20VC: Dario and Anthropic Declare War on Open-Source | Coinbase Slash AI Spend by 50% | Kalshi's $40BN Valuation and Impending IPO | Bending Spoons: Smartest IPO of 2026 and the Year for SaaS Roll-Ups
2026-07-02 · 77 min · 10 entities
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AGENDA:
00:00 Coinbase Slashes AI Spend 50%—Is the AI Token Bubble Bursting?
12:55 Anthropic Warns Open Source Could Destroy the AI Business Model
18:10 Dario Escalates the AI War with China & Open-Source
22:00 Should the US Ban Chinese AI Models?
33:15 Microsoft's AI Strategy Is Breaking Down
38:00 Kalshi's $40B Valuation Signals a New Consumer Gold Rush
41:15 Has SpaceX Frozen the AI IPO Market?
43:20 Why Bending Spoons May Be the Smartest IPO of the Year
46:00 The $100B Opportunity to Buy Broken SaaS Companies
53:30 Which Software Companies Would Jason Buy Tomorrow?
1:04:30 The Great AI Talent War Is About to Get Worse
1:11:20 Every Company Is Becoming an AI Company—or Dying