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Mar 12, 2026 
Jason Lemkin, SaaS investor and founder, and Rory O'Driscoll, deep-stage venture partner, debate Anthropic vs the Pentagon and the legal, sales, and IPO ripples. They unpack the data-center capex race and whether hyperscalers are overbuilding. They also explore agent-led B2B growth, the vanishing of junior roles, and their top public stock picks.
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Hyperscaler Game Theory Fuels Data Center Overinvestment
- The hyperscalers' competition creates a game-theory-driven CapEx arms race even if it leads to overinvestment.
- Rory O’Driscoll: a few dominant players (Meta, Google, Microsoft) will keep anteing up to avoid being shut out.
Claude Code Review Pricing Triggered But Reflects Heavy Multiagent Use
- Anthropic's cloud code review priced at $15–$25 sparked user backlash but reflects heavy multi-agent compute behind the feature.
- Jason Lemkin recounts the team spooling 10+ agents in parallel for 20 minutes to find bugs, justifying cost.
Charge Premiums For Enterprise Grade AI Reviews
- Price high-value, managerial features separately because enterprises will pay for audited or security-validated outputs.
- Jason Lemkin: offer free PLG code gen for hackers but charge for $250 security-proofed enterprise code review.