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Anthropic's $30T Assumption & OpenAI Confirms IPO | Why Customer Service & Robotics are Overinflated
- ▶ 44:35 Jason Lemkin The information said when Stripe bought it.
Arena CEO: There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model & Data is a Trillion Dollar Market
- ▶ 14:08 Anastasios Angelopoulos The information just reported on this.
Should the US Ban Chinese Open-Source Models | OpenRouter's Chance To Sell | Stripe Buying PayPal
- ▶ 43:27 Rory O'Driscoll The foundation models continue to grow, and we just saw that article information that, you know, for all the training data companies, the vast majority of their revenue comes from the foundation models, to which your correct response is no…
The SaaS Apocalypse: Who Lives & Who Dies | Insight Partners Co-Founder, Jerry Murdock · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 53:53 Jerry Murdock And they came to me and it was, this was written about in the information by Amira Frati, the story about it, but basically these guys were nice guys and I couldn't let them down.
Citrini Research Breakdown: Agents, "Ghost GDP", Consumer Spend | Figma Earnings Beat · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 58:42 Jason Lemkin I mean, and granted the open AI slides were leaked to the information, right?
Predictions for 2026: Top Buy & Biggest Short | Why Salesforce Could Win & NVIDIA’s Challenges · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:02:36 unnamed speaker I think one of the interesting questions on both SpaceX and OpenAI and actually all these in general, and we kind of hit on it last week, and then I just saw a really good information article is the bankers are finally getting to grips…
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
- ▶ 25:30 Harry Stebbings Um, you know, there was, there was a good piece from the information this week about Benchmark lowering their ownership requirements, and McCall being the example.
Sequoia Partner, David Cahn on Who Wins in AI, Defence & The New $0–$100M Playbook · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:33 David Cahn And the information has done a very good job of reporting on this, but I think we're at the beginning now of seeing some of that play out as well.
- ▶ 23:22 David Cahn And again, the information has done a really nice job reporting on this.
General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 36:58 Harry Stebbings Yes, but you also then look at the information, did this incredible chart.
Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:15:28 Rory O'Driscoll I tweeted something that's gone viral, though, which is, you know, the, the information of SADA, the information TV, which competes with TBPN, and they had, and they had Mark Zuckerberg on for the first episode, and it got, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:15:28 Rory O'Driscoll I tweeted something that's gone viral, though, which is, you know, the, the information of SADA, the information TV, which competes with TBPN, and they had, and they had Mark Zuckerberg on for the first episode, and it got,
Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | Microsoft Layoff 9000 People | OpenAI's Bombshell · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 19:19 unnamed speaker Well, information said open AI has more SBC this year than revenue. 2 times in the scene
Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: WTF Happens Now? The Future of the Late Stage Private Market · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 7:53 Rory O'Driscoll You know, I saw, um, information estimates of a valuation of seven or eight billion.
Saam Motamedi: Why Series B Won’t Make Money & Why $1M ARR is a BS Milestone for Series A | E1177 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:44 Saam Motamedi I think the information ran a piece last Friday that opening eyes at 3.4 billion of ARR and it's doubled in the last several months.
Jason Lemkin: Predictions for 2024 - What Does a Trump Administration do for Startups? | E1099 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 2:10 Jason Lemkin Um, but if literally they are, the funny thing about OpenAI is, you know, if they ended the year at 1.4 billion run rate, uh, at which the information said, and let's assume it was a hundred, you know, a hundred million at the start of the…
- ▶ 55:20 Jason Lemkin You know, people talk about that, um, and the only question I have is, um, it, based on what I've seen in the information and others, the losses are still significant.
