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Meta Muse vs Instinct vs OpenAI Dots: Do AI Agents Have Any Moat?

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Meta Muse vs Instinct vs OpenAI Dots: Do AI Agents Have Any Moat?

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Anthropic's S-1 leaked and the numbers are not what the narrative promised: revenue flatlining as token prices drop, and SaaS investors posting memes welcoming Anthropic to the no-growth table. Jess still puts it at 60% they get out in November, which look...

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More or Less examines whether AI agents can build durable moats, while weighing unstable valuations, open-model competition, enterprise economics, and the possibility that AI either frees people from screens or draws them further into technology.
00:00
Our brains may have a limit for bots
06:51
Flat is very scary in an infinity game
09:33
Oura needs a $100 billion story
11:40
Private markets may beat the public markets
13:48
Everyone is exposed if the spending stops
17:43
AI valuations assume stratospheric growth
20:29
The luxury-token strategy backfired
27:31
The Mom Index
30:04
AI agents are still in the pre-Macintosh era
38:47
The opposite thesis is deeper digital immersion
44:15
Technology convinces you that you are in control
46:26
Personal apps take over the home screen
52:43
Value in the physical world

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Trailer
00:00
Live From X HQ, and a 39 Degree Cold Plunge
01:04
Dunbar's Number, but for Bots
02:57
Anthropic's Leaked S-1 and the Flatlining Revenue
05:48
Oura Pulls Its IPO and the LPs Get Stuck
07:37
What's Actually Happening in the Markets
09:36
Wall Street and Silicon Valley Split on AI's Price Tag
10:41
World Labs Sells for $8B: The Barbell Strategy
12:45
Half a Trillion in Contracts, and Who's Really Making Money
14:11
What Happens If OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Work Out?
14:54
Priced for a Growth Rate Bigger Than the US Economy
16:11
Open Models Pass Closed Models on the Charts
18:04
Sam: If Claude Vanished Tomorrow, I'd Care for One Second
18:51
The Forward Deployed Bet and the Luxury Token Problem
19:43
Adrian Drops In: 300 Startups, 40 Unicorns, and a Plane
22:16
Jess Goes Full Muse
24:39
The Bot AGI Challenge: After-School Plans and the Mom Index
26:28
OpenAI Rebrands Codex as Dots
28:30
Adrian on the Moat: Winner Take Some
30:28
Brit's Agent Starts Talking to Dave's Agent
31:38
No Switching Costs, So BD Deals Are the Only Lock-In
33:51
Dave: Instinct Is the New Kayak
36:13
Adrian's Opposite Thesis: We Go Further Into the Screens
38:47
Who Has Agency, You or the Technology?
43:39
Offline Is the New Luxury
44:22
Everyone Is Building Personal Apps Now
46:31
Book Rec: Ari Emanuel's Roll the Calls
47:54
Adrian's Parting Shot: Infrastructure, Data, or Algorithms
50:44
Sam's Middle Ages 2.0: Castles, Moats, and Hoarding
53:02

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Brit Morin: I don't know if we have the number yet for how many bots our brains can contain at once. Because I've got about two dozen and my shit's going crazy. I think I can do like 10 to 20 things at once. I realistically can do like three. Jessica Less...