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Bedi: Decentraland Has Only 26 Daily Users Despite Billion-Dollar Valuation
“It has 26 DAU or daily active users, which is insane, right? And it's valued at a billion dollars”
Bedi: Global treaties will curtail AI weapons of mass destruction
“So I think my prediction for the future in 10 years is, one, yes, this is a weapon of mass destruction is the way I'll frame it.
Weapons of mass destruction around the world, there will be
One example of a Hiroshima and a Pearl Harbor, I'm sure that will happe…”
Umang Bedi: Dailyhunt is profitable
“We were just burning a little bit more in that phase of daily hunt. And now of course it's profitable”
Bedi: Startups spend roughly 60% of raised capital on Google and Meta
“I would say 60% goes to Google and Facebook.”
Bedi: 98% of Saudi Arabia's population is on TikTok
“It is insane. It's 98% of the population is on TikTok.”
Bedi: TikTok burned $60M-$70M monthly in India after 2018 launch
“They launched in 2018 in India. They burnt to the tune of sixty million dollars a month to seventy million dollars a month in India.”
Bedi: TikTok was Facebook's largest global advertiser for 2-3 years
“They were Facebook's largest advertiser around the world for two or three years.”
Bedi: Print media will die in its current form within a decade
“I wouldn't invest in TV anywhere in the world, but I think over the next 10 years, print will die in my view in its current shape and form.”
Bedi: Broadcast TV will be entirely replaced by IP streaming
“So broadcast will go away. It'll all become IP based, right?”
Bedi: Over 90% of social media users grant phone book access
“Even before you follow one person or friend someone or follow a source, what 99% or 90% plus at least of people on social media do is give the platform access to their phone book.”
Umang Bedi: Dailyhunt had one month of cash left in March 2020
“March seventh, the pandemic hit. We were going to run out of cash on March 30th. We had just one month's cash left in the bank.”
Bedi: Douyin drives 7% of all commerce in China
“Today, Douyin is driving seven percent of all commerce in China.”
Bedi: Short-Video Platforms Are Prohibitively Expensive Due to Cloud Costs
“For charity, let's just run a short video platform. Okay. It's prohibitively expensive because all your money is going to your cloud providers, right? It's just really expensive.”
Bedi: Metaverse will serve utilitarian needs but cannot replace physical interaction
“I think these experiences will get utilitarian, these experiences will help with conveniences, these experiences Will help with healthcare, financial services, travel, experiencing, you know, even an F-one race or an IPL cricket game if you can't travel. But a…”
Bedi: Dailyhunt serves 240 million monthly active users
“So Daily Hunt today serves about two hundred and forty million monthly active users on the app.”