AI startup

also referred to as: ai startups

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 11, 2024 by Brad Gerstner · across every show →

Everything said about AI startup, oldest first

Jul 11, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gerstner: AI startup mortality rate will be very high and winners massive
“I do think that the mortality rate in AI is going to be very high and the winners are going to be incredibly large. And if this is all as big as we think it is, this is going to play out over decades.”
Brad Gerstner Jul 11, 2024 ▶ 46:48 Ep12. Tech Stocks vs the Rest; AI VC Bubble, Calcium CT Scan | BG2 with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Aug 9, 2024 negative
Insight
Gurley: AI pseudo-acquisition licensing deals carry severe double taxation risk
“Two, as I understand it, there is a substantial double taxation risk, and if this is not the case, it's the thing I'd love for someone to educate me on, but the way the money makes it from the Mag-Seven to the investors, I think is two-step. One, the money is …”
Bill Gurley Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 1:21:06 Ep14. Public Market Volatility, AI Air Pocket, $GOOG Ruling | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Jul 31, 2025
Insight
Gurley: AI will shift from proprietary infrastructure to cheaper open-source stacks
“In the internet age, all the startups began with Oracle and Sun. And eventually they all moved to Linux and MySQL. And so there was a, we got to win it all cost phase. And then there was a phase where you started worrying about cost and optimization. And so on…”
Bill Gurley Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 36:43 China Open-Source, Compute Arms Race, Reordering Global Trade | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Oct 31, 2025 negative
Opinion
Nadella: State AI Regulatory Patchwork Disproportionately Harms Startups
“I mean, I think the fundamental problem of you know, this patchwork approach is quite frankly, I mean, between OpenAI and Microsoft, we'll figure out a way to navigate this, right? I mean we can figure this out. The problem is anyone starting a startup and try…”
Satya Nadella Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 25:34 All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special. 🎃🔥BG2 w/ Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
Mar 15, 2026 bullish
Insight
Turley: AI startups should deliver hands-on enterprise services
“If I was starting a company today, I, I'm really excited about these companies that are going into companies and getting extremely hands-on and doing effect effectively professional services with AI because we've saturated all the evals and you need to get pro…”
Nick Turley Mar 15, 2026 ▶ 53:28 ChatGPT – The Super Assistant Era | BG2 Guest Interview · Bg2 Pod
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