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Ben Gilbert: evaluation

6 Sept 2023 Acquired Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023)

“The number of people who were out raising a fund and they’re like, the future is AI. This is the best time ever to be investing.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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evaluation
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6 Sept 2023
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Acquired

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…I think for me at least, again just speaking personally, too, I had a very strong element of skepticism initially because the timing was just too perfect. It was like, all UVCs out there, you just told everybody about how crypto’s the future and whatever you’re talking about, and then interest rates went to 5% and your world fell off a cliff. The number of people who were out raising a fund and they’re like, the future is AI. This is the best time ever to be investing. There was a large part of me that I was just like, come on guys.…

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