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Jake Paul

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“Yeah, thank you. And yeah, I think as we become more sophisticated, yeah, it's like cool to sell. You know, I won't say like which companies or whatever, but like we want to play a bigger game. And shift humanity while doing that.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, definitely. I think. Been noodling on certain things to found currently. And just like seeing how the world is evolving with this current AI boom and just seeing the world change and all of this stuff. And so there's been ideas and, you know, we've grown some of these companies where they run themselves better, for example. And I spend a limited amount of time on it now because it's just the team is fully built out. And so I think there is a dynamic shift happening for us right now where there's kind of an open. To potentially found and start something new in this current landscape. And it's definitely enticing. But obviously there's so much going on right now. And, you know, you could launch a company and then OpenAI or Claude replicates it next week. And you're kind of shit out of luck.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And just yeah, track record. Leaning on other people that we trust and respect for background. Certain people and their dealings with them. So I think reference checks are also very important for us. Yeah, one of the companies we invested in a defense tech, we just like hit up Palmer Lucky's team, and we're like, yo, what do you think of this group? So always referencing our network for the certain categories of things that we're working on. And that's proven to work really well.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It is. And it happened, the idea of it happened today because I was like, well, I was originally thinking I'll just go straight to the Cleveland Browns or Dallas Cowboys, but they're probably going to want to see me play first. And so it might be better if I start off in college and have a little bit of an advantage over the younger, not as big kids as before going into the NFL.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I went there today and I was like, this is beautiful. We went to the church and Yeah, I don't know. I think it could be funny or interesting, but I would definitely lend itself like I do have NFL aspirations. After boxing, I want to play slot receiver. And so I think to get that experience in college first would be good. So I can walk onto the Stanford team. Yeah, I'm being serious though. Yeah.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Some God given talent to be potentially the best enrolled at. And then two, if there's education badges that help you validate and give you that confidence that you can be, I think that's actually very valuable. But I think in terms of the educational content, I think that will be reformed there, right? I think the education system will change. But I think the badging system will not change. So my advice would be like collect some badges as a kid, right? Become the best YouTuber or go to Stanford, go to Harvard. Get some badges. And that, I think, gives you a lot of confidence to do the next thing, like a real thing.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think all of us should try to aspire to be best in the world at something. And it could be the best violin player. It could be the best business person, it could be the best boxer, or the best, like, I don't know, podcaster or just a best artist or the best doodler, right? But everyone should have.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think Peter Till, in some sense, is icono hypocritical when he's like, don't go to college where he had Stanford undergradford law school. He got all the badges. But I think underlying point is correct. Me like getting a badge is useful if you don't have any other badges. Being educated because he became world class at what he does as a content creator, an athlete, a media personality, an entertainer. But if you're not like Jake, then you need to get some external badges, right? Like you got to win a science fair, win a math competition. And if it happens to be, you go to Harvard, that's a really good badge to say like, hey, at some external validator that you're at least good at something, right? So to me, it's like.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Tell me how wealth compounds and how is really important. And I think what the Trump accounts, like having every little kid see their little stock portfolio and realizing, hey, like, this is how money and investing works is super important.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Impact society so much and in a massive way. And we also don't want to fall behind with other countries. And I think it also lends itself to finance. And the number one problem I think that's out there right now with young men and young women even is like, how do they make money? Where do they make money? And if that education is in place. And you're prepared and you actually learn about maybe how to do taxes in school and not like about the fucking Pythagorean theorem. I think that would be a much better outcome for the people of America Just wild to me that something like that isn't taught amongst many other things. And so I believe the economy would thrive more from education. And yeah, the list goes on, but.