software

8 statements across 8 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Dec 19, 2013 by Fred Wilson · across every show →

Everything said about software, oldest first

Dec 19, 2013 neutral
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Wilson: Software alone lacks defensibility without proprietary data and networks
“Shows the problem of thinking that software is any kind of defensible advantage. I don't think it is. But if there was something about The data, ah, and the network around that software that made it so that it wouldn't be easy to leave the first company and go…”
Fred Wilson Dec 19, 2013 ▶ 6:55 Fred Wilson, USV // Data Driven NYC #18 // Sep 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
Mar 6, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Emi Gal: Most MRI innovation over next decade will be software-driven
“So in an MRI particularly over the next decade, most innovation will come from software.”
Emi Gal Mar 6, 2024 ▶ 16:22 AI is now revolutionizing early cancer detection | Emi Gal, CEO of Ezra
May 3, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
VAST Data has sold over $1 billion worth of software
“Revenue, we've sold more than a billion dollars worth of software so far in the last few years.”
Renen Hallak May 3, 2024 ▶ 2:28 The $9B Startup Going After Snowflake and Databricks | Renen Hallak, CEO of VAST Data
Jul 2, 2024
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Azhar: Drone swarms will scale to tens of thousands via software
“So we start to see drone swarms of 20. Well, getting to 200 is not going to be that hard because it's now a software. Getting from 200 to 2000 is not going to be that hard. Getting from 2000 to 20,000 and so on.”
Azeem Azhar Jul 2, 2024 ▶ 51:00 From Business to Warfare: How AI Affects the Modern World | Azeem Azhar
Oct 31, 2024 bullish
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Bernhardsson: Lower GPU prices increase value of developer AI software
“If GPU prices were to crash, like the relative value of that software actually goes up. So like, I'm not necessarily sure that like a crash in GPU would be bad for us. I think it actually could be great for us because, you know, if GPU prices go down, there's …”
Erik Bernhardsson Oct 31, 2024 ▶ 35:54 Can AI Infrastructure Work Like Magic? Erik Bernhardsson, CEO, Modal
Sep 4, 2025 positive
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Valenzuela: AI software scales through core principles rather than vertical specialization
“It used to be the case that you pick verticals. I think now you pick principles. And the principles allow you to scale much better than any other previous generation of software.”
Cris Valenzuela Sep 4, 2025 ▶ 28:57 AI Video’s Wild Year – Runway CEO on What’s Next
Oct 30, 2025
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Software solving boring problems survives because AI developers hate boredom
“What's not going to be dead is the problems that like these AI people don't want to work on because it's so boring to build that software.”
Nathan Benaich Oct 30, 2025 ▶ 1:00:26 State of AI 2025 with Nathan Benaich: Power Deals, Reasoning Breakthroughs, Real Revenue
Mar 19, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Evans: AI coding will lead to far more total software volume
“There will be way more software, and that will pick up many more of those use cases, either that weren't automated before, either because they were too small, or because you could actually couldn't automate that thing with software before, and now with AI you …”
Benedict Evans Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 27:57 Benedict Evans: OpenAI’s Moat Problem & the Future of Software
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