Larry Ellison

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 7, 2024 by Eiso Kant · said 70 times in 26 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Oct 7, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kant: $100B is merely the starting price to become an AI hyperscaler
“If you want to become a hyperscaler that is able to put data centers all over the world with GPUs in it that is, that are going to allow you to serve these models to everyone, an infrastructure player, that's probably it. And that's probably just a starting po…”
Eiso Kant Oct 7, 2024 ▶ 31:57 Eiso Kant, CTO @Poolside: Raising $600M To Compete in the Race for AGI | E1211 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 4, 2024 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Altman: Entering the AI foundation model race will cost under $100 billion
“No, I think it will cost less than that”
Sam Altman Nov 4, 2024 ▶ 30:11 Sam Altman: What Startups Will be Steamrolled by OpenAI & Where is Opportunity | E1223 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 26, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
O'Driscoll: Larry Ellison expanded Oracle ownership to 41% via stock buybacks
“He now owns 41% of Oracle, right? What's he done? Every year he's run that business superbly. It's got 43% operating margins, and he's used that cash to buy back shares.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jun 26, 2025 ▶ 51:04 Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 26, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
O'Driscoll: Oracle abandoned stock buybacks to fund massive AI CapEx
“One is the stock really popped 40%, right? And he got a lot of cloud credit, but the interesting thing is this is the year he actually abandoned the buyback strategy, because this is the first year where instead of taking all that cash and buying shares back, …”
Rory O'Driscoll Jun 26, 2025 ▶ 51:24 Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 4, 2025
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Lemkin: Reaching $100M ARR in 10 Months Requires AI and Inbound
“So you literally can't brute force a hundred million in 10 months with humans. It's just maybe, maybe, maybe Larry Ellison or Mark Benioff could, but I don't think anyone else, there's just not enough calls and like, you can't go from one to a hundred in 10 mo…”
Jason Lemkin Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 40:03 Eventbrite Sold for $500M, Databricks $5B Raise at $134B Valuation & Why SaaS is Like Japan · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 2, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: CA wealth tax model counted revenue from departed Larry Ellison
“And the tax itself assumed massive amounts from Larry Ellison, who's been gone a half decade, right?”
Jason Lemkin Apr 2, 2026 ▶ 1:04:56 OpenAI Kills Sora & Hits $100M ARR on Ads | Oura Going Public & Whoop Raises at $10BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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