Alexis Ohanian

The idea, if you had told me, probably in in most of the aughts throughout most of the aughts and probably even the early teens that these social media platforms would be among the most valuable businesses in the world i i would have been very very very very surprised and you know They made some smart M&A moves. They did the things.

The idea, if you had told me, probably in in most of the aughts throughout most of the aughts and probably even the early teens that these social media platforms would be among the most valuable businesses in the world i i would have been very very very very surprised and you know They made some smart M&A moves. They did the things.

But like for all of us, or I can speak for myself, but I would wager Jack feels the same way with Twitter. In those early days, in those aughts, you know, it was about building something that you hoped people loved. It was about keeping the servers online.

But like for all of us, or I can speak for myself, but I would wager Jack feels the same way with Twitter. In those early days, in those aughts, you know, it was about building something that you hoped people loved. It was about keeping the servers online.

It was not about, well, what is going to happen if all of a sudden there is an election that could decide, that there's an election whose fate could be decided based on whether or not a post goes up or not. Like it would be, laughable to have that conversation in a boardroom 10 years earlier because it's like hey we might die next month the company may not be here next month but

It was not about, well, what is going to happen if all of a sudden there is an election that could decide, that there's an election whose fate could be decided based on whether or not a post goes up or not. Like it would be, laughable to have that conversation in a boardroom 10 years earlier because it's like hey we might die next month the company may not be here next month but

Credit to this generation of founders. Every one of them knows going into it, hey, technology is shaping far more than it. It's not just these are the most powerful companies in the world or in our economy, but there are repercussions to it. And I think by and large, we want the good stuff to win.

Credit to this generation of founders. Every one of them knows going into it, hey, technology is shaping far more than it. It's not just these are the most powerful companies in the world or in our economy, but there are repercussions to it. And I think by and large, we want the good stuff to win.

Did you ever get a chance to- I was not invited to those meetings if they were happening. Admittedly, Reddit was this very solidly tier two company, right? Like we, you know, selling the company 16 months in was ludicrous, but it was life-changing money. It was just $10 million for-

Did you ever get a chance to- I was not invited to those meetings if they were happening. Admittedly, Reddit was this very solidly tier two company, right? Like we, you know, selling the company 16 months in was ludicrous, but it was life-changing money. It was just $10 million for-

16 months worth of work i thought i was getting away with something this is nuts and then part of khan and asked you know the trajectory just sort of changed from when you're an independent startup and so reddit was really solidly a second tier social media platform for over a decade and then it wasn't until you know so 2014 i come back and then probably by the late teens once it's like oh here it's a billion dollar company again the business is back let's

16 months worth of work i thought i was getting away with something this is nuts and then part of khan and asked you know the trajectory just sort of changed from when you're an independent startup and so reddit was really solidly a second tier social media platform for over a decade and then it wasn't until you know so 2014 i come back and then probably by the late teens once it's like oh here it's a billion dollar company again the business is back let's

You know, there's a path to an IPO one day. And so if those meetings were happening, Reddit was not invited. But rightly so. I wouldn't have been mad. I get it. We didn't have our shit together. But there's probably... I don't know. I've gotten to know... Jack a little bit. I don't really know Zuck.

You know, there's a path to an IPO one day. And so if those meetings were happening, Reddit was not invited. But rightly so. I wouldn't have been mad. I get it. We didn't have our shit together. But there's probably... I don't know. I've gotten to know... Jack a little bit. I don't really know Zuck.

A few of the other folks around these other platforms, but like there isn't, I don't know, there's not a group chat.

A few of the other folks around these other platforms, but like there isn't, I don't know, there's not a group chat.

There's not an active group chat.

There's not an active group chat.

Oh, yeah. It's my first, one of my first and earliest memories. So I was... probably like six, five or six years old. And so if you can't tell from the last name, I'm Armenian. And my great aunt Vera pulled me aside. So my birthday is April 24th, which is the, it's the Armenian genocide remembrance day. So it's a conflicted day for me. But this particular birthday is

Oh, yeah. It's my first, one of my first and earliest memories. So I was... probably like six, five or six years old. And so if you can't tell from the last name, I'm Armenian. And my great aunt Vera pulled me aside. So my birthday is April 24th, which is the, it's the Armenian genocide remembrance day. So it's a conflicted day for me. But this particular birthday is