The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Atlassian CEO on Why Agents Won't Replace Interfaces | Why Enterprises Won't Trust Chinese Models | Why The Jury Is Still Out On The Benefits of Specialised Models with Mike Cannon-Brookes
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is the Co-Founder and CEO of Atlassian, the company behind Jira, Confluence, Trello and Loom.
Atlassian generated $6.5BN in ARR in 2026, and serves more than 350,000 customers, including over 85% of the Fortune 500. Today, Mike is leading its expansion into enterprise AI through Rovo and the Teamwork Graph, connecting company knowledge with AI agents.
AGENDA:
Do AI Agents Turn Traditional Software Into Just Databases?
Will Enterprises Ever Trust Chinese AI Models?
Is Building Your Own AI Model a Losing Bet?
Can AI Startups Survive When They Finally Have to Care About Costs?
What Happens When AI Gets Cheaper Than Anyone Expects?
Is Company Context the Real Moat in Enterprise AI?
What Happens When OpenAI and Anthropic Come for Your Customers?
Why Are Young Founders Cashing Out More Than Ever?
What Does Nobody Tell You About Getting Rich?
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