WEBVTT - Airbnb Hosts and Abortion, and Sun Valley

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<v Speaker 1>From the heart of where innovation, money and power. CALLI

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<v Speaker 1>in Silicon Valley and beyond. This is Bloomberg Technology with

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<v Speaker 1>Emily Jay. I'm Caroline Hyde in New York. In Family

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<v Speaker 1>Chang this is bring Bag Technology. Coming up in the

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<v Speaker 1>next hour. Airbnb hosts attempt to navigate tricky legal maze

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<v Speaker 1>amid state abortion bands while hosting women seeking to get

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<v Speaker 1>abortions may not be all that easy. Plus, as the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest names in tech and media gather at some valley,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll hear from Amajiki twenty three and me about the

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<v Speaker 1>company's new study on well long COVID, in the current

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<v Speaker 1>state of biotech stocks, and door Dash and uber sink.

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<v Speaker 1>After Amazon agrees to take a stake in grub Hub's business,

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<v Speaker 1>details of the deal and why prime members might start

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<v Speaker 1>to favorite grub as in every service. Let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the U. S. Supreme Court ruling, of course, to end

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<v Speaker 1>federal protection for abortions happened last month. Already, many people

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to try and find a way to help. Some

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<v Speaker 1>hosts on Airbnb offered to open their homes to guests

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<v Speaker 1>who needed to travel to states that will still allow

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<v Speaker 1>the procedure. However, some of those hosts, well, I'm realizing

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't as easy a solution as it might seem.

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg's Michael Tobin wrote all about this. Joins US now

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<v Speaker 1>talk to us about how hosts were looking to potentially

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<v Speaker 1>step in and allow travel to states that allowed abortions

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<v Speaker 1>right after the Supreme Court decision came out. Hosts immediately

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<v Speaker 1>we're changing some of their listings to say, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a woman and needed to travel across state lines to

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<v Speaker 1>get an abortion, you're welcome to stay at my place

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<v Speaker 1>for free. And this is host really stepping up at

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<v Speaker 1>a time where abortion access is being limited in almost

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<v Speaker 1>you know, half of US states. And quickly host learned

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<v Speaker 1>that it was not as easy to do this as

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<v Speaker 1>they thought. There are very restrictive laws in states like

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<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma and Texas that will actually put out bounties on

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<v Speaker 1>people who aid in a bet abortions. And this was

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<v Speaker 1>an issue that came up last year and companies like

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<v Speaker 1>Uber were saying that we're going to defend our drivers

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<v Speaker 1>if they are implicated um in these lawsuits. And quickly

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<v Speaker 1>what we've seen happen is some of these hosts takedown

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<v Speaker 1>these listings and then partner with local nonprofits who are

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<v Speaker 1>able to provide housing, so perhaps be a little less obvious,

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<v Speaker 1>a little less implicating to anyone who's looking to use

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<v Speaker 1>that home. I'm also interested in whether Abb said how

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<v Speaker 1>Uber came to try and help an offer to pay

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<v Speaker 1>the legal fees of its drivers. What have I been

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<v Speaker 1>be done for their hosts? Right? So Airbnb has said

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<v Speaker 1>that if any of its hosts are implicating these laws,

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<v Speaker 1>they will defend them, and they said that last September.

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<v Speaker 1>And they also said if any other states pass laws

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<v Speaker 1>that are similar to the one in Texas, will step

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<v Speaker 1>up and do the same. The company has also made

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<v Speaker 1>an unspecified donation of Planned Parenthood last year, but they

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<v Speaker 1>haven't said anything else aside from you know, what's happened

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<v Speaker 1>after the Supreme Court ruling. And this is a company

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<v Speaker 1>that's really stepped up to provide housing to Ukrainian Afghanistan

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<v Speaker 1>refugees when those crisis were happening, But we haven't heard

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<v Speaker 1>about any of their plans or partnerships domestically. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it has to be said in many ways, the Ukrainian

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<v Speaker 1>refugee crisis is in no way politically divisive. We still

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<v Speaker 1>know that one third of the US population, at least

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<v Speaker 1>on a Pew survey, agreed that abortions should be illegal.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have to realize that this is a very

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<v Speaker 1>politically charged conversation, and indeed not everyone agrees. I'm interested in, therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>whether we expect the companies to stand to make comments

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<v Speaker 1>about how they support their employees as well, because this

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<v Speaker 1>is something we've seen many businesses say that's correct, and

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<v Speaker 1>Airbnb has said that they will pay for employees who

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<v Speaker 1>need to go across state lines to get an abortion,

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<v Speaker 1>but we haven't seen that extended to hosts yet or

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<v Speaker 1>to guess, so at that point, it's still re meant

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<v Speaker 1>to be seen what the company plans to do. What

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<v Speaker 1>about therefore, solutions that some of the actual hosts have

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<v Speaker 1>been coming up with. You say that they've been working

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<v Speaker 1>with not for profits? Is that largely in the way

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<v Speaker 1>in which that they If you're looking to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to offer your home for free to those who want

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<v Speaker 1>to travel, is that the way to partner with nonprofits charities?

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I've seen so far. One host that I

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<v Speaker 1>spoke to, who is in Virginia, said that they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be partnering with a local nonprofit and they actually

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<v Speaker 1>have two women who are coming to stay at their homes.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is somebody who's been able to partner with

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<v Speaker 1>a local nonprofit and make it successful. They've taken down

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<v Speaker 1>the language from their listing on Airbnb, but they're still

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<v Speaker 1>making it available through their nonprofit. Another host that I

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<v Speaker 1>spoke to in New Mexico said that they had to

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<v Speaker 1>take down the listing because of a threat that they

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<v Speaker 1>got against their family. So it really does show how

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<v Speaker 1>serious this can be, and they really hope that the

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<v Speaker 1>organization's um They hope that Airbnb will partner with the

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<v Speaker 1>organizations to make this safe for all parties involved. And lastly,

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<v Speaker 1>what about sort of the next step of of investigative

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<v Speaker 1>reporting for yourself, Like when you're looking at the ways

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<v Speaker 1>in which this conversation continues to happen, are there other

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<v Speaker 1>companies that you're discussing this with. Is there are other

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<v Speaker 1>ways in which you think a BB and the likes

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<v Speaker 1>will have to eventually become more clear in some of

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<v Speaker 1>their advice. I think what we're going to see is

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<v Speaker 1>he's come news. You're just going to be continued to be,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, put under public pressure, in the public spotlight

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<v Speaker 1>to what they're going to do to support employees and hosts.

