🎙️ podcast Analysis February 18, 2026 Invest Like the Best

Thrive Capital: Inside-Out AI Disruption Creates Permanent Capital Advantage

AI Infrastructure Enterprise Software Venture Capital
Conviction MEDIUM
Risk Profile 1.7/10 (LOW RISK)
Horizon 24-36 months
Signal Snapshot Core Theme: AI Transformation

AI startups will disrupt traditional businesses from outside

Traditional businesses transform internally using proprietary data and expertise

Enterprise adoption; Transformation case studies; Competitive differentiation

Executive Summary

Josh Kushner reveals a fundamental paradigm shift in how AI disruption occurs, moving from outside-in to inside-out transformation. Thrive Capital's $50 billion AUM reflects concentrated bets on this thesis through three investment categories: AI-native businesses, infrastructure beneficiaries, and their Holdings platform for transforming traditional companies. Kushner's insight that 'disruption will happen from inside out' stems from direct OpenAI partnership experience, where proprietary compa...

Key Investment Opportunity

AI Infrastructure Beneficiaries

Companies that power AI ecosystem without being disrupted by it will benefit from increased demand and pricing power

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