20VC: Anthropic Raises $45BN but Falls Short on Compute | OpenAI Crushes with GPT5.5 and Codex: Back in the Game? | China Blocks Manus $2BN Deal to Meta | Thoma Bravo Hand Back Medallia Keys to Creditors | Why Google is a Bigger Buy Than Ever Before
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
AGENDA:
00:00 $45B Floods into Anthropic from Google & Amazon
05:10 OpenAI Misses Growth Targets — Is This a Real Problem?
08:40 The Rise of AI Agents: Why Humans No Longer Pick Models
12:05 "Compute ≠ Revenue": The First Crack in the AI Business Model
20:30 China Blocks $2B Manus Deal — AI Cold War Escalates
34:10 Why Google May Be the Biggest Winner in AI Infrastructure
41:50 The Death of SaaS? Agents Replace Apps Like Jira & Canva
46:20 Thoma Bravo Hands Medallia to Creditors — $5B Wiped Out
52:10 The Collapse of Private Equity Exit Routes in VC
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| 0:00.0 | It's entirely plausible in a world of super big exits, that 10 super big exits cover the entire |
| 0:06.1 | nut from the LP perspective, such that it's still a good business. |
| 0:09.9 | It's a whole new world where I think Open AI is even more competitive again. |
| 0:13.8 | The dirty little secret of venture again is how much of your money you make in that one |
| 0:17.0 | year in 10 when everybody buys the dream? |
| 0:20.0 | More and more the agent is going to choose what models and just what vendors we use. |
| 0:23.8 | It's possibly you look back and see that as the first disconnect from compute equals revenue. |
| 0:28.4 | They didn't weigh over lever. |
| 0:29.5 | They just way overpaid for it. |
| 0:30.8 | You can service $2 billion plus of debt on a $1 billion low growth company with a pre-AI story that has to transform to AI. |
| 0:39.3 | This is 20VC with me, Harry Stebbings. |
| 0:41.3 | It's my favorite show of the week. |
| 0:43.0 | Roryo Driscoll, Jason Lemkin, the biggest news in tech. |
| 0:47.1 | In other words, this shit's going to make you much smarter at a dinner party. |
| 0:50.4 | So what's on the agenda this week? |
| 0:52.2 | Number one, $45 billion poured into Anthropic from the |
| 0:57.0 | hyperscalers. Next, China blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus. And then finally, |
| 1:03.8 | Toma Bravo hands over the keys to medallia, to creditors. 5.1 billion of equity wiped out. |
| 1:13.5 | What is the future of this stage of private equity? |
| 1:18.9 | But before we dive into the show today, are you a founder working nonstop to raise your next round? |
| 1:23.9 | Are you an investor doing all you can for your portfolio companies to help them stand out? |
| 1:29.3 | Funding and scaling a vision is challenging. Banking should not be. HSBC innovation banking caters to tech and healthcare founders all over the world who need a really great |
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