This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal Open https://paypalopen.com [https://paypalopen.com] CLA https://claconnect.com/withyou [https://claconnect.com/withyou] Odoo https://Odoo.com/twist [https://odoo.com/twist] Today's show: *Anthropic is likely headed for the largest IPO in history. A reported 2-3 trillion October debut would blow past SpaceX's recent record. Jason breaks down why the. numbers matter less than what they'll reveal about the entire AI economy. Then, chats with a pair of founders: one who's selling subscription water filtration systems that will keep microplastics out of your brain (and other body parts), and another who's building the AI software that powers automated solar panel installation. Guests Sami Khoreibi: https://x.com/samikhoreibi [https://x.com/samikhoreibi] Wisewell: https://www.wisewell.com/ [https://www.wisewell.com/] Puneet Puri: https://x.com/puneetp [https://x.com/puneetp] Gritt Robotics: https://www.gritt.ai/ [https://www.gritt.ai/] Relevant Links Fortune: Anthropic reportedly plans $2T IPO in October: https://fortune.com/2026/08/13/anthropic-ipo-2-trillion-october-largest-ever-spacex/ [https://fortune.com/2026/08/13/anthropic-ipo-2-trillion-october-largest-ever-spacex/] Ramp AI Index: August update: https://ramp.com/data/ai-index-august-2026 [https://ramp.com/data/ai-index-august-2026] Decart: https://decart.ai/ [https://decart.ai/] Bloomberg: Anthropic in talks to buy Decart: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/anthropic-said-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-6-billion [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/anthropic-said-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-6-billion] Nat Geo: Profile of water sommelier Martin Riese: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/water-sommelier-martin-riese [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/water-sommelier-martin-riese] Mailman School of Public Health: Nanoplastics study: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/bottled-water-can-contain-hundreds-thousands-nanoplastics [https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/bottled-water-can-contain-hundreds-thousands-nanoplastics] Bryan Johnson microplastics post: https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1937194358027190637?lang=en [https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1937194358027190637?lang=en] Topo Chico: https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/topo-chico [https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/topo-chico] San Pellegrino: https://www.sanpellegrino.com/ [https://www.sanpellegrino.com/] Acqua Panna: https://www.acquapanna.com/intl/ [https://www.acquapanna.com/intl/] Evian: https://www.evian.com/ [https://www.evian.com/] Mountain Valley Spring Water: https://mountainvalleyspring.com [https://mountainvalleyspring.com] Fiji Water: https://www.fijiwater.com/ [https://www.fijiwater.com/] TechCrunch: Gritt exits stealth: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/] Our World in Data: Solar panel prices: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices] Our World in Data: Solar module prices vs. cumulative capacity: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices-vs-cumulative-capacity [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices-vs-cumulative-capacity] NYT: Do your emojis make you look old? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/12/upshot/emoji-generations.html [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/12/upshot/emoji-generations.html] DJI Mic 3: https://www.dji.com/mic-3 [https://www.dji.com/mic-3] Ted Lasso S4 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk1KdTMhFs8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk1KdTMhFs8] Lanterns trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIBOsuUwc4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIBOsuUwc4] Furious trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSqPDxmNZs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSqPDxmNZs] The Shards trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpm9HUOrZIc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpm9HUOrZIc] Sporked: What are Tim Tams? https://sporked.com/article/what-are-tim-tams/ [https://sporked.com/article/what-are-tim-tams/] Timestamps: 0:00 New Segment: "Enough Already!" 3:36 Anthropic's record-breaking IPO plans 9:59 Why it's "Springtime for Trump and M&A" 10:39 PayPal - Built for payments, growth, and agentic. Paypal Open, built for all business. Visit https://paypalopen.com to get started 16:00 Sami Khoreibi of Wisewell joins 17:30 Hiring a water sommelier 20:23 CLA - Innovation takes balance. CLA's CPAs, consultants, and wealth advisors can help you get from startup to where you want to end up. Get started now at https://www.claconnect.com/withyou 29:00 The problems with tap and bottled water 30:34 Odoo - The all-in-one business platform. 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