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20VC: Anthropic's $10BN Fundraise: Have ...

Harry Stebbings
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AGENDA:

05:02 Anthropic's $10 Billion Fundraise

07:54 Has Claude Code Beaten Cursor Already

15:54 OpenAI Could Still Go to Zero

26:33 Andreessen Horowitz's $15 Billion Fundraise

45:16 The Middle is Dead: Boutique vs. Large Platforms in Venture

50:01 The Future of Venture Capital

01:08:06 The Impact of Wealth Taxes on the Industry

 

 

 

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