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<v Speaker 1>And this kind of is similar to you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>conversation about who's an employee and who's a contractor, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's very clear with what you see with Uber

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<v Speaker 1>and Uber is stepped up to say, and the Airbnb

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<v Speaker 1>two to their credit if you're implicated in any of

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<v Speaker 1>these lawsuits will defend you. So we'll see if that

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<v Speaker 1>actually happens. Michael Tobin, it's a great story. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for coming on to talk about it. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>another story that we continue to watch, the crypto crash

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<v Speaker 1>has claimed another victim, this time broke A. Voyage and

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<v Speaker 1>Digital has filed for Chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>firm sites market volatility and of course the collapse of

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<v Speaker 1>the all important hedge fund, and had lent money to

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<v Speaker 1>Three Arrows Capital. Last month, Voyager had secured a five

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<v Speaker 1>million dollar credit line from the cryptomogul and White Knight himself,

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<v Speaker 1>Sam mag Munfreeze. I'll meet a research Interestingly, they'll meet

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<v Speaker 1>a research too. Let's get out live to Sun Valley

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<v Speaker 1>for Alan and Co's conference Media Mobile Zeo business tycoons.

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<v Speaker 1>They gather there are annually rope Place to say, also

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<v Speaker 1>gathering with them and Lovelow, you've got a very special guest. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go from billionaires and deals to health and data.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring in the CEO of twenty three and me and

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<v Speaker 1>would you hi? How are you? I'm good? How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>The weather is beautiful, but it's been busy. You've been

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<v Speaker 1>coming to this conference for a long time, but you're

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<v Speaker 1>very busy generally speaking. Correct twenty three and you're coming

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<v Speaker 1>out of the pandemic. The consumer around the world is

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<v Speaker 1>thinking a lot about their health. How's that helped you people?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's interesting with COVID, it was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time when we would publish articles that that would actually

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<v Speaker 1>drive sales. So COVID definitely spurred people to be hyper

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<v Speaker 1>aware of health, definitely interested in what's going on. And

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<v Speaker 1>three me definitely saw a bump that people were interested

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<v Speaker 1>in the research that we were doing. And people are

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<v Speaker 1>definitely interested in health. And as we enter this second

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<v Speaker 1>half and economies are opening and many people are double

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<v Speaker 1>vaccinated boosted, are they still coming to you? What is

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<v Speaker 1>their consciousness about health data? I think people come to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three and me there's there's you know, clearly half

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<v Speaker 1>of our customers come for ancestry and then another half

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<v Speaker 1>definitely are very interested in the idea that they're empowered

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<v Speaker 1>to take care of themselves and they're empowered with information

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<v Speaker 1>about prevention. And I think people have learned with the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>There's like obviously like we think about mass when we

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<v Speaker 1>think about vaccines, like all of that ties in with

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<v Speaker 1>the world of prevention. So suddenly being able to tie

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<v Speaker 1>that as well with saying type two diabetes, are there

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<v Speaker 1>things that you can actually do to prevent it? Are

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<v Speaker 1>there actions that you can take? So lifestyle environment, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it all wraps in. People definitely start to think

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<v Speaker 1>about that more and more. What can they do to

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<v Speaker 1>just be healthier in general. There's about Spasics twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>and me just run through what it is you offer

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<v Speaker 1>and how it works three me. It's it's incredibly simple.

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<v Speaker 1>You spin in a tube, we collect your DNA, and

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<v Speaker 1>we help you interpret your DNA. And we're different than

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<v Speaker 1>all the other companies out there, and that we never

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<v Speaker 1>said we're just ancestry, we're just health We really wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to have this holistic vision of like we're about you

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<v Speaker 1>and understanding your DNA and DNA is fascinating, like you

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<v Speaker 1>share it with all this life around us. You and

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<v Speaker 1>I are ninety nine point you know, five percent the same.

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<v Speaker 1>So how is it can we understand the DNA to

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<v Speaker 1>understand why we're different? Some people, you know are introvert,

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<v Speaker 1>Some people are extroverts. Some people love you know, our

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<v Speaker 1>high risk for type you diabetes, some people are not.

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<v Speaker 1>Um how can we actually understand how the DNA influences

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<v Speaker 1>all of that? So we return near ances to results

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<v Speaker 1>to people, and we return health results to people, and

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<v Speaker 1>we engage them with their own personal DNA. How many

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<v Speaker 1>of these kits are you selling and where are they

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<v Speaker 1>doing best? Is it here in the United States? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it in other markets? Where is their most engagement? We're

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<v Speaker 1>focused mostly on the US right now. UM. We also

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<v Speaker 1>sell in the UK, we sell in Canada, we sell

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<v Speaker 1>in sixty six countries, but we don't sell health everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Health is still highly regulated and most of the world,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's mostly in the US. UM we have you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we still see we see good update from our customers

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<v Speaker 1>that are really interested in again both understanding ancestry and

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<v Speaker 1>understanding health. And what's interesting is that there's a real

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<v Speaker 1>tie in of like most people can relate and say like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're of Jewish descent or if you're of African descent,

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<v Speaker 1>you're potentially at higher risk for certain conditions. So there's

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<v Speaker 1>a real tie in between the ancestry and what your

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<v Speaker 1>health predispositions are. You made an interesting acquisition Lemonade telehealth.

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<v Speaker 1>It was another kind of big pandemic era ticket. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>how has that gone for you? The reason why we

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<v Speaker 1>bought Lemonade is very different than why other groups got into,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, telehealth. It's not because we wanted to get

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<v Speaker 1>into urgent care and you know strep throats in the

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<v Speaker 1>whole telemedicine craze. But rather, we saw suddenly this opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>that people are comfortable talking to their clinicians online and

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<v Speaker 1>that frankly, most clinicians are not trained on genomic medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning that if you go and you get your genetic

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<v Speaker 1>results for Alzheimer's or chronic kidney disease or other conditions,

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<v Speaker 1>most physicians today are not trained on what to do

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<v Speaker 1>with that. And so twenty three and me, by acquiring Lemonade,

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<v Speaker 1>now has the opportunity to offer the full stack, meaning

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<v Speaker 1>that I can give you access to a direct to

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<v Speaker 1>consumer approved FDA cleared test. I can get you your

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<v Speaker 1>genetic information, and now I can actually provide clinicians who

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<v Speaker 1>are trained on genetic information and a pharmacy that is

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<v Speaker 1>also trained on how your genetics interplay with medications. So

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<v Speaker 1>I can offer now that full service too of our customers.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a successful acquisition, it's been missing. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you out there looking for similar opportunities to build out

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty three and me offering well. Acquisitions take a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time to integrate, so I would say the

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<v Speaker 1>first step is like is the integration, but then really

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<v Speaker 1>be able to start to train missions um and provide

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<v Speaker 1>those to our customers and provide that full package. Like

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<v Speaker 1>people today still don't necessarily know what to do with

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<v Speaker 1>all their genetic information. So there's a whole process for

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<v Speaker 1>us of educating our customers like we're gonna we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>give you healthcare providers now who can help you actually

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<v Speaker 1>understand how do you actually potentially translate that into your life,

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<v Speaker 1>and lots of ways that we can actually leverage the

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<v Speaker 1>service to help you encourage behavior change. You're the CEO

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<v Speaker 1>of a publicly traded company. Now healthcare is important for

