#196: SaaSpocalypse, Claude Super Bowl Ad, SpaceX Acquires xAI & Claude Opus 4.6

Is the SaaS business model dead? Wall Street just wiped out $300B in software value as fears grow that AI agents will replace human seats. Paul and Mike break down the market drop, Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads targeting OpenAI, and the rise of "Move 37" moments where experts admit AI superiority. Plus: SpaceX buys xAI, Claude Opus 4.6, and the $650B race for compute.

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Timestamps:

— Intro

— AI Pulse Results

—SaaS Apocalypse

— Anthropic Super Bowl Ad

— The Move 37 Moment for Everyone

— SpaceX Acquires xAI

— Claude Opus 4.6

— GPT-5.3 Codex

— OpenAI Frontier

— The AI Capex Wars

— Latest on AI Impact on Jobs

— Agentic CRMs

— AI Product and Funding Updates

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