What podcasts say about Gene Sykes

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What Gene Sykes has said on podcasts

34 statements · 23 positive · 1 negative · 1 mixed · 9 neutral

on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic GamesPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“We'll have the Olympic and Paralympic Games right here in Southern California.”
Listen at 3:54
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on OlympicsNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
The Olympics attract a higher proportion of women than men.
“The other thing about the Olympics most people don't realize is the Olympics are the one sports experience that skews toward women more than toward men.”
Listen at 5:09
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic GamesPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles 2028 will involve 17,000 athletes, 900 events, and 15 million tickets.
“We'll have 17,000 athletes. We'll have something like 900 separate events, medal events. It's enormous. We'll sell 15 million tickets between the Olympic and the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.”
Listen at 6:08
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games fundingNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
The 2028 Los Angeles Games will be privately funded except for federal security support.
“Well, it's essentially privately funded in that there's no government support to put the games on, with the exception of the federal government playing a role in. security and security-related logistics, things of that sort.”
Listen at 6:56
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games infrastructurePositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles will not need to build new sports infrastructure for the Games.
“So we don't have to build anything.”
Listen at 7:34
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on 1984 Los Angeles Olympics trafficPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Traffic during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was manageable.
“The traffic was totally manageable.”
Listen at 9:04
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on Los Angeles Olympic traffic managementPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Advance information about Olympic events will help Los Angeles residents adjust travel behavior.
“And they all know about it. They know where it's going to be and they know when it's going to happen. They do. People behave based on what they know and what they're expecting to happen.”
Listen at 9:13
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic ticketsPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Half of the Los Angeles Olympic tickets have already been sold.
“Literally half the tickets have already been sold.”
Listen at 9:43
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic spectator experiencePositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Spectators at the Los Angeles Games will face few queues.
“And I don't think you'll have many lines.”
Listen at 9:59
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on 2026 World Cup in the United StatesPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
The 2026 World Cup transformed Americans’ view and appreciation of soccer.
“I think it actually really transformed Americans' view of that sport. And they'll appreciate that sport differently than they ever have before.”
Listen at 11:02
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic ticketsPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles Olympic tickets sold out immediately when offered.
“As soon as they were offered, everything was sold.”
Listen at 15:35
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic ticketsNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles Olympic tickets are priced at market levels.
“But they are priced at the market.”
Listen at 15:41
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on NBC Olympic media-rights agreementPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
NBC holds U.S. Olympic media rights through 2036.
“NBC is the media rights holder for the United States. They've got a deal that now goes through 2036.”
Listen at 16:32
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on U.S. Olympic media rightsPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
U.S. Olympic media rights generate at least $1.5 billion per Games.
“a billion and a half dollars or more per games to have the rights in the United States.”
Listen at 16:49
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic sponsorshipsPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Corporate interest in sponsoring the Los Angeles Games is very strong.
“There is huge corporate interest. in sponsoring these games.”
Listen at 17:15
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on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic GamesPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
The Los Angeles Olympics will be the world’s biggest event ever.
“this is going to be the biggest event in the history of the world.”
Listen at 17:21
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on Olympic competition venuesNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Olympic competition venues prohibit corporate advertising on the field of play.
“The Olympics are famous for having clean venues.”
Listen at 17:57
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on Global M&A marketPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
The M&A market will exceed its 2021 peak.
“We expect the M&A market to be... much bigger than it was at the peak.”
Listen at 19:25
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on Private-equity-owned company sales in M&ANeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Private-equity-owned companies comprise 30% of this year’s M&A market, down from 40%.
“40% of the M&A market has been selling companies that were owned by private equity sponsors. 40%. This year, that's 30%.”
Listen at 19:39
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on Proprietary semiconductor technologyPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Demand for proprietary semiconductor technology is driving a major semiconductor boom.
“We've seen an enormous boom in semiconductor technology, semiconductor equities, and semiconductor M&A, when everybody wants to have proprietary semiconductor technology.”
Listen at 20:09
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on StartupsNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
About 80% of startups ultimately aim to sell themselves.
“for 80% of the startups, the end game is selling themselves to somebody else.”
Listen at 21:17
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on StartupsPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Roughly 20% of startups become sustained companies through strong differentiation.
“The 20% that actually become sustained companies, they have something totally differentiated”
Listen at 21:46
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on Anthropic and OpenAIPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Anthropic and OpenAI will remain independent companies.
“I think we'll see, obviously, Anthropic and OpenAI be independent companies.”
Listen at 22:16
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on AI company S-1 disclosuresNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
AI-related catastrophic risks will appear in future S-1 disclosures.
“imagine the crazy, scary things like that will be present in S1 language for sure.”
Listen at 22:57
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on AI infrastructure demandMixedSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Future AI infrastructure demand remains uncertain.
“I think the answer is we just don't know.”
Listen at 24:03
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on Enterprise AI adoptionPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Only 2% of companies report positive EPS impact from AI use.
“So 2% are the companies who in their earnings reports have said, we see an impact on EPS, a positive impact of our use of AI.”
Listen at 28:56
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on Enterprise AI adoptionPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
Approximately 20–30% of companies have implemented broad AI-use strategies.
“There are probably 20 or 30% of the companies that have actually implemented strategies to use AI in everything they do.”
Listen at 29:08
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on AI in M&A advisoryPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
AI will improve M&A advisers’ synthesis, speed, and creativity.
“they will be better at it if they use AI. They'll be faster at getting to conclusions. They'll be more imaginative”
Listen at 30:45
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on AI in media creationNeutralSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
AI-generated creative tools will change media creation and popularity.
“I believe that will be a phenomenon that impacts how media is both created and what becomes popular”
Listen at 33:18
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on Existing media content catalogsPositiveSep 19, 2026· Odd Lots
AI will increase the value of existing media catalogs by enabling more uses.
“I actually think it will get more valuable. And I think AI is likely to make existing contents in catalogs more valuable because it will find more uses for existing content.”
Listen at 33:59
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