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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.

Venture returns, recovering startups, and VC conflicts | E1995

87 hours 47 mins; August 19, 2024

Liquidity: Recession fears, AI market shifts, and the future of tech hubs | E1994

77 hours 31 mins; August 16, 2024

Final Boss Sour’s James Hicks + River’s Rae Lambert | E1993

65 hours 52 mins; August 15, 2024

WeRide IPO, Polymarket + Perplexity, the Trump Bump and more! | E1992

79 hours 25 mins; August 13, 2024

Startup Pitch Competition: Four founders compete for $25K | E1991

49 mins; August 09, 2024

Navigating startup funding market trends with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics

26 mins; August 08, 2024

Liquidity Summit Talks: Antonio Gracias and Gavin Baker | E1990

74 hours 44 mins; August 07, 2024

TWiST 500! Huntress, TollBit & Cyera | E1989

79 hours 30 mins; August 05, 2024

Overcoming SMB Roadblocks: Expert tips from Gusto's Josh Reeves | Episode 1988

65 hours 28 mins; August 02, 2024

The $97 Billion VC Panel | E1987

68 hours 25 mins; July 31, 2024

The Power of WEKA with Antonio Gracias and Liran Zvibel + Jam with JCal: Uptrends AI | E1986

54 mins; July 30, 2024

Scaling Creativity: Josh Silverman on Etsy's growth, AI integration, and market strategies | E1985

63 hours 30 mins; July 26, 2024

Wiz passes on Google, Meta pushes open-source AI ahead, Spotify’s earnings, and more! | E1984

72 hours 42 mins; July 23, 2024

Building Enduring Value and Hitting Incremental Gains with Benchmark’s Sarah Tavel | E1983

80 hours 59 mins; July 22, 2024

US space innovation, defense tech challenges, and more with True Anomaly’s Even Rogers | E1982

67 hours 0 mins; July 19, 2024

Top 5 VC funds raise big $, venture capital DPI is back, and Sequoia’s offer to LP’s | E1981

61 hours 1 min; July 17, 2024

Google weighs $23B for Wiz, startups in a second Trump admin, and Sequoia's Stripe sale | E1980

68 hours 29 mins; July 15, 2024

Five levels of AI, venture's recovery & the hottest construction startups | E1979

84 hours 37 mins; July 12, 2024

Anand Nandakumar on the future of remote driving and ride services | E1978

42 mins; July 10, 2024

GPU clusters, venture trends, and the robotics startups we’re most excited about | E1977

88 hours 11 mins; July 09, 2024

AI Demos: Sunny’s Back with Luma Labs, Kling, Claude Sonnet & Getting AI Native | E1976

52 mins; July 03, 2024

Logan Allin and Neil Datta on which startups AI puts at risk, tech regulation, and H-1B reform | E1975

65 hours 18 mins; July 02, 2024

The MEI vs DEI debate, tech press, Chime buys Salt Labs, and more! | E1974

80 hours 45 mins; July 01, 2024

Sequoia & the Hewlett Foundation on VCs NOT raising funds, Cisco's $1B AI fund, and more! | E1973

67 hours 6 mins; June 27, 2024

TWIST NEWS: AI Music, Circle’s IPO, TWIST500 and more! | E1972

66 hours 4 mins; June 26, 2024

Immigration, The Trump Interview, Air Taxis in the Bay Area and the Future of Remote Work | E1971

59 mins; June 25, 2024

Start-Up Nation Deep Dive with Dan Senor | E1970

93 hours 41 mins; June 21, 2024

From the future of flight to brand building, insight from Liquidity Summit 2024 | E1969

44 mins; June 20, 2024

Nvidia tops Microsoft, FTC sues Adobe, weight loss startups, and more! | E1968

85 hours 56 mins; June 18, 2024

Woke Google Maps, how Wells Fargo is losing money on fintech, and the global AI race | E1967

71 hours 30 mins; June 17, 2024

Lessons in Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara | E1966

66 hours 23 mins; June 13, 2024

Inflation cools, how Waymo handled a crash, and the next startups to go public | E1965

71 hours 14 mins; June 12, 2024

Apple’s WWDC 2024: Reactions, Highlights & Breakdowns with Jason and Alex | E1964

