The podcast explores how startups must adapt to an era where AGI may emerge within years, not decades. Founders need to question whether to launch companies at all, as AI commoditizes software and reshapes enterprise needs. AI-native products are favored over retrofitted ones, while trust becomes harder to maintain in small, automated teams—prompting proposals for AI-powered auditing. Though custom data once offered advantage, its value is eroding, pushing defensibility toward hard infrastructure like energy and chip development. Founders are urged to focus on societal impact and long-term vision amid shifting economic structures. Meanwhile, venture capital lags in understanding AI’s implications, underestimating the complexity of AI agent interactions and the urgent need for new trust mechanisms in autonomous systems.