Wall Street just announced a 170 billion dollar media merger, private equity is on track to do 5.3 trillion in deals this year, and the biggest buy side firms on earth just admitted they are not sure the businesses they are buying will be worth anything in five years because of AI. In this episode Charles and I go topic to topic on what is actually moving in M and A and small business right now, and what every piece of it means for the person trying to buy a two million dollar business.I break down the one question I think you have to ask before you buy anything in 2026: does AI eat this business, or does AI feed it. We get into the barbell market that is squeezing the middle, why the run it from the beach dream got called dead this year, the searcher glut that has more buyers chasing fewer quality deals, and why the first 90 days after close destroy more deals than bad financials ever will.If you are actively looking to buy a business, this is the map for where value is moving and where the knife fights are.Chapters00:00 Cold open00:30 Intro and how we are running the show today02:30 AI is eating the buy side: does AI eat your business or feed it14:30 Wall Street spent 170 billion while you fought over a 2M deal24:30 The Tulum dream is officially dead34:30 Too many buyers not enough deals: the searcher glut42:30 The first 90 days kill more deals than bad financials50:30 The pattern behind all of it: quick hits56:30 One move for the week and where to go nextLinksdealflow-os.comhttps://buybuildexitwithroyredd.subst...@buybuildexithttps://www.skool.com/buy-build-exit-...