1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 AGENDA: 00:00:00 — Private Markets Are &quot;F***ing Done&quot; &amp;amp; The Shift to Heavy CapEx 00:00:46 — Anthropic Files to Go Public&amp;nbsp; 00:04:59 — Will the Anthropic IPO Break the Startup Ecosystem? 00:06:22 — The &quot;Billion-Dollar Position&quot; Era: VCs Reset Their Expectations 00:18:11 — The Trillion-Dollar Cash Grab: Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI Rush the Queue 00:23:15 — Is the SaaS Apocalypse Over? Bouncing Off the Bottom 00:25:34 — The Death of Human Per-Seat Licenses as Multiples Shift 00:27:18 — Winners vs. Losers: How Agentic Focused Products Captured the Market 00:30:26 — Cognition Raises $1 Billion at a $26 Billion Valuation 00:33:04 — Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America 00:35:46 — Multi-Model Workflows and the Future of Cost Containment 00:41:20 — Choosing Tokens Over Humans: The 2027 Engineering Reality Check 00:46:42 — Can Large Companies Survive Slashing One-Third of Their Engineering Talent? 00:57:40 — Big Law Flex: Kirkland &amp;amp; Ellis Pledges $500 Million to Build In-House AI 01:01:21 — Giving Away the Crown Jewels: Will Firms Trust Claude? 01:08:44 — Robinhood's AI Move: Automating Financial Planning vs. Beating the Market 01:16:15 — Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Are About to Be Disastrous 01:19:15 — $10 Billion Carry Pools: Will VC Winners Quit the Game? 01:24:10 — The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality? 01:30:10 — The Great Valley Contradiction: Working 24/7 to Automate White-Collar Work &amp;nbsp; The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41529470/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/202603445