Bill Maris

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 9, 2026 by Bill Maris · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jun 9, 2026 negative
Opinion
Tech companies claiming public-benefit missions should IPO earlier to share value
“I also have a, an observation that A bit of an objection to companies that wrap themselves up in public benefit language, and then keep the value creation to themselves and an elite group of investors through a big part of the curve, and then say, well, we're …”
Bill Maris Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 14:10 Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Jun 9, 2026 bullish
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Maris estimates Google Ventures achieved 4.1x returns from 2009 to 2018
“We would estimate Google Ventures returns at about 4.1 X”
Bill Maris Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 8:08 Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Jun 9, 2026 negative
Insight
Bill Maris: Large fund asset accumulation is not true venture capital
“If you're an RIA and you're, you know, collecting assets, that is not venture. You know, venture, as I practice it at least, is a different craft where you are Making concentrated bets of your time and capital on entrepreneurs and helping them build a business…”
Bill Maris Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 13:43 Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Jun 9, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Google forbade using the term 'AI' for years after GV launched
“At that time, Google would not let us use the term AI. And this persisted for many years.”
Bill Maris Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 6:54 Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Jun 9, 2026 neutral
Insight
Maris: Finding a drug compound is only 5% of the work
“Because of the human biology and the FDA, if you find a compound, and you think you've got something, that's like five percent of the work.”
Bill Maris Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 22:22 Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Jun 9, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Bill Maris: All six Section 32 funds are performing in top decile
“And over the course of my time at Section one 32, we've had six funds. We've invested in companies like CrowdStrike and Cohere and Coinbase and all six of those funds have averaged about four hundred million in size, and all are performing in their top decile,…”
Bill Maris Jun 9, 2026 ▶ 9:24 Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
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