20VC: Scale's $14.8BN Acquisition: Is Scale a Dead Man Walking / What Did Meta Buy | Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever | Ramp Hits $16BN Diluting Only 1% | Salesforce, Slack and Dropbox Falling Behind: Are Incumbents Losing Ground

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Agenda:

00:00 – Meta’s $14.8B Deal for Scale: The Analysis

05:40 – Will Scale Lose Their $800M ARR? Will All Customers Leave?

13:00 – Who is the Winner from All Scale Customers Leaving?

21:30 – Who Made the Most Money From Scale?

24:00 – LPs Just Got $14B Back. Are They Reinvesting?

26:45 – Chime IPO: The Breakdown

29:20 – Ramp Hits $16B Valuation: Are We Back in 2021?

31:10 – Ramp vs Brex vs Mercury: Who’s the Real Winner?

34:00 – Gusto Going Public with $900M in ARR???

36:40 – Dropbox vs Glean: Can the Old Guard Survive the AI Wave?

38:50 – Is Slack Dead as a Platform? Salesforce Shutdown Slack API?

41:15 – Will China Dominate AI? The Bets Are In

43:00 – S&P Prediction, iPhone Assembly in the US, and Rory's Rants

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