In a 20VC podcast episode, Jason discussed how AI agents are reshaping software development and procurement, noting that agents' tool preferences signal buying signals and that agent-driven teams gene…
Uber President and COO Andrew Macdonald said on the '20VC' podcast that he is 'tempted to say' Uber will have fewer employees in five years due to AI, but he won't emphatically state it because early …
Uber Chief Operating Officer Andrew Macdonald said on the 20VC podcast that the company's scale—nearly $250 billion in annualized gross bookings—makes it harder to justify new business bets, as the co…
Andrew Feldman, cofounder and CEO of AI chip company Cerebras, which is valued at $49.5 billion, said on the 20VC podcast that it is 'mind-boggling' to think people can achieve greatness by working 38…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says his AI startup, valued at $60 billion, operates without KPIs or overtime, telling staff in a recorded session that research requires a relaxed environment and that …
Curative CEO Fred Turner canceled the health insurer's $600,000-a-year Salesforce CRM contract after building an internal replacement using AI-assisted coding in about two months, according to a 20VC …
Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami said the tech industry gives AI 'too much credit' and that it is not smart enough to replace white-collar jobs, despite his company's $200 million investment in the vibe-codin…
Jason Lemkin, known as the 'Godfather of SaaS,' said he will only invest in companies that require employees to work in the office six days a week, arguing that remote work leads to failure. He echoed…
Matan Grinberg, founder and CEO of Factory, said value accrual in tech is time-dependent and that the US lacks frontier open models, which he called embarrassing. He argued that outsourcing AI develop…
Barcelona-based AI robotics company THEKER raised €73 million in a Series A funding round led by CRV, with participation from Samsung, LVMH, Cathay Innovation, 20VC, Henkel Ventures, Korelya, and Brig…
Jacob Lauritzen, CTO of Legora, stated that AI tools have dramatically increased engineering productivity, shifting the primary bottleneck from code writing to code review. He predicted that AI code r…
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody stated that AI models have become the core product, making software defensibility increasingly difficult, and that hiring top AI researchers can cost tens of millions of dolla…
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody stated in a 20VC interview that his company now spends more on AI agent tokens than on human salaries, marking a concrete shift in operational spending. The claim positions Me…
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody said on the "20VC" podcast that the $10 billion startup now spends more on AI tokens for internal agents than on employee salaries. Foody stated the company has conducted over…
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody said his startup now spends more on AI tokens for internal agents than on employee salaries, marking a shift in corporate spending priorities. The $10 billion company, which h…
Former Snowflake chief revenue officer Chris Degnan warned that top engineers avoid forward-deployed engineer roles, calling them "glorified professional services" positions that create technical debt…
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman criticized the AI industry's messaging around data-center projects, stating the sector has "done a terrible job" of selling them to communities. In a podcast interview and …
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman said the AI industry has failed to effectively communicate the benefits of data centers to local communities, urging companies to become better neighbors by funding local p…
Moritz, a legal tech startup led by CEO Pamir Ehsas, raised $9 million in seed funding one week before graduating from Y Combinator, exceeding its initial $3 million target. The round included investm…
Pamir Ehsas, a former junior lawyer at a large Norwegian firm, raised $9 million for his AI-powered law firm Moritz after initially seeking $3 million. The seed round, which closed one week before gra…