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

20VC: SpaceX Completes Acquisition of xAI | The 2026 SaaS Massacre: Public Market Collapse | Microsoft's $360 Billion Market Cap Loss | NVIDIA's $100BN Investment Dispute with OpenAI | Waymo Raises $16 Billion at a $110 Billion Valuation

05 February 2026 1:34:19 Harry Stebbings

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AGENDA:

00:00 - SpaceX Completes Acquisition of xAI in $1.25 Trillion Merger

08:44 - The Rehabilitation of the IPO and the End of "State Private Forever"

15:53 - The 2026 SaaS Massacre: Public Market Collapse

31:20 - Next-Gen CRM War: Hubspot Down 50%+ vs Next Gen Heavily Funded

45:30 - Microsoft's $360 Billion Market Cap Loss and the Shift in AI Narrative

52:45 - Nvidia's Strategic Retreat: The Dispute Over the $100 Billion OpenAI Investment

01:03:30 - Waymo Raises $16 Billion at a $110 Billion Valuation

01:17:30 - The Launch of OpenClaw and Moltbook: 1.5 Million Agents Join a Social Network

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