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George Sivulka

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

Well, so I was saying two months prior, again, I think it was at Stanford or just about to leave Stanford. And one of my friends had interned at Founders Fund. And he's like, hey, I hear you're raising financing. You should talk to Peter. And It's like, well, I'm not going to say no to that. And so he introduces me on an email thread with me and Peter.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

Well, so I was saying two months prior, again, I think it was at Stanford or just about to leave Stanford. And one of my friends had interned at Founders Fund. And he's like, hey, I hear you're raising financing. You should talk to Peter. And It's like, well, I'm not going to say no to that. And so he introduces me on an email thread with me and Peter.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

Well, so I was saying two months prior, again, I think it was at Stanford or just about to leave Stanford. And one of my friends had interned at Founders Fund. And he's like, hey, I hear you're raising financing. You should talk to Peter. And It's like, well, I'm not going to say no to that. And so he introduces me on an email thread with me and Peter.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And I'm like, hey, Peter would love to do a lunch or dinner. I'm not a morning person. So I was like, Peter would love to do a lunch or dinner anytime soon. And Peter was like, I can do a breakfast. I was like, I really want to do a lunch or dinner. You know, like, can we do a brunch? You know, he's like, I'm going to do a breakfast. And so I said, well, that's fine.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And I'm like, hey, Peter would love to do a lunch or dinner. I'm not a morning person. So I was like, Peter would love to do a lunch or dinner anytime soon. And Peter was like, I can do a breakfast. I was like, I really want to do a lunch or dinner. You know, like, can we do a brunch? You know, he's like, I'm going to do a breakfast. And so I said, well, that's fine.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And I'm like, hey, Peter would love to do a lunch or dinner. I'm not a morning person. So I was like, Peter would love to do a lunch or dinner anytime soon. And Peter was like, I can do a breakfast. I was like, I really want to do a lunch or dinner. You know, like, can we do a brunch? You know, he's like, I'm going to do a breakfast. And so I said, well, that's fine.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And he gave me a slot on a Saturday. And so got in my car. It was an old beat up 2006 Audi convertible that I had fixed up from Craigslist and bought for $4,000 at three in the morning and drank a bunch of coffee, like 18 cups of coffee, like a five hour energy, like all the disgusting stuff and drove from three to eight to his house to go and pitch this guy.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And he gave me a slot on a Saturday. And so got in my car. It was an old beat up 2006 Audi convertible that I had fixed up from Craigslist and bought for $4,000 at three in the morning and drank a bunch of coffee, like 18 cups of coffee, like a five hour energy, like all the disgusting stuff and drove from three to eight to his house to go and pitch this guy.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And he gave me a slot on a Saturday. And so got in my car. It was an old beat up 2006 Audi convertible that I had fixed up from Craigslist and bought for $4,000 at three in the morning and drank a bunch of coffee, like 18 cups of coffee, like a five hour energy, like all the disgusting stuff and drove from three to eight to his house to go and pitch this guy.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And I think he showed up 45 minutes to an hour late. He's like just waking up and I'm wired. I'm like sitting in my chair, you know, like ready to go. And it was supposed to be a 30 or 45 minute breakfast. I was like, it's kind of already shot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And I think he showed up 45 minutes to an hour late. He's like just waking up and I'm wired. I'm like sitting in my chair, you know, like ready to go. And it was supposed to be a 30 or 45 minute breakfast. I was like, it's kind of already shot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

And I think he showed up 45 minutes to an hour late. He's like just waking up and I'm wired. I'm like sitting in my chair, you know, like ready to go. And it was supposed to be a 30 or 45 minute breakfast. I was like, it's kind of already shot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

But we ended up talking for, I think like four or five hours about not only the company and all of the flaws that I had in my business model, but then also math and deep esoteric philosophy and like just the world. And he said, you know, I'm not investing at the time because it was coronavirus and a variety of other factors, but I'd love to put in a check.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

But we ended up talking for, I think like four or five hours about not only the company and all of the flaws that I had in my business model, but then also math and deep esoteric philosophy and like just the world. And he said, you know, I'm not investing at the time because it was coronavirus and a variety of other factors, but I'd love to put in a check.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

But we ended up talking for, I think like four or five hours about not only the company and all of the flaws that I had in my business model, but then also math and deep esoteric philosophy and like just the world. And he said, you know, I'm not investing at the time because it was coronavirus and a variety of other factors, but I'd love to put in a check.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

I got out of this conversation thinking I had just made a friend or was seen from someone who's incredibly, incredibly, incredibly bright. And I'm leaving his house and I felt like I was inducted into the Illuminati. I was like my whole body, drop top, the sun's shining. I was playing Kanye West. I drove out as my first offer from a venture investor. How much did he invest?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

I got out of this conversation thinking I had just made a friend or was seen from someone who's incredibly, incredibly, incredibly bright. And I'm leaving his house and I felt like I was inducted into the Illuminati. I was like my whole body, drop top, the sun's shining. I was playing Kanye West. I drove out as my first offer from a venture investor. How much did he invest?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

I got out of this conversation thinking I had just made a friend or was seen from someone who's incredibly, incredibly, incredibly bright. And I'm leaving his house and I felt like I was inducted into the Illuminati. I was like my whole body, drop top, the sun's shining. I was playing Kanye West. I drove out as my first offer from a venture investor. How much did he invest?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

I think the total round was like a million dollars. So it's like nothing.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

I think the total round was like a million dollars. So it's like nothing.