Gurley does not like when IPOs are underpriced. Underwriters and friends making money at the expense of the company.
INVESTMENT
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Claude Model Cannibalization: Token Usage Trends Sonnet Releases
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How much are Claude models cannibalising themselves? After each new release, usage of the previous model declines, yet the overall consumption increase, e.g., weekly @openrouter usage rose from 211b tokens for Sonnet 3.7 to 287b tokens for Sonnet 4 (a one-third increase).
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AI Spending Drives One-Third of America’s Q2 Growth
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AI spending was responsible for a third of America’s growth in Q2 2025.
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Figma IPO closes at $69 billion valuation milestone
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Did Figma just close its first day of trading at $69 billion? Nice.
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Investor Backing Cline AI Agent Development Next Growth Phase
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You all know how big of a fan of @cline I am. After using it obsessively and telling everyone I could about Cline, recently, I was lucky enough to be asked to invest. Of course I said yes. Thrilled to support the @sdrzn @nickbaumann_ + team through their next phase of growth!
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Anthropic Reaches $170B Valuation in Latest Fundraising Round
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Anthropic Close to $170B Value With New Fundraise https://
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DeepSeek builds self-sufficient AI talent pipeline amid US-China competition
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This @WSJ piece on China/US AI competition highlights research from @StanfordHAI Senior Fellow @AmyZegart and other scholars examining DeepSeek's increasingly self-sufficient pipeline of homegrown AI talent.
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Anthropic CEO on AI Potential and OpenAI Competition
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI's Potential, OpenAI Rivalry, GenAI Busine… https://
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Superintelligence Master Plan Revealed
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"Superintelligence Is Now In Sight" Mark Zuckerberg's Master Plan Revealed https://
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Figma IPO: Live Coverage from NYSE with Bill Gurley
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I'm glad that @tbpn is going live from the NYSE for the Figma IPO, but we need them to get a live cam on Bill Gurley too.