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Today's show:
Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, and Jason Calacanis join David Weisburd to discuss the market downturn's impact on startups, including shutdowns and shifting investment strategies (1:29). They also debate the AI boom (54:50), chatbots' future potential and hype (1:01:11), and which tech giants may perform best or worst in 2024 (1:20:32).
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Timestamps:
(0:00) David Weisburd hosts Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, & Jason Calacanis to discuss the state of tech markets
(1:29) Startup shutdowns in 2023 vs dotcom crash
(3:52) Perspective on current market from Bill Gurley
(7:52) Brad's outlook on startup shutdowns continuing in 2024
(11:48) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://openphone.com/twist
(13:16) Different investor perspectives based on investment stage
(16:47) Altimeter's recent investing activity
(25:32) DevSquad - Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist
(26:30) Reflecting on past IPOs and paths to building businesses for growth
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(38:07) State of Series B/C deals in 2023 vs 2021 peak
(42:42) Why now is a great time to start a company
(47:17) Jason's theories for success in venture
(49:42) Abundance of technical talent in Silicon Valley and impact of AI on company size and competition
(54:50) AI investments in 2024
(1:01:11) Launguage models raising large rounds quickly and the potential for LLMs to hit a ceiling soon
(1:05:18) The best case for Meta being a leader in AI and Apple's position
(1:08:55) Importance of voice recognition for AI interfaces, challenges of enabling transactions via AI, and consumers choosing services via AI
(1:20:32) Picks for best and worst performing tech giants in 2024
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LINKS:
Unicorn Investors article: https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-unicorn-investors-eoy-2023/
Bill Gurley's Above the Crowd article: https://abovethecrowd.com/2011/05/24/all-revenue-is-not-created-equal-the-keys-to-the-10x-revenue-club/
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Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland
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