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

AGENDA:
03:30 Can VC Survive With Public Market Prices Today
15:20 The Implosion of Thinking Machines
21:13 Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: The Legal Battle
40:50 Can OpenAI Win Ads?
55:50 ClickHouse's $15BN Deal: Analysed
58:55 Replit's $9BN Deal: Analysed
01:08:35 There Are Only Two Types of Deals VCs Want To Do Today

Winston Weinberg is the CEO and Co-Founder of Harvey, the leading professional services platform engineered with AI for law, tax, and finance. Winston has raised over $980M for Harvey from Sequoia, a16z, GV, Elad Gil and more with a last round price of $9.2BN post-money. Before founding Harvey in August 2022, Winston was an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, specializing in antitrust and securities litigation. 
AGENDA:
04:10 #1 Thing Every Founder Needs to Do Everyday
05:33 Must Do Daily Routines and Productivity Tips for CEOs
12:45 How to Get Sequoia and a16z Term Sheets
15:06 Why VCs Suck at Helping Companies Hire?
27:01 What No One Understands About Enterprise AI Adoption
38:06 AI's Impact on Professional Services
39:26 Future of Law Firms: Do They Die?
43:38 What Everyone Should Know That No One Tells You About Hiring in Europe
47:08 I Have Massive Trust Issues…
54:17 Biggest Lessons on Effective Deal-Making 
59:20 Cold Emailing OpenAI and It Leading to a Term Sheet
01:02:33 Quick Fire Round
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AGENDA:
05:02 Anthropic's $10 Billion Fundraise
07:54 Has Claude Code Beaten Cursor Already
15:54 OpenAI Could Still Go to Zero
26:33 Andreessen Horowitz's $15 Billion Fundraise
45:16 The Middle is Dead: Boutique vs. Large Platforms in Venture
50:01 The Future of Venture Capital
01:08:06 The Impact of Wealth Taxes on the Industry

Noam Lovinsky is the CPO @ Superhuman (formerly Grammerly). Prior to Superhuman he was a Senior Director of Product Management at Facebook. In his earlier years he was CPO @ Thumbtack and spent 5 years as a Director of Product Management at Google where he was responsible for all of Youtube's applications. 
AGENDA:
03:43 What is Great Product Leadership in a World of AI
07:45 Does the Design Phase Die in a World of Vibe Coding
12:21 How AI Changes Product Development Most
22:23 Accelerating Product Development
29:32 AI's Impact on Product Building
34:19 Predictions for 2026
34:45 Quick Fire Round
38:41 Reflections and Future Plans

Chad Peets is one of the great sales leaders of our time. Currently, Chad is advising on all things sales at X. Previously he was the sales saviour at Snowflake and was an advisor to the CEO there. He was also a MD at Sutter Hill where he sat on the board of companies like Sigma Computing and Augment Code. 
AGENDA:
04:53 How to Recruit the Best Sales Talent Today 
06:27 Why Europe is a Nightmare for Recruitment in Sales
11:29 How to Evaluate Sales Talent: Green and Red Flags
21:58 Why Remote Work is BS and You Have to be in Office
23:43 How to Improve Sales Team Performance in Just 24 Hours
27:45 When to Fire vs When to Give More Time
32:10 How to Set Sales Quotas Effectively
34:39 Adjusting Compensation Plans for Better Performance
37:50 Why Work Life Balance is Total BS
41:08 Biggest Lessons on Leading Sales Teams
50:37 What is The Future of Enterprise Sales with AI
58:40 Quick Fire Questions and Final Thoughts