Silicon Valley legend Bill Gurley just gave Tesla a huge endorsement.

Bill Gurley is a renowned venture capital investor, best known for his early bets on companies that have since become household names -- including Zillow , OpenTable, and Nextdoor . His most celebrated investment, however, was his early backing of Uber Technologies when the company was still vying for credibility of its ride-hailing business model .

Looking back, Uber's success may have seemed inevitable. But at the time, many skeptics dismissed the company as little more than a digital taxi service. Gurley, by contrast, recognized its greater potential: The optionality to evolve into a platform beyond ride-hailing and branch into adjacent services, ultimately reaching broader consumer demographics worldwide.

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