Rory O'Driscoll
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
Like they are feeling that they are winning.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
And so why not put it $10 billion to get my TPUs in space?
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
It's a good deal.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
Fuck, it's nothing.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
It's a couple of percentage points of market cap.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
Not crazy.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
What else are you going to do with the cash?
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
They can't spend it like Meta does.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
They can't spend it that aggressively.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
Maybe NVIDIA could put in five.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
If they do 15 together, Google and NVIDIA and two from Fidelity, there's no room for retail.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
We're sold out.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
The round is sold out.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
Just because you brought it up on Founders Fund owning 10%, it's just a story people forget.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
You know, Peter Thiel fired Elon Musk.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
Yes.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
He fired him.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
But he treated him like a human being, fully vested all his stock, took nothing out of his pocket, thanked him for it and told him that was the way it was going to be.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
He treated him pretty damn well.
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
And so when SpaceX was going to die, he went to Founders Fund and Peter Thiel gave him the money in an hour.