20VC: OpenAI & SpaceX S1 Drops | NVIDIA's $81BN Revenue Quarter | Cloudflare and ClickUp Do Controversial Layoffs | Exa, OpenRouter and Polsia Raise Mega Rounds | Uber and Microsoft Declare AI ROI for Developers is Questionable
episodePreviously titled “20VC: OpenAI & SpaceX S1 Drops | NVIDIA's $81BN Revenue Quarter | Cloudlfare and ClickUp Do Controversial Layoffs | Exa, OpenRouter and Polsia Raise Mega Rounds | Uber and Microsoft Declare AI ROI for Developers is Questionable” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
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How did NVIDIA achieve $81 billion in revenue and why did the stock remain flat?
can't remember where corporate America was so convinced of the ROI of something as it is right now of AI. So, Anthropic has done as much in Q1 as all of last year, and OpenAI has done 30% of what they've done last year in Q1. Within a couple of quarters, Anthropic will be visibly and obviously ahead. Profitable, growing more quickly, and bigger. That's Pareto dominant on all three vectors.
It could be the GeoCities deal of the AI era. We could look back on this. And listen, I'm on Team Elon, okay? But 100 times trailing sales, we may look back and say, these were some good companies. But 100 times, my God, my God, that's worth $2 trillion?
What are Uber and Microsoft's concerns about AI productivity gains?
Renting out chips because Jensen's your buddy and you're a good customer?
But what you are is a more efficient Corviz. I love the S1, but I think it's all madness. I wouldn't buy a share.
I just love the optimism. It's SolarCity on steroids, and we're all here for it because we love AI, but it makes no sense.
The picks and shovels of the agentic revolution is just a good place to be investing.
This is 20VC with me, Harry Stebbings. It's my favorite show of the week. Rory O'Driscoll, Jason Lemkin discussing the biggest news in tech this week. Starting off, OpenAI confidentially files their S1. What does this mean for Anthropic's plans to go public? SpaceX then drops theirs, the largest IPO in history. Anthropic then hits $44 billion in ARR and laps OpenAI in revenue. And then NVIDIA print $81.6 billion in revenue and the market yawns.
What layoffs are happening at ClickUp and Cloudflare, and why?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did NVIDIA achieve $81 billion in revenue and why did the stock remain flat?
0:00–0:39
2
What are Uber and Microsoft's concerns about AI productivity gains?
0:39–1:30
3
What layoffs are happening at ClickUp and Cloudflare, and why?
1:30–2:12
4
Is there a competitive race in the AI sector with OpenAI's S1 filing?
2:12–2:48
5
What implications does Anthropic's potential IPO have for the market?
2:48–3:17
6
Why does the speaker express skepticism about investing in SpaceX's S-1?
3:17–3:29
7
How is Elon Musk's Colossus project seen as innovative?
3:29–4:20
8
What is the outlook for Polsia and Exa's recent funding rounds?
4:20–1:25:18
Speakers
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