53 mins; June 11, 2024

The state of seed, the first TWIST500 startups, and the impact of anonymous apps on society | E1963

77 hours 39 mins; June 10, 2024

Great Builders & Success First with Intercom’s Eoghan McCabe | E1962

88 hours 28 mins; June 08, 2024

Rising Above the Noise in Consumer VC with Kirsten Green of Forerunner | E1961

72 hours 27 mins; June 07, 2024

Texas energy grid challenges and solutions with Base Power’s Justin Lopas | E1960

69 hours 3 mins; June 05, 2024

Steve Jurvetson and The Metals Company on Ocean mining, EV market growth, and AI's tech impact | E1959

57 mins; May 31, 2024

Mastering Venture Capital and Founder Strategies with Rory O’Driscoll and Mark Suster

71 hours 1 min; May 29, 2024

TWIST News: xAI's massive $6B raise, the startups building our drone future & TWIST500 | E1957

73 hours 18 mins; May 28, 2024

AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956

67 hours 53 mins; May 27, 2024

Glue: The New Slack Killer with David Sacks and Evan Owen | E1955

44 mins; May 23, 2024

$NVDA's earnings, media economics in the AI era, Farcaster's mega crypto round, and more! | E1954

80 hours 24 mins; May 22, 2024

OpenAI drama, billion-dollar exits, and founder salaries with new co-host Alex Wilhelm | E1953

73 hours 0 mins; May 21, 2024

Crypto, the Midas List, and democratizing VC with Delian Asparouhov and Mel Williams | E1952

67 hours 55 mins; May 20, 2024

Pioneering physical AI with Archetype AI’s Ivan Poupyrev | E1951

50 mins; May 18, 2024

AI Demos: Big Drops This Week from OpenAI & Google | E1950

60 hours 41 mins; May 16, 2024

Bridging education and business with The OC’s Dr. Justin Terry | E1949

54 mins; May 15, 2024

Max Altman & Ben Braverman chart Saga VC's maiden voyage with Mark Suster | E1948

58 mins; May 14, 2024

AI Robots with Purpose with Jake Loosararian of Gecko Robotics | E1947

73 hours 36 mins; May 10, 2024

Today's Space Tech Boom with Apex's Ian Cinnamon and Mark Suster | E1946

59 mins; May 09, 2024

Bridging academia and job market realities with Extern’s Matt Wilkerson | E1945

59 mins; May 08, 2024

LIQUIDITY: Major challenger to OpenAI, xAI, closing on $6B in funding | E1944

65 hours 38 mins; May 06, 2024

Decoding Customer Insights, Trust, and the Jobs-to-be-Done Framework with Bob Moesta | E1943

84 hours 51 mins; May 02, 2024

Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1942

59 mins; May 01, 2024

AI Demos: Llama 3 Innovations, vibecheck, Globe Engineer, Wisdolia and Tesla’s FSD | E1941

73 hours 54 mins; April 30, 2024

How AI and remote work is coming for your job | E1940

77 hours 28 mins; April 29, 2024

PodcastAI: Edward Brawer is here to be your podcast’s arms dealer! | E1939

51 mins; April 26, 2024

The power of super communication with Charles Duhigg | E1938

78 hours 58 mins; April 25, 2024

Ask Jason LIVE!: Navigating startup growth with Real-Time Q&A | E1937

78 hours 29 mins; April 24, 2024

AI Demos and News: Llama 3, Marblism, Lumona & AI Jet-Fighter Dogfights | E1936

54 mins; April 23, 2024

AI Demos: Meta AI Ups it’s Game with Llama 3 | E1935

53 mins; April 20, 2024

Redpoint Ventures and Stepstone Group on VC Deployment, M&A, and Google's AI Strategy | E1934

71 hours 49 mins; April 19, 2024

Destiny (D/XYZ) and the Buzz Around Public Access to Private Companies | E1933

44 mins; April 17, 2024

Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1932

54 mins; April 16, 2024

Udio AI’s Music Magic, Aqua’s Unique Dictation, Copyright Laws & the 1000x Potential of AI | E1931

60 hours 10 mins; April 13, 2024

Tomasz Tunguz and David Clark on how to invest in AI and Q1 2024 startup valuations | E1930

75 hours 55 mins; April 12, 2024

The Alef Model A and the future of flying cars with Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny | E1929

