That Was The Week

By Keith Teare

That Was The Week is an editorialized and curated weekly look at developments in tech, startups, and venture investing with a video and podcast for paid subscribers. All free subscribers get a 6-month... more

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November 24, 2023 The Bankman Fried's Trial by Media
I had promised there would be no That Was The Week this week, and Andrew decided we needed to record a show. Topics focus on the Bankman Fried trial, Amazon being accused of anti-trust, the Google trial, and developments with OpenAI
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34min
September 24, 2023Billions: The Venture Asset Class
Contents
Editorial: Billions: The Venture Asset Class

Essays of the Week
Innovation

Searching for a Breakup

The Trouble With Walter: In His Elon Musk Tome, the Writer Shows Us the Perils of Access Journalism

AI Regulation

Venture Capitalists Will Overpay For Seed Rounds But For Reasons You Likely Haven’t Considered

Venture returns vs. public markets : What the data says

Unicorn Market Cap 2023: Rise of AI

Video of the Week
Bill Gurley on Regulation, the State and Tech

AI of the Week
4 Key Takeaways from the AI Panel at Saastr 2023

OpenAI Hustles to Beat Google to Launch ‘Multimodal’ LLM

How Google taught AI to doubt itself

Writer nets $100M for its enterprise-focused generative AI platform

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) testing the impact of Generative AI on its consultants

News Of the Week
Elon Musk says X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service

Silicon Valley is still king.

Unicorns Are Thawing Out IPO Plans

Sequoia and Andreessen to take a huge hit on their 2021 Instacart investment, after a 75% plunge in valuation

Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users

Getty Specifically Calls Out Adobe Firefly in Its Latest Rejection of AI

Startup of the Week
Allocate raises $10 million to open top VC doors to wealth advisers

X of the Week
What it feels like to build a startup
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32min
September 18, 2023Why Think Global? China, Chips, Trains and Airplanes
Contents
Editorial: Why Think Global? China, Chips and Airplanes

Essays of the Week
The next phase of globalization is going to be awesome

It's Never Been More Important to Understand Your Capital Provider's Business Model

Apple’s $60 iCloud Service Is the Future of Apple

Huawei’s Breakthrough: The Strategic Implications

A Look at the IPO Market As Investors Hope for Strong Instacart, Arm & Klaviyo Offerings

Arm and a Leg: Arm's Quest To Extract Their True Value

The Top 10 Mistakes Founders Make After $10m ARR

Video of the Week
Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk

AI of the Week
Life in a Kingdom of Dangerous Magic

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other tech leaders in closed Senate session about AI

Nvidia’s Been Busy — Real Busy

News Of the Week
Cendana Capital closes on $470M more to back seed-stage fund managers

Seed Market Evolution During A Downturn

Haystack VII

Google accused of spending billions to block rivals as landmark trial continues

The big French fire sale: record numbers of startups are selling at big discounts

China's C919 aircraft model begins demonstration flights across Xinjiang

Startup of the Week
SCOOP: MotherDuck Raising $50M in Felicis-Led Round, Valuing Startup at $350M

X of the Week
Michael Kim, Cendana
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36min
September 10, 2023Searching For Money
Contents
Editorial:

Essays of the Week
Least Bad (De-Dollarization?)

Only About 10% of VCs Make Money

Searching for Unicorn Funds - A Look at Fund DPI

Venture Firms Hang the ‘For Sale’
Sign on Portfolios

How to Win in Venture Capital: Focus on the Fat Tails

What Makes a Good SaaS Company?

The Best Founders are over 50 Years Old

Meet the YC Summer 2023 Batch Garry Tan

AI and the New Digital Cold War

Video of the Week
Andrew Keen and Ludwig Ensthaler on AI

Fareed Zakharia on AI

AI of the Week
What OpenAI Really Wants - Steven Levy

6 Examples of Doman-Specific Large Language Models

What We Can Learn From AI Startups in Y Combinator’s Latest Batch

Apple Spending Millions of Dollars a Day on Conversational AI

News Of the Week
European Venture Funding Halved In Q2 2023 As Late-Stage Investors Dialed Back

The End of Airbnb in New York

Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama

UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging

Apple Signs New Deal With Arm to License Chip Designs Beyond 2040

Startup of the Week
‘He Doesn’t Need VC in His Life’: How Midjourney’s Founder Built an AI Winner While Rejecting Venture Capital

X of the Week
Apple
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38min
September 10, 2023Hit Job
Contents
Editorial: Hit Job

Essays of the Week
VC Returns - The Power Law

Down Rounds Are a Nothing Burger?

