The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Saturday, July 25, 2026
Osvald Nitzky advised that optimizing AI spend depends entirely on the use case, particularly distinguishing between spending for growth and spending for less critical functions. He noted that for hypergrowth companies like McCord, high spending on AI is justified by insatiable customer demand and the need to scale rapidly.
“It totally depends on the use case.”
“So I've I've mostly worked at hypergrowth companies where growth matters at all costs, right? Your willingness to spend for growth, as long as the unit economics are fine.”
“For us, it makes sense because the demand that we have is so high.”
“We're just in a race nonstop to service insatiable customer demand.”