Jason Lemkin is one of the leading SaaS investors of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Algolia, Talkdesk, Owner, RevenueCat, Saleloft and more.
Rory O’Driscoll is a General Partner @ Scale where he has led investments in category leaders such as
Bill.com (BILL), Box (BOX), DocuSign (DOCU), and WalkMe (WKME), among others.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:59 Cursor Acquired for $60B?! Breaking down the mind-blowing deal with xAI/SpaceX
06:41 Why Cursor and Elon Musk actually make perfect sense
09:02 Who Won the Deal?
11:25 Venture Payday: What this means for the investors and the "lock-up" reality for the founders
13:34 SpaceX as an AI Lab
20:35 The AI Advantage: Why high-price stocks are the ultimate weapon for massive acquisitions
27:10 The $100 Billion Prediction
34:55 End of an Era: Tim Cook steps down at Apple
39:07 Why Netflix, Canva, and Adobe should be terrified of YouTube and AI
42:21 Anthropic Hits $1 Trillion...