Tidal

company on 10 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes · said 19 times in 13 episodes since 2017

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LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Not checkable as stated
Block's business units previously operated in complete technical silos
“We had a lot of momentum in each of these silos, be it cash app, be it after pay. Be it square or even title or music streaming service. And no one was really talking to each other. No one was really aligned on technical strategy on what we even wanted to be f…”
Dhanji R. Prasanna Oct 26, 2025 ▶ 12:46 How Block is becoming the most AI-native enterprise in the world | Dhanji R. Prasanna
THE PITCH Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Salhi: Amazon, Audible, and Tidal bought Qleek's NFC products
“We got Amazon. Audible was buying our stuff. We got title to buy our stuff.”
Ismail Salhi Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 6:04 #108 Qleek Pt. III: A Postmortem and a Comeback
STARTUP IDEAS Assertion Supported
Bloom: Spotify's per-stream artist payout is far lower than Tidal's
“When you look at Spotify relative to other music streaming platforms, they are way lower than others, way lower than Tidal and some of the other players in terms of the average payout per 1000 streams for the artists.”
Sahil Bloom Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 57:55 Will Meta Bounce Back? (with Nikita Bier) | Where It Happens | Bonus Episode
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Betterkop: WeOrder CEO Andy founded Tidal before selling to Jay-Z
“Andy is the founder of Tidal which was sold to Jay-Z, the music streaming service so he has a lot of experience”
Mads Vejderkop Jul 24, 2021 ▶ 7:37 QuickOrder Hits $6m Helping Restaurants Drive Loyalty. Next? Raising $20m on $100m Valuation.
MAD Disclosure
Thomas Walle was part of Tidal founding team before Jay-Z acquisition
“Prior to Unicast, I was a part of the founding team at Tidal, which you might be familiar with. It was acquired by Jay-Z, the rapper. So the company wasn't started in the U.S. It was started out of Norway, next to Spotify.”
Thomas Walle Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 2:00 The Power of Location Data // Thomas Walle, Unacast (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
20VC Prediction Didn’t hold up
Pakman: Jay-Z's Tidal is doomed to ultimate failure
“So, I think Tidal's notion of exclusive content was somewhat doomed from the beginning, and I think the numbers show the product has failed. The social receptivity was really negative. And I think it will it will ultimately completely fail.”
David Pakman Jul 15, 2015 ▶ 15:27 20 VC 055: David Pakman @ Venrock on The Future Of The Music Industry

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