DEBATE: State of Seed Investing w/ Jason Lemkin, Sam Lessin, Frank Rotman & Harry Stebbings | E1047 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 57:59 Sam Lessin I promise you, if you read the information, there have been many articles published recently about people dramatically cutting slash underfunding funds, combining funds to bulk them up, because they can't raise the vertical vehicles, et…
Emad Mostaque: These 5 Companies Will Win the AI War; Why We Need National Data Sets | E1015 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 21:41 Emad Mostaque You know, and so this is why you've seen, like, articles in the information, like Microsoft say OpenAI aren't compliant, and OpenAI say Microsoft on this.
Clubhouse CEO Paul Davison: What does Clubhouse do now to regain mindshare? | | 20VC #929 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 43:46 Paul Davison Um, I like the information by James Glick, which is about the history of literally information and how it travels and how we record it.
Oren Zeev: How I Raised $1 BILLION in 12 Months | 20VC #888 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 5:27 Harry Stebbings I do want to start, and we're going to kind of deconstruct a load of different elements, um, a little bit kind of boring from the article in the information which I loved, but if we start with the cadence of deployment, um, this was the…
- ▶ 17:57 Harry Stebbings One that I'm fascinated by, and it was brilliant in the information article, which was, you know, the mention on ownership. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Slow Ventures' Sam Lessin on How VC Forces Certain Companies To Exist and Makes It Difficult To Finance Others, Why Cities Won't Let Scooter Companies Be Profitable and Why Dapps Are A Concern and Where Emphasis Should Be Placed In Crypto
- ▶ 22:58 Sam Lessin You know, my wife runs an application called The Information, and I would argue the news coming out of Asia and China is read very heavily by people in Silicon Valley in a way that wasn't historically true and cared about a lot.
20VC: 3 Key Differences Between US and Asian Tech Markets & With Such Large Incumbents Chasing Early Acquisitions, Is There A Market For Later Stage VC with Crystal Huang, Investor @ GGV Capital
- ▶ 23:47 Crystal Huang Well, I guess like everybody, I read the information and the stratechery, and
20VC: Why This Is Just The Start for Consumer Mobile, 3 Lessons China Taught About How To Invest Better In The US & How To Think About The Opportunity Cost of Capital Deployment with Hans Tung, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
20VC: Index's Mike Volpi on Making The Move From Player To Coach, What It Takes To Build Generation Defining Brands & How Europe Really Stacks Up To The US Venture Market
- ▶ 26:15 Mike Volpi In terms of tech, I, I, I love the work Jessica Lesson is doing over the information. 2 times in the scene
20VC: How Every VC Firm Is A Marketplace, Why A Large Amount of Promise in AI Today Is Impossible & Entrepreneurs 3 Main Pain Points of Fundraising with Alex Mittal, Founder & CEO @ Funders Club
- ▶ 27:15 Alex Mittal Yeah, I think it's pretty new, and, uh, Jessica at, uh, The Information.
20VC: Benchmark's Scott Belsky on What Makes Truly The Best VCs? Why Entrepreneurs Must Focus on 'The First Mile' & The Key Ingredients To The Perfect Onboarding Process
- ▶ 24:51 Scott Belsky I enjoy on the technology side, I enjoy a lot of Jessica's, uh, stuff on the information.
20VC: Why The Evolution of Digital Media Presents A Multi $Bn Opportunity with Brit Morin, Founder & CEO @ Brit + Co
- ▶ 12:33 Harry Stebbings I'm a, I'm a big fan of the information, uh, by Jessica Lesson. 4 times in the scene
20VC: Dave Morin on Why Building A Fund Is Like A Company, Why Venture Is A Craft & The Journey To Establish Slow Ventures
- ▶ 18:22 Harry Stebbings Sam has this in the information too, doesn't it?
- ▶ 24:19 Dave Morin I love the information.
20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
- ▶ 23:56 Adam Leibsohn I catch the information, uh, and email a bunch.
20VC: Maximising Engagement and Retention on Mobile & Why There Should Always Be Availability To A Free Product with Sean Brecker, CEO @ Headspace
- ▶ 23:28 Sean Brecker But I'd say, you know, the ones I read every day are the information and recode.
