Jason

person on 21 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes · said 86 times in 50 episodes since 2015

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20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lemkin: SaaStr built an AI VP of Finance better than human staff
“We just built an AI VP of finance while we were in China and it's already better than any of the humans on our team.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 42:55 DeepSeek Raises at $50B | The Rise of Open Source vs OpenAI & Anthropic | OpenAI Builds Own Chip · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Disclosure
Lemkin: Doubts recovery on recent AI portfolio investments with negative margins
“I'm sure all three of us are sitting on a portfolio company investment we made in the last 12 to 15 months. Where inference was the marketing strategy and the gross margins were negative. And we're sitting here today and we're like companies doing okay, but I'…”
Jason Lemkin Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 51:18 DeepSeek Raises at $50B | The Rise of Open Source vs OpenAI & Anthropic | OpenAI Builds Own Chip · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Opinion
Lemkin: VCs Should Rush Capital into Uncracked B2B SMB AI Market
“So I just think this AI B to B SMB, It's something that hasn't been cracked to Rory's point, and I think we should all just rush all our capital into that.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 7, 2025 ▶ 52:46 Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever? Meta & Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Shaan Puri: Commits to Investing in Seafair on the Spot
“No call. I'm in. The call is done. This is, this was the call and I'm in. I don't know if you have an entity or a corporation, but you need to get one and send me some wiring details because I'm in on this idea.”
Shaan Puri Dec 16, 2022 ▶ 33:41 University of Michigan Students Pitch Us Their Startups | $5000 Prize Money (#396)
20VC Disclosure
Foundry Group sets a higher diligence bar for passion-project music tech investments
“Jason and I spent a lot of time back and forth, almost, you know, giving ourselves a higher bar because saying, hey, we know we're excited about this because we're music geeks, but let's also, you know, make sure that before we start showing it to Seth and Bra…”
Ryan McIntyre Feb 1, 2017 ▶ 24:40 20VC: The Fundamentals To Creating A Successful Venture Partnership & The Optimal Investment Decision Making Process with Ryan McIntyre, Co-Founder @ Foundry Group

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