20VC: Groq's $20BN NVIDIA Acquisition | Manus Acquired by Meta for $2BN | Why Sam Altman Does Not Care About Dilution | Navan Trading at 4x ARR & Why Going Public Does Not Make Sense Anymore | The Rise of Invisible Unemployment and Labour Markets in 2026
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
The Twenty Minute VC
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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AGENDA:
04:30 Groq Acquired by NVIDIA for $20BN: The Breakdown
17:13 Meta's $2BN Acquisition of Manus: Did They Sell Too Early
36:04 OpenAI's Stock-Based Compensation Strategy
47:42 Will AI Replace Venture Capitalists
56:13 Navan Trading at 4x ARR: Who is Good Enough to Go Public?
01:09:46 The Rise of Invisible Unemployment
01:14:21 The Future of Work and Education in an AI-Driven World
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone's coming for NVIDIA now. |
| 0:02.0 | NVIDIA's numbers are going to crush this year, but we're going to see all the daggers really coming out. In the end, words are words, and half a billion dollars is life-changing, right? No, no, no. I just think for venture, this is the era of the spite startup. No one ever said to Winston Churchill, congratulations. You won World War II on budget. They just said, congratulations. You won World War II. World War II. |
| 0:22.0 | Honestly, I think the most important thing that's going to happen this year is Congratulations, you won World War II on budget. They just said, congratulations. You won World War II. |
| 0:21.5 | Honestly, I think the most important thing that's going to happen this year is when we are in AI 24-7. |
| 0:27.0 | I do genuinely think you can identify a top 0.1% founder without talking to them. |
| 0:33.9 | I've done multiple billion dollar exits from cold inbound. |
| 0:43.9 | This is 20 VC with me, Harry Stebbings. It is back. Jason Lemkin, Roryo Driscoll. I have missed this over the holidays. And my word, what a schedule we have for you today. GROC acquired for |
| 0:48.7 | $20 billion by NVIDIA. Manus acquired for $2 billion by Meta, then we have Navan trading at 4x |
| 0:57.5 | ARR and what that means for companies considering going public and so much more. |
| 1:03.1 | But before we dive into the show today, I run the 20 VC fund and I get this question from |
| 1:08.2 | founders all the time. Oh Harry, I can't find a good.com. Do you have a good |
| 1:13.5 | hookup? Well, let me tell you now, the answer is always going to be no. I don't have a guy or a gal |
| 1:19.0 | for that. I do have a recommendation though. If you're building a tech startup, get a dot tech |
| 1:24.1 | domain. Tech startup, dot tech domain. It could not be more obvious. As an investor, |
| 1:30.2 | I appreciate founders who put thought into their branding. When I see dot tech in your name, |
| 1:35.3 | it tells me right away that tech is at the core of your build. It'll say that to your customers, |
| 1:39.3 | too. A clean and sharp domain like dot Tech pays off in the long run. |
| 1:44.2 | You know nothing. Dot Tech, Onex. |
| 1:46.4 | Dot Tech, Aurora. |
| 1:47.9 | All of these great tech companies, they all use Dot Tech as their domain. |
| 1:52.7 | These are my two cents. |
| 1:53.8 | If you're building a tech startup, don't overthink it. |
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