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Jensen Huang Declares AGI Has Arrived | Tesla Launches Cybercabs | Index Pulls Out of Town
- ▶ 32:01 Rory O'Driscoll So if we regulate open AI and anthropic with all the noise that that would have, I don't know if that helps you, because if you're worried about cyber, you're, we said this last week, you're really worried about the North Koreans, the…
The AI Bubble WILL Burst | Should we be fearful of Chinese Open-Source | Jerry Murdock
- ▶ 1:18 Harry Stebbings Now, I want to touch first on something that you said to me before, which was you said if the Iran war continues to fester, then you expect to see a correction, and depending on the depth of the correction, the AI bubble will burst between… 3 times in the scene
Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix & Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 58:16 unnamed speaker They are definitely in the burn the boats because you're stuck in Persia, um, because you've got to figure this out.
SpaceX Launches Largest Ever IPO | OpenAI Files to Go Public | Uber Cuts 23% of HR · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 2:55 Harry Stebbings That's why you normally leave it, obviously, as close as you can, because you don't want an Iran-Israel, a Broadcom moving markets, and then putting you in a precarious position.
Jake Paul: Traditional VC is Toast & Attention is More Valuable than Cash · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 36:57 Harry Stebbings Iran is, is a challenging situation he's got himself into.
99% of Drone Companies Will Die & Why Anduril’s Products Aren’t an Ethics Debate | Matthew Steckman · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:38 Harry Stebbings Is there other, like, an ethical question of, do we agree with sending thousands of missiles to Iran?
- ▶ 31:46 Matthew Steckman Now, I don't know if you've seen, but there's like a war going on with Iran. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:32 Harry Stebbings Is there either like an ethical question of like, do we agree with sending thousands of missiles to Iran?
- ▶ 38:48 Harry Stebbings Are Android drones used in Iran?
Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins? | The Data Center Arms Race | The Ultimate Stock Picks · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 9:43 Rory O'Driscoll I mean, Polymarket and Kelsey were able to tell you the date at which we were going to attack Iran.
Shervin Pishevar: What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | E1245 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:33 Shervin Pishevar She was a teacher for 14 years in Iran, and when we escaped the revolution, um, and came to America, she started all over again.
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn & Paypal Founder: Trump Administration, Elon Musk and DOGE | E1239 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 7:14 Reid Hoffman Now, that being said, there are places that, um, either have, um, like for example, take Iran, who have, are bad actors within the international context.
Torsten Reil, Helsing Founder: Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | E1237 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 25:36 Harry Stebbings Iran, North Korea.
- ▶ 39:46 Harry Stebbings Do we underestimate the capabilities of Russia and Iran specifically? 3 times in the scene
Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:00 Harry Stebbings Sean Maguire said on the show that Iran is the greatest evil.
- ▶ 1:26:13 Matt Grimm I think we're seeing it play out in Ukraine right now, uh, and I think we're seeing it play out with, uh, Iranian missiles that they're lobbing at Israel, uh, uh, from, you know, western, western Iran. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:28:56 Harry Stebbings Sean Maguire said on the show, with that in mind, that Iran is the greatest evil. 2 times in the scene
Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:21 Shaun Maguire The Iranian philosophy, when you're losing, is to create chaos. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:32 Shaun Maguire I think the most real evil right now is probably the Iranian regime. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:44 Shaun Maguire They've had literally the worst possible Iran policy, which has been appeasement, believing that they can, like, turn Iran through nice words and actions. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:30 Shaun Maguire Uh, at dealing with Russia, the best at dealing with Iran, the best at dealing with China. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:50 Shaun Maguire Is Iranian nuclear program, and allegedly they, they have just recently obtained nuclear weapons. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:02 Harry Stebbings Iran would heavily like a Harris win.
Ara Mahdessian: ServiceTitan Would Not Be the Success if We Raised VC Earlier | E1175 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:22 Ara Mahdessian And so for me, you know, for some context, so, uh, I'm Armenian American, uh, but I was actually born in Iran and I was born during the Iran-Iraq war. 2 times in the scene
Michael Eisenberg: How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race | E1167 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 25:44 Michael Eisenberg We shouldn't lose sight of the nuclear ones because there's these terrible people in Iran out there, you know, who are looking to acquire a nuclear weapon. 3 times in the scene
Mark Suster: Why Private Equity Will Replace IPOs and M&A as the Exit Path | E1147 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 54:31 Mark Suster We were forced out of Iran and Iraq.
