Venture capital, startups, and technology investing by Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley congratulated the team at IonicDigital on their successful direct listing. The message recognized the accomplishment as a significant milestone for the ...

Bill Gurley comments on Anthropic’s acknowledgment of challenges tied to its corporate economic strategy, particularly as it grows its presence in the private market. He points out that ...

Bill Gurley urges policymakers to encourage more open models in the U.S. and warns against providing bailouts to high-growth companies that have already raised and paid out record sums. He ...

Bill Gurley points out that discussions on AI chips in China often focus solely on Huawei, overlooking a broader ecosystem. He emphasizes that, similar to the U.S. having companies like Cerebras, ...

Bill Gurley challenges the legitimacy of lock-up agreements imposed without a formal contract between firms and lead underwriters. He contends that such agreements are only valid when a contract ...

Bill Gurley discusses the greenshoe option, an esoteric feature in initial public offerings (IPOs). The greenshoe allows an IPO deal to automatically expand by 15 percent if the company’s shares ...

Bill Gurley outlines recent activity in the Chinese large language model (LLM) sector. He emphasizes that there is more venture capital available for open-weight model companies in China than ...

Bill Gurley argues that the top 15 clients of investment banks receive the majority of shares in new offerings and have significant influence over the pricing process. He suggests that a blind ...

Bill Gurley, industry influencer, pointed out that China-based solar companies have incurred cumulative net losses of about $5 billion since the start of 2024. He contrasted these losses with ...