Rory O'Driscoll

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27,964 appearances 52 recordings 3 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 3 Sep

Rory O'Driscoll’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 52 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 10.

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · 20VC: NVIDIA Crushes Quarter and Buys Hugging Face | OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor | Instinct Hits $2.5BN Valuation and The Race for AI Assistants | Cognition Raises at $46BN, Linear $2.5BN and Clay $7BN · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

There's a full report hasn't come out. voice-verified

But it basically said anyone growing below hypergrowth is not hiring, right? voice-verified

People growing 50 to 100% are adding headcount 25%. voice-verified

People growing 50% are adding no headcount, and they're using AI to get more efficient. voice-verified

Great. voice-verified

that are growing more than 100% are growing 133% headcount on average, right? voice-verified

So they're compounding not just software, they're compounding humans. voice-verified

They're sucking in humans. voice-verified

The spiral just grows. voice-verified

You can't keep up. voice-verified

Maybe even twelve months and not matter though is the I think is the issue, right? voice-verified

I think it's an existential issue. voice-verified

I I don't love this idea going to both of your points that Harry talks about a lot of king making, you know, I'm not into that in isolation. voice-verified

It's voice-verified

Well, it's true, but I think it's backwards. voice-verified

I don't think VCs just with capital, with nothing else, without the right founders, without the right inputs, without any traction, I don't think they can will. voice-verified

That's why I just think the term is a little bit flawed, but it's also true, right? voice-verified

It's that you need so much capital to build these compound startups, right? voice-verified

That by facilitating it, the k the VCs make the kings, right? voice-verified

Yeah, it's that's all true, but I I think it's just a moment in time. voice-verified

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