Akamai

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 21, 2024 by John Coogan · said 8 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Travis Kalanick (5), John Coogan (2), Gavin Baker (1)

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2026 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 1 episode

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Nov 21, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Akamai took roughly 20 years to regain its peak dot-com boom valuation
“And they were worth like twenty billion during the dot-com boom. A couple of the guys sold. They only worked there for like six months during the run-up. Crazy. Just became generational, generationally wealthy. And then it took the company like 20 years to bui…”
John Coogan Nov 21, 2024 ▶ 2:08:39 How to Spend a Trillion Dollars Fast (ep13)
Mar 13, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Selling Red Swoosh for $19M Remains Kalanick's Happiest Day
“And I sold it to Akamai for like, I think it was like nineteen million bucks and probably to this day is still the happiest day of my life.”
Travis Kalanick Mar 13, 2026 ▶ 12:48 FULL INTERVIEW: Uber Founder Travis Kalanick is Back with a New AI Startup
Jun 15, 2026 bearish
Opinion
Baker: CDNs Currently Deliver Under 1% of Global AI Tokens
“My gut is in terms of tokens consumed on planet Earth, these CDNs are delivering less than one percent of them, and I mean, maybe less than 10 basis points.”
Gavin Baker Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 17:28 Gavin Baker: SpaceX Might Be the Greatest Company of All Time
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