Former Alibaba Star Researcher Starts New AI Lab, Anthropic’s Rising Costs, Altman Takes The Stand

May 13
35 mins

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Episode Description

Asia Bureau Chief Jing Yang joins TITV Host Akash Pasricha to discuss a former Alibaba star researcher seeking a $2 billion valuation for a new AI startup and the implications of President Trump’s historic visit to China with a delegation of tech CEOs. We also talk with Laura Bratton about why Anthropic customers are willing to pay double or triple for AI services, followed by an update from Rocket Drew on Sam Altman’s testimony in the Elon Musk trial. Then, FTV Capital’s Brad Bernstein explains how growth equity firms are navigating "false positives" in the SaaS market, and we end with Senior Finance Editor Ken Brown on the high-stakes battle between banks and the crypto industry over the Senate’s new "Clarity Act."


Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/former-alibaba-star-researcher-starts-new-ai-lab-seeks-2-billion-valuation

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-information-finance/can-crypto-beat-banks-win-washington

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-flexes-pricing-power-customers-willingly-eat-cost


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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:13 - Former Alibaba Star’s $2B China Startup & Trump’s Tech Visit

09:07 - Anthropic Customers Eat Rising AI Costs

14:29 - Sam Altman Testifies in Elon Musk v. OpenAI Trial

17:14 - FTV Capital’s Brad Bernstein on the SaaS Market

26:46 - The "Clarity Act": Crypto’s Senate Battle vs. Banks


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