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

Harry Stebbings
Venture Capital
Openai
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic
Saas
NVIDIA
Spacex
Startups
Figma
Google
Elevenlabs
Cursor
Product Management
Ipo
Private Equity
Startup Growth
Mercor
AI In Sales
Meta
Shopify

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of ... more

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Daniel Dines is one of the greatest European founders of the last decade. As the Co-Founder of UiPath, he has scaled the business to a market cap high of $ 44BN in 2021, with the company now generating $1.72BN in revenue, growing 15% year-on-year. Th... more

Thomas Sohmers is the co-founder and chairman of Positron AI, building chips to make running AI dramatically cheaper and more energy-efficient. The company recently announced an $875 million Series C at a $5 billion valuation, backed by investors inc... more

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03:40 Dario Calls to "Pace the Frontier" 11:30 Why the Fed Will Raid Anthropic if Needed 21:50 Meta Launches Muse to Take On Instinct 28:30 Instinct Raising $1BN at $10BN—Would You Invest? 39:55 Miro Sells for $1.35BN After a $17.5BN Valuat... more

David Morehead is one of the most respected CIOs in the endowment fund world as Chief Investment Officer at Baylor University, overseeing its $2.6BN endowment. Before joining Baylor in 2011, he was a senior portfolio manager at several Chicago hedge ... more

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David Morehead
CIO Baylor University Office of Investments
Baylor University
Episode: 20VC: How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Do Not Want | Why Fund Multiple Does Not Matter Without a Timeline | Why Velocity of Cashback is the Most Important Thing with David Morehead, CIO @ Baylor
Matteo Franceschetti
Co-Founder of Eight Sleep
Eight Sleep
Episode: 20VC: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World: Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots Buying Cybercabs and more with Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder @ Eight Sleep
Jensen Huang
CEO of NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Episode: 20VC: Jensen Huang Declares AGI Has Arrived | GPT Astra and Fable 5.1 Accelerate the Model Race | Tesla Launches Cybercabs | Index Pulls Out of Town & Anthropic Pulls From Descartes Acquisition
Jean-Denis (JD)
Founder of Town, former CTO at Plaid
Town
Episode: 20VC: The $100 Billion AI Assistant Race: Town vs Instinct vs GrokBot | We Spend $75K Per Engineer on AI Tools | Why the AI Assistant Market Is Not a Bubble & AI Assistants Will Replace Every App on Your Phone with JD, Founder of Town
Cliff Weitzman
Founder and CEO of Speechify
Speechify
Episode: 20VC: How to Build Your Own Data Center & Why Every Startup Should Do It | How ElevenLabs Leapfrogged Us: What I Learned | The AI Talent War: How Your Hiring Process Needs to Change with Cliff Weitzman, Speechify
Rory Driscoll
Episode: 20VC: NVIDIA Crushes Quarter and Buys Hugging Face | OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor | Instinct Hits $2.5BN Valuation and The Race for AI Assistants | Cognition Raises at $46BN, Linear $2.5BN and Clay $7BN
Aaron Katz
Founder and CEO, ClickHouse
ClickHouse
Episode: 20VC: The AI Bubble Is Wrong | AI Margins Need to Improve | Revenue Concentration Should be a Concern | Why People Over-Estimate Open Models But Enterprises Still Fear Frontier Models with Aaron Katz, ClickHouse
Eno Reyes
CTO and Co-Founder of Factory
Factory
Episode: 20VC: Is Anthropic's Coding Business Worth $2 Trillion? | Should American Enterprises Work With Open-Source Chinese Models? | Why 80–90% of Neo-Labs Die in the Next 18 Months? with Eno Reyes, Co-Founder @ Factory
Andrew MacDonald
President and COO of Uber
Uber
Episode: 20VC: Uber President on The Untold Uber Stories: Travis, China and Self-Driving | Why Autonomy Is Existential | How to Beat DoorDash to #1 in Food with Andrew MacDonald

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Harry Stebbings
Host of The Twenty Minute VC, known for curating high-profile guests and driving brisk, insight-rich interviews.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 2k ratings
  • Great pod, great content

    i look forward for the release of each episode

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    anothersedude
    United States11 days ago
  • Worth it

