Nat Friedman
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 6, 2019 by Alex Wang · said 47 times in 16 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (28), Vince Hankes (4), Mike Mignano (4), Mitchell Green (2), Alex Wang (2), Sridhar Ramaswamy (1), Rahul Vohra (1), Mike Krieger (1)
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2026 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2025 33 mentions in 10 episodes 3 per episode
- ElevenLabs CEO/Co-Founder, Mati Staniszewski:The Untold Story of Europe’s Fastest Growing AI Startup · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Anthropic's $10B Round, Klarna's IPO, Inside a16z's 72 Deal Seed Investment Machine ft. Marc Benioff · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | Microsoft Layoff 9000 People | OpenAI's Bombshell · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Predictions for 2026: Top Buy & Biggest Short | Why Salesforce Could Win & NVIDIA’s Challenges · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- a16z's David George on the Most Controversial Bet at a16z & Do Margins and Revenue Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2023 4 mentions in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Scale Founder Alex Wang on How To Hire Incredible Talent Before You Are A Hot Company, Why Beating Competition Is Not As Clear Cut As Investors Believe & Why AI Is Under-Hyped Today In Terms of Total Impact
- 20VC: Superhuman's Rahul Vohra on How To Measure Product Market Fit, How To Construct A Process To Increase It & How To Implement A Strong Feedback and Reporting Cycle To Sustain It
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Everything said about Nat Friedman, oldest first
Sep 6, 2019 neutral
Wang: Founders should prioritize true believers over brand name when raising
“You want to optimize for the brand and you want to optimize for like the ability for them to help your business, but probably the number one indicator of that is just like, how big a believer are they in you and what you're doing?”
Sep 8, 2025 positive
Staniszewski: Nat Friedman was the only investor to test ElevenLabs' APIs
“Which was the only investor ever to do that was, so I tested your APIs and this thing doesn't work. This works. Voice here wasn't good. A stability wasn't very clear parameter. So he was the only person that tested our APIs, decided that it was actually valuab…”
Jul 6, 2026 positive
Mignano: Nat Friedman introduced him to Suno co-founder Mikey Shulman
“Yeah, when Nat would send me a deal, which he did on multiple occasions, and I, and by the way, that's actually how I met Mikey from Suno You know, I always knew to pay attention. You know, if Nat's sending me a deal I gotta pay attention to that.”