With Jess and Sam taking the week off Brit and Dave are joined by two leading voices in venture and tech: Ben Lerer (Managing Partner, Lerer Hippeau) and Morgan Beller (General Partner, NFX; Co-creator of Libra).
Together, they dive into the shifting tides of tech, venture, and AI:
– OpenAI’s next move: A social network?
– Venture’s broken math
– The ‘AI’ label inflation, and
– Figma’s IPO and what it signals for tech
Plus, Ben and Morgan weigh space travel risks—would you commit to a ticket to Mars?
Let us know in the comments below!
00:00 Trailer
01:16 Guest Intro
03:39 VC East Coast scene
08:39 Offline from tech
10:32 OpenAI social media leak?
15:08 Investing in AI
22:59 Like AI companies
28:49 Figma's Potentital IPO
33:08 LPs and founders are pissed
41:52 Pop culture corner: Katy Perry went to space
45:02 Humans on Mars by 2040?
46:36 Outro
Featuring:
Ben Lerer: https://x.com/benjlerer
Morgan Beller: https://x.com/beller
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1) Sam Lessin: https://x.com/lessin
2) Dave Morin: https://x.com/davemorin
3) Jessica Lessin: https://x.com/Jessicalessin
4) Brit Morin: https://x.com/brit
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