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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.

Banking crisis impact, more Meta cuts, and GPT-4 with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1700

82 hours 53 mins; March 16, 2023

Andy Rachleff on SVB, how to evaluate VCs, market pull indicators, Wealthfront, and more | E1699

90 hours 20 mins; March 15, 2023

How ocean farming can solve world hunger with Alora CEO Luke Young | E1698

40 mins; March 14, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank collapse recap + Wist CEO on capturing XR memories | E1697

65 hours 23 mins; March 13, 2023

EMERGENCY POD: $SVIB implodes, contagion risk, advice for founders, and what’s next? | E1696

48 mins; March 10, 2023

Stripe to raise $6B, $SIVB drops 60%, generative AI funding | E1695

65 hours 14 mins; March 10, 2023

Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694

68 hours 5 mins; March 09, 2023

ANGEL: Threshold VC’s Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing & culture | E1693

58 mins; March 08, 2023

Crypto climate bill resurfaces, BlocPower raises $155M + Arcadia CEO Kiran Bhatraju | E1692

50 mins; March 07, 2023

Sequoia resigns from Citizen's board, IPO window opens, chaos at Dapper Labs | E1691

78 hours 25 mins; March 06, 2023

Apple blocks AI email app, TikTok restricts teens, Foodini’s Dylan McDonnell | E1690

81 hours 46 mins; March 03, 2023

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on moving the needle, win-first culture & managing burnout | E1689

66 hours 23 mins; March 02, 2023

Crypto Roundtable: Twitter payments integration and latest Yuga Labs NFT drop | E1688

54 mins; March 01, 2023

ANGEL: Canaan’s Maha Ibrahim on fund sizing, distribution strategies & early VC days | E1687

57 mins; February 28, 2023

Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on AI chatbots and the search revolution | E1686

56 mins; February 27, 2023

WallStreetBets founder on why he's suing Reddit; Andrew Hart of Hyper; and Ok Boomer | E1685

86 hours 21 mins; February 24, 2023

Sophia Amoruso on branding, raising a fund, portfolio construction & more | E1684

73 hours 20 mins; February 23, 2023

ANGEL: Upfront’s Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and raising capital | E1683

67 hours 58 mins; February 22, 2023

Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682

53 mins; February 21, 2023

Meta's paid tier, Bing's chatbot gone wild, Stripe's $4B bill | E1681

70 hours 50 mins; February 20, 2023

US crypto crackdown with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra + OK Boomer | E1680

83 hours 52 mins; February 16, 2023

ANGEL: Insight's Deven Parekh on venture tourists, cleaning cap tables & winning investments | E1679

61 hours 0 mins; February 15, 2023

Bing dodges $100B bullet & IVP's Tom Loverro on the looming startup collapse | E1678

74 hours 1 min; February 14, 2023

ChatGPT’s alter ego and moderating AI-generated content | E1677

54 mins; February 13, 2023

ANGEL: Surviving a down market, early VC stories & more with four-cycle investor Geoff Yang | E1676

66 hours 46 mins; February 11, 2023

Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia on early “a-ha” moments, elite design + his new startup Samara | E1675

58 mins; February 08, 2023

Google announces Bard, Adam Neumann’s business plan, Blue Collar tech’s moment | E1674

53 mins; February 07, 2023

The AI arms race escalates: Google’s $300M bet, Neeva’s paid search engine + So Syncd CEO | E1673

58 mins; February 06, 2023

Google, Amazon & Apple earnings + OK Boomer with Slush CEO | E1672

77 hours 0 mins; February 03, 2023

Meta’s massive comeback, FED’s latest hike, GPT-4 rumors + Spotify earnings with Lon Harris | E1671

67 hours 57 mins; February 02, 2023

ANGEL: FirstMark’s Rick Heitzmann on shaking off the bull run, “shock absorbers,” and more | E1670

54 mins; February 01, 2023

Instagram co-founders team up for new startup + Magic Spoon’s Gabi Lewis | E1669

86 hours 2 mins; January 31, 2023

Anthropic seeking $5B valuation, OpenAI hires 1000 contractors, Mr. Beast’s latest video | E1668

67 hours 2 mins; January 30, 2023

MSG's facial recognition software, BuzzFeed's deal with Meta, The Creator Economy and more | E1667

62 hours 54 mins; January 27, 2023

Macro picture, Bitcoin’s bull/bear case, DCG controversy & more | E1666

58 mins; January 26, 2023

ANGEL: Venrock’s Bryan Roberts on 25 years in VC, hitting wins early, avoiding bad habits | E1665