47 mins; April 10, 2024

Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on liquid neural networks, AI advancement, the race to AGI & more! | E1928

63 hours 36 mins; April 09, 2024

Apurva Mehta and Jack Altman on Sam Altman, CalPERS, and Liquidation Preferences | E1927

63 hours 17 mins; April 05, 2024

Growth Hacks for Startups from Elliot Shmukler of InstaCart, LinkedIn and now Anomalo | E1926

50 mins; April 04, 2024

CoreWeave’s Brannin McBee on the future of AI infrastructure, GPU economics, & data centers | E1925

55 mins; April 03, 2024

The state of modern answer engines, AI demos, and more! | E1924

62 hours 30 mins; April 02, 2024

Dave Mcclure & Jordan Stein on YC, "Spray and Pray", and Games VCs Play | E1923

91 hours 8 mins; March 29, 2024

Empathic AI and its role in understanding human emotions with Hume AI’s Alan Cowen | E1922

55 mins; March 28, 2024

Ask Jason LIVE!: Unpacking Startup Strategies with Real-Time Q&A | E1921

69 hours 46 mins; March 27, 2024

AI Demos: Gatekeep, Deepgram, Claude 3 Haiku and more! | E1920

60 hours 29 mins; March 26, 2024

Kleiner Perkins and Penn’s Endowment on India, loss ratios, and the rise of secondaries | E1919

70 hours 44 mins; March 22, 2024

Microsoft consumes Inflection and AI Demos from Suno, Cohere, Deepseek VL and more! | E1918

53 mins; March 21, 2024

Optimizing fund structure, GP market fit, & more with Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode | Episode 1917

49 mins; March 20, 2024

The future of enterprise search and AI-powered work productivity with Glean’s Arvind Jain | E1916

52 mins; March 19, 2024

Figure’s AI Robot, AI News, Cognition’s Devin, and the biggest AI bet yet! | E1915

53 mins; March 19, 2024

2024 VC trends, portfolio construction, & more with Churchill's Raja Doddala | E1914

63 hours 48 mins; March 14, 2024

Melengo's Justin Kwong on the future of end-to-end clothing manufacturing | E1913

60 hours 20 mins; March 13, 2024

AI Demos: Claude 3's Opus, Mistral, Groq Playground, EMO by Ali Baba | E1912

63 hours 7 mins; March 11, 2024

Uber's leadership lessons, AI's disruption, and the power of solo founders with Josh Mohrer | E1911

55 mins; March 08, 2024

Robotic kitchens, restaurant tech, and fast-casual's future with Sweetgreen's Jonathan Neman | E1910

67 hours 22 mins; March 07, 2024

Business Breakdowns: Moneyball's first-principles, paradigm shifts, and ‘burn the boats’ | E1909

79 hours 12 mins; March 05, 2024

Mission Over Money & The State of Defense Tech with Palantir's Shyam Sankar | E1908

66 hours 30 mins; March 04, 2024

Sequoia & Union Square Returns, the Post-AI Labor Market, and the Return of SF? | E1907

56 mins; March 01, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Data with VenCap’s David Clark | E1906

60 hours 36 mins; February 28, 2024

Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905

61 hours 21 mins; February 27, 2024

Google's AI emergency, Apple's lowkey AI moves, amazing Sora demos & more with Sunny Madra | E1904

46 mins; February 26, 2024

Reddit’s IPO, Consumer vs. Enterprise AI, and Sam Altman’s New Fund and more! | E1903

72 hours 8 mins; February 23, 2024

Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902

56 mins; February 22, 2024

Jordan Stein from Cresset Partners on VC dynamics, evaluating emerging managers, & more! | E1901

57 mins; February 21, 2024

The future of public safety via rapid drone response with Aerodome's Rahul Sidhu | E1900

51 mins; February 19, 2024

Mark Suster and Samir Kaji on the 2024 Venture Market, IPOS, and Secondaries | E1899

82 hours 59 mins; February 16, 2024

How LPs identify top emerging fund managers with Slipstream’s Alex Edelson | E1898

81 hours 21 mins; February 15, 2024

Apple’s MGIE, Google’s Gemini Advanced, Microsoft’s Copilot and more! | E1897

60 hours 16 mins; February 14, 2024

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