20VC: 70% of Neolabs Will Die | There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model | Data is a Trillion $ Market | Governments Cannot Regulate Models: It is Too Late | The Cyber Attacks to Come Will be Insane with Anastasios Angelopoulos @ Arena

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · Aug 3, 2026 · 1h 4m

Anastasios Angelopoulos is the co-founder and CEO of Arena, the real-world evaluation platform that has become a leading referee of the global AI model race. Arena has raised $250 million, with the latest round valuing the company at $1.7BN. Arena recently surpassed $100M ARR just eight months after launching its enterprise offering, powered by more than 30 million monthly users.

AGENDA:

00:00 – Intro: "Kimi beat every American model": What Nobody Wants to Admit…

05:20 – Is this the true commoditization of models? Are they just a utility layer now?

07:30 – Do Chinese open source models…