    Having moved into the tech / scale up space about 5 years ago, the void in understanding funding, product, engineering etc was immense and listening to 20VC has helped me bridge a lot of this. It helps me keep up to date with the latest and greatest, I learn about some awesome new businesses and people and it’s just very interesting. I never miss an episode. Highly recommended.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NPH1980
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • Interesting listens

    Thanks for solid biztech insights

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SimpleReviewYes?
    United States5 months ago
  • AI AI AI.. x100

    I really enjoyed this show in the past but recently all the episodes are about AI. Normally, I would be interested in hearing different opinions about venture capital and AI but one of the hosts is so brainwashed by AI that the whole episodes are him scaremongering. Some of the takes are so wild that it sounds like listening to some science fiction audiobook. The interviews are better but I can’t really recommend.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Please no AI
    United Kingdom7 months ago
  • . Super bad.

    In the beginning, I used to think that 20 VC is an awesome podcast. Not anymore. Take for example, one of the most recent episodes with the fiverr CEO. No content, emotionally, bombastic, full of curses. Not much to learn. Just opinionated people who act like preteen kids… who needs that in 2025?

    Update Jan 2026: just getting worse and worse. All big money corporate. Forget 20vc.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Projomni78
    United States8 months ago

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20VC: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World: Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots Buying Cybercabs and more with Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder @ Eight Sleep
Q: What is your approach to AI in marketing and product development?
We use AI to automate email marketing, run internal AI agents, and build a data-driven decision layer to optimize CAC and growth, while preserving a strong brand and direct relationships with key athletes and partners.
20VC: Is Anthropic's Coding Business Worth $2 Trillion? | Should American Enterprises Work With Open-Source Chinese Models? | Why 80–90% of Neo-Labs Die in the Next 18 Months? with Eno Reyes, Co-Founder @ Factory
Q: Why is on-premise deployment important for enterprises?
On-premise provides control and ownership of intelligence, reduces reliance on external providers, and aligns with sovereign data needs, making it a staple for many large organizations.
20VC: Is Anthropic's Coding Business Worth $2 Trillion? | Should American Enterprises Work With Open-Source Chinese Models? | Why 80–90% of Neo-Labs Die in the Next 18 Months? with Eno Reyes, Co-Founder @ Factory
Q: What is the dominant determinant of an AI product's success in an enterprise today?
Outcome-focused value is paramount; the best model is not the cheapest or most powerful if it cannot consistently deliver verifiable, high-quality results within a business workflow.
20VC: The AI Bubble Is Wrong | AI Margins Need to Improve | Revenue Concentration Should be a Concern | Why People Over-Estimate Open Models But Enterprises Still Fear Frontier Models with Aaron Katz, ClickHouse
Q: How do you balance open-source openness with the need to protect enterprise security and monetization?
Aaron Katz explains the need for a hybrid approach: leveraging open-source for broad adoption while offering protected, governance-enabled enterprise deployments and selective use of frontier models to manage risk and ensure indemnification and compliance.
20VC: The AI Bubble Is Wrong | AI Margins Need to Improve | Revenue Concentration Should be a Concern | Why People Over-Estimate Open Models But Enterprises Still Fear Frontier Models with Aaron Katz, ClickHouse
Q: What has been the single biggest lesson from fundraising and scaling ClickHouse?
The founder emphasizes the importance of a differentiated engineering culture, a relentless focus on customer value, and building a durable, long-term relationship with investors who can provide strategic introductions and advocacy, rather than chasing short-term liquidity.

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The show features high-velocity conversations with founders, operators, and especially venture investors who shape early-stage startup strategy. Episodes often dissect AI, enterprise software, and platform economics, interleaved with sharp questions about fundraising, go-to-market, and building scalable businesses. A standout trait is the host's knack for curating prominent guests and fast-paced, practical takeaways, though some listeners feel the format leans into AI hype or sensational headlines at times. The show is likely particularly appealing to founders seeking fundraising tactics, VCs looking for market context, and teams aiming to understand the dynamics of early-stage tech investing and growth. Noteworthy is the recurring emphasis... more

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