20VC: a16z Raises $10BN in New Funds | Mercor Raises $350M at a $10BN Valuation | OpenAI Restructuring: Who Wins and Who Loses | Why IRR is a BS Metric and Three Ways to Win in VC Today

Just can't think of a of a retail IPO that would be more popular than OpenAI. To me, going from 23,000,000,000 to 30,000,000,000, I don't even consider it an up round. It's not enough. If they really have gone from a 100 to a 150 in less than six months, then I can make this conversation really quick. There's no way they should sell. Andreessen Horowitz is the red army of the venture industry. What you're basically saying is, Rory, you can win a deal. Not because I've grafted for thirty years and returned, you know, frankly billions of dollars to my investors, but because I'm on a fucking pod. If that sentence is true No. I didn't. If that sentence isn't true, then a 100% Marc Andreessen was right all along. I think Bezos would lay off half his company in in a in a fortnight if it was the right thing. I don't think you even care. Andreessen 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 wanna listen to this show. This episode was so much fun to do. We cover everything from OpenAI structuring to Synthesia rejecting the round to ramp's new potential round to many, many more. This was so much fun to do. I wanna hear your feedback on the show, harry@20vc.com. But before we dive into the show today, now most people who get scammed never talk about it. And if it can happen to tech savvy professionals, CEOs, and investors, it can happen to anyone. But the problem isn't just losing money, it's that today's scams, they're built differently for a very new world, one where AI can generate convincing messages in seconds and fake sites look more like real sites than the real thing. Traditional tools were not built for this future and that's why Guardio exists. Guardio is this incredible predictive and proactive engine. It leverages advanced AI threat detection to block highly targeted, socially engineered scams before they ever reach you. From phishing emails and fake login pages to financial fraud, Guardio protects you across the ways people actually live and work online. And security shouldn't be complicated. Guardio continuously monitors across all your accounts and devices uncovering risks in real time and guiding you to close gaps before attackers exploit them. Trusted by over a million users, Guardio is setting the new standard for personal cybersecurity. Visit guard.io/20vc today to start your seven day free trial because the threats of tomorrow, they're already here and Guardio is built to stop them. And as guard.io protects your clicks, Acuity Scheduling ensures our time stays on track. This show is brought to you by Acuity Scheduling, the flexible scheduling software that helps you focus on what matters most, growing your business. With Acuity, you can manage your calendar, …