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▶ 7:59 · $OPENAI · Meta Takes on OpenAI | Apple Sues OpenAI | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO
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Meta Takes on OpenAI | Apple Sues OpenAI | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO

2026-07-16 · 7 company · 6 thematic
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speakers
rory o'driscoll

Rory O'Driscoll is a partner at Scale Venture Partners, a late-stage venture firm. He references Scale's portfolio (Linear, DataBricks, HubSpot, Salesforce, Palantir) and fund dynamics. He previously invested in Anthropic (2021) and tracks AI infrastructure closely.

jason lemkin

Founder of SaaStr, a community and media platform for B2B software founders and executives. He is an early-stage investor and a frequent commentator on SaaS growth and go-to-market strategy.

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“hardware is probably on the bubble. This was one of Sam's initiatives that made sense when everything was working and OpenAI had an unassalable lead over over its competitors. Right now everything's, you know, we chopped Sora. Why the hell…”
—rory o'driscoll
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