Sphere of Influence: Investing Around Big AI Labs

Max Altman is Co‑Founder & Managing Partner at Saga Ventures, a US$125 M early‑stage fund. Before Saga Max was an investor with Apollo Projects, Hydrazine Capital and Altman Capital (where he helped deploy over US$500 M) into breakout names such as Rippling and Reddit.

AGENDA:

03:55 – Venture Capital Is FULL of Tourists With Single-Digit IQs

06:20 – Inside the Madness of Parker Conrad: Genius, Chaos, and WTF Emails

10:35 – The Rippling Deal That Changed Everything

12:40 – Living in Sam Altman's Shadow: The Confession

17:30 – $200M Fund Mistakes: Max's Brutal Lessons From Hydrazine

22:05 – The $2B Reddit Return… and the $2B Left on the Table

25:00 – Why Climate Tech Is a Total VC Mirage

28:40 – The New Seed War: Can Anyone Survive Sequoia & Andreessen?

46:55 – Max's Boldest Predictions