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AI’s Achilles’ Heel: Why Everything Hinges on Anthropic & OpenAI | The Weekly Wrap
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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman examines the biggest risks facing the AI boom, with a focus on Anthropic and OpenAI and their growing importance to the hyperscalers. He also discusses investing in uncertain markets, the battle between upstarts and established businesses, the future of software, and why he thinks Bitcoin has lost its edge.
00:00 - Intro
03:13 - Iran War Updates
03:57 - Investing Now in Uncertain Times
05:35 - AI Check In
10:25 - Timing is Everything
11:25 - Software Check In
12:05 - Earnings: CoreWeave, Cisco
13:43 - Entrenched Businesses vs Upstarts
24:58 - Outro
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