firm

also referred to as: a firm · firms

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Alex Rampell · across every show →

Everything said about firm, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Rampell: Affirm gets paid by merchants to acquire customers, unlike traditional lenders
“Contrast that with the other company that I co-founded a firm where we get paid to acquire customers in contrast to every other lending company where they have to pay a lot of money to acquire customers.”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:08 a16z Podcast | B2B2C
Aug 4, 2025
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Patel: Corporations will eventually be managed day-to-day by AI systems
“AIs will be integrated through all the firms in the economy. A firm can have property. Firms will be like largely run by AIs, even though there's nominally a human board of directors and it might not even be nominal, right? Like maybe the AIs are aligned and l…”
Dwarkesh Patel Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 30:17 Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy
Mar 18, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Balaji Srinivasan temporarily quit a16z over NYT article crisis
“Inside the firm, it was such a big crisis that actually, I'm pretty sure Bology quit, because he thought we were dead, because the New York Times had just, like, ruined the whole firm with that article.”
Ben Horowitz Mar 18, 2026 ▶ 2:22 Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz on a16z’s New Media Strategy
May 5, 2026 negative
Insight
Most venture funds focus on maximizing carry, not building durable firms
“Most people run funds, very few people in my definition build firms. And the objective function of a fund is how do I generate The most carry with the fewest people in the shortest amount of time possible.”
David Haber May 5, 2026 ▶ 44:55 Building Blackstone, Backing Costco, and Working with Munger | Tony James on The a16z Show
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