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<v Speaker 1>consumers that we're in a challenging inflationary environment, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>been having a lot of discussions in the last twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four hours about where does the consumer stop spending. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that the consumer will continue to assign importance

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<v Speaker 1>to spending on healthcare data monitoring metrics or is that

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<v Speaker 1>something that there's a risk that consumer spending slows down.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think there's a couple of interesting trends.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think first off is people are really frustrated

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<v Speaker 1>aided with a lack of transparency and healthcare, the surprise bills,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that there's definitely an encouragement people want

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<v Speaker 1>to have more control. And I think one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three and ME has really led on is being

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<v Speaker 1>a low cost provider of information and making it really

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<v Speaker 1>affordable and accessible. So I think more and more there's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a trend where people want to be

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<v Speaker 1>in control, they want to know exactly what they're paying for,

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<v Speaker 1>and they want to be able to know that they're

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<v Speaker 1>actually getting a reasonably priced service. So I think that

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three ME, at our current price for a health

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<v Speaker 1>and answerstree kit, it's in that range of reasonable for people.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the energy. He big picture outlook for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of this year and beyond, well for this year

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<v Speaker 1>and beyond. I mean I look at I focus on beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>So for me, I've always been very much focused on

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<v Speaker 1>the long term vision. And the long term vision is

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<v Speaker 1>a totally different type of healthcare system that is frankly

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<v Speaker 1>about your best interest. Today's healthcare system makes money when

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<v Speaker 1>you are sick and you go into the system, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I've all has been focused on a self pay,

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<v Speaker 1>direct a consumer model because my relationship is directly with you.

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<v Speaker 1>How is it that I can win as a company

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<v Speaker 1>and you can win as an individual if I can

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<v Speaker 1>keep you healthier? So I really look at a world

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<v Speaker 1>how do I actually empower you to be healthy? At

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred? How do I empower you to be as

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<v Speaker 1>healthy as you possibly can and not actually get sick?

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<v Speaker 1>To begin with final question very quickly, do you think

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three and me is seen as a potential partner

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<v Speaker 1>from a big for a bigger health care system or

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<v Speaker 1>even a potential acquisition that have you ever thought about

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<v Speaker 1>doing that? I think now that we've acquired lemonade Um

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<v Speaker 1>and the focus that we have on genomic medicine and

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<v Speaker 1>the delivery delivery of medicine. I think that twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>and Me could play a really important role in helping

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<v Speaker 1>bridge consumers who actually have their genetic information with the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the medical world and how they're operating, and

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<v Speaker 1>start to bridge that genomic divide, like help people actually

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<v Speaker 1>understand what is this information, how to use it in

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<v Speaker 1>a clinical setting as well as how to use it

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<v Speaker 1>in a lifestyle setting. Right, three and C and mujiki,

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just billionaires and deals, it's health and data

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Caroline back to you in New York. She

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<v Speaker 1>might well be a million billionaire. We'll have to check

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<v Speaker 1>the Blombo billionaire's list. But what a wonderful interview, what

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<v Speaker 1>a fascinating CEO and majiki they're trying through me and

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<v Speaker 1>our own ed Ludlow. We'll be back in Some Valley

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday live with event Right CEO Kevin Hart's Don Gavern,

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<v Speaker 1>Major League Soccer Commissioner. Make sure you tune in at

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<v Speaker 1>five pm Eastern two pm Pacific. Coming out door dash

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<v Speaker 1>shares draw up after competitor grub hub struck a deal

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<v Speaker 1>with Amazon. Our grub Hub will have easy access to

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon's broad consumer base. That's next as a Broomberg. Apple's

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<v Speaker 1>latest mapchips have shaken up the personal computer or industry,

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<v Speaker 1>driving sales of Apple's map books and imax and pushing

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<v Speaker 1>rivals to search for new solutions. In just the last

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<v Speaker 1>year and a half, Apple has output the M one

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<v Speaker 1>to the M one Ultra, to the M two and

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<v Speaker 1>over the next year, I expect new M two Pro

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<v Speaker 1>and Max chips, as well as the first M three chips.

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<v Speaker 1>But all of this has taken a toll on Apple's

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<v Speaker 1>chip efforts for its other products. Case in point two,

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<v Speaker 1>of Apple's most popular devices, the iPhone and the Apple Watch,

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<v Speaker 1>will not be getting their typical big chip upgrades this year.

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<v Speaker 1>For the first time since Apple began designing its own

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<v Speaker 1>iPhone processors, the base iPhone four team models won't be

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<v Speaker 1>getting an all new chip. Those phones will stick to

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<v Speaker 1>the eight fifteen from the iPhone thirteen instead. Only the

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<v Speaker 1>more expensive iPhone fourteen Pro line will get a faster

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<v Speaker 1>A sixteen processor. Similarly, for the first time in its

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<v Speaker 1>own history, the Apple Watch will be sticking to the

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<v Speaker 1>same processor technology for the third year in a row. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the Series eight will get an ESS eight chip. The

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<v Speaker 1>processor will be on par with the S six chip

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<v Speaker 1>from the Series six. Apple has also been facing hurdles

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<v Speaker 1>with the development of its first cellular modem, with test

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<v Speaker 1>versions of the component facing overheating issues. I don't expect

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<v Speaker 1>an Apple modem to arrive until at the earliest. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe all of these issues are in part the result

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<v Speaker 1>of Apple's chip department being spread too thin, as well

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<v Speaker 1>as a new focus on the Mac. It's also, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>due to industry wide battlenecks like the chip shortage, which

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<v Speaker 1>is leading to higher prices, as well as rising shipment

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<v Speaker 1>costs and t SMC. Apple's manufacturing partner is also not

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<v Speaker 1>without blame due to its somewhat rocky transition to new

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<v Speaker 1>three nimeter processor technology. I'm Mark German. This is power

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<v Speaker 1>on thanks to putting gum and then don't forget sign

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<v Speaker 1>up from max weekly power on news dot com. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still got Amazon because it's stuck a deal to

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<v Speaker 1>take up of grub hub and it will say will

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<v Speaker 1>offer it's primary is in the US in one year

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<v Speaker 1>membership to the feed delivery service. Now. Clubhub is owned

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<v Speaker 1>by the Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway, which announced plans

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<v Speaker 1>to find an investor or bitter for the US business

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<v Speaker 1>in April and he's saying new meg intelligence some place

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<v Speaker 1>to say it's here to tell us why why did

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon want to get into the delivery service? Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>lines are clearly blurring between what Amazon is doing in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of last smile delivery versus what these companies are

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<v Speaker 1>doing in terms of food delivery and grocery delivery. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think Amazon used them as a threat. And for Amazon,

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<v Speaker 1>it's an easy way for them to you know, partner

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<v Speaker 1>with grubhub, which has been losing share, but it does

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<v Speaker 1>have a good, you know, customer base in cities and

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<v Speaker 1>urban areas, so it is also a way for them

