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Assertion Supported
Angelopoulos: Arena has 30M+ monthly visitors, bigger than Hugging Face and xAI
“People don't know this, but Arena's one of the largest consumer AI apps in the world. We're bigger than, like, XAI. We're bigger than, like, Hugging Face, and Manus, and GenSpark, where it's so massive, like if you, like outside in, it's like 30 plus million m…”
Anastasios Angelopoulos Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 49:46 Arena CEO: There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model & Data is a Trillion Dollar Market
Prediction Held up
O'Driscoll: Zero chance VCs return capital from blocked Manus deal
“The investors who've gotten their capital out, the chances of them having to or being willing to return that capital are zero.”
Rory O'Driscoll Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 35:58 Anthropic Raises $45B but Falls Short on Compute & Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Meta acquired Manus for $2.5B at 25x ARR
“The price was two and a half billion dollars. It was a 25 X current ARR. They were at a hundred million of ARR, doing a hundred and twenty-five million run rate, including consumption.”
Harry Stebbings Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 16:52 Groq’s $20BN NVIDIA Deal | Why Sam Altman Doesn’t Care About Dilution & Invisible Unemployment 2026 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Benchmark led $75M round for Chinese AI startup Manus
“Manus raised seventy five million for its last valuation led by Benchmark. It's a Chinese company.”
Harry Stebbings May 1, 2025 ▶ 1:05:25 What Does it Take to Be Good at Series A and B Today? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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