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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Harry Stebbings

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world"s greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia"s Doug Leone and Benchmark"s Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify"s Daniel Ek, Linkedin"s Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake"s Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes,

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01:27:16

20VC: Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI Revenue | OpenAI...

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2026/04/09

AGENDA: 03:59 — Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI in Revenue 12:43 — OpenAI Management Reboot 18:24 — OpenAI Buys TBPN 29:00 — SpaceX Files for IPO Targeting $2 Trillion Valuation 37:21 — Doug Leone Returns to Sequoia Capital 41:14 — YC Kicks Out Delve 45:21 — The Rise of Open Router 57:59 — Supabase Targeting $10B Valuation 01:08:18 — The Mercor Hack and AI Cyber Threats Moving Forward 01:17:25 — The $1.8B Two-Person Company

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35:49

20VC: DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on Why AGI is Bigger...

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2026/04/07

Demis Hassabis is the Co-Founder & CEO of Google DeepMind - working on AGI, responsible for AI breakthroughs such as AlphaGo, the first program to beat the world champion at the game of Go; and AlphaFold, which cracked the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction and was recognised with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Demis is revolutionising drug discovery at Isomorphic Labs. Ultimately, trying to understand the fundamental nature of reality. AGENDA: 00:04:00 — What Actually

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59:18

20VC: Hims & Hers: $4.3BN Market Cap on $2.3BN of...

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2026/04/04

Andrew Dudum is the Founder and CEO of Hims, the company reshaping consumers relationship to healthcare. It has been a rocky ride over the last 6 months, the company is down 66%, their market cap today is $4.3BN on $2.3BN of revenue. They just bought their largest international competitor, Eucalyptus for $1.5BN. AGENDA: 00:00 — Why Being Public Is Better Than Private 02:50 — My Advice to The Collisons on Taking Stripe Public 07:15 — How to Hire for the Most Gritty People: The Test 10:55 — How AI

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01:09:36

20VC: Anthropic's $6BN Revenue Month | OpenAI Kills...

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2026/04/02

AGENDA: 00:00 — Anthropic's Monster Month: 6 Billion in February Revenue 04:30 — The "Claude Mythos" Leak: 10 Trillion Parameters 11:50 — OpenAI Kills "Sora": A Massive Strategic Own Goal? 14:30 — OpenAI Hits $100M in Ads: Why OpenAI Must Make Ads Work 20:50 — Masa Son's $40BN Bridge Loan: Investing More Into OpenAI 21:50 — Cybersecurity Stocks Tank: Is the Anthropic Panic Justified? 27:10 — The Golden Age of Cyber: Why AI Agents are a "Golden Goose" for Security 31:30 — Gross vs. Net: The Truth

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01:12:16

20VC: Marc Andreessen on The Future of Venture...

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2026/03/30

Marc Andreessen is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. The firm now manages over $90BN and has invested in the likes of OpenAI, Airbnb, Coinbase, Anduril and many more. Marc is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape (sold to AOL for $4.2 billion). He also co-founded Loudcloud,

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52:37

20VC: The Venture Model is Broken | You Need to be...

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2026/03/28

Gili Raanan is the Founder of Cyberstarts, one of the best performing venture funds of the last decade. He is famed for being the seed investor in Wiz, Islands and Cyera, leading to multiple 10x+ funds. He has the only remaining monopoly in venture; cyber security in Israel. If it is good, Gili sees it, it is that simple. AGENDA: 00:00 — Does the Venture Business Even Work Anymore? 05:58 — The Insane Rise of $150M Seed Rounds! 08:58 — Will Mega Funds Ever Actually Return Venture Economics? 11:13 —

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01:18:09

20VC: Why You Need a $1BN Fund To Do Series A Today |...

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2026/03/26

AGENDA: 05:00 — Anthropic vs. OpenAI: Who Is Actually Winning the Enterprise War? 07:55 — "Air of Desperation": Is OpenAI Losing Its Invincibility? 18:00 — SpaceX at $2 Trillion: Elon's Insane Plan to Build Data Centers in Space 29:00 — Jeff Bezos' $100 Billion Fund: The End of "Doing It the Hard Way" 34:00 — The $20 Billion "Acqui-hire": The Groq Deal Broken Down 40:40 — Figma's Death Spiral? Why the Markets Are Terrified of AI Disruption 56:00 — The Broken VC Math: Why You Need $1BN To Do Series A

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53:51

20VC: Inside Anduril's $20BN Army Contract & Why...