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<v Speaker 1>to segment the market. They did a similar partnership at

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<v Speaker 1>Delivery in the UK, so they're really targeting that high

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<v Speaker 1>end users that grubbub has, albeit its losing share, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the play here. And then over time

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<v Speaker 1>they want to bundle everything. You know, they already have

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<v Speaker 1>music video, well at one more service and their prime

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<v Speaker 1>subscription becomes something that customers can do with that. Why

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<v Speaker 1>go to the high end is certainly for me delivery

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<v Speaker 1>it started by really doing the top end restaurants, then

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<v Speaker 1>went a little bit lower but it is the high

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<v Speaker 1>end by more recession proof in the moment, is that

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<v Speaker 1>the idea, yes, And and also they have higher repeat purchases,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, when when you talk about subscriptions in

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<v Speaker 1>this business, it's all about frequency and how can you

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<v Speaker 1>have the customer you know, order more kind of more

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<v Speaker 1>times than they would have done otherwise. So in this case,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the other problem that I see for door

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<v Speaker 1>Dash and Uber is they charge a take rate based

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<v Speaker 1>on the basket size or you know, Amazon can say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll give you a flat fee. Yes, it doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of you know, how many times you order,

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<v Speaker 1>and that could be very disruptive to the business model

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<v Speaker 1>of Uber and door Dash. I mean they're already struggling

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<v Speaker 1>with profitability. If this was to come, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>would be a big pressure on on their take rates.

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<v Speaker 1>Talked to us about the structure of the deal and

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<v Speaker 1>about their option basically to eventually own the full assets

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<v Speaker 1>that they wish. I think Amazon in this environment can't

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<v Speaker 1>make a big acquisition. They already bought MGM, they bought

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<v Speaker 1>Whole Foods, but now I think the regulatory environment is

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<v Speaker 1>more challenging. Even the delivery partnership went through intense deal

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<v Speaker 1>scrutiny and so my hunches. You know, even though they

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<v Speaker 1>would have gotten this asset very cheap. I mean, just

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<v Speaker 1>he paid seven point five billion for groub Hub. It

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<v Speaker 1>will be substantially marked down in this environment. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think for Amazon, they really think partnership is one way

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<v Speaker 1>for them to gain you know, access to grow hub

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<v Speaker 1>customer base, and they can do everything that they would

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<v Speaker 1>have done if they had acquired the asset, So makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>In general, we can see more consolidation in the space.

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<v Speaker 1>I think when you're talking about the pricing structure as

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of my instacat bills and how much I'm assessing

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<v Speaker 1>how much you know, I get added on from me

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<v Speaker 1>just walking into a store. Are we seeing more insolidation

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<v Speaker 1>likely in the space in general, Well, there will be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of pressure, right So if you're getting into

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<v Speaker 1>a slow economic environment where customers are pulling back on spending,

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<v Speaker 1>there are just too many subscriptions out there that a

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<v Speaker 1>customer has and they have to pay back on what

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<v Speaker 1>is a discretionary versus what is not, and that will

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<v Speaker 1>be a catalyst for you know, consolidation because order growth

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<v Speaker 1>will slow down substantially. Remember they're up against COVID comps

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<v Speaker 1>georda Ash and Uber grew triple digit order volume growth

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<v Speaker 1>and and so those comps are very tough, and that

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<v Speaker 1>would be a catalyst for install Card and the smaller

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<v Speaker 1>guys to give in and say, okay, we need to

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<v Speaker 1>partner with a Walmart or a Target or you know

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<v Speaker 1>one of the big retailers out there. Man saying always

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<v Speaker 1>say small, bling back intelligence, great analysis. As always, this

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<v Speaker 1>is bag technology. I'm Caroline Hide in New York. She

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<v Speaker 1>has a ribban surging. On Wednesday, the electric vehicle maker,

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<v Speaker 1>reaffirming it's in port auction. Target revealed the production accelerated,

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<v Speaker 1>in fact in the second quarter. Riven still on track

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<v Speaker 1>to produce twenty five tho units this year. Bloomberg's and Ludlow, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're never going to let him relax over there in

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<v Speaker 1>some valley, and we're going to keep you on top

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<v Speaker 1>of all the ev news. As we know you love it,

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<v Speaker 1>ed and you know this is a market like market reaction.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because they are making progress. You know, they've produced

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<v Speaker 1>twenty vehicles approximately in the first quarter. They've jumped to

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<v Speaker 1>fort hundred in the second quarter. You know, this is

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<v Speaker 1>about a production ramps. You remember, Caroline two thousand and eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>how kind of micro focused we were on Tesla and

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<v Speaker 1>the production hell and Rivian is showing that it is

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<v Speaker 1>making progress, and the street basically looking at that and saying, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we believe you. The vehicles is possible this year. And look,

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<v Speaker 1>I know I'm in some valley, but guess who else

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<v Speaker 1>is in something? J Scaringe, Rivian CEO, may already said

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<v Speaker 1>hello to him, so you know, it's kind of interesting

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<v Speaker 1>for him to be here, but this is certainly a

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<v Speaker 1>company now heading in the right direction in factory at least,

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<v Speaker 1>so he said hello. Did he say anything that he did?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Garrange is an interesting guy. You know. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sources tell me that he is often the

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<v Speaker 1>smartest person in the room, but he comes across as

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<v Speaker 1>incredibly humble. It's an interesting one because Allen and co

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<v Speaker 1>hosts a tech media and telecoms conference, and you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>think the automotive really fits into that. He's not the

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<v Speaker 1>only automotive executive here. Of course, Mary Barra, the GM CEO,

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<v Speaker 1>is also here. But I said, what are you going

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<v Speaker 1>to be talking about? And I think you know, for

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<v Speaker 1>them it's a little bit of a victory lap. They

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<v Speaker 1>did the sixth biggest I, P O and U S

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<v Speaker 1>history in November. The stock has been under immense pressure since,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are still kind of the Golden company with

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<v Speaker 1>some serious Wall Street backing. Okay, so where do they

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<v Speaker 1>go from here? Then? Ed, they're ambitious, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>this has been part of the Street's concerned that they

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<v Speaker 1>talk about being able to ramp production at that Illinois

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<v Speaker 1>facility not just to this year, but to a hundred thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>then a hundred and fifty thousand units annually. They plan

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<v Speaker 1>to break ground on a factory in Georgia very soon

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<v Speaker 1>that could build four hundred thousand units annually and they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to start production on that. So they have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot going in fifteen billion dollars approximately on the balance sheet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really about the month by month and quarter by

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<v Speaker 1>quarter execution. That's what the streets laser focused on. Beautiful head,

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<v Speaker 1>We thank you, stay well. Meanwhile, raising venture capital isn't

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<v Speaker 1>as easy for startups and turning out to be challenging year,

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<v Speaker 1>say the very least, there's a recession potentially looms over

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<v Speaker 1>the economy. Founders are thinking a smarter ways to secure money.

