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. ----------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:08 What Is Arena and Why Does It Matter? 02:10 Are AI Models Commoditising? The Open Source Tipping Point 03:45 Kimi K3 Beats All American Models 05:11 OpenRouter Metrics Are Misleading 06:21 Enterprise AI Sovereignty: Why Companies Will Want to Own Their Own Models 08:47 The US Must Build a Great American Open Source Model 11:28 How to Evaluate the 75+ Neo Labs 13:19 Thinking Machines Deep Dive: Is Inkling Too Little Too Late? 19:06 China's AI Advantage 21:01 Should the US Restrict Chip Exports to China? 31:35 The OpenAI Hugging Fac...