This Week in Startups

By Jason Calacanis

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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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This Week in Startups episodes:

04.17.2024
Destiny (D/XYZ) and the Buzz Around Public Access to Private Companies | E1933
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04.17.2024
Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1932
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04.14.2024
Udio AI’s Music Magic, Aqua’s Unique Dictation, Copyright Laws & the 1000x Potential of AI | E1931
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04.12.2024
Tomasz Tunguz and David Clark on how to invest in AI and Q1 2024 startup valuations | E1930
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04.11.2024
The Alef Model A and the future of flying cars with Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny | E1929
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04.09.2024
Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on liquid neural networks, AI advancement, the race to AGI & more! | E1928
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04.06.2024
Apurva Mehta and Jack Altman on Sam Altman, CalPERS, and Liquidation Preferences | E1927
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04.05.2024
Growth Hacks for Startups from Elliot Shmukler of InstaCart, LinkedIn and now Anomalo | E1926
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04.04.2024
CoreWeave’s Brannin McBee on the future of AI infrastructure, GPU economics, & data centers | E1925
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04.03.2024
The state of modern answer engines, AI demos, and more! | E1924
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03.30.2024
Dave Mcclure & Jordan Stein on YC, "Spray and Pray", and Games VCs Play | E1923
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03.29.2024
Empathic AI and its role in understanding human emotions with Hume AI’s Alan Cowen | E1922
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03.27.2024
Ask Jason LIVE!: Unpacking Startup Strategies with Real-Time Q&A | E1921
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03.26.2024
AI Demos: Gatekeep, Deepgram, Claude 3 Haiku and more! | E1920
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03.22.2024
Kleiner Perkins and Penn’s Endowment on India, loss ratios, and the rise of secondaries | E1919
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03.21.2024
Microsoft consumes Inflection and AI Demos from Suno, Cohere, Deepseek VL and more! | E1918
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03.21.2024
Optimizing fund structure, GP market fit, & more with Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode | Episode 1917
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03.20.2024
The future of enterprise search and AI-powered work productivity with Glean’s Arvind Jain | E1916
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03.19.2024
Figure’s AI Robot, AI News, Cognition’s Devin, and the biggest AI bet yet! | E1915
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03.14.2024
2024 VC trends, portfolio construction, & more with Churchill's Raja Doddala | E1914
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03.14.2024
Melengo's Justin Kwong on the future of end-to-end clothing manufacturing | E1913
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03.12.2024
AI Demos: Claude 3's Opus, Mistral, Groq Playground, EMO by Ali Baba | E1912
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03.08.2024
Uber's leadership lessons, AI's disruption, and the power of solo founders with Josh Mohrer | E1911
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03.07.2024
Robotic kitchens, restaurant tech, and fast-casual's future with Sweetgreen's Jonathan Neman | E1910
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03.05.2024
Business Breakdowns: Moneyball's first-principles, paradigm shifts, and ‘burn the boats’ | E1909
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03.04.2024
Mission Over Money & The State of Defense Tech with Palantir's Shyam Sankar | E1908
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03.01.2024
Sequoia & Union Square Returns, the Post-AI Labor Market, and the Return of SF? | E1907
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02.28.2024
Unlocking the Power of Data with VenCap’s David Clark | E1906
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02.27.2024
Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905
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02.27.2024
Google's AI emergency, Apple's lowkey AI moves, amazing Sora demos & more with Sunny Madra | E1904
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02.23.2024
Reddit’s IPO, Consumer vs. Enterprise AI, and Sam Altman’s New Fund and more! | E1903
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02.22.2024
Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902
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02.21.2024
Jordan Stein from Cresset Partners on VC dynamics, evaluating emerging managers, & more! | E1901
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02.19.2024
The future of public safety via rapid drone response with Aerodome's Rahul Sidhu | E1900
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02.17.2024
Mark Suster and Samir Kaji on the 2024 Venture Market, IPOS, and Secondaries | E1899
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02.15.2024
How LPs identify top emerging fund managers with Slipstream’s Alex Edelson | E1898
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02.14.2024
Apple’s MGIE, Google’s Gemini Advanced, Microsoft’s Copilot and more! | E1897
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02.12.2024
Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on building a legendary VC firm, “Adapt or Die” and "Ikigai" | E1896
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02.09.2024
Dry Powder in Venture Capital, VC Ratings, and more with Grady Buchanan and Victor Gutwein | E1895
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02.08.2024
AI Demos: AI that interprets human emotion, Hugging Face Assistants, and more! | E1894
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02.07.2024
Alexis Ohanian on Reddit's potential IPO & more | E1893
This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal-breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. TWiST listeners can get $1,000...
02.05.2024
Beeper's fight to break Apple's stronghold on messaging with Eric Migicovsky | E1892
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02.03.2024
Late-stage VC market update + Terra Kaffe's Sahand Dilmaghani | E1891
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01.31.2024
Fund of funds: origins, evolution and deep dive with Michael Kim | E1890
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01.31.2024
Building a consumer app’s MVP and how to fundraise with Zest’s Jake Gutstein | E1889
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01.30.2024
We celebrate our 100th AI Demo with Sunny Madra! | E1888
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01.27.2024
Unicorns: now and then with Aileen Lee | E1887
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01.26.2024
Venture Fund Size Growth, the Rise of Unicorns, and more with Elizabeth Yin and Zach Coelius | E1886
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01.24.2024
Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu on launching the R1, future of AI hardware, and going viral at CES | E1885
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01.23.2024
AI Demos: Dinnerfy, Hour One, AI short film “Borrowing Time”, Bland AI and more! | E1884
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This Week in Startups episodes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905

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

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

Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unicorns: now and then with Aileen Lee | E1887

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

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

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