20VC: YC's Justin Kan on The 3 Qualities All Successful Investors Have & Why 'VCs Don't Really Do Any Real Work'?
- ▶ 22:23 Justin Kan And then after that, probably the information, uh,
20VC: What LP's Want In VCs with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
- ▶ 23:24 Beezer Clarkson I read a lot, so I don't know if I could say just one, but I'd say my typical morning involves reading everything from term sheets, strictly VC, PE hub, information, full ratchet, the skim, trusted insight, tech EU, I try to stay up on…
20VC: The Information's Jessica Lessin on The Future For Online Journalism & The Benefits Of A Subscription Based Business Model
- ▶ 0:05 Harry Stebbings Now, on Wednesday, we heard the journey of Sam Lesson, so now it's time to hear the journey of his other half, Jessica Lesson, founder and editor-in-chief of The Information. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 0:55 Harry Stebbings But before we dive into all things, the information, if today's dual romance episodes with Sam and Jessica Lesson have got you feeling romantic, then you can head over to lisa.com forward slash VC and surprise your other half with a Lisa…
- ▶ 1:44 Harry Stebbings Now it's time to meet the fantastic Jessica Lesson, founder and editor in chief at The Information. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:00 Harry Stebbings And I have to ask then, slightly going back to the Wall Street Journal days, what were the takeaways from working at such a kind of journalistic behemoth as the Wall Street Journal that you've taken with you and adapted to the information… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:14 Harry Stebbings And I'd love to hear then, moving then specifically to the information, if we were to address that same, uh, strategic approach to the information and kind of profile the avatar of your average reader, uh, and then the relative values for… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:10 Jessica Lessin And, you know, we have other reporters at the information who, who are similarly sort of cut, who, who love that. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:24 Harry Stebbings And I'd love to discuss now one of the, the main, um, problems that probably online journalism houses have faced in, in the past couple of years, which is the monetization, which we, we've just discussed, obviously the information doesn't… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:31 Jessica Lessin Now, now, obviously, as we've been rapidly growing our business, I mean, I certainly want to, and we see the information as a publication that, you know, can reach massive audiences over time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:48 Harry Stebbings And, and you mentioned that your growth, and I have to ask, because the information now is, is such a substantial, uh, organization and such a brilliant organization and publishing house. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:42 Jessica Lessin I think, you know, we have orders of magnitude more than emails and we have subscribers right now, maybe one order of magnitude more, just from people who have expressed interest in the information. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:46 Harry Stebbings Okay, and then if you could start the information process again and change one thing, what would you change? 5 times in the scene
20VC: Sam Lessin on Why Bots Will Change Business & The Internet Has Mostly Failed
- ▶ 0:53 Harry Stebbings And if that was not enough, he's also an intern at The Information, where he reports directly to the boss,
- ▶ 10:51 Sam Lessin Yeah, I mean that, I wrote an article from IWISE publication called The Information about this, um, a few months ago.
- ▶ 21:25 Harry Stebbings Yeah, and for everyone listening, it is literally the best, the highest quality, and it's the information. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:57 Harry Stebbings I really do appreciate the support, and we look very forward to our follow-up interview on Friday with Sam's better half, Jessica Lessin, founder at The Information.
20VC: Raising A Solo GP Fund & Why They Are So Prominent Today with Charles Hudson, Managing Partner @ Precursor Ventures
- ▶ 24:26 Charles Hudson You know, I really like reading the information. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Lowercase's Matt Mazzeo on Being Chris Sacca's Partner and The 3 KPIs to Successful Investing
- ▶ 30:23 Matt Mazzeo The information, Jessica Lesson. 3 times in the scene
20VC: Tyler Willis on How To Be Innovative With Customer Acquisition and The Future Of Innovation
- ▶ 22:18 Tyler Willis I really like the information. 4 times in the scene