unicorn startup

also referred to as: unicorn startups

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 1, 2023 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

Everything said about unicorn startup, oldest first

Jul 1, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: 60% of unicorns will go to zero, yielding 1.1x overall return
“I think 60% go to zero. Of the remaining 40%, half of them probably return money. And then of the remaining half, half of those maybe get one and a half X. And then you get a geometric distribution from there, which means the blended return of that entire stre…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 1, 2023 ▶ 1:23:26 E135: Wagner rebels, SCOTUS ends AA, AI M&A, startups gone bad, spacetime warps & more
Jun 4, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Laffont: Average funding raised per unicorn has increased 5x since 2021
“So mathematically, if you put both together, you can see that the funding per unicorn has increased five X since 2021.”
Thomas Laffont Jun 4, 2026 ▶ 1:48 Thomas Laffont: The $4T AI IPO Wave Is Coming… and We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It
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