VCs are just middlemen.

Realizing Non-Winners Early Drives IRRs

Secrecy Harms Startups

Fund of funds: why to invest and, more importantly, why not

As Venture Market Slows, Fewer Early-Round Unicorns Being Minted

Rest - The case for sabbaticals

Why Do Investors Care So Much About LTV:CAC?

AI of the Week
Generative AI applications: an investing framework

Early days of AI (and AI Hype Cycle)

Meta Releases ‘Code Llama’ Generative AI Model to Assist in Code Creation

News Of the Week
New SEC Rules Could Hurt VC’s Newcomers

Hugging Face Hits $4B Valuation After Salesforce Ventures-Led Round

SoftBank’s Arm IPO Win Won’t Make Up for What It Missed Out On

Startup World Looks On As Arm And Instacart Set To Test Waters Of IPO Market

Cracking Open the IPO Window

The IPO Window Is Open. But Are Founders Ready?

The Scam in the Arena - Is Chamath a Scammer?

New Features For LinkedIn Newsletters

Nvidia’s Rocket-Ship Year

Startup of the Week
Pact VC

X of the Week
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33min
September 10, 2023Venture is Good
Contents
Editorial:

Essays of the Week
Institutionalized Belief In The Greater Fool

New Unicorn Creation Has Dwindled From 2 Per Day To 2 Per Month

Even a Down Round is Hard to Get

Tech Valuations Q2’23 Report

Advice to Venture Fund Investors

State of pre-seed fundraising: Q2 2023

Venture capital funds are mostly just wasting their time and your money

Video of the Week
Dave Winer and Andrew Keen on Blogging, Podcasting and More

AI of the Week
The AI Power Paradox

What if Generative AI turned out to be a Dud?

Insight Partners Has Invested More Than $4B Into AI. What’s Next?

Google DeepMind testing ‘personal life coach’ AI tool

News Of the Week
Blackbird Ventures Sells Stake in Canva at $25.5 Billion Valuation

Biden administration restricts US investment in tech China's military might employ

Startup of the Week
MTN, African Fintech

X of the Week
Emotional Investing is Bad for Your Wealth
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40min
August 11, 2023Dry Powder?
Contents
Editorial: Dry Powder?

Essays of the Week
Dry Powder is not About to be Invested

Down Rounds Should Be Led by Entrepreneurs

Why Bill Gurley & Josh Wolfe Think VCs Won't Deploy All Their Dry Powder Anytime Soon

‘Tidal Wave’ of Down Rounds Hits Startups

Global Venture Funding In July Was Second-Lowest This Year As Seed Startups Are Hit Hard

VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

AI of the Week
OpenAI Shoots To No. 1 Spot On Private Cloud Startup Ranking, Underscoring AI’s Sudden Ascendency

Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data

Money on Autopilot: The Future of AI x Personal Finance

Apple seeks to bolster expertise in generative AI on mobile devices

AI Won’t Replace Humans — But Humans With AI Will Replace Humans Without AI

Cloudflare as a Leader in AI? + Q2 Results

News Of the Week
Yaccarino Says Advertisers are Coming Back to X in First Major Interview as CEO

Five months ago Crunchbase vowed to try and avoid layoffs. Since then A.I. has changed everything

WeWork’s going concern warning is a reminder that VC and low-margin business don’t mix

Startup of the Week
A better internet for readers

X of the Week
Twitter for Sale by X
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30min
August 11, 2023Bonfire of the Unicorns
Contents
Editorial: Bonfire of the Unicorns

Essays of the Week
Historical Futurism

Venture Capital and the Retail Investor

Raising a fund in a downturn

Fundraising in Confusing Times

Fundraising is Hard - Fund of Fund Fundraising is Harder

Unicorns Hobbled Amid VC Pullbacks

The Unicorn Fire Sales Ahead

Hopin, the struggling virtual conference unicorn, sells events and engagement units to RingCentral

Reset & Rethink – Assessing Venture Capital with Gené Teare of Crunchbase

Video of the Week
LK-99 - Room Temperature Super Conductor

AI of the Week
SEC Proposes New Conflict of Interest Regime for Predictive Technology

Where Will AI Have the Biggest Impact? Healthcare.

