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This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanisthisweekinstartups.com
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.

Episodes

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

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Mar 08, 202455 min

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

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Mar 07, 20241 hr 7 min

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

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Mar 05, 20241 hr 19 min

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

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Mar 04, 20241 hr 7 min

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

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Mar 01, 202456 min

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

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Feb 28, 20241 hr 1 min

Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905

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Feb 27, 20241 hr 1 min

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

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Feb 27, 202446 min

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

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Feb 23, 20241 hr 12 min

Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902

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Feb 22, 202456 min

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

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Feb 21, 202457 min

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

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Feb 19, 202451 min

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

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Feb 17, 20241 hr 23 min

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

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Feb 15, 20241 hr 21 min

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

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Feb 14, 20241 hr

Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on building a legendary VC firm, “Adapt or Die” and "Ikigai" | E1896

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Feb 12, 202450 min

Dry Powder in Venture Capital, VC Ratings, and more with Grady Buchanan and Victor Gutwein | E1895

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Feb 09, 20242 hr 30 min

AI Demos: AI that interprets human emotion, Hugging Face Assistants, and more! | E1894

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Feb 08, 20241 hr 7 min

Alexis Ohanian on Reddit's potential IPO & more | E1893

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Feb 07, 202456 min

Beeper's fight to break Apple's stronghold on messaging with Eric Migicovsky | E1892

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Feb 05, 202450 min

Late-stage VC market update + Terra Kaffe's Sahand Dilmaghani | E1891

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Feb 03, 202455 min

Fund of funds: origins, evolution and deep dive with Michael Kim | E1890

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Jan 31, 20241 hr 2 min

Building a consumer app’s MVP and how to fundraise with Zest’s Jake Gutstein | E1889

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Jan 31, 202456 min

We celebrate our 100th AI Demo with Sunny Madra! | E1888

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Jan 30, 202448 min

Unicorns: now and then with Aileen Lee | E1887

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Jan 27, 20241 hr 9 min

Venture Fund Size Growth, the Rise of Unicorns, and more with Elizabeth Yin and Zach Coelius | E1886

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Jan 26, 20241 hr 20 min

Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu on launching the R1, future of AI hardware, and going viral at CES | E1885

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Jan 24, 20242 hr 30 min

AI Demos: Dinnerfy, Hour One, AI short film “Borrowing Time”, Bland AI and more! | E1884

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Jan 23, 202456 min

Series A valuations, M&A in 2024, and M.A.N.G with Jason Shuman and Raja Doddala | E1883

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Jan 20, 20241 hr 2 min

LP investment strategies, IRR focus, and more with Berkocorp's Joshua Berkowitz | E1882

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Jan 17, 20241 hr 9 min