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20Sales: The $100M CRO Bubble: Why Anthropic Are Causing a Comp Crisis | Why You Should Never Hire From Salesforce or Service Now | How to Hire, Train and Forecase in a World of AI with Chad Peets and Chris Degnan

May 23, 2026 · 01:19:42

✨ The $100M CRO bubble and the competitive pressure from Anthropic.

Chad Peets Chris Degnan

01:19:42

20VC: Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic & Anthropic Raises $30BN at $900BN Price | SpaceX Files S1: How Does it Trade | Cerebras Smashes Day 1: What it Means for IPOs | Why Mass Layoffs Are More Worrying Than Anyone Sees

May 21, 2026 · 01:21:53

✨ Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic, which raises $30BN at a $900BN valuation.

Andrej Karpathy

01:21:53

20VC: Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio | The One Man Accelerator at The Four Seasons | Why VCs Can Be Sharks and What Founders Need to Know | Why Stocks and Cash are BS and You Should Invest in Land with Josh Browder

May 18, 2026 · 01:29:01

✨ Josh Browder turned $100K into a $10M angel portfolio, investing in unicorns.

Josh Browder

01:29:01

20VC: Lessons from Jensen Huang on "Founder Mode" | How to Know if OpenAI or Anthropic Will Kill your Company | How USV Liking Music Made Them $1BN on an Investment | The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao @ Abridge

May 16, 2026 · 01:04:37

✨ Shiv Rao of Abridge discusses scaling a generative AI healthcare company to $5.3 billion.

Shiv Rao @ Abridge

01:04:37

20VC: Anthropic Buys Compute From Elon & Commits $200BN to Google | Cerebras IPO: The Breakdown | Ramp's $40BN Latest Valuation | Hubspot Tanks, Monday Rockets: WTF is Happening in Public Markets

May 14, 2026 · 01:18:25

✨ Anthropic halts secondary sales, requires board approval for transfers.

01:18:25

20VC: Inside Legora: $100M ARR in 18 Months | Jude Law Generated $50M in Sales Pipeline: The Economics Broken Down | Competing Against Harvey, the 800 Pound Gorilla | Why Legora is Undervalued at $5.5BN with Patrick Forquer, CRO @ Legora

May 11, 2026 · 01:14:17

✨ Legora achieved $100M ARR in 18 months, with Jude Law generating $50M pipeline.

Patrick Forquer

01:14:17

20VC: What I Learned from 100 of the Best CEOs in the World | What I Learned from Staying with Mr Beast for 3 Weeks | How We Will Spend More on Tokens than Salaries with Cliff Weitzman, Speechify

May 9, 2026 · 01:44:39

✨ Cliff Weitzman, Speechify CEO, shares insights from 100 top CEOs.

Cliff Weitzman

01:44:39

20VC: Mag7 Earnings: Google & Amazon Win - Meta and Microsoft Falter | Anthropic's $50BN Raise & What it Means for a Potential IPO | Atlassian, Twilio and Five9 Beat: The SaaS Apocalypse Over? | Sierra's $15B Valuation: Peak or Potential

May 7, 2026 · 01:31:10

✨ Mag Seven earnings: Google and Amazon shine, Meta and Microsoft struggle.

Anthropic's $50BN Raise

01:31:10

20VC: Shopify's Tobi Lütke on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & What Will Labour Markets Be in the Future | Why We Need More Scrutiny on Charitable Giving, Governments are Bad at What They Do and Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada

May 4, 2026 · 01:13:49

✨ Tobi Lütke discusses AI as a scapegoat for layoffs and the future of labor markets.

Tobi Lutke

01:13:49

20VC: Inside Clay's Sales Playbook Scaling to $100M ARR | How to Set Sales Comp Plans | How to Read Sales Talent Linkedin Profiles | What Profiles to Hire & Fire | How to Increase Performance and Speed in Sales Teams with Becca Lindquist

May 2, 2026 · 01:13:20

✨ Becca Lindquist shares Clay's playbook for scaling sales to $100M ARR.

Becca Lindquist

01:13:20

20VC: Anthropic Raises $45BN but Falls Short on Compute | OpenAI Crushes with GPT5.5 and Codex: Back in the Game? | China Blocks Manus $2BN Deal to Meta | Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors | Why Google is a Bigger Buy Than Ever Before

Apr 30, 2026 · 01:25:50

✨ Anthropic secures $45B from Google/Amazon, but compute remains a bottleneck.

01:25:50

20VC: Applovin: $160BN Market Cap, $5.48BN Revenue, $10M EBITDA Per Head | Why the Best Do Not Need Mentorship | Why Founders Should Not Angel Invest | Why Kindness in Business Will Slow You Down with Adam Foroughi

Apr 27, 2026 · 01:20:46

✨ Adam Foroughi discusses Applovin's $160BN market cap and high EBITDA per head.

Adam Foroughi

01:20:46

20Product: Replit CEO on Why Coding Models Are Plateauing | Why the SaaS Apocalypse is Justified: Will Incumbents Be Replaced? | Why IDEs Are Dead and Do PMs Survive the Next 3-5 Years with Amjad Masad

Apr 25, 2026 · 46:51

✨ Amjad Masad discusses Replit's rapid growth and $9B valuation.

Amjad Masad

46:51

Apr 23, 2026 · 01:40:59

✨ Cursor acquired by xAI for $60B, a massive deal impacting AI and developer tools.

01:40:59

20VC: Everyone is Wrong; We Will Have More Developers in Five Years | Why Frontier Labs Will Be Way More Valuable Than They Are Today | Are SaaS Companies Cooked: Which Thrive & Which Die with Aaron Levie, Founder at Box

Apr 20, 2026 · 53:54

✨ Aaron Levie believes AI will create more developer jobs, not fewer.

Aaron Levie

53:54

20VC: Jake Paul on Why Traditional VC is Toast and Attention is More Valuable Than Cash | Politics: Will Jake Paul Actually Run for President? | Inside the Payday of Fighting Anthony Joshua and Mike Tyson | with Geoffrey Wu, Co-Founder at Anti-Fund

Apr 18, 2026 · 01:00:26

✨ Jake Paul believes traditional VC is outdated, valuing attention over cash for creators.

Geoffrey Wu

01:00:26

20VC: Anthropic Unveils Mythos | SpaceX's Financials Leaked: Is it Worth $2TRN | Meta Debuts Muse Spark: Are They Back in the AI Race | Jason's Critique of Dario Amodei & How OpenAI Could Win the Enterprise Game

Apr 16, 2026 · 01:26:20

✨ Anthropic's Mythos model is too good at hacking to release, raising cybersecurity concerns.

01:26:20

20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Apr 14, 2026 · 01:08:49

✨ Anj Midha invested $300M into Anthropic, facing initial VC skepticism.

Anj Midha

01:08:49

20Sales: ElevenLabs: Why We Set a 20x Sales Quota | How to Structure Sales Compensation Plans | Customer Success: 'Total BS' or Growth Engine? | Building an AI Sales Machine: What Tools & Tactics Must CROs Adopt Today with Carles Reina

Apr 11, 2026 · 01:24:45

✨ ElevenLabs VP Carles Reina discusses AI's impact on sales roles and teams.

Carles Reina

01:24:45

Apr 9, 2026 · 01:27:16

✨ Anthropic's revenue growth challenges OpenAI's dominance in the AI race.

01:27:16

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