Self-made Founder's setback by VC Nepotism, Sports Proxy Wars, OpenAI’s Verdict | Best Of 5/18/26
The best moments from MTS on May 18: Avi Patel, founder of Kled AI calls out General Catalyst and Lightspeed for backing a fraudulent copycat with $31 million, Adam Silver's decade-long decline of the NBA driven by political proxy wars and Twitter obsession, and why Elon Musk's OpenAI trial was dismissed on statute of limitations rather than merit.
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:20) Avi Patel on General Catalyst drama, copycat fraud claims, lab relationships
(27:22) Nik on Musk trial verdict, statute of limitations, OpenAI nonprofit control
(41:12) Ethan Strauss, reporter for Golden…
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