20VC: GPT5: Sam Altman's Masterplan or a Gift To Anthropic | Palantir & Shopify Crush Earnings | Monday & Datadog Perform But Hit Hard by Wall St | Should Perplexity Buy Chrome for $34.5BN |

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

AGENDA:

00:04 – Was GPT-5 the Biggest AI Letdown Yet?

00:17 – Is OpenAI’s Real Target Anthropic’s $6B Revenue?

00:22 – Why Anthropic Might Secretly Be Worried

00:28 – The Hidden Business Strategy Behind OpenAI’s “Underwhelming” Launch

00:32 – Should Perplexity Really Try to Buy Chrome for $34.5B?

00:35 – The $3B N8N Deal: Genius Bet or Bubble FOMO?

00:38 – Why Datadog’s Best Quarter Ever Still Tanked the Stock

00:44 – Palantir’s 50% Growth at Scale – Can It Last? Is Palantir Overpriced?

00:53 – Shopify’s Ruthless Path to 91% Revenue Growth With 30% Fewer Staff

01:01 – Are Seed and Series A Valuations Now at Dangerous Highs?

01:06 – What Does The Highest Levels of Capital Concentration Mean For Early Stage Founders?

01:15 – Could Palantir Hit a $2 Trillion Market Cap by 2030?