supply chain

also referred to as: supply chains

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Kunal Bahl · across every show →

Everything said about supply chain, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Bahl: E-commerce supply chain control does not require full asset ownership
“Controlling doesn't necessarily mean owning. You can choose to own and build certain parts of the supply chain, because there aren't existing high quality service providers, which is the case for some parts of the supply chain in India. But for certain parts o…”
Kunal Bahl Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:49 a16z Podcast | E-commerce, Payments, & More in India's Evolving Retail Landscape
Apr 6, 2023
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Carl Pei: Hardware supply chains should delay decisions until the last moment
“I think the best way of running supply chain is to delay every decision to the last moment, because then you have time to get more data to look at the demand and look at other market factors.”
Carl Pei Apr 6, 2023 ▶ 27:05 Building Hardware and Taking on the Phone Giants with Carl Pei
Aug 2, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Legacy automakers only assemble vehicles and manufacture no parts
“The legacy car companies at this point just assemble cars. You know, so they would have to change every bit of the supply chain. They don't make any of the parts.”
Ben Horowitz Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 9:14 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Dec 26, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
McIntosh: Hardware companies must reshore or vertically integrate key component supply chains
“All these things we're going to need to either reshore or vertically integrate within the companies who are building the end product.”
Ryan McEntush Dec 26, 2025 ▶ 3:38 AI Is Coming For These 3 Industries In 2026 (a16z Big Ideas)
Apr 7, 2026
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Balaji Srinivasan: AI self-replication requires controlling the full physical supply chain
“For an AI to actually reproduce itself, it would need to have physical robots going and mining Or, and constructing data centers, and making chips, and handling that full supply chain, and then The AI brain, like the queen of an ant colony, would have to give …”
Balaji Srinivasan Apr 7, 2026 ▶ 24:56 Why Balaji Srinivasan Thinks the SaaS Apocalypse Is Overhyped | The a16z Show
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