#196: SaaSpocalypse, Claude Super Bowl Ad, SpaceX Acquires xAI & Claude Opus 4.6

Is the SaaS business model dead? Wall Street just wiped out $300B in software value as fears grow that AI agents will replace human seats. Paul and Mike break down the market drop, Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads targeting OpenAI, and the rise of "Move 37" moments where experts admit AI superiority. Plus: SpaceX buys xAI, Claude Opus 4.6, and the $650B race for compute.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Intro

00:04:14 — AI Pulse Results

00:06:24 —SaaS Apocalypse

00:23:53 — Anthropic Super Bowl Ad

00:33:56 — The Move 37 Moment for Everyone

00:47:39 — SpaceX Acquires xAI

00:50:55 — Claude Opus 4.6

00:56:00 — GPT-5.3 Codex

00:59:10 — OpenAI Frontier

01:04:48 — The AI Capex Wars

01:11:01 — Latest on AI Impact on Jobs

01:14:52 — Agentic CRMs

01:17:41 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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