Alex Wilhelm

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67,402 appearances 274 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 19 Aug

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This Week in Startups · Why the most expensive Seed deals are the cheapest | E2299 · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

The numbers are getting so big. voice-verified

I feel like what the like the Mendoza line for technology poor just keeps going up. voice-verified

It's kind of staggering now what constitutes like wealth. voice-verified

Even in my friend group, like the people who worked for Anthropic for a while, like uh they carry themselves differently in group chats, it feels like they just have more more swagger to them. voice-verified

Um, but Tomaz, the idea that these highly valued seed rounds are not. voice-verified

overpriced because of potential outcomes being so large really does put a lot of emphasis then on selection. voice-verified

Because if you back one of these and it's not one of those outcomes, you're gonna overpay dramatically. voice-verified

So does this mean that we should see greater differentiation in seed stage returns based on essentially voice-verified

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Uh discernment. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

Um, just for fun, because you kind of brought it up, uh, do you think that we're going to see any nationalization of the major uh American AI labs? voice-verified

This has been discussed by both um this is a great list. voice-verified

Bernie Sanders, Sam Altman, and Donald Trump. voice-verified

And I'm not quite sure if that's the coalition I expected to see forming, but uh I'm very opposed to this, I'll just be honest. voice-verified

But I I'm curious if I if if I should actually be afraid or not. voice-verified

All right, we can boil that entire answer down from tomorrow's two hell no. voice-verified

All right, keep it online. voice-verified

Now, uh, I have one question for each of you because I picked out my favorite of your portfolio companies, and I want you to brag about them for a moment. voice-verified

This is your time to put the founders in the spotlight. voice-verified

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