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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Cohen: Nobody will use Concur, Amex GBT, or Salesforce by 2028
“In five years from now, nobody is using, going to use Conquer and Emacs. Nobody, by the way, nobody is going to use Salesforce.”
Ariel Cohen Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 24:12 Ariel Cohen: The Death of Salesforce; How OpenAI is Changing the Travel Industry | 20VC #975 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Partly supported
Cohen: Navan's co-founder vibe-coded their expense product in six hours
“I gave the team a challenge, and actually Ilan, my co-founder, obviously took it first and did it over the weekend to vibe code our expense product. And it took him six hours to do that.”
Ariel Cohen Feb 7, 2026 ▶ 29:49 20VC: From $6.2BN Market Cap to $2.8BN: What Is Not Translating About Navan's Public Story | Are Any Public Company CEOs Actually Happy? | Why Navan Built It's Own Customer Service AI and What it Could Mean For Customer Service AI with Ariel Cohen
Assertion Supported
Cohen: Navan's AI handled 55% of support chats during JFK shutdown
“55% of the chats were run through Eva, ok? Our call center, in the worst time during this event, The wait time was 16 minutes, one six.”
Ariel Cohen Feb 7, 2026 ▶ 19:44 20VC: From $6.2BN Market Cap to $2.8BN: What Is Not Translating About Navan's Public Story | Are Any Public Company CEOs Actually Happy? | Why Navan Built It's Own Customer Service AI and What it Could Mean For Customer Service AI with Ariel Cohen
Prediction Held up
Cohen: Navan is not for sale and will not sell
“We are not for sale, and there is a reason for that, and by the way, ah, we've, ah, kind of passed this test, ah, several times. Other companies could have sent me to retirement a few times by just, ah, you know, buying us, and we didn't sell because we think …”
Ariel Cohen Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 33:15 Ariel Cohen: The Death of Salesforce; How OpenAI is Changing the Travel Industry | 20VC #975 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
TripActions Faced a Major US Airline Dispute Crisis in Late 2018
“We had a year and a half ago, we had a major crisis where we had a certain fight with one of the airlines in the US. And until we solved that issue, and now we actually became really good friends with this airline, but until we solved it, we were actually oper…”
Ariel Cohen May 22, 2020 ▶ 18:28 20VC: TripActions CEO Ariel Cohen on The Future of Business and Personal Travel & Layoffs; How To Do Them The Right Way & Maintain Company Culture and Morale
Assertion Supported
Ariel Cohen Sold Previous Startup StreamOnce to Jive After Nine Months
“Started a fairly small startup with my co-founder, Ilan Twig. We sold it back to Jive very fast after nine months”
Ariel Cohen May 22, 2020 ▶ 3:31 20VC: TripActions CEO Ariel Cohen on The Future of Business and Personal Travel & Layoffs; How To Do Them The Right Way & Maintain Company Culture and Morale
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