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Inside Sequoia's Investment Committee | How the SpaceX & Citadel Deals Went Down | Julien Bek
- ▶ 15:57 Julien Bek Um, he, so he has the competitive juices of messy, but coupled with like the technical depth of someone who's been working in tech his whole career.
Anthropic Raises $45B but Falls Short on Compute & Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:14:41 unnamed speaker And in fact, the way Lionel Messi monetized being Lionel Messi when he came to America is an example of that. 2 times in the scene
Predictions for 2026: Top Buy & Biggest Short | Why Salesforce Could Win & NVIDIA’s Challenges · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:32 unnamed speaker And you know, it's kind of one of those things where, you know, every year it's kind of try and come up with someone else, but we all know it's messy.
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour on Raising $1BN, CNN and CNBC Deals & the Polymarket Feud · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 11:26 Tarek Mansour That's just how these rivalries work, like Messi, Ronaldo, right? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:22 Tarek Mansour I mean, look, my, my, my almighty goat is messy. 9 times in the scene
20Product: Should We Kill the PM Role Entirely | How Does Product Design Change Most in a World of AI | How Do Monzo Build Product Today: What Works, What Does Not | Why Most Product Sucks and What Makes Truly Great Product
- ▶ 3:43 Fernando Fanton You think Messi's chill?
Dax Dasilva: $900M ARR at $2.6BN Market Cap?! Lightspeed, The Most Undervalued Public Company |E1188 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 37:30 Harry Stebbings Do you think that's the case in a world of Greta Thunberg, Attenborough, um, influencers like Ronaldo, or Messi, or you name it,
Alexis Ohanian: The Full P&L Breakdown of the World's Most Valuable Women's Sports Team | E1187 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 29:40 Alexis Ohanian To, to start dreaming of our players, and either idolizing them, putting their poster on the wall, and it's starting now, even Natalie has this great thing, she said her son has a poster of Messi, and a poster of Alex Morgan on her wall.
- ▶ 53:38 Alexis Ohanian The messy effect has been phenomenal.
Ara Mahdessian: ServiceTitan Would Not Be the Success if We Raised VC Earlier | E1175 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 47:22 Harry Stebbings Will the MLS sustain post-Messi? 2 times in the scene
Alex Wang: Why Data Not Compute is the Bottleneck to Foundation Model Performance | E1164 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 48:25 Harry Stebbings And that transcends actually when you look at Lionel Messi at Miami, when you look at Margot Robbie with Barbie, the celebritization of individuals in organizations or in movements drives everything.
Mario Schlosser: "How to Deal with a 94% Decline in Market Cap" | E1136 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 36:35 Mario Schlosser Just like you wouldn't compare yourself to Messi, right?
The Ultimate AI Roundtable: What Happens Now in AI, Why Google are Vulnerable | E1085 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 26:07 Des Traynor And the answer is clearly like Lionel Messi, but you could say something like according to transfer market, the answer is Lionel Messi, right? 2 times in the scene
Des Traynor: How to Survive and Thrive in a World of OpenAI | E1082 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 43:27 Des Traynor And the answer is clearly like Lionel Messi, but you could say something like, according to TransferMarket, 2 times in the scene
Danny Cohen: From Leading the BBC to Leading Venture Capitalist |E1079 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 22:55 Harry Stebbings You mentioned obviously Cyrus Newk and David Hockney there, you know, we saw, um, Lionel Messi agree in his MLS deal actually to have a revenue share with Apple TV.
20VC: The Biggest AI Leaders on What Matters More; Model Size or Data Size & Where Does The Value in AI Accrue; to Startups or to Incumbents
- ▶ 12:27 Richard Socher So that your model, you can ask about Messi's Miami switch or something, and it will just talk to you about that, even though the LM itself couldn't be trained.
Richard Socher: The 3 Biggest Barriers to Building AGI; AI Startups vs Incumbents | E1050 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 21:01 Richard Socher We had to build this very complex search backend with a ton of data in it and knowing when to retrieve what facts from the internet so that your model, you can ask about Messi's, uh, Miami switch or something.
Adam Mosseri: Why Video Is Bad For Business; Does Feed Matter Anymore? | E1039 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 58:20 Harry Stebbings Ronaldo or Messi. 3 times in the scene
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: How to Build Moats Against Incumbents; How to Hire Engineers | 20VC #931 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 7:11 Tarek Mansour Um, I don't know what you call these, like a chart where you have different attributes, like speed dribbling, you know, shooting, and then, you know, you have players that are balanced, you have players like Messi, which are like low and…
20VC: Niccolo De Masi on The Bursting Of The Tech Bubble and What It Takes To Be A Celebrity Partner with Glu Mobile
- ▶ 29:42 Niccolo De Masi Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, David Beckham, they have big social followings for men.
- ▶ 33:30 Niccolo De Masi A Vin Diesel, a Lionel Messi. 3 times in the scene
20 VC 082: 500 Startups Week: Growth Hacking 101: How To 10x Your Conversion with Matt Lerner, Head of Distro Dojo London
- ▶ 7:53 Matt Lerner So it's like that, what's that Lionel Messi quote?