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I mean, I think education, first and foremost, and I think it's like so it's bad. It hasn't been reformed since, you know, what the 1920s, the 1930s, there's been no change in the world has changed so much. And I think you see being in the investing world, you see some of these newer aged startups that are focused on school popping up. What's the one, Alpha Alpha? Creating that future, you're almost, you know, planting seeds of a fruit tree with changing the education system because then in 30, 40 years, the country is going to have A lot smarter people, a lot better educated people. And that ripple effect just”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I would probably say the most obvious one that I'm super passionate about is definitely politics. And that seems to. You know, grow as I get older as well because of what Jeff was saying is like, how do I, okay, we have the money, we have this stuff, like how do I help the world and do my part? And I have the courage and I believe the right mindset on it and the right way to think about it and finding truth not only within myself, but that becomes a practice out there in the world. And so I believe that a lot of my takes and opinions and thoughts on it are the ones closest to truth and really just finding what's best for the people and for the country and for creating the future for my kids. And if I can be helpful in that, and I think, and I know I can and I know I have very, a very good way of thinking about things.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Lead to America being in a very, very bad place. And so if something like that's going on and there's something I can do to help, then yeah, of course I'm going to want to get involved or even maybe just help push a candidate and support them.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I could see being involved for sure. And I think it's become more and more of a thing. I think Jeff was the first person actually to talk about it six years ago. And then obviously President Trump like endorsed me on stage to run for president. And then backstage was like, I think you should really do it, et cetera. I would only want to be involved in it if I was like the best person to do it and to help the country. And if some other People on the other side of things that weren't good for the country felt like they had traction. Would probably do it too. Help the people of America and make sure we don't get wrapped up into this whole socialist communist thing that's going on like in New York with mom dummy mom dummy. Yeah, that's it. It's really bad.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Argue be more important than just like stacking more zeros behind your account, right? Like at a certain point, you win the money maxing game, you win the money game, then it's like, can you actually create a better livelihood for yourself, your kids, your neighbors, your community? And it takes courageous people like Jake to be like, hey, I'm okay to take a little bit of risk and maybe piss off a segment of people by truly believing this is not some BS. There's a deep conviction that he will sacrifice monetary. Opportunity or just reduce optionality because there's true belief and true conviction behind this perspective. That is what leadership actually is. So there's no leaders out there who are totally screwed. So we need people to step up and lead.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think it comes from my dad as well. He was very political growing up, and I've always been involved in it and seen it and talking about it. And I think it's the biggest game in life. And I think it's... Interesting to be in those rooms and to talk to those people and to help them, you know, potentially win certain elections, whether that's governor or president or senator. So it's just been interesting and fun. And I think it really truly does make an impact to the American people and society.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think it's always been my goal and a part of who I am since I was younger is to like help the people around me and to be a leader and to speak my mind on certain things. And I think When I'm in this position of having a large audience, and as an American, we all have our right to our opinion and to voice our opinion. That's one of the most beautiful things about this country. And I think with a lot of people following me, I've taken it upon myself to speak my mind on what I believe in and to hopefully help others understand as well and grow a deeper understanding of politics and some of the things that are going on. And I believe it's important as American to exercise that right to our opinion and to voice our opinion. And I've just slowly started to talk more and more about it openly.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And you're like getting attacked or critiqued for it. And there's no conviction there. So in some sense, if you just choose the right battles to fight for and you're willing to take those arrows because you believe in the mission and you believe in the message, that almost helps you with that faith because you actually believe and have conviction in what you're fighting for. We're invested in some of the top most high profile AI companies and those are some of the topics that we're able to just like I think especially Jake can like share his perspective on if people are going through like really high profile”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Me. I think Jake puts it really, really nicely in terms of Whether it's faith in a higher power or just like a conviction in yourself that what you're doing is truly worth fighting for and battling for and standing and dying for, right? So I think it's like, And that's what I think just choosing the right mission is so important, right? A lot of things that people choose to do, they probably do not care for, right? Like, if you hate your job, but you still are putting 40 hours, 50 hours a week on it.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think And God. I think God gives its toughest battles to his most important soldiers. And so there's always, for me, in all of those moments, I had to like learn something, go through something, and grow. And it's always on the other side of it once I've gotten out of certain situations and learned a lot of things, etc. It's prepared me to fly higher in life and do more things. And so I think everything happens for a reason. Yeah, you can't like victimize yourself and know that if you come out on the other side of it, you will be stronger and that will lead and lend to a bigger and better life.