News Of the Week
State of Private Markets: Q2 2023

Early-Stage Venture Capital Investment Down 54%

Coatue Raises $331 Million for Early-Stage Fund, 34% Below Target

Alphabet Stands Out in a Trio of Unimpressive Earnings

Meta Posts Strong Q2 Results as Facebook Crosses 3B Monthly Active Users

AngelList expands into private equity with the acquisition of fintech startup Nova

Venture Capital Firm Sequoia Cuts Crypto Fund by 66%

Volkswagen takes 5% stake in XPeng as part of Chinese EV deal

Tuesday Capital, a Silicon Valley firm that moved to Austin during the pandemic, captures $31M for its newest seed-stage fund

Startup of the Week
LK-99

Tweet of the Week
Stripes New CFO
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36min
August 11, 2023Never Waste a Good (Venture) Crisis
Contents
Editorial:

Essays of the Week
Venture Capital — We’re Still Not Normal - @CoatsDavid

Seed investing can’t turn back on - @lessin

The Broken Venture Value Chain - @fintechjunkie

Here Are The Venture Capital Firms That Are Investing Much Less - @ericnewcomer

Indexing Venture and Other Fool's Errands - @jordsnel

Manager Selection in Venture Capital - @scotthartley

The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs - @tomerdean

All-In Podcast on the venture business - @jason, @chamath, @DavidSacks, @Friedberg

In Defense of Strategy - @packym

The creator economy was already exploding. Then Hollywood went on strike. - @drewharwell, @TaylorLorenz

Video of the Week:
Marc Andreessen on Why Elon is Special - @pmarca

AI of the Week
A Case for Heuristics: Why Simple Solutions Often Win in Data Science - @HollyEmblem

OpenAI, Google will watermark AI-generated content to hinder deepfakes, misinfo - @ashleynbelanger

Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI - @WhiteHouse

News Of the Week
Sam Altman's biometrics-based cryptocurrency Worldcoin is now live - @Fauza4IR

How Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Engineered Its Token Launch - @aidanfitzryan

Elon Musk Says the Twitter Brand Will be Retired, Renamed ‘X’, Very Soon - @adhutchinson

Almost 70% of Israeli startups act to shift funds, relocate due to judicial shakeup - @SharonWrobel1

Startup of the Week:
Cafe Cyberia - @restofworld

Tweet of the Week:
Not the X Designer - @anothercohen
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44min
July 28, 2023Data-First Venture is Coming
Contents
Editorial: Data-First Venture is Coming

Essays of the Week
The Future of Venture Capital? Insights Into Data-Driven VCs

Has persistence persisted in private equity? Evidence from buyout and venture capital funds

Why more is less in investing

Symposium: The unique uselessness of business advice

VCs make mistakes too. And LPs need to be aware of them.

How This Ends (Part Three)

Video of the Week
Producing Charts with AI - Tomasz Tunguz

AI of the Week
ChatGPT update allows it to remember who you are and what you like

Teaching Programming in the Age of ChatGPT

The AI craze will implode faster than #Threads (🫢) if folks can't figure out how to make money from AI.

Apple is reportedly developing its own generative AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT

Microsoft launches vector search in preview, voice cloning in general availability

News Of the Week
Silicon Valley start-ups explore sales as funding runs dry

Venture debt deals decline 38%, led by SVB's core market

Meta unfriends the news industry in growing rift with publishers

BlackRock's Larry Fink says crypto will transcend any one currency

Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard

Startup of the Week
Sequoia Capital

Tweet of the Week
Entitled Employees?
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39min

FAQs about That Was The Week:

How many episodes does That Was The Week have?

The podcast currently has 241 episodes available.