Will Cursor Kill Figma? Lightspeed Raises $9B & OpenAI’s $1B from Disney & #1 App in App Store

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Jason Lemkin and Rory O’Driscoll debate Lightspeed’s $9B raise, SpaceX’s $1.5T IPO valuation, and whether Cursor beats Figma as AI collapses software categories.

  • Lightspeed’s $9B raise is ~$2B early-stage, ~$7B growth; Andreessen’s $4.3B venture fund means 13B+ across just two firms competing at late stage.
  • Disney’s $1B OpenAI investment is largely a cross-licensing deal — OpenAI gets equity, Disney gets licensed use of its IP for image generation.
  • Oracle down 45% from September highs after $12B quarterly capex (vs $8.2B expected), mostly on data centers built for OpenAI — called a ‘sugar high’ by O’Driscoll.
  • SpaceX targeting $1.5T IPO on ~$15-16B 2025 revenue; Lemkin coins ‘EOV’ (Elon Option Value) to explain the gap between fundamentals and market price.
  • ChatGPT was the #1 downloaded US app in 2025, but monthly growth has slowed to single digits — Lemkin argues it must become a mega-app like Meta or monetize like Robinhood.
  • Lemkin takes Figma over Cursor at $17B vs $29B, arguing AI category leaders are less stable than assumed and leadership could flip within 24 months.
  • Boom Supersonic raised $300M after pivoting to sell jet turbine engines to data centers — went from ~$1B valuation to $500M down-round to $1.5B, all within roughly 12 months.

2025-12-18 · Watch on YouTube

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