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Laffont: ChatGPT lacks inherent virality unlike historical consumer apps
“I guess, by the way, those apps had inherent virality, as you know. I mean, you're kind of the expert of that. This doesn't. This has no virality to it.”
Thomas Laffont Jun 20, 2025 ▶ 21:39 Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more | BG2 · Bg2 Pod
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Gurley: Odds of ByteDance Agreeing to Sell TikTok Are Low
“Well, and they've had a 180 days to do it. So the odds that they actually want to do it, I think are low because they could have done it already.”
Bill Gurley Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 1:04:16 Stargate, Executive Orders, TikTok, DOGE, Public Valuations | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
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Gerstner: Meta Will Overcome Slow Start in AI and Deliver Products
“I think they will come through, and remember, when it comes to almost all product stuff, stories, copy, you know, catching up with Snapchat, or whether it's reels catching up with TikTok, they've always showed up to the party late, but they are grinders, and t…”
Brad Gerstner Mar 2, 2025 ▶ 18:42 Grok 3, AI Memory & Voice, China, DOGE, Public Market Pull Back | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
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Gurley: Banning TikTok Would Shift Most of Its Value to Meta
“If this law is, is enforced, goes away. And most of that equity value probably goes to meta, right? And maybe a little bit to snap or if someone else pops up, but it just melts away.”
Bill Gurley Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 1:01:52 Stargate, Executive Orders, TikTok, DOGE, Public Valuations | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
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