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Stebbings: SpaceX closes $60B takeover of Cursor
“SpaceX closes the sixty billion dollar all stock takeover of cursor, minting thousand X returns for the likes of Alipartovia Neo. Open AI startup fund is a mega winner who invested six to eight million dollars very early, which Rory, I thought of you when you …”
Lemkin: Current Startup Fundraising Market Is the Most Binary in Our Lifetimes
“It's the most binary fundraising environment in our lifetimes, isn't it? You're either, you know, you're either YC, Neo, South Park Commons, got something, get funded, or who the hell's gonna find you in your pre-seed round, right? You either got, you know, yo…”
Jason Lemkin: Series A is experiencing its best-ever deal funnel
“This is a, the best of times to be a Series A investor because there is just an explosion of seed AI startups. There's so many and they can't all get funded. And I know it's stressful. I know it's hard, but it is a gift that thousands of founders are in San Fr…”
Partovi: Negotiation strength comes from firm walkaway limits, not fake leverage
“Now, to be strong without misleading, all you need to do is to say, I won't accept that. You don't need to say why. You don't need to make implications for, I have a better offer or I don't. If you simply say, we won't do it for less than X, that's strength.”