TSMC

10 statements across 8 episodes · 7 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 11, 2024 by Matt Grimm · said 58 times in 24 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Rory O'Driscoll (20), Harry Stebbings (13), Andrew Feldman (6), Daniel Khachab (2), Anastasios Angelopoulos (2), Alex Schultz (2), Steeve Morin (1), Stan Boland (1)

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2026 39 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
2025 13 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode
2024 6 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode

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Everything said about TSMC, oldest first

Nov 11, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Grimm: TSMC's Arizona plant yields are slightly outperforming its Taiwan factories
“We're already seeing the early results at the TSMC plant in Arizona that has some pretty good yields that are Slightly outperforming the yields of their Taiwan factories.”
Matt Grimm Nov 11, 2024 ▶ 7:00 Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 24, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Morin details profit margins across TSMC, Nvidia, and cloud providers
“Nvidia, like a TSMC sells you at 60% margin. Nvidia sells you at, you know, 90% margin. And on top of that, there's Amazon that takes, let's say a 30% margin.”
Steeve Morin Feb 24, 2025 ▶ 15:30 Steeve Morin: Why Google Will Win the AI Arms Race & OpenAI Will Not | E1262 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 6, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Feldman: TSMC fab expansion speed bottlenecks global AI chip supply
“TSMC can't build fabs fast enough. I think the truth is, is that these are both for TSMC and Samsung. These fabs are the most amazing manufacturing plants on the planet. And, you know, these are 30,000,000,050 billion dollar factories. And the, their ability t…”
Andrew Feldman Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 43:23 Cerebras CEO, Andrew Feldman on Why Raise $1BN and Delay the IPO & Why NVIDIA’s Worried About Growth · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 29, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
O'Driscoll: TSMC raising CapEx budget to $50B amid infinite AI demand
“They just did their earnings call, and the comment was, you know, basically, demand for compute is effectively infinite right now, and they're raising their capex. Remember, these are not kind of, these are folks who say, I'm going to spend fifty billion dolla…”
Rory O'Driscoll Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 33:03 Anthropic Inference Costs Skyrocket |TikTok Deal Closes |The IPO Market:Wealthfront & EquipmentShare · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 16, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2027
O'Driscoll: Tech giants won't cut AI spending in 2026, keeping Nvidia sold out
“No one's going to blink on their investments for twenty-twenty-six. You actually know the next four quarters of NVIDIA announcement. You know the next four quarters of every one of the infrastructure, which is every single thing we can make. If you can count t…”
Rory O'Driscoll Apr 16, 2026 ▶ 53:38 SpaceX's Financials Leaked: Is it Worth $2TN | Meta Debuts Muse Spark: Are They Back in the AI Race? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2026 bullish
Disclosure
Feldman says Cerebras avoids TSMC CoWoS supply bottlenecks by not using it
“We are advantaged by the fact that there are constraints on COOS at TSMC. We don't use COOS.”
Andrew Feldman May 26, 2026 ▶ 14:39 Cerebras CEO on the Future of Data Centres, Token Costs & Memory | Should US Companies Sell to China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2026 positive
Opinion
Feldman argues TSMC, ASML, and Samsung are effective semiconductor supply chain chokepoints
“I think the chip industry Requires you to go through TSMC, and TSMC requires you to go through ASML or Samsung. I think there are reasonable choke points to manage those challenges.”
Andrew Feldman May 26, 2026 ▶ 46:41 Cerebras CEO on the Future of Data Centres, Token Costs & Memory | Should US Companies Sell to China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2026 positive
Opinion
Feldman proposes granting TSMC and Samsung 20-year exemptions from local US ordinances
“I would allow TSMC and Samsung both to a 20 year period free from all local and legal, local ordinances, all of them, to build fabs in their desired location in the US.”
Andrew Feldman May 26, 2026 ▶ 49:10 Cerebras CEO on the Future of Data Centres, Token Costs & Memory | Should US Companies Sell to China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 23, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
O'Driscoll: Nvidia and TSMC Have No Written Contract Despite 30-Year Partnership
“You have the NVIDIA relationship with TSMC, which famously, they don't even have a written contract. They've dealt with each other for 30 years.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 23, 2026 ▶ 1:21:46 Should the US Ban Chinese Open-Source Models | OpenRouter's Chance To Sell | Stripe Buying PayPal
Aug 2, 2026 negative
Opinion
Angelopoulos: Silicon Valley investors are "total bitches" about revenue concentration
“The first is that I think that Silicon Valley investors have become total bitches with respect to revenue concentration. It's like, what the, what are you talking about? Like TSMC has revenue concentration. There's businesses that are like many hundreds of bil…”
Anastasios Angelopoulos Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 47:16 Arena CEO: There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model & Data is a Trillion Dollar Market
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