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2026/03/23

Matthew Steckman is the President and Chief Business Officer of Anduril. Matt played a central role in securing the $20BN contract Anduril just won with the US military. Prior to Anduril, Matt served as Chief Revenue Officer for Zipline. Before Zipline, Matt held several leadership positions at Palantir. AGENDA: 3:45 — Anduril's $20BN Army Contract Broken Down 6:30 — What Do Most Defense Founders Get Completely Wrong? 9:15 — Can You Build a Billion-Dollar Defense Company Without the US? 12:05 — Why

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01:02:50

20Sales: Inside Figma's $1BN ARR Revenue Machine |...

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2026/03/21

Shaunt Voskanian is the CRO @ Figma, where he has scaled the sales machine to over $1BN in ARR and over 400 people. Prior to Figma, Shaunt was Senior VP of Global Sales at Datadog where he scaled the revenue org to $1BN in ARR. AGENDA: 04:33 - Are Great Sales Leaders Born or Trained? 06:55 - In a world of PLG, is sales less important than ever? 11:51 - Why does Shaunt not believe in traditional customer success teams? 14:31 - Does the role of the SDR survive in two years' time? 19:19 - When is the

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01:15:15

20VC: The Return of Travis Kalanick: Uber Would Be...

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2026/03/19

AGENDA: 04:02 NVIDIA's GTC: What You Need to Know 11:39 Meta's 20% Layoffs & Atlassian Lets Go of 1,600 21:42 How to Test AI Fluency in Employees 30:59 Anduril Lands $20BN Army Contract 46:46 Travis Kalanick Returns With Atoms 49:55 If Travis Kalanick Ran Uber Today, Would it be $1TRN Company? 56:03 When is it Right to Replace Founders 01:04:24 Adobe CEO Exit Shock

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01:18:21

20VC: The 8 Moats of Enduring Software Companies: How...

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2026/03/16

Gokul Rajaram is one of the greatest operators turned investors of the last 2 decades. He is trusted as the go to advisor for the greatest founders in the world. Today he serves as a Board Director at three public companies: Coinbase, Pinterest and The Trade Desk. Prior to Marathon (his firm), Gokul served on the executive team at DoorDash and Block. Before Block, he served as Product Director of Ads at Facebook. Earlier in his career, Gokul served as a Product Management Director for Google

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01:09:21

20Growth: Inside Lovable's $400M ARR Growth Machine |...

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2026/03/14

Elena Verna is the Head of Growth at Lovable, one of the fastest growing companies in the world having hit $400M in ARR in just 18 months. Prior to Lovable, Elena was Head of Growth at both Dropbox and Miro. AGENDA: 00:00 – Why "Growth Is Now a Trust Problem" (Not a Marketing Problem) 06:10 – Is SEO Dying Because of AI Search? 07:00 – Did Lovable's Growth Come From the Founder's Personal Brand? 08:30 – Why Every Founder Should Push Employees to Be Marketers? 13:10 – Why Every Employee at Lovable

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01:14:09

20VC: Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins | The...

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2026/03/12

AGENDA: 00:00 - ANTHROPIC VS. THE PENTAGON: The Billion Dollar Supply Chain War 07:11 - B2B PANIC: Why Leading Companies Are Losing Deals to OpenAI 12:19 - THE ANTHROPIC ENDGAME: Will Claude Eclipse ChatGPT? 17:39 - THE DATA CENTER ARMS RACE: Is the AI Hype Cycle Finally Dead? 24:43 - 24/7 PERSISTENT AI: Why You'll Soon Need Data Centers in Space 30:37 - THE DEATH OF THE JUNIOR: Why Entry-Level Jobs are Vanishing 41:55 - AGENT-LED GROWTH: The Secret Reason Startups are Exploding in 2026 46:58 - THE

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01:03:02

20VC: Inside Accel's $4BN Growth Investing Machine |...

