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20VC: Micron Will Be More Valuable Than Meta | How Export Controls Helped Not Hurt China | Power is the Bottleneck to AI | Why Dario Has Done a Disservice to AI with his Labour Replacement Messaging with Aravind Srinivas, Founder @ Perplexity
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- Jun 15, 2026
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Summary
Aravind Srinivas is the Founder and CEO of Perplexity, one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world. Since the start of the year, Perplexity has tripled revenue to well over $500M in ARR. Aravind has raised over $1BN for the company with reported valuations reaching $20BN. AGENDA: 05:40 – "Perplexity Changed Google More Than Any PM Ever Has" 10:15 – Why Search Is Not the Future of AI 13:05 – The Most Important Insight in AI: The Model Is NOT The Product 16:10 – Why AI Agents Will Become Bigger Than Google Search 22:00 – AI Will Design Chips, Discover Drugs & Cure Diseases 24:15 – The Secret to Building a 24/7 AI Agent 32:40 – Aravind's Wild Prediction: Micron Could Become More Valuable Than Meta 41:00 – Why Power Will Be The Biggest Bottleneck In AI For The Next Decade 45:00 – Have U.S. Export Controls Accidentally Made China Stronger? 49:00 – Why Dario Amodei's AI Doom Narrative Is Wrong 55:20 – Why Token Budgets are Total BS and Useless 58:00 – When Agent Traffic Surpasses Human Traffic, What Happens To The Internet? 01:08:00 – SpaceX, OpenAI & Anthropic IPOs: Is There Enough Capital For All Three? 01:14:00 – What Elon Musk Is Really Like Behind Closed Doors