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Prediction Open · timeframe May 2028
O'Driscoll: Klarna's AI adoption will not deliver step-function profit growth
“Take Klarna as the public example. I mean, they talked boldly and they probably did save those people, right? But I think in the end you'll discover it'll have roughly the same profits as other lenders. It'll be marginally more efficient. It won't be a step fu…”
Rory O'Driscoll May 8, 2025 ▶ 35:31 Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Oct 2029
McCabe: Klarna will eventually adopt purpose-built third-party AI systems
“And I think any attempt to do so may yield some short term excitement, but even Klarna long term, I'm pretty sure we'll move on to a professional purpose built system.”
Eoghan McCabe Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 10:18 Eoghan McCabe, CEO @Intercom: Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control | E1213 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Open · timeframe Sep 2027
Stebbings: Tech companies like Klarna build their own customer support AI
“And then the worst thing about this market is that for any sophisticated buyer, an Airwallex, a Klarna, a Navan, a technology-facing company, everyone has built their own.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 5, 2026 ▶ 50:51 How to Build Your Own Data Center & Why Every Startup Should Do It
Assertion Open
O'Driscoll: Sequoia achieved a 7x total return on Klarna
“Its peak was 45, Sequoia, which SoftBank did Sequoia brilliantly did the round at five or six, and obviously two or three X that, and I think overall seven X the overall investment.”
Rory O'Driscoll Sep 25, 2025 ▶ 1:13:22 The Impact of H1B Visas on Startups in the US & NVIDIA Invests $100BN Into OpenAI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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