software companies

8 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about software companies, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Evans: Software engineers learn traditional industries faster than traditional industries learn software
“It's a lot easier for software companies, software people to learn something else than people from another industry to learn software.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:03 a16z Podcast | A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center
Mar 13, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Software companies are extremely vulnerable to physical code theft
“It's actually very easy to steal software code from a company. You hire the janitorial staff to stick a USB stick into a machine at three in the morning. So like, you know, software companies are like very easily penetrated.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 13, 2024 ▶ 8:19 America Needs More Techno-Optimism, with Marc Andreessen and Tyler Cowen
May 9, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Software startup costs will rise due to the Jevons Paradox
“And so the paradox here would be, yes, the cost of developing any given piece of software falls, but the re, the reaction to that is a massive surge of demand for software capabilities. And so the result of that actually is, although it even, it looks like sta…”
Marc Andreessen May 9, 2024 ▶ 33:59 Build Your Startup With AI
Aug 23, 2025 neutral
Insight
Horowitz: Software market will never consolidate into a few dominant companies
“There never eventually became a small number of software companies, despite what Larry Ellison and all those guys said, that there were only going to be three software companies and all that thing. Because it's kind of like, it'd be like there's only going to …”
Ben Horowitz Aug 23, 2025 ▶ 20:20 Ben Horowitz Shares the a16z Origin Story & Plans for the Future
Jan 19, 2026
Insight
Rampell: The best software companies have hostages, not customers
“The best companies have hostages, not customers.”
Alex Rampell Jan 19, 2026 ▶ 13:09 The AI Opportunity that goes beyond Models
Jan 26, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Software pricing models will not be radically overhauled within five years
“I'm low conviction that we end up, you know, five years from now with all the software companies monetizing in a completely different way.”
David George Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 41:16 The Biggest Bottlenecks For AI: Energy & Cooling
Mar 27, 2026 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Caldwell: Pure-play SaaS companies struggle to penetrate the mining sector
“Software companies that sell to mining companies have a very, very hard time penetrating the sector because the issue is the, like the rate of uptake of software and of technology is actually gated by what would be the customers if you were a pure play SaaS co…”
Turner Caldwell Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 37:07 Tesla and SpaceX Alumni on Elon Musk, Decision Velocity, and the Future of Hard Tech | a16z
May 29, 2026 bearish
Assertion Contradicted
George: All Mag Seven and public software stocks grow sub-30%
“If you exclude the data center supply chain stuff right now, there are very few companies that are growing fast that are available for people to buy in the public markets. You know, the mag seven are all growing sub 30% at this point. You know all the software…”
David George May 29, 2026 ▶ 28:39 The New Rule for Picking AI Winners | The a16z Show
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