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20VC: SpaceX Soars to $2.7TRN | Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix and Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN and The Case for Sovereign Models | Fin Acquired by Salesforce for $3.6BN

20VC: SpaceX Soars to $2.7TRN | Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix and Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN and The Case for Sovereign Models | Fin Acquired by Salesforce for $3.6BN

Author: Harry Stebbings June 18, 2026 Duration: 1:25:04
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
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AGENDA:

  • 00:00 — SpaceX Completes the Largest IPO in History
  • 03:45 — Elon Musk Adds a Warren Buffett Fortune in 24 Hours
  • 20:45 — Anthropic's Claude Fable Launches Monday, Gets Banned by Thursday
  • 25:00 — Washington Declares War on Frontier AI
  • 39:00 — Europe's Sovereign AI Push Accelerates as Mistral Targets $20B
  • 43:30 — Benchmark Admits Its Biggest Miss: Passing on the Model Labs
  • 45:15 — Salesforce Buys Fin for $3.6B and Rewrites the SaaS Survival Playbook
  • 1:02:00 — Adobe Beats, Raises, and Still Crashes as AI Fears Intensify
  • 1:06:30 — Why Every Legacy SaaS Company Is Trapped in an AI Death Spiral
  • 1:10:00 — The AI Acquisition Window Has Officially Closed
  • 1:13:00 — Nvidia at 16x Earnings vs SaaS at 8x Cash Flow: Where Should Investors Be?
  • 1:17:00 — The Great Rotation: Why Wall Street Is Abandoning Software for AI Infrastructure

Hosted by Harry Stebbings, The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) pulls back the curtain on the high-stakes worlds of venture capital and startup building. Each episode is a compact, twenty-minute dive into the minds shaping the future of technology. You’ll hear candid conversations with legendary investors, the very individuals who fund and guide the next generation of companies, featuring voices like Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Beyond the capital, this podcast dedicates time to the founders themselves. Weekly, Stebbings sits down with transformative entrepreneurs such as Spotify's Daniel Ek, LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman, unpacking the real journeys behind their iconic companies. The format is direct and focused, cutting straight to the core insights on funding strategies, pitch dynamics, and the personal philosophies that drive success. Tuning into this podcast means gaining an unfiltered perspective from both sides of the table, all delivered in a concise and accessible style that fits into your day.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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