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Max Altman admits holding Gusto past its $10B valuation was a mistake
“It might not have hurt to sell Gusto. I think Gusto's a great business, but I think, you know, they were valued at ten billion at one point, and I think they're still gonna be a strong business. I don't know if they're gonna have explosive growth from there.”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 1:05:02 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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Max Altman left family funds to launch Saga Ventures out of ego
“So I, you know, I left after doing three funds with some combination of Sam and Jack to build out my own firm just for ego and pride, to be completely honest.”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 11:43 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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Hydrazine Capital missed $2B by distributing Reddit stock post-lockup
“It was about nine billion when the lockup ended. That was tough. I think the market cap's about thirty-nine billion now. I think it's pretty public. The fund owned just about seven percent. You can do the math. That's about maybe two billion of gains that coul…”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 21:53 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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Max Altman avoids asking brother Sam Altman for OpenAI roadmap leaks
“I don't want to put him in a weird position where he's leaking anything. It just, it doesn't seem like good for OpenAI, and it doesn't feel good. Like, I kind of want, and you might say this is stupid, to like, earn this on my own right.”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 58:03 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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Altman: Hydrazine Capital backed Rippling at a $25 million valuation
“It was give money to the best people. You know, we did Reddit at a higher valuation. We did rippling at 25.”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 14:41 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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Altman: Saga sold Rippling shares early to return capital to LPs
“Rippling and Reddit. We sold a little bit of rippling on the way up, just because, like, our LPs wanted money and, you know.”
Max Altman Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 1:07:48 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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