EP 14 - Google Is Stalling, Elon Bought Cursor for $60B, and AI Still Has No User Manual

Google just lost multiple AlphaFold co-authors to Anthropic, delayed Gemini again, and shed $200B+ in market cap — despite owning the chips, the research, and arguably the best raw talent in AI. Harry and Anthony dig into why: is it focus, management, or just too many products built by engineers for engineers?

Then: Elon's xAI bought Cursor for $60B in SpaceX stock, and within months shipped a Grok model that jumped from nowhere to the top of the leaderboard. What does owning the developer toll road actually buy you? And in the back half — the case for on-prem, open-weight AI for enterprises that can't afford their alpha leaking into a frontier model, why the $200/month subscription is the real TAM math, and why AI might be the most powerful product ever shipped with zero user manual.

00:00 – Welcome back, episode 14

02:00 – Why Google is stalling despite owning the chips and the research

09:00 – Losing top researchers — comp isn't the problem

14:00 – Elon's xAI buys Cursor for $60B, Grok's sudden leap to the top

36:00 – Open source vs. proprietary: why enterprises will go on-prem

1:03:00 – The real TAM: $200/month and the infrastructure build-out

1:06:00 – Wrap: the most powerful product ever shipped, no user manual

Anthony Batt and Harry DeMott break down the week in AI — the deals, the models, and what actually matters for builders and operators. New episodes weekly.

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