20VC: Why Cursor is Dead | An AI Tsunami is Coming & You Need to Prepare | Systems of Record Become Valueless Databases with Agents | Is This The End of Tech Private Equity with Jerry Murdock, Co-Founder of Insight Partners
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🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Jerry Murdock is the Co-Founder of Insight Partners, one of the most formidable growth investors of the last three decades, with over $90 billion in AUM and a portfolio that has shaped the modern software economy. Jerry never does podcasts, and so this is his first-ever long-form interview.
AGENDA:
03:50 There is an AI Tsunami Beginning
05:43 Cursor is F***** and Everyone Knows It
07:28 How Open Source Will Crush in an Agent First World
10:20 Is NVIDIA F****
17:32 Are Systems of Record Dead in an Agent-First World
21:04 Humans Will Not Buy Software, Agents Will…
24:57 Universal Basic Income Will Have to Happen, Mass Unemployment is Coming
30:54 What Happens to Tech Private Equity: Is Thoma Bravo F******
37:50 What Single Decision Does Jerry Regret Most… Why?
41:45 Single Biggest Mistake With Insight… What Did Jerry Learn?
45:26 Why is Now the Best Time to Start a Fund
47:03 The Twitter Bet that Made $90BN Insight
49:34 Biggest Marriage and Parenting Advice
56:04 Will Agents Help Us Live Forever
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Most of the companies I just mentioned, their view, as they've told me, is cursor is obsolete. |
| 0:06.0 | What we have with the tsunami happening is a wake-up call to move to higher ground. |
| 0:10.8 | Don't get caught on the beach when the damn thing hits the beach. |
| 0:14.2 | Move to higher ground. |
| 0:15.7 | You really don't know the edge unless you go over it. |
| 0:19.6 | If I have any wisdom at all, it's because I've |
| 0:22.0 | fucked up so much and I've learned from it. Here's the secret. Here's the real secret. I never |
| 0:27.9 | left the game. I was lucky because I was losing money every year I've been in this business. |
| 0:34.1 | I failed. Money does not come with instructions. Jerry Murdoch is one of the most influential venture capitalists of the last three decades. |
| 0:43.3 | He's a co-founder of Insight, which now manages more than $90 billion. |
| 0:48.3 | He led one of the most eminent rounds for Twitter. |
| 0:51.3 | He's an OG of the venture space, and today we sit down to discuss his biggest lessons from 30 years of investing. |
| 0:59.0 | But before we dive into the show today, if you're looking for a way to transform your customer service, let me introduce you to Finn baby. |
| 1:07.0 | Finn is the number one AI agent for customer service, resolving up to 93% of customer queries automatically. |
| 1:14.6 | There is no other agent that can do that, not 93% of customer queries, okay? |
| 1:18.6 | So why choose Finn? Finn is the best performing AI agent for CS. |
| 1:22.6 | Finn doesn't just answer questions, it takes actions. It automates the most complex customer |
| 1:28.7 | queries like refunds, transaction disputes, technical troubleshooting, with speed and reliability, |
| 1:34.5 | beats every competitor in every head-to-head bake-off, completely configurable and code optional setup. |
| 1:41.0 | My word, I mean, the benefits just go on and on. It's easy and efficient implementation. |
| 1:45.3 | It works on any help desk with no tedious migration needs. It's trusted by over 6,000 customer |
| 1:51.6 | service leaders, including top AI companies like Anthropic, lovable, synthesia, clay. So if you're |
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