regulation

“We as a DCM, as a fund, really saw that, ah, regulations were shifting in a way that we hadn't seen in the last couple of decades, and so this led to a real market opportunity for innovators, and I think Ease is certainly one of them.”

“One of the reasons that I think cost of capital for startups is so high is because there's lack of regulation.”

“The idea of I'm just gonna ignore it or be big enough until I have a voice and then I'll lobby. I think it's a very binary and costly strategy.”

“Deeply understand the regulation, both what is the current regulation and what's proposed. Regulation is constantly evolving, and you actually want to be close to where it's headed, not just to the current state.”

“Markets with high barrier to entry, they are likely to be places where you can make a huge difference because Innovation is so hard because of regulation that people don't even try.”

“The obvious thing that's gonna happen if they do put regulations around this is just further entrench the power of the big five companies.”

“The challenge in China is, you know, again, what drive valuation? Consistency and predictability. So right now there is no predictability on regulations, right? So it's hard to invest.”

“No entrepreneur ever Has not started a company because of regulation. So best entrepreneurs say goes through walls made out of titanium to make it happen. So I think, you know, in some sense, you know, it's an excuse.”

“It's far more likely to see some kind of regulation of Chinese AI companies, not obviously taking control, but some kind of pushback there. I think that's highly likely, but not US.”