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Founders Fund

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 28, 2024 by Ben Gilbert · said 21 times in 7 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Oct 28, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gilbert: Pre-Facebook VCs routinely replaced founder CEOs with professional managers
“There wasn't Founders Fund yet. There wasn't A-sixteen Z yet. There wasn't like the notion of founder friendliness. What venture capitalists did is they invested in founders companies and then brought in management to take them to the next level. It's what hap…”
Ben Gilbert Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 1:18:03 Meta (Audio) · Acquired
Oct 28, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Venture Capitalists Accepting Minority Control Was Considered Blasphemous in 2004
“The idea that a venture capitalist makes an investment in a company and they are not the controlling shareholder was blasphemous just 20 years ago.”
Ben Gilbert Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 1:25:51 Meta (Audio) · Acquired
Oct 6, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Founders Fund Led DeepMind's ~$2M Seed Financing
“Founders Fund leads DeepMind's seed round of about two million dollars.”
David Rosenthal Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:11:10 Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired
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