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<v Speaker 1>Joining us now to discuss all this from M thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>is the managing partner, Carl Alama, and it's great to

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<v Speaker 1>have some time with you, Carl, and just talk to us.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just hearing about, you know, companies that recently went

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<v Speaker 1>public and the strain that they've been under from a

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<v Speaker 1>public perspective. In the private market, how are you seeing

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<v Speaker 1>valuations and how are you seeing a willingness of founders

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<v Speaker 1>to want to raise in this sort of environment. Yeah,

0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:53.959
<v Speaker 1>it's a very interesting time for sure in venture capital.

0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.520
<v Speaker 1>I think the whole problems everything that's happening in the

0:23:57.560 --> 0:24:00.880
<v Speaker 1>public markets, it is really kind of cacheting back into

0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:03.200
<v Speaker 1>the private markets. At the end of the day, we

0:24:03.320 --> 0:24:05.120
<v Speaker 1>all invest in these companies because we want to see

0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:07.480
<v Speaker 1>them go public, want to see them grow and create

0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:10.440
<v Speaker 1>great valuations. And when there's so much uncertainty in the

0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:14.040
<v Speaker 1>multiples and how to value these businesses, brigaches back from

0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:16.840
<v Speaker 1>the late stage investors who are holding off, waiting for

0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:20.320
<v Speaker 1>the market to settle and find its bottom back through

0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:23.440
<v Speaker 1>the earlier stage investors like ourselves, who ultimately want to

0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:25.480
<v Speaker 1>make sure we're invest in companies that can get later

0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:30.000
<v Speaker 1>stage funding. I mean you've invested in Bird, Butnova's allocate.

0:24:30.160 --> 0:24:33.040
<v Speaker 1>I mean, we all know daily harvest headspace, many people

0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:35.320
<v Speaker 1>using that in this current environment at the moment. Lift

0:24:35.720 --> 0:24:39.879
<v Speaker 1>You're no stranger also to navigating companies during downturns, the

0:24:39.920 --> 0:24:42.520
<v Speaker 1>Great Financial Crisis two thousand and eight, and they're on

0:24:42.960 --> 0:24:45.920
<v Speaker 1>what's different this time? If anything? Yeah, it's interesting. I've

0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:48.320
<v Speaker 1>actually I was an operator before I was an investor.

0:24:48.520 --> 0:24:50.520
<v Speaker 1>I had a company back in the late nineties that

0:24:50.640 --> 0:24:53.720
<v Speaker 1>I was able to exit through the bubble bust of

0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:56.000
<v Speaker 1>two thousand and had a fintech company in two thousand

0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:58.720
<v Speaker 1>and eight that we navigated through. We eventually were able

0:24:58.720 --> 0:25:01.680
<v Speaker 1>to exit in two thousand and and so, Uh, definitely

0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:06.120
<v Speaker 1>went through these challenges myself. I think that every every

0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:09.359
<v Speaker 1>economic downturn is different in its own right. Uh, this

0:25:09.800 --> 0:25:12.800
<v Speaker 1>downturn is you know, a lot of people, there's a

0:25:12.800 --> 0:25:15.720
<v Speaker 1>lot of conjecture about what's driving it, but ultimately there's

0:25:15.720 --> 0:25:18.640
<v Speaker 1>a lot of international activity going on that's driving inflation,

0:25:18.760 --> 0:25:20.800
<v Speaker 1>that's driving some of these things that are really scaring

0:25:20.880 --> 0:25:23.960
<v Speaker 1>the you know, the market. The one big difference is

0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:27.600
<v Speaker 1>um whereas in two thousand and eight, really money just

0:25:27.760 --> 0:25:30.399
<v Speaker 1>dried up. I think the situation we have today is

0:25:30.440 --> 0:25:32.760
<v Speaker 1>there is a lot of money sitting on the sidelines.

0:25:33.080 --> 0:25:36.919
<v Speaker 1>The money hasn't dried up. I think the market volatility

0:25:37.000 --> 0:25:40.639
<v Speaker 1>has created nervousness and created caution on the part of

0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:43.399
<v Speaker 1>the investors themselves, and so that money is going to

0:25:43.480 --> 0:25:46.159
<v Speaker 1>have to come back to work. Uh, these funds, these

0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:48.800
<v Speaker 1>later stage funds and investors have to put that money

0:25:48.840 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 1>to work within a certain predetermined period of time. And

0:25:51.720 --> 0:25:54.880
<v Speaker 1>so really as the market really finds its bottom, there's

0:25:54.880 --> 0:25:56.720
<v Speaker 1>a lot of money ready to come back in. So

0:25:56.840 --> 0:25:59.560
<v Speaker 1>we actually are very very positive and hopeful about the

0:25:59.640 --> 0:26:02.639
<v Speaker 1>future are um and the opportunity for these companies to

0:26:03.480 --> 0:26:06.639
<v Speaker 1>raise money in the future. But the period between here

0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:09.560
<v Speaker 1>and there is really the unknown. You were, of course,

0:26:09.600 --> 0:26:12.280
<v Speaker 1>as he said, in fintech and one key fintech name

0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:15.080
<v Speaker 1>pin up of where you and I originally helm from

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe corner, I mean huge downgrade in terms of

0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:24.200
<v Speaker 1>its overall market valuation. How did as a previous leader

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<v Speaker 1>of businesses in this time, how do you ensure they

0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.480
<v Speaker 1>were able to weather these storms? Have these companies raised

0:26:28.600 --> 0:26:32.240
<v Speaker 1>enough previously? If they're not, how they're also helping their employees? Well,

0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:36.560
<v Speaker 1>who kind of wanted a liquidity moment. Yeah, that's a

0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:40.680
<v Speaker 1>it's an interesting question. You you have to consider the

0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:43.280
<v Speaker 1>amount of capital you have, your ability to run. I

0:26:43.400 --> 0:26:45.399
<v Speaker 1>think you know, the companies that have a lot of

0:26:45.440 --> 0:26:48.080
<v Speaker 1>capital on the balance sheet, whether they're private or whether

0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:51.520
<v Speaker 1>they're public, are the highest potential to see through this time.

0:26:52.200 --> 0:26:54.240
<v Speaker 1>If you do think of it as a prefixed period

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<v Speaker 1>of time, really just have to manage the business through it,

0:26:56.960 --> 0:26:58.960
<v Speaker 1>and once you get through the other end, hopefully the

0:26:59.000 --> 0:27:01.200
<v Speaker 1>market begins to turn you begin to see the benefits

0:27:01.280 --> 0:27:04.680
<v Speaker 1>of the building and running a solid business. But your

0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:08.359
<v Speaker 1>question about employees are so important, especially in the earlier stage.

0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:11.480
<v Speaker 1>You know where in this market as well, where there's

0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.720
<v Speaker 1>very low unemployment, employees do have a lot of options

0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:16.719
<v Speaker 1>to think about moving around and think about the things

0:27:16.800 --> 0:27:18.960
<v Speaker 1>they want to do. A lot of companies are thinking

0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:22.920
<v Speaker 1>about layoffs and some kind of tightening on their earnings potential.