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think We will see new formats and people pop up that are unique and different, but I think that the players that are in it now and are the biggest now will likely remain the biggest. And so I don't think it'll shift too much in terms of like all the personalities, but I do think things will get crazy slightly crazier. But it's probably already near its peak because the platforms now aren't allowing certain things to be streamed and they're already getting like, you know, de-platformed if they do certain things. So I think it's probably. At its peak right now with some of the things that are going on”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I thought he was nice. Yeah. I thought he was a nice guy. Definitely pretty wild on his stream, though. And I'm wild, you know, as entertainer known as that. I can turn that on. But yeah, so if I like him saying that, then it's probably pretty wild.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I would say that's accurate with noting like He's definitely very controversial and like taking drugs on the stream and doing pretty crazy things like that. So”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“This has gone, but at the time, I never thought of that or like, okay, I set the bar here as crazy. And now people, the streamers have to do it every day for multiple hours and to keep people's attention. They're having to do out of pocket shit, which I don't think is like a good influence. Obviously, it's entertaining.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Expose himself to the world, and I don't think people have done that. And that's why I think he's been successful. And then he's also doing things that generate bad press, but it, you know, good news travels fast, bad news travels faster. So it's growing his brand like wildfire. And then it just turns into this like loop and he's able to convert it actually into views. And then he keeps on going and all of that. But yeah, it is pretty wild. And I think the streaming culture is like really interesting and probably not the best for society because there's so many of these kids watching. And I actually feel like what I was doing on YouTube, this is the final iteration of it. And I feel bad for like sort of contributing to where.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Kind of what you just said, what Jeff just said, and he's doing it on the highest level. It's entertaining. I think I've had this saying that I've used and I think it holds true in the world of entertainment is that people want to see something they've never seen before. And so it's so new and fresh and different and kind of crazy. But a lot of the stuff he says is true. His delivery isn't always the best or whatever. And he is like very abrasive. It doesn't care. But he's talking about a lot of relevant things and everything is out there about him so you fully know him and he's not afraid to be fully authentic and say exactly.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Everything you do has risk. Just don't take fatal risk. Just don't get yourself killed. Probably don't go to jail, although people have come back from that. But don't go to jail. Don't die. And as long as you take risks and calculated bets and keep compounding, you'll eventually end up somewhere good. I think that's like my take on that question, which is that like, I think most people are just too afraid to do anything that even warrants press. So when you already have a platform, then yes, maybe it can be a little bit more cautious. But most people are just totally irrelevant. Like you need to do something a little bit risky to even get to a place to be cancelable. Most people can't even be canceled because they didn't exist. So the general advice, like, yo, just live more and do more shit in general. You're nothing and you.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's, you know, what are they going to say? Like my neighbor, like the first reason I was hated from the very beginning, like on a mainstream was because I jumped on top of a news van. So it's like that's seriously why people started hating me. They're like, look at this douchebacket. And I was like, making fun of the news reporters shoes. And it's like, okay, like it seemed like bad press at the time, but like that. Was like my first mainstream moment, really, in the press. And so I think for certain people, all press is good press, but I don't think it's a saying that it's good for everybody and holds true for everybody.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think things now have to be like 10, 20, 30 million dollar opportunities. Me to spend time on it. And so I think it's pretty measurable from that side of things to figure out if it's exciting in that sense. And then I think just on besides the money thing and just brand building, I've just been doing it for so long that it's just like instinctual. Like, is this a good idea? Yes or no, and it's pretty obvious, but there are strategy talks and high-level people that huddle around the board. And sometimes I'll film a piece of content. Maybe not post it because it doesn't make sense. So there is like processes and teams that look at everything and conversations and it is pretty strategic, but a lot of it also is just like instinctual and on the fly. And it becomes more and more obvious as time goes on what the good opportunities are.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“That's something that we've talked about and explored, and there's been opportunities on the table to act, for example. But I think it's just like, what was the time expenditure What was the return in terms of how much money are we making here? And then who are the people involved? And is it going to perform well? And do we like this script? There's the risk of something going wrong and just like it flops at the box office and everyone shits on you. Like it happens all the time. So I think it's, yeah, just staying focused, right? Like having the boxing as the core of everything for many years. Content. And so never getting away from your bread and butter and staying extremely focused on that and having a great teams around to help with all of those things. But.