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20VC: Leo Aschenbrenner's Largest Holding: Inside the $90BN Bloom Energy | Why Electricity, Not AI Models, Will Decide the Winners of the AI Race | Why We Are Not in an AI Capex Bubble | Energy Sovereignty and The Future of Power with KR Sridhar
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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KR Sridhar is the Founder and CEO of Bloom Energy, the distributed power company powering the AI revolution. Under his leadership, Bloom has grown to a market cap of approximately $93 billion, with revenue surpassing $2 billion as demand from AI data centres has surged. Over the last 12–18 months, Bloom has become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI infrastructure boom. It's also the largest position in Leo Aschenbrenner's investment portfolio, making up around 16% of his fund.
AGENDA:
Why Failure Is Never an Option: The Mindset That Built a $90B Company
The 25-Year Bet: Why Bloom Never Doubted AI Would Need Its Technology
Andy Grove's Brutal Leadership Lesson That Changed Everything
AI Isn't a Bubble—It's a "Hockey Stick on a Hockey Stick"
Why Electricity, Not AI Models, Will Decide the Winners of the AI Race
The Radical Vision: Why Power Must Move to the Edge of the Grid
How Bloom Beat Everyone to Power Oracle's AI Data Centres in Just 55 Days
The Future of Cities, Energy Sovereignty & Why AI Will Democratise Power
Parenting, Purpose & the One Belief KR Thinks Everyone Gets Wrong About AI
The Next 10 Years: Why AI Could Create Global Energy Abundance
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