software

10 statements across 9 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jun 28, 2024 by Mark Suster · across every show →

Everything said about software, oldest first

Jun 28, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Mark Suster notes 2021 software multiples hit 25x against historical 10x
“So, people were paying in twenty-twenty-one 25 times next 12 month revenue, ok? Over the last 10 years, they were paying just under 10 times.”
Mark Suster Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 40:23 Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures: Investing in Space, Defense, & Exit Opportunities · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Oct 11, 2024 negative
Insight
Traditional defense primes excel at explosives but fail at software and AI
“Defense primes are good at aeronautics. They're good at explosives. You know, I tend to, I always say, like, they're good at boom. Don't compete on boom. What they're bad at generally is software, is AI, is autonomy.”
Alex Kolicich Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 32:38 Alex Kolicich, 8VC | AI & Defense Tech Renaissance · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Oct 23, 2025 bullish
Insight
Barton: AI TAM is $20T in labor spend, not just $1T software
“There's 20 trillion dollars in labor spend. Software, I think it's like a one trillion dollar, so one trillion of the 20 is software. Like, that 20 trillion's up for grabs.”
Michael Barton Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 55:52 Inside Coatue: $70B Hedge Fund’s AI & Retail Strategy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Mar 9, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Lin: The claim that code is no longer a moat is overstated
“And the very obvious statement is every single line of code that's generated has a marginal cost of zero, so therefore software, the lines of code, is no longer a moat. That's probably overstated.”
Alfred Lin Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 10:23 Sequoia’s Alfred Lin: $10T Companies Are Coming · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Apr 13, 2026 positive
Insight
LLMs Allow Building Production-Ready Software in Record Time
“The thing that's happened with the LLM powered models is you can now go from, I have an inkling in my head to I'm going to build a prototype to I'm going to not always, not necessarily always on your own, but with a bunch of co-conspirators to build something …”
Max Levchin Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 39:40 Max Levchin: “The Net IQ of the World Is About to Go Up 50 Points” · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Apr 20, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Taneja: Multiple compression will wipe out equity in many PE software buyouts
“I think software is just now maturing to a state where it's gonna have the same dynamic, and there's a one-time massive reset that's gonna happen because the amount of leverage in the system, and there's a lot of leverage coming due in these P-back companies i…”
Hemant Taneja Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 37:39 General Catalyst's First-Ever Quarterly Review | CEO Hemant Taneja · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Jul 2, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Field: AI model interfaces will evolve far beyond basic text prompting
“I just think that the interfaces for how you interact with models will evolve so much. And to the degree that models are part of software, we will see a ton of exploration there.”
Dylan Field Jul 2, 2026 ▶ 22:15 Dylan Field on the “Permanent Underclass of Zero Taste” · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Jul 24, 2026 neutral
Insight
Tony Kim: Tech sector has shifted from software-centric to compute-centric allocation
“We went from a, let's call it a A software-centric world to a compute-centric world.”
Tony Kim Jul 24, 2026 ▶ 4:23 BlackRock's Tony Kim on AI's Next Winners? Chips, Memory, Robotics & Quantum · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Jul 24, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
Tony Kim: Chip companies have higher profit margins than software or pharmaceuticals
“They have the highest profitability of any company in the world of the sector is chip companies. They're higher margins than software, pharmaceuticals, industrials, telecom, anything.”
Tony Kim Jul 24, 2026 ▶ 40:01 BlackRock's Tony Kim on AI's Next Winners? Chips, Memory, Robotics & Quantum · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Sep 10, 2026 bullish
Insight
Busch: Hard tech manufacturing is the future moat as AI commoditizes software
“Yeah, Molly, my hottest take is I really do think that we're re-entering kind of the world of the here and the now, and what I mean by that is I think being successful in real space, doing hard tech, building real things, and manufacturing with real tangible i…”
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