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“For another game show host. Maybe they're not as smooth, but I don't think Jimmy would say that he's even that smooth of a natural actor or character. But like his analytics and his taste in terms of selecting the content format is very, very strong, where I think Jake has a lot of durability is that you follow his story. I guess one way I think about it is that if Jake can just talk and get a bunch of views or just live his life and get a bunch of views and someone has to light $100 million in fire to get a bunch of views, who do I want to be partners with? Who do I think has true skill and true charisma without overly calling other people? But like I think that is like a measure in terms of like how do you take like an analytical lens and like a structural lens to how do you backward engineer what has Jake has been able to accomplish?”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think you compound just like an open AI and anthropic are compounding even faster. So that's sort of like I'm just kind of excited just on the path forward because it's basically like celebrity survivor battle, right? Like literally everyone has died off except for like the predestined few. And I think the predestined few literally should be like the future billionaire trillionaires if you just extrapolate out that exponential because there's going to be fewer real people that you like care about. And I think where I would almost like juxtapose Jake and Logan with like a Mr. Beast and I don't, I mean, whatever. I'll just say it as like I feel like Mr. Beast is like so quantitative and analytical that it doesn't matter if Jimmy is in the video or not. Like swap him out.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think to me, Jake is a startup of himself in startup land, right? It's all power law. And I think essentially Jake has hit escape velocity. So I think Jake gets even more powerful in this new era of AI generated characters and just infinite noise because you'll have a lot of AI generated content and the people that you grew up watching, loving, and just supporting or hating as a child. And that generation is now going.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Follows you from multiple different things. Some people love my ranch YouTube videos and like only know about that and don't even, but I also have, I'm on an A16 Z podcast where like now people in the tech world are hearing about what I'm doing, but they probably won't watch my TikToks. So I'm doing all these different things and growing audiences and all of these different worlds. And I think that's been the key. And then I think also knowing how to monetize it and make money. And I think that's been a reason for us to continue to exist because I think a lot of people. In the space, don't know how to actually pull cash out. They could have a lot of followers, but not the cash. And Cash is king. So I think that's been another. Very important reason for the, I don't even know, 13, 14 years of being at the top of the influencer game.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I've seen the biggest stars in the space from like day one, just not stick around anymore. It's weird. It's really weird. There's a group called Magcon back in the day. They were like, The Justin Biebers of the Internet world and actually Sean Mendez spun out of there. He was the one that obviously made it really big, but it's just interesting. I think people maybe don't have that resiliency. They get tired of working or making content or going to the new platform or lose motivation, whatever it might be. And I think the people who are like truly destined to do this and love doing it. And that our talented editor are the ones that have lasted longer. And I think Almost have to diversify. Like we've gotten into politics, business, growing brands. And so you start to have this audience.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think it's similar, but I think Jimmy is like a numbers guy and is super analytical. And mine is definitely... Analytical, but not at the level that Jimmy is with how he does things. And mine is more creative, like entertainment focused and just like kind of like a feeling thing like you're saying. But that's why, you know, Jimmy just maxed out the numbers on YouTube and just did every little thing possible to Hack the algorithm.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“We went to Mr. Beast's sort of place in North Carolina, Jimmy's place rather, and he sort of gave us a tour and he was showing how just analytical the whole operation is much more kind of artistic or creative or emergent in terms of like, oh. Fuck around and find out, or like, how did you, in terms of what to spend time on, what to do in comparison to something abstained operation?”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Bits of iteration You know, spanning the full spectrum of entertainment. So it was like songs, comedy. I would make like scary videos, you know, have the fear aspect of it. Then all of a sudden I'm going into athleticism, which is boxing. And that whole side of entertainment as well. And so I think the modern day. Entertainers To do it all.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think a lot of it was. I mean, I think you just have to be entertaining. And me and my brother were doing that posting every single day, like 15 minute videos that took the whole day to film. So just effort, first and foremost, the entertainment in it. And then I think. Diversifying with like characters. So I basically created a daily reality show with all of these people on it and all these crazy things happening. And that was cutting edge at the time. And then just always being the visionary of like what's working, what trends, you know, okay, let's make a rap song. And then all of a sudden it's like one of the generational anthems of this younger kids know every single word of it's like, oh, the music worked. Okay, let's make more songs. Let's make a whole album. Let's make a Christmas album. So constantly just like.