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20VC: a16z's Martin Casado on Anthropic vs OpenAI: Where Value Accrues | Cursor vs Replit vs Lovable: Who Wins and Who Loses | The One Sin in AI Investing | Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China
Manage episode 496971766 series 73567
Martin Casado is a General Partner @ a16z where he leads the firms $1.25BN infrastructure fund. At a16z, Martin has led investments in companies like Cursor, dbt Labs, and Fivetran to name a few. Before joining a16z, he co-founded Nicira, acquired by VMware for $1.26B. At VMware, he served as CTO of Networking. Widely regarded as a visionary in enterprise infrastructure, Martin has helped shape the modern cloud computing stack.
Agenda:
00:00 – Analysis of Current AI Investment Landscape
04:45 – Will Anthropic Kill the AI App Layer?
09:20 – “The Oligopoly Is Coming—Just Like Cloud”
12:50 – Are AI Models Actually Terrible Venture Investments?
15:40 – Why it is BS to Put Down AI Apps for Having Temporary Revenue
21:30 – “Open Source Is a National Security Weapon—And We're Losing”
26:40 – “Have the Foundation Models of the Future All Been Founded Already”
34:30 – Why it is BS to Denigrate AI Apps for Having Low Margins
38:40 – Does AI Make 1x Engineers 10x or 10x Becomes 100x
44:10 – “We’re All Dead Wrong About AI and Job Loss”
50:30 – “The Only Sin in Venture: Backing the Wrong Winner”
55:10 – What People Think They Know About Wealth But Do Not
1340 episodes
20VC: a16z's Martin Casado on Anthropic vs OpenAI: Where Value Accrues | Cursor vs Replit vs Lovable: Who Wins and Who Loses | The One Sin in AI Investing | Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Manage episode 496971766 series 73567
Martin Casado is a General Partner @ a16z where he leads the firms $1.25BN infrastructure fund. At a16z, Martin has led investments in companies like Cursor, dbt Labs, and Fivetran to name a few. Before joining a16z, he co-founded Nicira, acquired by VMware for $1.26B. At VMware, he served as CTO of Networking. Widely regarded as a visionary in enterprise infrastructure, Martin has helped shape the modern cloud computing stack.
Agenda:
00:00 – Analysis of Current AI Investment Landscape
04:45 – Will Anthropic Kill the AI App Layer?
09:20 – “The Oligopoly Is Coming—Just Like Cloud”
12:50 – Are AI Models Actually Terrible Venture Investments?
15:40 – Why it is BS to Put Down AI Apps for Having Temporary Revenue
21:30 – “Open Source Is a National Security Weapon—And We're Losing”
26:40 – “Have the Foundation Models of the Future All Been Founded Already”
34:30 – Why it is BS to Denigrate AI Apps for Having Low Margins
38:40 – Does AI Make 1x Engineers 10x or 10x Becomes 100x
44:10 – “We’re All Dead Wrong About AI and Job Loss”
50:30 – “The Only Sin in Venture: Backing the Wrong Winner”
55:10 – What People Think They Know About Wealth But Do Not
1340 episodes
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