20VC: OpenAI's $6BN Jony Ive Deal | YC Is Both Chanel and Walmart—and Has Officially Won | Builder.ai Implodes and Hinge IPOs: Who Wins & Who Loses | Seed Is Easy. Series A Is Brutal & The Dirty Truth About Late-Stage Venture episode artwork

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20VC: OpenAI's $6BN Jony Ive Deal | YC Is Both Chanel and Walmart—and Has Officially Won | Builder.ai Implodes and Hinge IPOs: Who Wins & Who Loses | Seed Is Easy. Series A Is Brutal & The Dirty Truth About Late-Stage Venture

from The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Agenda: 00:00 – Why "Fund Returners" Are a Myth in Late-Stage VC 05:02 – Builder.ai Implodes: $500M Gone & Fraud Allegations Begin 11:40 – The Dirty Truth About Late-Stage Venture Math 15:57 – The Hinge IPO: Who Won, Who Lost, and Why It's a Game Changer 23:03 – The Chime Bombshell: Late-Stage VCs Forced to Crystallize Huge Losses 27:14 – Why YC Is Both Chanel and Walmart—and Has Officially Won 33:41 – Seed Is Easy. Series A Is Brutal. Here's Why 39:50 – The Silent Killer: How Dilution Is Screwing VCs Without Them Realizing 46:04 – OpenAI's $6B Jony Ive Deal: Genius or Delusion? 50:47 – Does OpenAI Win the Hardware War 1:02:09 – Duolingo, Klarna, and the Truth About AI Layoffs 1:13:10 – Only 20% of Unicorns Are Real. The Other 80%? Zombies 1:15:44 – Why 2021 Had an IPO Every Day — And Why That Won't Return Soon 1:18:00 – Quickfire: AGI Dates, Half-Trillionaires, and Trump Tax Moves  

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