This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.
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Stanford & Google's Westworld-like AI experiment, BloombergGPT, SF CRE collapse...
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PrayingForExits on the state of VC, ZIRP fraudsters, revolutionary product launc...
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YC demo day valuation tensions, how VCs can find gems, Substack's performance &...
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Satya Patel on the state of VC, flexible investing frameworks & converting to ev...
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1714
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Saudi Arabia discloses LP positions & SEC charges Frank founder with fraud | E17...
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Trump, Saudi, & Adam Neumann's obsession with cities + BioFluff CEO Martin Stübl...
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Stephen Wolfram on AI's rapid progress & the "Post-Knowledge Work Era" | E1711
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Crypto's de-platforming and the balkanization of AI with Vinny Lingham | E1710
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K live! | E1709
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Alibaba's six-way split, Disney cuts its metaverse team, Substack's raise & more...
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First Citizens acquires SVB, the daunting reality of AI & Refiberd CEO Sarika Ba...
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Acquired's Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future...
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TikTok CEO grilled in front of Congress, Coinbase's Wells Notice & Do Kwon arres...
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ANGEL: Freestyle's Jenny Lefcourt on nailing non-consensus bets and avoiding hyp...
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Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of four founders | E1703
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Balaji's $1M Bitcoin bet, banking crisis update, OpenAI launches GPT-4, and Jay...
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ANGEL: Laurie Yoler on investing early in Tesla, strategic partnerships, and her...
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Banking crisis impact, more Meta cuts, and GPT-4 with Sunny Madra and Vinny Ling...
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Andy Rachleff on SVB, how to evaluate VCs, market pull indicators, Wealthfront,...
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How ocean farming can solve world hunger with Alora CEO Luke Young | E1698
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse recap + Wist CEO on capturing XR memories | E1697
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EMERGENCY POD: $SVIB implodes, contagion risk, advice for founders, and what's n...
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Stripe to raise $6B, $SIVB drops 60%, generative AI funding | E1695
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Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-st...
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ANGEL: Threshold VC's Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing &...
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Crypto climate bill resurfaces, BlocPower raises $155M + Arcadia CEO Kiran Bhatr...
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Sequoia resigns from Citizen's board, IPO window opens, chaos at Dapper Labs | E...
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Apple blocks AI email app, TikTok restricts teens, Foodini's Dylan McDonnell | E...
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on moving the needle, win-first culture & managing...
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Crypto Roundtable: Twitter payments integration and latest Yuga Labs NFT drop |...
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ANGEL: Canaan's Maha Ibrahim on fund sizing, distribution strategies & early VC...
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Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on AI chatbots and the search revolution | E1686
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WallStreetBets founder on why he's suing Reddit; Andrew Hart of Hyper; and Ok Bo...
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Sophia Amoruso on branding, raising a fund, portfolio construction & more | E168...
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ANGEL: Upfront's Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and rai...
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Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin...
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Meta's paid tier, Bing's chatbot gone wild, Stripe's $4B bill | E1681
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US crypto crackdown with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra + OK Boomer | E1680
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ANGEL: Insight's Deven Parekh on venture tourists, cleaning cap tables & winning...
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Bing dodges $100B bullet & IVP's Tom Loverro on the looming startup collapse | E...
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ChatGPT's alter ego and moderating AI-generated content | E1677
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ANGEL: Surviving a down market, early VC stories & more with four-cycle investor...
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Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia on early "a-ha" moments, elite design + his new sta...
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Google announces Bard, Adam Neumann's business plan, Blue Collar tech's moment |...
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The AI arms race escalates: Google's $300M bet, Neeva's paid search engine + So...
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Google, Amazon & Apple earnings + OK Boomer with Slush CEO | E1672
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Meta's massive comeback, FED's latest hike, GPT-4 rumors + Spotify earnings with...
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ANGEL: FirstMark's Rick Heitzmann on shaking off the bull run, "shock absorbers,...
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Instagram co-founders team up for new startup + Magic Spoon's Gabi Lewis | E1669
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