52 mins; January 25, 2023

DOJ sues Google over ad practices, Ticketmaster takes the stand + LA26 founders | E1664

56 mins; January 24, 2023

Employee reactions to Google layoffs, Microsoft & OpenAI codify deal + NVIDIA's new feature | E1663

54 mins; January 23, 2023

$NFLX earnings, Reed Hastings steps down, Google's 6% RIF & Ok Boomer with Mike O'Brien | E1662

57 mins; January 20, 2023

Quiet hiring, Semafor’s $10M SBF buyback + M3GAN and The Last of Us with Lon Harris | E1661

61 hours 13 mins; January 19, 2023

ANGEL: Brad Feld on investing through 3 economic cycles, CEO/investor dynamics, and more | E1660

88 hours 33 mins; January 18, 2023

Getty to sue Stability AI, $MSFT to incorporate OpenAI into Azure + new climate startups | E1659

79 hours 57 mins; January 17, 2023

Tim Cook’s $50M pay cut, CEO compensation packages & Acquire.com's CEO Andrew Gazdecki | E1658

57 mins; January 16, 2023

OpenAI’s endgame, DeepMind’s chatbot, United by Zero’s Lex Kiefhaber + OK Boomer | E1657

84 hours 34 mins; January 13, 2023

Jay Trades and SBF's Substack + Award season and Netflix's content strategy with Lon Harris | E1656

59 mins; January 12, 2023

Slack’s troubles inside Salesforce, crypto trader gets jail time, DoNotPay’s robo-lawyer | E1655

75 hours 41 mins; January 11, 2023

Coinbase cuts 20%, Microsoft to invest $10B into OpenAI & Ascend Elements CEO Mike O’Kronley | E1654

95 hours 3 mins; January 10, 2023

"The weirdest economy ever," Noma shuts down, Jason demos ChatGPT's iOS app | E1653

81 hours 51 mins; January 09, 2023

Logan Paul & CryptoZoo’s alleged scam breakdown with Coffeezilla + Ok Boomer with Em Herrera | E1652

73 hours 58 mins; January 06, 2023

Bing to integrate ChatGPT, Microsoft’s first union + Flux Gourmet review with Lon Harris | E1651

54 mins; January 05, 2023

Keith Rabois on 2023 macro outlook, startup valuations, founder advice, ChatGPT vs Google | E1650

69 hours 11 mins; January 04, 2023

SpaceX valued at $137B, Starlink's massive market, Shopify purges meetings | E1649

71 hours 24 mins; January 03, 2023

2023 Predictions! Startups, VC, tech, media, stocks, shutdowns, and more! | E1648

58 mins; January 02, 2023

The 2022 TWiSTY Awards! | E1647

102 hours 45 mins; December 29, 2022

Direct listing rule change, Notion AI demo, NYE planning & more | E1646

57 mins; December 27, 2022

Bonus episode! Tár review with Lon Harris

49 mins; December 25, 2022

FTX & Alameda execs plead guilty, YouTube inks NFL Sunday Ticket deal + Tár review | E1645

88 hours 0 mins; December 22, 2022

Managing your cash reserves | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1644

16 mins; December 21, 2022

The inside story of Iger's Disney return, Epic Games record-breaking fines + ClimateCamp CEO | E1643

70 hours 7 mins; December 20, 2022

Salesforce CEO questions WFH amid SaaS slowdown, OpenAI projects $1B revenue by 2024 & more | E1642

83 hours 8 mins; December 19, 2022

VCSS: Year in review + Valerie Shen of G2 Venture Partners | E1641

66 hours 7 mins; December 18, 2022

Financial info to include in your pitch deck | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1640

22 mins; December 16, 2022

Interest rates, inflation and “getting fit” with Brad Gerstner | E1639

68 hours 53 mins; December 16, 2022

Jason interviews EatKind CEO Neetha Avalakki and ‘TWiST Mean Tweets’ with Lon Harris | E1638

78 hours 49 mins; December 15, 2022

Affirm addresses Molly & Jason + is TikTok getting banned, and Pearpop’s CEO Cole Mason | E1637

90 hours 12 mins; December 15, 2022

SBF gets arrested, The Block’s CEO gets a bag from FTX, + Walmart launches a BNPL service | E1636

64 hours 49 mins; December 13, 2022

Jason’s big night, the culture war in tech + Google Search vs ChatGPT and more | E1635

