Sam
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 15, 2025 by Rory O'Driscoll · said 8 times in 7 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (6), Simon Squibb (1), Hemant Taneja (1)
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- BVP Partner, Byron Deeter: The Future of Venture - Why Chanel vs Walmart is BS · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Figma’s IPO: The Full Breakdown & Why Melio’s $2.5BN Acquisition is “Discouraging” · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Sam, oldest first
May 15, 2025 positive
O'Driscoll: Sam Bankman-Fried Showed Remarkable Venture Investment Talent
“The fact that Sam invested early in Entropic and Curse is astonishing. Right. What a talent, you know, what a willingness to look at new stuff in 21 before the chat GPT moment, you know, when it was just, you know, crazy stuff that, you know, people were sayin…”
Nov 20, 2025 neutral
Lemkin: OpenAI's IPO will be delayed until mid-2027 as Altman secures alternative financing
“I think that's a good idea. I think Sam will come up with so much alternative financing. It'll slip into mid 27, but I think that's the straw man today would be my guess. Like that's the plan, but there'll be so much, so many other sources of maybe the governm…”