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The round was a hundred million. And the price was? It was at two billion. I think we'll live in a world with many, many models with different use cases. We're already seeing this with a lot of application layer companies where they all have these specialized use cases for how they want to leverage the models. I think being a recruiter is the highest prestige position in any company. The recruiter is the one who controls the talent inflows and outflows of every company. And pretty much you can gather all you need to know about a company from seeing the talent inflows and outflows. The businesses that succeed in a world where software costs approach zero will be built on network effects.
This is 20VC with me, Harry Stebbings, and today we have an exclusive. One of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley right now, McCore, has closed a $100 million round at a $2 billion valuation led by Felicis. They are exceptional for many reasons. They scaled to $70 million in ARR in just 24 months. They are famed for working six days per week, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. All of their founders are teal fellows. And with this latest round, they are also the youngest unicorn founders ever. Today, I sit down with McCall's co-founder, Adarsh Hayamath. But before we dive in today, here are two fun facts about our newest brand sponsor, Kajabi. First, their customers just crossed a collective $8 billion in total revenue. Wow.
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