Jensen's Open-Weights Letter | Travis Kalanick Raises $1.7B for Atoms | Google Cloud Grows 82% But The Market Tanks | Francisco Partners Raises $21BN | Etched Raises $300M to Take on Nvidia

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Jul 30, 2026

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Jason Lemkin is one of the leading SaaS investors of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Algolia, Talkdesk, Owner, RevenueCat, Saleloft and more.

Rory O’Driscoll is a General Partner @ Scale where he has led investments in category leaders such as Bill.com (BILL), Box (BOX), DocuSign (DOCU), and WalkMe (WKME), among others.

In Today's Episode We Discuss:
  • Jensen's Open-Weights Letter Puts Anthropic on an Island

  • OpenAI's Model Targets Hugging Face in a Cyber-Security Scare

  • America's Open-Model Push Accelerates as China Looms Large

  • Etched Raises $300M to Take on Nvidia 34:00 Google Cloud Grows 82%—So Why Did the Market Panic?

  • Travis Kalanick Raises $1.7B for Atoms and Physical AI

  • Francisco Partners Raises $21B: Can Private Equity Still Save SaaS?

  • Mark Pincus Says Quit When It's Too Hard—Jason Lemkin Erupts

  • Stripe vs Revolut: Which $100B+ Fintech Would You Own?

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