Telescope Investing

Episode 140

Is AI Making Cybersecurity Stocks Unmissable? $CRWD vs $PANW + $ODD (E140)

11 July 2026

The AI hacking apocalypse is closer than you think — and two companies are quietly positioning themselves as the last line of defense for every business on earth. This week, Badger makes the bull case for the two cybersecurity gorillas dominating the sector, Monkey digs into a beaten-down beauty-tech turnaround with a suspiciously fixable problem, and together they rain cold water on one of the hottest narratives in investing right now.

🛡️ $CRWD vs $PANW — Badger owns both and is adding more. But are these priced-for-perfection giants still a buy at nosebleed valuations, or is the AI tailwind big enough to justify the premium? 🤖 Project Glasswing: Why Anthropic quietly handed $CRWD and $PANW a massive moat over every other cybersecurity vendor — and what it means for the companies left out in the cold. 🧠 Quantum computing: hype, hope, or the most uninvestable sector on the planet? Badger and Monkey deliver a blunt verdict that Andreas from Patreon definitely didn't want to hear. 🎯 Monkey's contrarian bet on Oddity $ODD — a 49% single-day collapse, a Meta algorithm crisis, and a balance sheet that's almost as big as the market cap. Is this the setup he's been waiting for? 📊 The real numbers behind Palo Alto's "31% revenue growth" — and why that headline figure is smoke and mirrors hiding a very different story. 🎓 Why waiting for quantum computing to prove itself isn't cowardice — it's strategy. The Nvidia lesson every early-stage tech investor needs to hear.

Segments: 00:00:00 Cold Open: AI Hacking & The Cybersecurity Reckoning 00:01:09 Intro 00:04:50 Quantum Computing: Uninvestable Hype or Early Opportunity? 00:15:30 Why You Don't Need to Be Early — The Nvidia Lesson 00:19:32 Oddity: Beauty-Tech Turnaround or Meta Dependency Trap? $ODD 00:28:34 $ODD Balance Sheet Deep-Dive: Trading at Cash Value? 00:39:00 $CRWD CrowdStrike: The AI-Native Security Gorilla 00:49:33 $PANW Palo Alto Networks: Cheaper Giant or Frankenstein Platform? 00:58:16 $CRWD vs $PANW: Which One Do You Actually Buy? 01:05:00 Project Glasswing: Why Anthropic Just Changed the Cybersecurity Game

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