Aaron Levie

9 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 3, 2018 by Patrick Collison · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Oct 3, 2018 positive
Insight
Collison: B2B software is far more predictable to build than consumer software
“I still remember, kind of, sitting in our front room telling us how much better it was to be building B to B software than consumer software for this reason, ah, where, sort of, consumer software, it's so hard to predict, sort of, What people want. They don't …”
Patrick Collison Oct 3, 2018 ▶ 32:48 Running Your Company by Patrick Collison · Y Combinator
Oct 3, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stripe founders ignored Aaron Levie's early investment offer on Facebook
“Aaron Levy had Facebook messaged John and we'd never heard of him, and we hadn't heard of most people in Silicon Valley but he'd Facebook messaged us, like, very early on asking to invest in Stripe and I think John didn't know who's this random guy and so we n…”
Patrick Collison Oct 3, 2018 ▶ 32:03 Running Your Company by Patrick Collison · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levie: In 10 years, most enterprise work will be previously uneconomic tasks
“If we go 10 years into the future, The vast majority of work that gets done in 10 years from now will be work that today is in that category. It's the work that like right now we can't even attack because we're like, I'm not going to hire somebody, pay them a …”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 11:30 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025
Insight
Levie: Most time in companies is spent on necessary but non-strategic work
“The vast majority of time inside of a company is on the stuff that really is not strategic. It's sort of necessary work, but it's not strategic to get done.”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 9:51 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2030
Levie: 100 Startups Created Between 2024-2028 Will Reach $5B to $20B Valuations
“There will be 100 startups that get created between last year and in three years from now that all become five, 10, twenty billion dollar companies because they're able to find the next set of nouns and verbs”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 18:44 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025
Disclosure
Levie: Box only translates ad campaigns into 3 to 5 languages due to cost
“When we, you know, launch an ad campaign internally, we translate it into like three to five languages. Our top markets, that's about all we have time for because it's just too expensive.”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 12:04 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levie: Customers will pay for workflow software rather than raw tokens
“So eventually we're going to get to a point where customers are no longer going to just be paying for the intelligence tokens. They're going to be paying for the workflow software that goes on top of the tokens themselves.”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 23:48 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025 bullish
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Levie: AI tool makers will maintain flat pricing despite falling compute costs
“It's like, it's 20 bucks a month, it's 50 bucks a month, but we know that in 10 years from now, they'll probably be able to drive down their raw materials lower, but we won't be able to command lower prices for those things, because it's just like within a rea…”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 25:42 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
Sep 16, 2025 positive
Insight
Levie: 20-somethings should defer existential questions and focus on commercial grind
“Like you're in your twenties. So like I was just heads down grinding, not overly worried about the meaning of life. So I'd say like, put a pin in that. Be nice to everybody. Like, help the world as much as possible. Check back in in about five years. Like, now…”
Aaron Levie Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 36:04 Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era · Y Combinator
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