20VC: The AI Bubble Will Burst: Half the Neoclouds Will Die | China: Should We Ban Chip Exports & Be Fearful of Chinese Open-Source | Mag7: Who Dies and Who Thrives: Why Meta is Meh and Microsoft is Mega
20VC: The AI Bubble Will Burst: Half the Neoclouds Will Die | China: Should We Ban Chip Exports & Be Fearful of Chinese Open-Source | Mag7: Who Dies and Who Thrives: Why Meta is Meh and Microsoft is Mega
20VC: The AI Bubble Will Burst: Half the Neoclouds Will Die | China: Should We Ban Chip Exports & Be Fearful of Chinese Open-Source | Mag7: Who Dies and Who Thrives: Why Meta is Meh and Microsoft is Mega
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Jerry Murdock is the Co-Founder of Insight Partners, which manages over $90
billion in assets. Jerry personally backed companies including Twitter, Nest and
Docker, while Insight's portfolio includes giants such as Shopify, Wiz and
monday.com. Across three decades, Insight has helped produce 55+ IPOs and become
one of the most powerful technology investment firms in the world.
AGENDA:
00:00 — Is the AI Bubble About to Burst?
11:00 — Will Half of All Neoclouds Disappear Within 36 Months?
13:00 — Can Open Source Models Actually Beat OpenAI and Anthropic?
22:00 — Are We Entering the Golden Age of Cybersecurity Attacks?
32:00 — Have AI Valuations Completely Lost Touch With Reality?
42:00 — Is AI About to Wipe Out an Entire Generation of SaaS & Private Equity?
47:00 — Should We Ban U.S. Chips From Being Exported to China?
48:00 — Should We Be Fearful of Open-Source Chinese Models?
49:00 — Will Continuous Learning Kill Every AI Model We Use Today?
53:00 — Why Microsoft Remains a Mega Buy
56:00 — Which Mag 7 Giant Would You Short — and Is Apple's AI Strategy a
Disaster?
Highlights
Highlights
This conversation examines whether the current AI boom can withstand financial, technological, and geopolitical pressures, while exploring which companies and business models may remain durable.
Chapters
Chapters
Is the AI Bubble About to Burst?
00:00Will Half of All Neoclouds Disappear Within 36 Months?
11:00Can Open Source Models Actually Beat OpenAI and Anthropic?
13:00Are We Entering the Golden Age of Cybersecurity Attacks?
22:00Have AI Valuations Completely Lost Touch With Reality?
32:00Is AI About to Wipe Out an Entire Generation of SaaS & Private Equity?
42:00Should We Ban U.S. Chips From Being Exported to China?
47:00Should We Be Fearful of Open-Source Chinese Models?
48:00Will Continuous Learning Kill Every AI Model We Use Today?
49:00Why Microsoft Remains a Mega Buy
53:00Which Mag 7 Giant Would You Short — and Is Apple's AI Strategy a Disaster?
56:00Transcript
Transcript
Jerry Murdock: If there is a dislocation, no one is better prepared to survive it than hyperscalers. Let's take neoclouds. Neoclouds. Right now, there's a whole bunch of them. I think at least half of them go away within 36 months. Fireworks is making a lo...

