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# 20VC x SaaStr: Washington Lifts the Fable 5 Ban, Sam Floats Handing the Government 5%, and Why Every Tech Giant Is Racing to Become the Next IBM

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**Published:** July 9, 2026  
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## Overview

With Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, and Rory O’Driscoll We’re back in the studio. Or at least the Riverside. On the docket this week: Washington lifting the 19-day Fable 5 ban and what a structured pre-approval process means for shipping models going forward. OpenAI floating the idea that every frontier lab hand the U.S. government a... Continue Reading

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