Deel’s growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great “momentum is moat” debate | EXXX

Today’s show:

*Deel’s growing fast enough that investors are overlooking the espionage allegations and jumping on board anyway. (LAUNCH now owns a lil taste of Deel, so Jason is on board!)

PLUS is the Mag 7 about to become the Mag 70… Why legendary investor Roelof Botha thinks VC is not an asset class… How startups can use capital as a weapon… AND Anthropic gave Claude more skills, which they hope will help pay their bills.

Timestamps:

(00:01:34) Jason’s excited for ski season and checking his favorite powder app, OpenSnow

(00:04:02) Why Jason’s done with meetings; he’s pulling a Doug Leone!

(00:06:27) Jason can tell the market’s heating up because people are starting to lose their minds.

(00:09:31) How much will global AI tools one day be worth? Alex is crunching the numbers.

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(00:15:22) PREDICTION: The Mag7 is about to become the Mag70

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(00:25:36) Deel’s big raise… Why major growth overshadows spying allegations

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(00:33:31) Why Roelof Botha says VC is a “return-free risk,” and not an “asset class.”

(00:40:49) The two reasons why VC firms end

(00:44:18) How startups can use capital as a weapon

(00:57:52) Anthropic gave Claude Skills to pay the bills

(01:00:51) Jason’s vision for what Grammarly could become

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