it'd be a fantastic episode, and it's more than lived up to expectations.
20VC: Elad Gil on Becoming One of Silicon Valleys Top Angels, Why Most People Get Market Sizing Wrong & Should VC Services Always Be Bundled Together?
- ▶ 2:18 Harry Stebbings Anywhere from Harjeet to Gary Tan. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Why You Should Build Your Investor Team Like A Sports Team & How To Leverage The Abilities Of Your Investors Effectively with Ted Blosser, Founder & CEO @ WorkRamp
- ▶ 0:18 Harry Stebbings You might remember we had Alexis Ohanian and Gary Tan at Initialize Capital on the show a couple of weeks ago, and Alexis mentioned their most recent investment in a company called WorkRamp. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:29 Ted Blosser Um, I know Gary Tan and Alexis Ohanian from our investors at Initialize, they've been very, very good in helping us build our brand. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:17 Ted Blosser And we wanted to apply those same growth strategies to the enterprise market, especially with Alexa's experience with Reddit and Gary's experience with Posturus and their time at YC.
- ▶ 24:23 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say a huge thank you to Gary and Alexis at Initialize Capital for the intro to TED today, without which the show would not have been possible.
20VC: Biggest Takeaways From Working With Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston, Why You Should Put Off Hiring For As Long As Possible & Why Seed Stage Investing Is All About Optimising The Top Of The Funnel with Harj Taggar, Founder & CEO @ Triplebyte
- ▶ 6:13 Harry Stebbings And a former guest on the show, Gary Tannen, initialized. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:44 Harry Stebbings I'm intrigued now, having been both an investor with Alexis and Gary in the early days of Initialized, and a founder, 2 times in the scene
20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
- ▶ 8:41 Harry Stebbings We recently had Gary Tan on the show from Initialized, and Gary said that if, if you're thesis driven, to a large extent, you'll miss it out on a lot of things in terms of drones or. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Reddit's Alexis Ohanian on How It All Started With Paul Graham @ YC, The Biggest Surprises About Making The Move Into VC & Why Alexis Believes All The Best Investors Have Operating Experience
- ▶ 0:28 Harry Stebbings After graduating from UVA in 2005, Alexis and his co-founder Steve Huffman started Reddit, which they then sold in 2006 to Condé Nast, and in 2015, Alexis returned in a full-time capacity with Steve Huffman as the two returned to the helm…
- ▶ 3:44 Alexis Ohanian And similarly, he had seen that Gary, Gary Tan, Harge Taggart, and I were independently good angel investors. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:55 Alexis Ohanian What it comes down to though, is having someone in the office hours and Gary
- ▶ 12:01 Alexis Ohanian I love watching Gary do this cause he's a master of it. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:07 Alexis Ohanian Gary, in fact, wrote just about all of the modern code that powers Y Combinator. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:42 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say how excited I am to have Alexis' partner at Initialize Gary Tan on the show on Wednesday, so stay tuned for that, and a huge thanks to Alexis for giving up the time today to come on the show. 2 times in the scene