#TradingPlaces: a very bad💩VC #secondary podcast episode 33 we interview @ballve @sacrainc + @adamcrawley1 @AugmentMarkets on the Q1/26 #Power20 top private co's w/ @afehrenbacher we also cover nerd tech news: - hyperscalers spend $700B+ on AI capex - #Anthropic raising @ $900B+ - courtroom battles w/ Sam vs. Elon - #OpenAI growth rates slowing? - @Cerebras IPO (again!) - @FoundersFund raises new $6B fund - @SierraPlatform raises $950M @ $16B - Val Corner: @Cohere w/ @AmanVerjee plus extra special: #Canuck slang 🇨🇦🍺🫎🏒 cc @TradingVCs @AmanVerjee(Dave McClure)