0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:26.520
<v Speaker 1>And the one really really important thing is to keep

0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:29.800
<v Speaker 1>your best performers and to motivate them. So one thing

0:27:29.880 --> 0:27:31.760
<v Speaker 1>we really speak to our CEO is about is just

0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:35.000
<v Speaker 1>how to really deliver that vision, bring them along for

0:27:35.080 --> 0:27:37.920
<v Speaker 1>the ride. Make sure everybody realizes that you know, these

0:27:38.000 --> 0:27:42.240
<v Speaker 1>businesses aren't changing. It's just that they vision is something

0:27:42.320 --> 0:27:44.360
<v Speaker 1>that they have to be much more efficient about achieving,

0:27:44.760 --> 0:27:47.480
<v Speaker 1>and so bringing the best team along with you and

0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:49.680
<v Speaker 1>making sure they're motivated to see through the end of

0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:53.879
<v Speaker 1>that journey is incredibly important. Camp companies as give us

0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:57.520
<v Speaker 1>your assessment of the overall econ economy and recessionists that

0:27:57.600 --> 0:27:59.760
<v Speaker 1>you see, because the companies that you have fun and

0:27:59.760 --> 0:28:02.639
<v Speaker 1>in a pass are sort of very discretionary names tonal

0:28:02.760 --> 0:28:05.439
<v Speaker 1>of course, the likes of Headspace and Lift and Daily Harvest,

0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:08.320
<v Speaker 1>all of these things are kind of well treats. Really,

0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:10.600
<v Speaker 1>if you're thinking of those that don't have all the

0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:14.200
<v Speaker 1>cash washing about, do you worry that they are going

0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:16.880
<v Speaker 1>to have a tougher time as people are pulling back

0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:21.159
<v Speaker 1>slightly on their purse strings to a degree, Yes, I

0:28:21.200 --> 0:28:23.520
<v Speaker 1>mean you're talking about really the latest stage businesses. Some

0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:25.879
<v Speaker 1>of these have already edited, of course, so they're are

0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:28.240
<v Speaker 1>really in up portfolio any longer. So we don't really

0:28:28.680 --> 0:28:31.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, we we realize our benefit at the exit point,

0:28:31.280 --> 0:28:33.040
<v Speaker 1>whether it's an EM and a transaction or an I

0:28:33.160 --> 0:28:36.720
<v Speaker 1>p O, so we don't necessarily maintain our ownership through

0:28:37.080 --> 0:28:40.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, the public status of the business um those

0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:43.200
<v Speaker 1>public companies across the border, tech companies across the border

0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:48.680
<v Speaker 1>obviously suffering massive compression of their valuations, and realistically, when

0:28:48.760 --> 0:28:51.360
<v Speaker 1>you see the multiples and the evaluations that were in

0:28:51.400 --> 0:28:54.520
<v Speaker 1>place last year, they were probably unrealistically large. So have

0:28:54.680 --> 0:28:58.760
<v Speaker 1>they overcompressed. Probably if they've overcompressed, then there's opportunity for

0:28:58.880 --> 0:29:01.840
<v Speaker 1>growth again once they at bottom. And that's really as

0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:05.440
<v Speaker 1>an as an investor in my personal private or public

0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:08.840
<v Speaker 1>portfolio of my own, you know, it's really about for

0:29:09.000 --> 0:29:11.840
<v Speaker 1>me waiting it out and allowing these good companies that

0:29:11.920 --> 0:29:14.840
<v Speaker 1>have good fundamentals see through the downturn and begin to

0:29:14.880 --> 0:29:17.920
<v Speaker 1>get recognized for their value again. Car, So it's great

0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:20.440
<v Speaker 1>to catch up with you when you have such portfolio

0:29:20.640 --> 0:29:23.480
<v Speaker 1>as yours and then exited and ones that remain, of course,

0:29:24.000 --> 0:29:26.400
<v Speaker 1>the companies that you still wait for that exit to occur.

0:29:26.520 --> 0:29:29.520
<v Speaker 1>Carl Anama really wiser words coming from the managing partner

0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:32.560
<v Speaker 1>of M thirteen handle weather this particular storm. Another story

0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:36.240
<v Speaker 1>will continue to watch. Walmart, talking of or consumer discretionary,

0:29:36.280 --> 0:29:39.360
<v Speaker 1>reportedly told some supplies they need that new fuel and

0:29:39.400 --> 0:29:41.440
<v Speaker 1>pickup fees are coming. According to The Wall Street Journal,

0:29:41.440 --> 0:29:44.400
<v Speaker 1>the giant retailer will charge companies that use Walmart to

0:29:44.480 --> 0:29:47.160
<v Speaker 1>transport goods to its stores and warehouses. Some are Walnuts

0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 1>Walmarts competitors such as Amazon have already imposed similar fees

0:29:51.000 --> 0:29:54.320
<v Speaker 1>this year coming up in the wake of rapid pandemic

0:29:54.400 --> 0:29:57.760
<v Speaker 1>related gaming industry growth. Convoy Ventures so now saying a

0:29:57.800 --> 0:30:00.800
<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty million dollar fund. But how much of

0:30:00.840 --> 0:30:04.400
<v Speaker 1>that is being allocated to the blockchain gaming we'll discuss.

0:30:05.120 --> 0:30:20.680
<v Speaker 1>There's a Blomberg so crypto the space in what we

0:30:20.760 --> 0:30:24.120
<v Speaker 1>call a winter industry. So I'm saying crisis, But what

0:30:24.240 --> 0:30:27.440
<v Speaker 1>about the underlying technology? What about in the space for gaming?

0:30:27.520 --> 0:30:31.000
<v Speaker 1>Convoy Ventures is seeing potential. The gaming focused VC firm

0:30:31.200 --> 0:30:33.360
<v Speaker 1>has raised a hundred fifty million dollars for a new fund,

0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:36.760
<v Speaker 1>which will include investments in blockchain games. Joining us now,

0:30:36.960 --> 0:30:40.600
<v Speaker 1>Josh Chapman, managing partner at Convoy Ventures. How is the

0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:44.600
<v Speaker 1>gaming space going to ride this out? Do you think? Josh? Absolutely?

