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Anthropic Raises $30 BILLION and AI buy it's own software - Founders Chat Live 25 February 2026 EP8

Get hot business news in your inbox every week https://fclive.substack.com/ Sponsor: KONDO , LinkedIn Inbox that doesn't suck https://app.trykondo.com/referral/QMRBPB 2 months FREE! Join us LIVE for HOT Business News & Even Hotter Takes. This weeks on Founders Chat: Self-driving trucks just got a billion dollars, UK energy costs are about to get even worse, and there's now an AI that spends your company credit card without asking. Meanwhile, Anthropic raised thirty billion dollars and the piracy problem for creators is completely out of control. Buckle up. This is your weekly brief, let's get into it. 00:00 Intro and boxing fight recap 03:07 Waabi raises $1B for autonomous trucking and Uber partnership 04:49 How self-driving trucks could kill Amazon Flex and UK gig jobs 07:34 What stops someone stealing a driverless delivery truck? 10:20 Could automated shipping remove Amazon's biggest advantage? 12:35 UK business electricity standing charges set to double in April 14:36 Comparing UK energy bills (£600/month) to Thailand (£35/month) 15:50 October budget fallout: businesses closing, deals collapsing 18:13 AI CRMs are now small business standard 20:06 How an AI-powered CRM workflow saves hours per deal 23:00 Does AI ruin the personal touch in follow-up emails? 27:26 Hot take: most salespeople write bad emails anyway 29:55 Media companies forcing journalists to become creators 32:05 Why trust in traditional news outlets has completely collapsed 34:39 There's nothing universally mainstream anymore (the Seinfeld example) 38:21 Creator economy: good for business, bad for personal relationships 41:24 Algorithm Induced Low Mood is now a documented workplace hazard 43:06 Is it the platform's fault or the content people consume? 46:46 The no social media before lunch rule 50:04 AI content tools producing the same stuff from 2023 51:05 Hiking trip: why people reach for phones instead of thinking 57:04 Off-topic debate: honesty vs niceness in business 1:00:58 Retention is the new reach: LinkedIn and Instagram algorithm shift 1:03:22 Could longer LinkedIn articles outperform short posts now? 1:04:57 LinkedIn articles are one of the most cited sources in AI search 1:07:19 LinkedIn article stats deep dive: 100 quality readers from 926 impressions 1:09:14 Engagement pods are finally dying and that's a good thing 1:11:10 Creator content piracy hits $9.1 billion, deepfakes up 900% 1:12:18 Mr Beast videos copied word for word within hours 1:13:58 Deepfakes and AI video making content theft trivially easy 1:15:05 Why the live show format is impossible to copy 1:17:53 Should platforms be financially responsible for stolen content? 1:19:12 Startup raises $15M to let AI agents buy their own software 1:21:08 Giving AI your credit card is like giving one to a toddler 1:23:23 Simon Jordan's £400,000 phone bill story and the 2026 parallel 1:27:42 Anthropic secures $30 billion as generative AI costs skyrocket 1:29:55 AI consolidation prediction: Nintendo ate the competition in the '80s 1:31:15 Social media app boom and bust: from dozens to five in five years 1:32:25 Software value is dropping, hardware and data centres are king 1:34:52 Even Salesforce is now dependent on Big Tech for compute power 1:36:08 Could localised LLMs and on-premise AI change everything? 1:36:51 Wrap up and outro As always, join us in the chat or live on stage. Watch us live on youtube    / @alexanderwillardpov   📺 LIVE every Wednesday on Youtube at: 🕐 3:00 PM CET (Central European Time) 🕕 10:00 AM EST (US East Coast) 🕖 7:00 AM PST (US West Coast) 🕌 8:00 PM GMT (United Kingdom) 🕙 1:30 AM IST (India - Thursday) 🕦 2:00 PM SGT (Singapore/Asia) Can’t watch the full show? Get the TLDW of all news topics discussed on Founders Chat Live substack: https://fclive.substack.com/ Founders Chat Live is your weekly dose of spicy (and brutally honest) Business News, Takes and Tips - for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Creators who want to stay up to date but skip the bullshit.