Matthew Prince
7 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 10, 2026 by Matthew Prince · said 14 times in 6 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2026 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- WWDC Kicks Off, Jobs Up, Tech Down, VC Horror Stories Go Viral | Diet TBPN
- Gavin Baker: SpaceX Might Be the Greatest Company of All Time
- Microsoft Takes on Frontier AI with Project Solara, OpenClaw, and More at Build 2026 | Diet TBPN
- Big Companies Hiring Again, Anthropic's Open-Weight Position, Zuck Backs AI for All | Diet TBPN
- Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
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Jun 10, 2026 positive
Prince: Companies have substantial control over their first-day IPO pop
“Like you have a lot of control over how much the pop is going to be. And we sat with bankers and we were like, listen, we want it to go up about. And they were like, okay, if you wanted to go up to 20%, you price it right here. So we priced it right at that po…”
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Prince: Companies Cutting Junior Hiring Due to AI Are Making a Mistake
“I think a lot of companies are doing this wrong, where they're saying, like, we're not gonna bet on, on, on the new people coming out of school, because, you know, AI is gonna replace them. I mean, these kids know how to use AI better than anyone else, so we'r…”
Jun 10, 2026 positive
Prince: Public market investor relationships are healthier and more honest than VC
“It's really hard to fire your VCs. It's hard for your VCs to fire you. And so as a result, like actually it's kind of dysfunctional. Whereas public market, like I love our investors because if I do something stupid, they call me up and they say, that was stupi…”
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Prince: Web creation has returned to exponential growth over past 18 months
“That for a long time, since about 2015 the web is kind of plateaued. There were not, there were more websites that were being shut down than were being created during that time. In the last 18 months though we're back to the web growing at a rate which is, is …”
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Jun 10, 2026 negative
Prince: Pricing IPOs at maximum valuation benefits VCs over operating executives
“The problem with that is if you look at all the companies that, that have done that, so the Airbnbs and others that they basically, you know, that's great for your private market investors. That's great for the VCs. That's great for any of the founders that ar…”