90 hours 10 mins; December 12, 2022

How to calculate "Bottom-up TAM" + Hubspot Co-Founder Brian Halligan on his new climate fund | E1634

51 mins; December 11, 2022

Business of superhero films, James Gunn's DC reboot + OK Boomer w/Alex Banks | E1633

97 hours 51 mins; December 09, 2022

How to send effective investor updates | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1632

24 mins; December 09, 2022

Crypto Roundtable: SBF updates, $GBTC's role, Saylor says $ETH is unregistered security | E1631

56 mins; December 08, 2022

Ask Jason: investing in similar startups, pitch deck tips + MycoWorks Co-Founder Sophia Wang | E1630

41 mins; December 07, 2022

Meta's ad targeting troubles, Ask Jason, Hive Social's data mishap & more | E1629

46 mins; December 06, 2022

Slack CEO departs Salesforce, Circle cancels SPAC, SBF's links with media & regulators | E1628

67 hours 39 mins; December 05, 2022

Momentum investing in VC + Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico | E1627

46 mins; December 04, 2022

OpenAI releases ChatGPT, a16z sunsets future.com + OK Boomer with Jack Raines | E1626

73 hours 26 mins; December 02, 2022

Reacting to SBF's ill-advised media tour + Disney's new in-house AI-based de-aging tool | E1625

91 hours 55 mins; December 01, 2022

Generative AI's potential, Spotify Wrapped + AMP Robotics Founder Matanya Horowitz | E1624

71 hours 23 mins; November 30, 2022

Apple vs Twitter, app store duopoly, YouTube's efficiency, Snap goes back to the office | E1623

73 hours 7 mins; November 29, 2022

Managing Finances in a Recession: Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1622

20 mins; November 29, 2022

Pipe's Co-Founders step down, Apple's China-based iOS update, Black Friday's BNPL boost | E1621

87 hours 39 mins; November 28, 2022

How VCs size their bets + Ben Birnbaum of TeraWatt and Keyframe | E1620

55 mins; November 27, 2022

Zoom earnings, SaaS burnout, Amazon's $10B Alexa loss + FTX contagion with Sunny Madra | E1619

85 hours 42 mins; November 22, 2022

EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618

48 mins; November 21, 2022

VC investing in a downturn & protecting founders + smart vents with Flair's Dan Meyers | E1617

57 mins; November 20, 2022

Managing a recession, housing market insights & more with Redfin's Glenn Kelman + OK Boomer | E1616

57 mins; November 18, 2022

Breaking down the FTX book + film rights & Michael Lewis’s involvement with Lon Harris | E1615

64 hours 18 mins; November 17, 2022

Amazon launches "Amazon Clinic" + Calibrate CEO Isabelle Kenyon on metabolic health | E1614

57 mins; November 16, 2022

Wild news week, Bird overstates revenue, Chinese startups look to rebrand + WLITF | E1613

49 mins; November 15, 2022

Amazon to lay off 10K employees, FTX saga update, Shopify's reverse AR platform & more | E1612

70 hours 52 mins; November 15, 2022

Understanding Corporate VC + turning methane into bitcoin w/ Nodal's Daniel Sechrest | E1611

55 mins; November 13, 2022

FTX bankruptcy, spiciest takes, future of crypto VC, new Amazon Prime drones + OK Boomer | E1610

81 hours 37 mins; November 12, 2022

FTX fallout: Sequoia's LP letter, SBF's crisis comms + Lon Harris on Andor, $DIS earnings | E1609

58 mins; November 10, 2022

Meta cuts 11K employees, Binance/FTX fallout + Homeward CEO Dr. Jenny Schneider | E1608

64 hours 57 mins; November 09, 2022

EMERGENCY POD: FTX sells to Binance with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1607

50 mins; November 08, 2022

Meta's looming layoffs & path forward, Airbnb answers concerns & more | E1606

67 hours 16 mins; November 07, 2022

Understanding capital calls, one-off SAFEs + Transaera CTO Ross Bonner | E1605

45 mins; November 06, 2022

Airbnb earnings breakdown + Gen Z becoming adults on the internet | E1604

63 hours 50 mins; November 04, 2022

Wave of tech layoffs, Robinhood earnings, what makes a great CEO & more | E1603

64 hours 11 mins; November 03, 2022

Uber Q3 earnings, macro picture + Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick | E1602

76 hours 35 mins; November 02, 2022

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