0:30:44.640 --> 0:30:46.200
<v Speaker 1>And thank you for having me, Caroline, thank you for

0:30:46.240 --> 0:30:49.200
<v Speaker 1>having me on the show. Um. Blockchain gaming space is

0:30:49.240 --> 0:30:52.880
<v Speaker 1>going to thrive during this next period of macroeconomic cycle

0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:56.120
<v Speaker 1>for a couple of reasons. One is blockchain gaming rises

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<v Speaker 1>on the back of the gaming industry, which already has

0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:02.480
<v Speaker 1>three billion avers worldwide. Uh, the average age is thirty

0:31:02.520 --> 0:31:06.480
<v Speaker 1>six years old. Um, you know gamers or women, and

0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:08.719
<v Speaker 1>this has to become a global industry. You know, over

0:31:08.800 --> 0:31:11.480
<v Speaker 1>the last five to ten years, you're seeing about a

0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:15.960
<v Speaker 1>hundred million people joined the gaming industry in general. On

0:31:16.040 --> 0:31:18.880
<v Speaker 1>the back of that, there has been technological innovation in

0:31:19.040 --> 0:31:22.400
<v Speaker 1>gaming for decades, ever since the nineteen seventies when the

0:31:22.440 --> 0:31:26.480
<v Speaker 1>gaming industry really really started with blockchaining gaming specifically, you're

0:31:26.520 --> 0:31:29.640
<v Speaker 1>looking at an industry that's basically bringing two primary things

0:31:29.760 --> 0:31:33.320
<v Speaker 1>to the gaming industry. One is business model innovation, which

0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:35.320
<v Speaker 1>I can dig into a little bit more, and second

0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:39.160
<v Speaker 1>is the digital asset ownership of the consumer. And those

0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:41.800
<v Speaker 1>two trends are going to drive a success of blockchain

0:31:41.880 --> 0:31:44.200
<v Speaker 1>gaming for the next decade. Now, I don't want to

0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:46.000
<v Speaker 1>say that all of your investments are in any way

0:31:46.040 --> 0:31:48.720
<v Speaker 1>blockchain related and only partially and any partially this one

0:31:48.760 --> 0:31:51.280
<v Speaker 1>will go into it. But you have got some big names,

0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:53.320
<v Speaker 1>and of course sky Maybos would have been the real

0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.640
<v Speaker 1>pin up, but that's become a kind of controversial game

0:31:56.680 --> 0:31:59.400
<v Speaker 1>to be associated with Acts Infinity, just because of the

0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.160
<v Speaker 1>way in which well suddenly they've moved away in this

0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:05.160
<v Speaker 1>pay play to earn kind of model. How do you

0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:08.280
<v Speaker 1>see the space evolving and and why is it so controversial?

0:32:08.320 --> 0:32:11.400
<v Speaker 1>Do you think, you know, I don't see it as

0:32:11.440 --> 0:32:14.520
<v Speaker 1>a very controversial thing. I would actually pivot that more

0:32:14.600 --> 0:32:17.720
<v Speaker 1>to what they're doing is truly quite innovative and that

0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:21.440
<v Speaker 1>sometimes sees resistance in the gaming industry. And so when

0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:24.040
<v Speaker 1>you look at the success of Skymavis, you're looking at

0:32:24.080 --> 0:32:26.640
<v Speaker 1>a team that has been incredibly ambitious and really pushed

0:32:26.680 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 1>gaming to ex limits by saying, when you play, you

0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:32.320
<v Speaker 1>can earn this in game token thing that you could

0:32:32.360 --> 0:32:35.480
<v Speaker 1>actually trade on external exchanges. Hence why there is a

0:32:35.560 --> 0:32:39.040
<v Speaker 1>token attached to the Skymavis platform. We have been thrilled

0:32:39.080 --> 0:32:42.040
<v Speaker 1>with how the Skymavis team has navigated, especially the last

0:32:42.080 --> 0:32:44.920
<v Speaker 1>six months and different challenges. They have done a great

0:32:45.000 --> 0:32:47.560
<v Speaker 1>job at reopening the bridge. The founders and the company

0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:49.840
<v Speaker 1>really took ownership of a lot of the things that

0:32:50.040 --> 0:32:52.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of went down, and uh, they've really done a

0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:56.000
<v Speaker 1>great job navigating navigating this period. But what's been most

0:32:56.640 --> 0:32:58.800
<v Speaker 1>controversial that you're kind of getting at is the fact

0:32:58.880 --> 0:33:03.560
<v Speaker 1>that should playtime be rewarded with financial rewards and the

0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:06.440
<v Speaker 1>idea is actually not that novel, because people have been

0:33:06.520 --> 0:33:10.040
<v Speaker 1>gifted things in games for decades, through cosmetic items, through

0:33:10.200 --> 0:33:14.480
<v Speaker 1>gift boxes, through perks, through discounts. What we're talking about

0:33:14.600 --> 0:33:18.040
<v Speaker 1>is that the blockchain ecosystem in general has brought this

0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:23.800
<v Speaker 1>token financial uh personal ownership to the gaming industry, and

0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:26.480
<v Speaker 1>the two combined has actually been quite powerful. And so

0:33:26.600 --> 0:33:29.960
<v Speaker 1>the sky maybe this is truly one of the most successful,

0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:34.040
<v Speaker 1>is not the most successful blockchain centric platform on the planet,

0:33:34.440 --> 0:33:36.680
<v Speaker 1>and we just happened to be fortunate enough to be

0:33:36.680 --> 0:33:40.240
<v Speaker 1>an investor in this amazing team. Of course, actually Infinity

0:33:40.320 --> 0:33:42.800
<v Speaker 1>also suffered a hack. I'm now reporting that it was

0:33:42.840 --> 0:33:46.320
<v Speaker 1>related to a particular tap part of the talent looking

0:33:46.320 --> 0:33:49.360
<v Speaker 1>at the LinkedIn ad and we're looking too those reports

0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:51.960
<v Speaker 1>as to how on earth had happened. But of course,

0:33:52.000 --> 0:33:54.600
<v Speaker 1>when we suffer hacks like this, you, as a backer

0:33:54.680 --> 0:33:57.120
<v Speaker 1>of the company, should you be there is a sort

0:33:57.160 --> 0:34:00.000
<v Speaker 1>of money of last resorts, some sort of bailout options.

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:04.120
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely well, I can't get into that specifically about how

0:34:04.200 --> 0:34:05.720
<v Speaker 1>that went down, but I can tell you that the

0:34:05.800 --> 0:34:09.279
<v Speaker 1>bridge has been reopened and fully funded, and I can

0:34:09.360 --> 0:34:12.000
<v Speaker 1>also say that we're super impressed with how the team

0:34:12.040 --> 0:34:14.359
<v Speaker 1>at their own expense, and how the company balanced you got,

0:34:14.440 --> 0:34:17.680
<v Speaker 1>its own expense, came forward to protect the community from

0:34:17.719 --> 0:34:20.840
<v Speaker 1>having to take that hit. Right. That hack was you know,

0:34:21.280 --> 0:34:24.520
<v Speaker 1>an unfortunate event, but the team and the company really

0:34:24.560 --> 0:34:27.000
<v Speaker 1>stepped up to own that. When it comes to the investors,

0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:29.440
<v Speaker 1>of course, we're incentivized for the success of this company,

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:31.640
<v Speaker 1>and so we'll continue to be in their corner. I

0:34:31.680 --> 0:34:34.040
<v Speaker 1>obviously can't get into the exact details on how that