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's no, I mean, I don't think it would. I think there's very few. People breaking through on the media side of things, it's a lot harder to grow, a lot harder to amass a following and to be a known brand and to rise to the top. You know, you kind of had to be there from the start. And that's why you really see with brands that have stuck around at the highest level in social media. It's me, Mr. Beast, and my brother. And there's. Really, no one else”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I'm not technical, so I think it would be a harder place for me, but I think I would probably try to be in VC coming out of college. And yeah, hopefully if I made a lot of good connections at Stanford, my buddies that I would seed there genius ideas.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Just got to gang up with the smartest, most ambitious people possible. And that could either be your own startup, or it could be joining OpenAI. And I think, but I think the most important thing is to team up with like-minded ambitious people that will push you to be the best version of yourself. So if that's a company, then go, let's, and Jake and I will back you. If it's joining OpenAI cognition, somebody's like really, really high growth companies so you can learn a little bit before you jump into the deep end yourself. That's also great. But I think the most important thing is just. With really, really smart, ambitious people and team up and”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, no, I think it's actually true, which is that. Only thing that really will matter is that if we assume that we're pretty AGI pilled intelligence is just going to be metered out through compute, then what matters? Then it's like, one, like your relationship with people. And I think looks maxing is like a pretty narrow focus on the physical appearance matters and people like people that look good and symmetric and healthy. So that's fine. But I think it's beyond just looks. It's like your vibe, your ability to just be charismatic and engage with people. So that's an important skill set in the future. You just have better vibes than everyone else. And I think with Venture, right? Like, I think what you've done with the media strategy and recent Horowitz, I mean,”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You had this that happened to you, and this is maybe why you have anxiety in this moment and these things. And so I really like childhood trauma work that you can connect.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, definitely. I fully believe that. I think you just have to be careful. You don't want the therapy to like turn into victimizing yourself and then always being in constant sad loops. So I think you have to be careful. And at some points, if it feels needed, yes, but I don't think you should get like trapped into the cycle of therapy and always kind of having a call with someone or an in-person meeting with someone that is generally probably going to be negative. And so I think it's very important like who that therapist is as well. But I do think it's important to learn about yourself and unpack things. And I think the childhood trauma and going back and realizing like, oh, you know.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Know they are, but they let the comments and critics get to them very easily. And so if you could just look yourself in the mirror and be like, I'm doing good. I'm a good person. I'm doing good things in the world. I have a good heart. I mean, well, and if you can mean those things, then it doesn't matter what anyone says.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“That led me to a very public career. It all started with people actually like hating on me from day one, like in my school. So there was never like a moment where me making the videos didn't have like a ton of haters. My whole school in high school turned against me and was like talking shit, making anonymous accounts saying things about me, my principal teachers were saying things. It's always been there. So I think I'm just used to it because of that, which is pretty interesting. And then you're like, what else are you going to do? Like, I don't know. Just be a coward and quit and give up and let people run you. Like I could just never be that person and I just don't think that way. And I know who I am. I think that's very important as well. And I feel like a lot of people.”
2026-06-22 · a16z Podcast · Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, no, I think it's a little bit of all of those things. I think I had a very intense father. So I think it started there. And just being able to deal with him and growing up in that environment. And I think The hard work and”
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“I can start. And it's really funny because we were just spending the weekend with the all in podcast besties and Jason Kellicanis. And I remember when we announced anti-fun, Jay Kell was like, GW, you're making a mistake. Jake is not good. You're ruining your career. And we're just like, whatever, bro. And it's like a full circle moment because I joke about it now, but one I think like there's no beef. It was fun to play poker with those guys. But two, like JKL, you're a podcaster. You're trying to be what Jake invented. You are a VC turn influencer. And I think we will give you guys a run for money from who can be the better investor. No, but I remember shots fired. But I remember that I found that Jake was very wise for 2324.”
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“Employees were there, and it was just like so different and so cool. And that's when I fell in love with wanting to make my own startups and being a founder, but also being in the investor world and even understanding how it works and all the VC lingo and started growing my network. And so it's really always been there since I was a kid. And it's always been something that I loved. And then when I was 23, I wanted to take a bigger bite at the apple and that's when I met Jeff and the stars aligned. And we just decided to go bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger. And turns out that we're actually really good at it. So it's fun when things are working and it's fun helping shape the future of America with these companies.”
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