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The Twenty Minute VC · June 25, 2026 · 1h 24m

Deepseek Raises $50BN | Wall St's $725BN AI Question | The Rise of Open Source & How it Threatens OpenAI & Anthropic | OpenAI Builds it's Own Chip: Jalapeno | The Death of Moats & The New AI Software Winners

Harry Stebbings
Show Notes

In this solo episode of 20VC, Harry Stebbings breaks down the biggest shifts in AI: Anthropic poaching Google talent, DeepSeek's $50B raise, Apple's memory supply warning, the $725B return question from Wall Street, experiments with AI finance agents, the erosion of defensive moats, and why open source now threatens OpenAI more than Anthropic ever did.

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Novel

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We Built an AI Finance VP... and It's Better Than Humans41:00
The 20VC team created an AI finance vice president that outperforms human counterparts on speed, accuracy, and cost.
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Highlights

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Google Loses Two AI Legends as Anthropic Wins the Talent War00:00
Anthropic poached two top AI researchers from Google, signaling a shift in where elite AI talent wants to work.
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China's $50B DeepSeek Bet Changes the AI Power Balance14:45
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek raised $50 billion, a sum that could reshape global AI competitiveness.
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AI's Memory Crisis Has Begun — Apple Warns of a '100-Year Flood'27:15
Apple warned that demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is creating a supply crunch as severe as a 100-year flood, threatening AI training capacity.
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Databricks, ServiceNow & the New AI Software Winners58:30
Established platforms like Databricks and ServiceNow are poised to capture outsized AI value by embedding models into existing enterprise workflows.
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The Seat-Based SaaS Model Is Dying01:07:00
Per-seat pricing becomes obsolete when AI agents can do the work of many humans, collapsing the unit economics of traditional SaaS.
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OpenAI's Custom Models Could Rewrite Enterprise Software01:12:00
OpenAI's development of bespoke, fine-tuned models for enterprises could replace large chunks of traditional SaaS.
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OpenAI's Biggest Threat Isn't Anthropic Anymore01:17:00
Open-source models—not Anthropic—now pose the greatest competitive threat to OpenAI’s closed-source dominance.
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Editorial

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Wall Street Finally Asks the $725 Billion Question: Who Pays for AI?30:00
Analysts are now openly questioning how the massive $725 billion in AI infrastructure spending will ever generate a commensurate return.
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The Death of Moats? Why Founders Should Stop Talking About Defensibility46:30
Traditional business moats are eroding under rapid AI iteration, making defensibility a misleading concept for startups.
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