Deel’s growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills & the “momentum is moat” debate | E2194

*Deel’s growing fast enough that investors are overlooking the espionage allegations and jumping on board anyway. (LAUNCH now owns a lil taste of Deel, so Jason is on board!)

PLUS is the Mag 7 about to become the Mag 70… Why legendary investor Roelof Botha thinks VC is not an asset class… How startups can use capital as a weapon… AND Anthropic gave Claude more skills, which they hope will help pay their bills.

**Timestamps:**

(00:01:34) Jason’s excited for ski season and checking his favorite powder app, OpenSnow

(00:04:02) Why Jason’s done with meetings; he’s pulling a Doug Leone!

(00:06:27) Jason can tell the market’s heating up because people are starting to lose their minds.

(00:09:31) How much will global AI tools one day be worth? Alex is crunching the numbers.