The Twenty Minute VC (20VC)

Recent Episodes

1. From 7 to 7,000 Employees in 9 Months | Curative Co-founder & CEO

   Jul 18, 2026

   Fred Turner, co-founder and CEO of Curative, discusses his journey from cattle genomics testing in the UK to building a COVID-19 testing business that scaled to $5 billion in revenue in 9 months (growing from 7 to 7,000 employees), and his subsequent pivot to health insurance. Turner also reveals his newer venture, Subcritical, a nuclear fusion energy company using subcritical reactor technology, and reflects on lessons from failed ventures like Shield (sepsis diagnostics) and the importance of diverse perspectives in problem-solving.

2. Meta Takes on OpenAI | Apple Sues OpenAI | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO

   Jul 16, 2026

3. Wix Founder: What Wall St Gets Wrong About AI & Wix | The Truth About the Economics of Vibe-Coding

   Jul 13, 2026

4. ⁠Why OpenAI and Anthropic Won't Win the App Layer | Glean Founder

   Jul 11, 2026

5. Enterprises Fear Frontier Models | Sam Altman Offers Trump 5% of OpenAI | DeepSeek Builds Own Chips

   Jul 9, 2026

6. Why Now is the Time for the App Layer | Why Startups Should be TokenMaxxing | Mike Mignano, USV

   Jul 6, 2026

7. Open Models vs Frontier Models: Who Actually Wins? | The $100K Token Budget Every Engineer Will Need

   Jul 4, 2026

8. Coinbase Cuts AI Spend by 50% | Kalshi's $40B Valuation & Impending IPO | The Year for SaaS Roll-Ups

   Jul 2, 2026

9. Bloom Energy CEO: Why We Aren’t in an AI Capex Bubble | Energy Sovereignty & The Future of Power

   Jun 29, 2026

10. How We Got Fred Wilson, Benchmark and Index to Invest $94M | Why Robinhood's Strategy is Wrong

    Jun 27, 2026