The race to dominate enterprise AI is heating up, and this week, several major players made decisive moves. Anthropic and OpenAI both unveiled new joint ventures aimed at bringing AI tools into corporate environments, while SAP invested a hefty $1 billion in Prior Labs, a German AI startup. The message is clear: if you’re building enterprise-focused tools as a startup, you might soon find yourself being courted for an acquisition. Tune into the full episode to explore:

- Why a TikTok user is attempting to crowdfund the purchase of Spirit Airlines—and whether there’s enough love for the budget carrier to pull it off

- How Katie Haun’s venture firm and Andreessen Horowitz are each raising billions to fuel a resurgence in cryptocurrency

- Aurora Innovation’s landmark commercial trucking deal with a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, announced just after we spoke with CEO Chris Urmson at HumanX

- The Pentagon’s latest AI spending spree, signing contracts with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS

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