Adobe

6 statements across 5 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 23, 2023 by Sam Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about Adobe, oldest first

Jun 23, 2023 positive
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sam Lessin: Adobe's Figma acquisition will likely close despite scrutiny
“And it probably gets done, and even doesn't get done, whatever. Like, I don't think it really impacts the early stage market.”
Sam Lessin Jun 23, 2023 ▶ 9:29 #3: Mr. Beast's burger bust and will M&A ever return? · More or Less Podcast
Sep 29, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Belsky: Adobe builds proprietary creative models but partners on LLMs
“We've kind of come out publicly and said, hey, for all the creative models, we're going to build our own, because we feel like we have the data sets and the experience on that, but on the LLM side, we're partnering with a number of these folks, and we are just…”
Scott Belsky Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 20:57 #16: Why Your AI Startup is Probably Already Dead · More or Less Podcast
Dec 22, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: Adobe will dominate the integration of AI in creative tools
“Adobe's gonna crush it on AI. We've said this repeatedly since the early days. Like, the Adobe of AI is Adobe, right?”
Sam Lessin Dec 22, 2023 ▶ 9:34 #28: What We Got Right and Wrong in ’23 and Calls for ’24 · More or Less Podcast
Dec 22, 2023 positive
Insight
Sam Lessin: Blocking Big Tech acquisitions forces startups to build profitable businesses
“I think this is like pretty good because all of a sudden as a startup, you'd be like, you actually have to build a successful business to go public and make money and like be a successful company. You can't just build a product that's strategically valuable to…”
Sam Lessin Dec 22, 2023 ▶ 5:27 #28: What We Got Right and Wrong in ’23 and Calls for ’24 · More or Less Podcast
Jan 19, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: Incumbents like Meta and Adobe will win AI through grinding warfare
“And Meta and Adobe. And like, it's all the same people, right? And they're just going to do grinding warfare.”
Sam Lessin Jan 19, 2024 ▶ 34:49 #30: The Great App Store Debate, Layoffs, and Playoffs... Oh My! · More or Less Podcast
Jul 19, 2024
Assertion Supported
Figma is valued at $12.5B with $700M in ARR
“Not made it through the twenty billion dollar Adobe acquisition is now being valued at 12 and a half. But from, you know, good firms, they have KOTU, General Catalyst, and their ARR's at seven hundred million now.”
Brit Morin Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 37:30 #56: Trump and the PayPal Mafia · More or Less Podcast
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