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

Why can't we just get to the end of the dance? voice-verified

But these deal voice-verified

Often not only do they have to do you have to make a second offer, but they have to fall apart after the second offer in order to ever happen. voice-verified

Like there's a lot of structural reasons, right? voice-verified

And the board has theater and drama. voice-verified

There may be no way to get one more dollar out of the deal than for it to fall apart. voice-verified

Let's not say it's dead until it's dead. voice-verified

I I'm skeptical. voice-verified

It's like Venture before AI where you could walk from a hot deal and then come back. voice-verified

You know, the founder wanted one billion pre prevenue. voice-verified

You only wanted to do five hundred, you could walk, and a couple of weeks later you could meet in the middle, but not today. voice-verified

A quick note on Clay, I just thought it was very interesting for us at 7 billion. voice-verified

I started out as a clay skeptic and have become a clay convert over the years. voice-verified

I was a skeptic because when AI sucked, every CMO wanted to check the box on being an AI hero when to bring in clay. voice-verified

Like, you remember that from like a year and a half ago? voice-verified

Like, I'm gonna get fired. voice-verified

I better have an AI tool. voice-verified

And Clay just benefited from this rush to check the box. voice-verified

And I I didn't see it in the product. voice-verified

And it in the voice-verified

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