Trae Stephens: Why No Company is Successful Because of their VC | E1135 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 49:01 Trae Stephens You know, Iran, Russia. 2 times in the scene
Matthew Prince: The Two Biggest Mistakes Every Founder Makes | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 14:59 Matthew Prince I'm proud of the fact that in Iran, um, there are women who are organizing protests that are using our technology to do it in a, in a private, secure way.
Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon: Israeli Resilience in Crisis | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 26:17 Michael Eisenberg Uh, which is the Iranians and the supporters of Hamas ISIS and the supporters of Hezbollah are working overtime in Europe to try to claim that the images of the beheaded babies are false.
- ▶ 36:54 Michael Eisenberg When they, when they say, when Iran says they're coming to destroy Israel,
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..
- ▶ 17:35 Dara Khosrowshahi I do think that the events of Iran and our family losing everything, and we had a huge family, big family business, etc. 3 times in the scene
David Marcus: How I Came to Lead PayPal; Why FB's Crypto Failed; How AI Fixes Inequality | E1001 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 20:30 Harry Stebbings I think we're all focused on the minutiae, and it's like, hang on a minute, the Saudi Iran deal that was struck in the last few weeks means that the US dollar has kind of been unpegged as the reserve currency for oil that it's had for so…
Dara Khosrowshahi: How I Became CEO of Uber; Uber Eats vs DoorDash; The Postmates Acquisition | E994 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:25 Harry Stebbings I think it'll be fantastic, but I want to start with something from Ali, actually, because Ali told me about your family in Iran losing everything way back, and I all believe that we're kind of functions of our past, and so I'm really… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 41:59 Dara Khosrowshahi I was a kid just here from Iran, and it just captured my imagination.
Bill Ackman: SVB Collapse; Biden vs Trump; How I Lost $400M on Netflix; Bill's 10-Year Long | E991 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:03:51 Bill Ackman We have, uh, China brokering a Saudi, uh, uh, Iranian, uh, rapprochement.
Hadi Partovi: How I Became an Advisor to Mark Zuckerberg; Lessons from Steve Ballmer | 20VC #961 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 2:03 Hadi Partovi Uh, I grew up in Tehran, Iran.
- ▶ 3:58 Hadi Partovi Back in Iran, my grandparents and their brothers, they were all
Brad Gerstner: How I Pick Companies; Lessons from Warren Buffet; Chamath vs Gurley | E935 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 2:07 Brad Gerstner Um, we had hostages in Iran.
Gary Vee: My First 3 Angel Investments; Why I Changed My Mind on Facebook Video | 20VC #899 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:41 Gary Vaynerchuk Unlike Iran,
20VC: Sweetgreen Founder Jonathan Neman on Leadership Lessons from Managing Through COVID, The Importance of Failing Fast and Iterating & How the Best Leaders Bring Together Brand, Capital Allocation and Strategy
- ▶ 38:53 John Neman I've learned so much from him as, you know, immigrated here from Iran as an Iranian Jew and had to restart his life and build his business and his family, and I think from him I've learned, for me, success is not just success in business.
20VC: Databricks CEO, Ali Ghodsi on The 3 Phases of Startup Growth, How to Evaluate Risk and Downside Scenario Planning & Who, What and When To Hire When Scaling Your Go-To-Market
- ▶ 2:09 Harry Stebbings That is very kind of you, but I actually spoke to Ben before the show, and he mentioned you're fleeing to Iran as a refugee and living in a Swedish ghetto, so it's a little bit of a different start for me, bluntly, but an offshoot is how… 4 times in the scene
20VC: Pejman Nozad: Tech's Most Unlikely VC: From Yoghurt Shop To Investing In Startups Now Worth $20Bn+
- ▶ 0:34 Harry Stebbings Having immigrated from Iran, he lived in an attic above a yogurt shop and took a job at a rug store in the valley, but he immersed himself in what was happening in technology, and slowly, with a few small investments, he developed a…
- ▶ 3:53 Pejman Nozad You know, maybe I should give a little background that, you know, I grew up in Iran, and, you know, I was a big soccer fan. 6 times in the scene
20VC: Floodgate's Mike Maples on What Makes Category Kings, What Most Venture Funds Do Wrong When Hiring & 'The Dance Of Product Market Fit'
- ▶ 23:42 Mike Maples One time I was at Twitter and somebody told me that the State Department had asked them not to bring their servers down for daily maintenance because, uh, the, the State Department thought that the Iranian election was being stolen and…