Silicon Valley Bank

also referred to as: svb

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 2, 2024 by Marc Andreessen · said 19 times in 9 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Everything said about Silicon Valley Bank, oldest first

May 2, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Andreessen: FDIC blocked private equity and bank bids to buy SVB
“There were both there were other big banks that wanted to buy SVB, and there were private equity firms that wanted to buy SVB, and basically do a private sector bailout requiring no, no taxpayer involvement, and the FDIC actually blocked those also.”
Marc Andreessen May 2, 2024 ▶ 1:16:44 Startup Building: Challenges & Opportunities
May 2, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Horowitz: FDIC rejected SVB buyer to avoid creating another G-SIB bank
“One of the blocks was there was a bank that was going to buy Silicon Valley bank and by buying Silicon Valley bank, it would move up into the G-SIB category, which is globally systemic important banks. And they're like, no more G-SIBs.”
Ben Horowitz May 2, 2024 ▶ 1:17:04 Startup Building: Challenges & Opportunities
Jan 19, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rampell: Mercury never won SVB customers before SVB collapsed
“Mercury never stole an existing customer from Silicon Valley Bank until the weekend that Silicon Valley Bank failed.”
Alex Rampell Jan 19, 2026 ▶ 11:17 The AI Opportunity that goes beyond Models
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