42 decacorns created in 12 months vs ~20 per decade for 50 years
alvelda · x · 2026-10-24
Investor Harry Stebbings cites a striking stat: society created roughly 20 decacorns ($10B+ companies) per decade for five straight decades — but 42 in the last 12 months alone. He argues the pace of company creation has fundamentally changed, and anyone still assuming the old SaaS industry structure is behind.
Julian Weisser reshared, asking what builders are doing this year that wasn't even possible two years ago. The original post also teases podcast topics: Valar Atomics suing Day One Ventures, Meta returning to the AI frontier with Muse Wonder, NVIDIA eyeing a $30B Reflection deal, and Jev raising $870M at a $7.5B valuation.
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