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2026/03/09

Miles Clements is a Partner @ Accel where he helps to lead their growth fund. At Accel, Miles has led or invested in Atlassian, Cursor, Linear, and more. AGENDA: 03:38 Where is True Alpha and Value in a World of AI 05:10 Why it is Total BS that Cursor is Dead 07:55 Why Cursor Were Not Wrong to Build Their Own Models 09:38 What is the Upside When Investing in Cursor at $27BN? 15:12 Do Sub $10BN Outcomes Even Matter to a Fund the Size of Accel? 17:07 Losing ServiceTitan: Investing Lesson Learned…

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01:00:27

20VC: Why the SaaS Apocalypse is BS | Why China Will...

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2026/03/07

Mitchell Green is a legendary growth equity investor and the Founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital, a firm with over $5 billion in assets under management. Known as a relentless "money maker", Mitchell has led investments in the likes of Bytedance, Toast, Procore, Duo Security and more. AGENDA: 0:00 The SaaS Apocalypse: Why Incumbents Aren't Going to Zero 05:50 "Dead Money": Why Public Software Estimates Were Too High 08:15 Leverage is the Enemy: Lessons from the 1999 Retail Crash 11:50

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01:23:15

20VC: Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins | OpenAI's...

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2026/03/05

AGENDA: 04:13 Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins 13:54 Was Sam Altman Wrong to Take the Deal 24:28 OpenAI's $110BN Mega Round: The Breakdown 28:22 Who Has a Bigger Valuation Premium: Sam Altman or Elon Musk 34:38 Why We Got the SaaS Apocalypse Wrong? 43:24 Why Salesforce Could be the Best Buy in Public Markets 47:46 Block Lays Off 40% of Team: AI or Overhiring 01:00:16 Cursor Hits $2BN in ARR… so not Dead? 01:18:15 How to Pick Winners in AI?

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01:09:55

20VC: Monday.com CEO on Is SaaS Dead: Will Everything...

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2026/03/02

Monday has been hit harder than almost any other public SaaS company. With $1.3BN in ARR, the company is valued at just $3.8BN; a more than 60% fall since IPO. Today, Eran Zinman, Monday's CEO joins Harry Stebbings in the hotseat to walkthrough six of the biggest threats to Monday's business; what is real, what is not and what are the unknowns. AGENDA: 05:47 Six Threats Monday Faces Today 07:04 Threat #1: Vibe Coding: Will Companies Vibe Code Everything 11:24 Threat #2: Will OpenAI and Anthropic

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01:01:05

20VC: Why Cursor is Dead | An AI Tsunami is Coming &...

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2026/02/28

Jerry Murdock is the Co-Founder of Insight Partners, one of the most formidable growth investors of the last three decades, with over $90 billion in AUM and a portfolio that has shaped the modern software economy. Jerry never does podcasts, and so this is his first-ever long-form interview. AGENDA: 03:50 There is an AI Tsunami Beginning 05:43 Cursor is F***** and Everyone Knows It 07:28 How Open Source Will Crush in an Agent First World 10:20 Is NVIDIA F**** 17:32 Are Systems of Record Dead in an

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01:20:09

20VC: Anthropic Wipes Billions Off Markets | Citrini...

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2026/02/26

AGENDA: 03:55 Anthropic Security Product Wipes Billions Off Public Markets 11:17 Do Agents Turn SaaS Incumbents into Valueless Databases 22:07 Anthropic Secondary Sale Makes Hundreds Decamillionaires 23:20 Citrini Research Piece: Everything You Need To Know 26:04 Will DoorDash Be Replaced by Agents 34:22 Will "Ghost GDP" Soften Consumer Spending Power 42:46 Why No Public Company Has Created a Good Agent Product 47:19 Is Tech Private Equity and Thoma Bravo F***** in this Market 51:05 OpenAI Massively

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01:06:43

20VC: Inside Coatue's $70BN Machine: Why Price...

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2026/02/23

Lucas Swisher co-leads the growth fund at Coatue where he has partnered with iconic companies like OpenAI, Harvey, Deel, Canva, Openevidence, Anthropic, and others. Prior to Coatue, he was on the investment team at Kleiner Perkins, where he focused on growth stage software businesses. AGENDA: 04:23 Why Public SaaS Is Getting Crushed in the AI Wave 06:01 How to Find Value in the Deluge of Public SaaS 10:34 Durability of Revenue in AI 17:42 Market Size vs. Founder Quality: What Wins? 19:04 Why Price

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