3min chapter

Channels with Peter Kafka cover image

An SVB (phew!) update + Benedict Evans on the future of (almost) everything

Channels with Peter Kafka

CHAPTER

Don't Pull Your Money Out, It's a Bank

I think the bad blood is going to go away real quick because everyone got their money on Monday. What people actually lost was their weekend and maybe, you know, they had to open the Peptobysmal a little bit and drink a little bit more. VCs didn't, I don't believe, cause the run on the bank per se. Did they participate in it? Sure. They were sprinting too. But I don't think it's a group of VCs who woke up and thought, oh, let's kill SVB. The idea that you're going to pick goodwill towards SVB over the survival of the company, I think is a little bit of a

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode