I just can't think of a retail IPO that would be more popular than Open AI. To me, going from $23 billion to $30 billion, I don't even consider it an upround. It's not enough. If they really have gone from $100 to $150 in less than six months, then I can make this conversation really quick. There's no way they should sell. And Dresen Hurts is the Red Army of the venture. What you're basically saying is, Rory, you can win a deal. Not because I've grafted for 30 years and return, you know, frankly, billions of dollars to my investors, but because I'm on a fucking pod. If that sentence is true, if that sentence isn't true, then a hundred percent Mark Andreessen was right all along. I think Bezos would lay off half his company in a fortnight. It was the right thing. I don't think you even care. And Dresen Horowitz is the Red Army of the Venture Industry. I think that has to be the quote of this series. This is my favorite show of the week. How can you not listen to that intro and just be like, I want to listen to this show.

This episode was so much fun to do.

We cover everything from OpenAI structuring to Synthesia rejecting the round, to Ramps's

New Potential Round, to many, many more.

This was so much fun to do.

I want to hear your feedback on the show, Harry at 20VC.com.

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