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The Twenty Minute VC · August 27, 2026 · 01:22:40

20VC: NVIDIA Bonanza: Buys Poolside & Invests in Mercor and Perplexity | Anthropic's $30TRN Revenue Assumption & OpenAI Confirms IPO | Why Customer Service, Defence and Robotics are Overinflated

Show Notes

Harry Stebbings breaks down a blockbuster week in AI, starting with NVIDIA's $12B acquisition of Poolside and its investments in Mercor and Perplexity. He discusses OpenAI's confirmed 2027 IPO, Anthropic's bold $30 trillion revenue assumption, and Citadel's exit from its AI trade. The episode also covers the boom in open models, Stripe's reacceleration, and VC warnings that customer service, defense, and robotics are overinflated sectors.

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NVIDIA's Three-Deal AI Blitz00:00:00
NVIDIA acquires Poolside for $12B and invests in Mercor and Perplexity, signaling aggressive vertical integration across the AI stack.
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Frontier AI's Capital Wall Exposed00:04:31
The $12B Poolside deal illustrates the enormous capital required to compete at the frontier of AI, shutting out all but the biggest players.
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