# AI rewrites the venture capital playbook Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/ai-rewrites-the-venture-capital-playbook Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/ai-rewrites-the-venture-capital-playbook.md Podcast: [FT News Briefing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509) Published: 2026-09-10T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/ai-rewrites-the-venture-capital-playbook Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6aa1bd20156a52f880976b52/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/ai-rewrites-the-venture-capital-playbook Duration seconds: 684 ## Resource US government bond yields jumped to their highest level in almost three years, and the Japanese yen has strengthened this week. Plus, the IMF ditched a top candidate for chief economist at the last minute, and AI is writing the playbook for venture capital.   Mentioned in this podcast: US Treasury yields jump as plans for $6bn buybacks disappoint investors ‘I am the house now’: Bessent warns currency traders not to bet against yen IMF ditched top candidate for chief economist job over Trump tariff remarks Moonshot capitalism: AI rewrites the venture capital playbook The Dorchester hotel to sell Qatari sheikh’s car over unpaid £460,000 bill Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  The FT News Briefing is produced by Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, Katya Kumkova, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/ai-rewrites-the-venture-capital-playbook/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/ai-rewrites-the-venture-capital-playbook.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.