0:34:34.239 --> 0:34:37.799
<v Speaker 1>bridge was kind of plugged in gas, but um, they

0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:40.919
<v Speaker 1>really navigated it incredibly well, and as an investor, we're

0:34:40.960 --> 0:34:42.960
<v Speaker 1>thrilled to continue to be in their corner and support

0:34:43.000 --> 0:34:46.440
<v Speaker 1>them publicly on on on publications like this as well

0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:49.279
<v Speaker 1>as you know, privately in border remedience with them. So

0:34:49.440 --> 0:34:53.240
<v Speaker 1>what kind of other gaming startups there for are pushing

0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:56.160
<v Speaker 1>the envelope, being innovative, using new ways in which to

0:34:56.280 --> 0:34:58.640
<v Speaker 1>use the blockchain as the underlying technology, but also n

0:34:58.719 --> 0:35:01.279
<v Speaker 1>f T s and ways in which to real hold. Yeah,

0:35:01.680 --> 0:35:03.200
<v Speaker 1>so you're seeing a lot of things that we get

0:35:03.239 --> 0:35:06.919
<v Speaker 1>excited about. The convoys were really specialists on investing into

0:35:07.040 --> 0:35:09.840
<v Speaker 1>the technology and platforms and infrastructure for the future of

0:35:09.920 --> 0:35:13.800
<v Speaker 1>the video gaming industry. That technology and infrastructure side on

0:35:13.840 --> 0:35:16.040
<v Speaker 1>the platform stuff that we look at of you know,

0:35:16.160 --> 0:35:18.960
<v Speaker 1>the next Discord, the next Twitch, the next roadblocks. Those

0:35:19.000 --> 0:35:20.880
<v Speaker 1>kind of companies are what we're trying to invest in

0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:23.759
<v Speaker 1>at the early stage at Seeds Series A UM. The

0:35:23.880 --> 0:35:27.239
<v Speaker 1>type of technology the blockchain brings is really things around UH,

0:35:27.320 --> 0:35:31.360
<v Speaker 1>digital asset ownership, digital identities UM and a new business model.

0:35:31.400 --> 0:35:33.160
<v Speaker 1>That alludes to this a little bit earlier, but the

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<v Speaker 1>business model innovation that blockchain brings to gaming is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be, in our view as big as the rise

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<v Speaker 1>of the free to play gaming business model that emerged

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<v Speaker 1>in the late two thousands. The free to play business

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<v Speaker 1>model UM brought in about fifty to eighty billion of

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<v Speaker 1>value to the gaming industry, which is now valued that

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<v Speaker 1>over two billion. We think blockchain gaming, with the rise

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<v Speaker 1>of a marketplace business model that allows for the transfer

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<v Speaker 1>of transactions automatically without having to rely on counterparties, is

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<v Speaker 1>a very powerful technology that the gaming industry is going

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<v Speaker 1>to absolutely take advantage of and integrate into Web two.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're going to also see a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>gaming companies not necessarily go the I C O round,

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<v Speaker 1>but they will incorporate some type of n F t

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<v Speaker 1>revenue component to what they're doing. We think this can

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<v Speaker 1>be incredibly powerful and it's already proving to generate billions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars already in the last twelve d eighteen months.

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<v Speaker 1>Chess Chapman, managing partner of Convoy Ventures, thinking about the

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<v Speaker 1>new ways in which companies will raise funds as well

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<v Speaker 1>as the ways in which they'll continue to develop me

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much. China accusing the US of technological

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<v Speaker 1>terrorism and it's pushed to stop a SML and Nicon

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<v Speaker 1>from setting key chip making technology to the country. Now

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<v Speaker 1>joining US now as the man who helped break that scoop,

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Martin, And it really is interesting about how the

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<v Speaker 1>US is leaning on SML calls the Dutch equipment maker

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<v Speaker 1>and Japanese make an econ as well, China responding pretty

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<v Speaker 1>aggressively to it. That's right, Caroline. But we've seen is

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<v Speaker 1>China rejecting the pressure that the US is putting on

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<v Speaker 1>a SML as well as on Nikon of Japan. But

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<v Speaker 1>a SML having by far the biggest market share of

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<v Speaker 1>this technology. D you v deep ultra violet lithography that

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<v Speaker 1>etching equipment for chips, I can't tell you how much

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<v Speaker 1>I had to look into that sort of technology when

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<v Speaker 1>I used to report on s MLS numbers and some

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<v Speaker 1>of the other European equipment makers. What do you think

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<v Speaker 1>China could do? In response, what do you what about

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<v Speaker 1>their own innovation within the country to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>develop such such equipment. Well, we've certainly seen efforts by

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<v Speaker 1>the Chinese to develop their own uh DUV equipment. To date,

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<v Speaker 1>they haven't had a whole lot of success with it.

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<v Speaker 1>A SML remains the by and large, the sole provider

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<v Speaker 1>of d u V to China, and these are not

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<v Speaker 1>the most advanced etching etching equipment. This is the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of next The second generation is slightly older generation that

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about, but still the most commonly used in

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<v Speaker 1>in this industry. And so this is something that the

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese definitely have a desire to to steal a march

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<v Speaker 1>on the advanced countries uh the you know, rich countries

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<v Speaker 1>they are selling and making this equipment, but that they

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<v Speaker 1>have thus far not been very successful in that effort.

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<v Speaker 1>So when the US realizes this is the way it

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<v Speaker 1>can really applied pressure from a technological standpoint, do you

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<v Speaker 1>think it will bear fruit? I know, asked this previously,

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<v Speaker 1>But have we had any further from nikon from a

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<v Speaker 1>SML as to whether they are willing to respond. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we understand is that a s mL so far has

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<v Speaker 1>not gone along with UH and has objected to the

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<v Speaker 1>U s push on the Netherlands for SML to be

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<v Speaker 1>cut off from these kinds of sales. UH. You know

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<v Speaker 1>they're feeling is that, UH, that this is not something

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<v Speaker 1>that the you know, that the US should be should

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<v Speaker 1>be doing. UM. But we've seen a broad US push

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<v Speaker 1>on China UH and on Smike and some of these

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<v Speaker 1>chip producers in China, and it's something that the Bureau

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<v Speaker 1>of Industry and Security is you know, on a daily

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<v Speaker 1>basis looking at in terms of trying to stop China

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<v Speaker 1>from matching or overtaking the US and this kind of

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<v Speaker 1>technology on the on the national security concern. Next thing

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<v Speaker 1>you're looking for, Eric, well, whether a SML you know,

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<v Speaker 1>eventually does go along with this or whether you know,

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<v Speaker 1>more more aptolutely if the government of the Netherlands goes

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<v Speaker 1>along with this with blocking the sale of this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of technology, because this is a real choke point for

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<v Speaker 1>China's chip industry and something that could really hamstring China

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<v Speaker 1>going forward, Eric Martin, with all the scoops, we thank you.

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