AGENDA:
00:00 – $400B in AI CapEx: Rational Investment or Madness?
05:00 – Figma's IPO: Rule of 80, $1.5B in cash, 40% margins. Unreal.
08:00 – Adobe Screwed the Deal—Should They Have Just Bought Canva?
16:00 – Pay-to-Play Deals: Heroic Hail Mary or Guaranteed Write-Off?
21:30 – How Index Is Returning $3.5B on 2 Deals
24:00 – Melio's $2.5B Exit: Insane Growth… So Why Did They Sell?!
35:00 – Massive Penthouses and the Death of Focus: AI Founders Beware
39:00 – Chime, Anthropic, Menlo & The Art of Selling LPs the Future
41:00 – Couchbase Acquired: PE Buyers Are Back… Or Are They?
44:00 – Why No One's Buying These 9-Figure SaaS Zombies
48:00 – If You Didn't Grow from AI By June 30, You're Already Dead
53:00 – Superhuman vs The AI-Natives: Who Wins the Replatforming War?
54:30 – Oracle's $30B AI Deal: Larry Did It Before You Even Started
56:00 – Scale Is Dead. Long Live Surge. The AI Data War Gets Bloody.
01:01:00 – Asana CEO Move & the Great Founder Exodus of 2025
01:06:00 – Will Cluely's Founder Be a Billionaire by 2029? Place Your Bets
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By Harry Stebbings
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AGENDA:
00:00 – $400B in AI CapEx: Rational Investment or Madness?
05:00 – Figma's IPO: Rule of 80, $1.5B in cash, 40% margins. Unreal.
08:00 – Adobe Screwed the Deal—Should They Have Just Bought Canva?
16:00 – Pay-to-Play Deals: Heroic Hail Mary or Guaranteed Write-Off?
21:30 – How Index Is Returning $3.5B on 2 Deals
24:00 – Melio's $2.5B Exit: Insane Growth… So Why Did They Sell?!
35:00 – Massive Penthouses and the Death of Focus: AI Founders Beware
39:00 – Chime, Anthropic, Menlo & The Art of Selling LPs the Future
41:00 – Couchbase Acquired: PE Buyers Are Back… Or Are They?
44:00 – Why No One's Buying These 9-Figure SaaS Zombies
48:00 – If You Didn't Grow from AI By June 30, You're Already Dead
53:00 – Superhuman vs The AI-Natives: Who Wins the Replatforming War?
54:30 – Oracle's $30B AI Deal: Larry Did It Before You Even Started
56:00 – Scale Is Dead. Long Live Surge. The AI Data War Gets Bloody.
01:01:00 – Asana CEO Move & the Great Founder Exodus of 2025
01:06:00 – Will Cluely's Founder Be a Billionaire by 2029? Place Your Bets
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