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This Week in Startups
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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.

Episodes
  • 2026 / 1 / 16
    Avoiding buzzwords and marketing-speak (feat. Thomas McInerney) | E2236

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Lemon.io - https://lemon.io/twistDeel - http://deel.com/twistLinkedIn Jobs - http://linkedIn.com/twistToday’s show: Some pitches sound just like ads… and it’s a huge...

  • 2026 / 1 / 14
    Japan’s Startup Revolution (feat. Kathy Matsui) | E2235

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Every.io - http://every.io/LinkedIn Jobs - https://www.linkedin.com/twistZite - http://zite.com/twistToday’s show: Why do 40% of Japanese students want to build a...

  • 2026 / 1 / 13
    How to Make Billions from Exposing Fraud | E2234

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Netsuite - https://www.netsuite.com/twistLumaAi - https://lumalabs.ai/twistSquarespace - https://squarespace.com/twistToday’s show: Government fraud and waste has...

  • 2026 / 1 / 13
    Secrets of Startup Recruiting in the US AND Japan! (feat. Sho Takei) | E2233

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistCaldera Lab - http://calderalab.com/TWISTPipedrive - http://pipedrive.com/twistToday’s show: TWiST...

  • 2026 / 1 / 10
    Jason’s Top CES Products and Takeaways | E2232

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Hubspot - http://clickhubspot.com/twist1Circle.so - http://circle.so/twistSentry - http://sentry.io/twistToday’s show: On the last TWiST episode before Jason goes to...

  • 2026 / 1 / 8
    AI makes you more creative, AI Roundtable with Steven Johnson and Grant Lee | E2231

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Gusto - https://www.gusto.com/twistLemon IO - https://lemon.io/twistQuo - http://quo.com/TWiSTToday’s show: We keep hearing about how AI is killing our ability to...

  • 2026 / 1 / 6
    2026 Starts with a bang: META AI Drama and Nvidia’s $20B Groq Acquisition | E2230

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Crusoe Cloud - https://crusoe.ai/buildUber - http://uber.com/twistEvery.io - http://every.io/Today’s show: Jason and Alex are BACK on TWiST for 2026! This holiday...

  • 2025 / 12 / 30
    THE 2025 TWISTY AWARDS! Biggest Trends, Best Guests, Top Name Drops, and more | E2229

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartupsSquarespace -https://squarespace.com/twistHubspot - http://clickhubspot.com/twist1Today’s show: We’re saying...

  • 2025 / 12 / 29
    Jason’s ultimate dream mega-purchase + Founder Q’s | E2228

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent- https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistVanta - http://www.vanta.com/twistLemon IO - https://lemon.io/twistToday’s show: Jason’s...

  • 2025 / 12 / 23
    Waymo Madness in SF! Why robotaxis clogged the streets | E2227

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Caldera + Lab - http://calderalab.com/TWISTCrusoe Cloud - https://crusoe.ai/buildUber - http://uber.com/twistToday’s show: Why did a power outage in the Bay Area...

  • 2025 / 12 / 20
    Level up your copywriting w/ Sam Parr | E2226

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Luma AI - https://lumalabs.ai/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Lemon IO - https://lemon.io/twistToday’s show: DID YOU...

  • 2025 / 12 / 18
    INSIDE How AI Startups hire, AI Roundtable with Wade Foster, Mikey Schulman, and Ali Ansari | E2225

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Ads- http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartupsSquarespace - https://squarespace.com/twistEnterpret - http://Enterpret.com/twistToday’s show: How do top tech...

  • 2025 / 12 / 16
    Is this the end for the Roomba? Why iRobot went bankrupt | E2224

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/twistNetSuite - https://www.netsuite.com/twistLemon.io - https://lemon.io/twist*Today’s show: Domestic robots have never been hotter… so...

  • 2025 / 12 / 13
    Disney and OpenAI sign landmark deal… and we saw it coming! | E2223

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartupsDevStats - https://www.devstats.com/twistCrusoe - https://crusoe.ai/buildToday’s show: FINALLY, you can hang out...

  • 2025 / 12 / 11
    “The best founders find a way to make it happen”: VC Roundtable with Bryan Kim and David Clark | E2222

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Uber - http://uber.com/twistPilot - https://pilot.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show: Boom is still...

  • 2025 / 12 / 10
    FLASHBACK: The future of remote work, juggling APIs, and dream integrations with Wade Foster of Zapier | E2221

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Goldbelly - Goldbelly.comEvery.io - http://every.io/Zite - zite.com/twistToday’s show:Today, Zapier’s a multi-billion company helping enterprises integrate AI agents...

  • 2025 / 12 / 9
    What’s REALLY going on with those “ads” in ChatGPT | E2220

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Superhuman - https://superhuman.com/PODCASTSquarespace - https://squarespace.com/twistEnterpret - https://www.enterpret.com/dlp/this-week-in-startupsToday’s show: A...

  • 2025 / 12 / 6
    Netflix buys WB + why Jason should run Disney | E2219

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Sentry - http://sentry.io/twistLinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartupsPipedrive - pipedrive.com/twistToday’s show:Netflix wants to gobble up Warner...

  • 2025 / 12 / 4
    Getting past the “Cardinal Sins of Delegating” with Jonathan Swanson of Athena | E2218

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistCrusoe - http://crusoe.ai/buildGusto - https://www.gusto.com/twistToday’s show: Delegating...

  • 2025 / 12 / 3
    Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartupsVanta - https://www.vanta.com/twistPilot - https://pilot.com/twistToday’s show: Did you know there’s actually a...

  • 2025 / 12 / 2
    Is $MSTR over? Jason takes his victory lap. | E2216

    This Week In Startups is made possible by:Quo - http://quo.com/TWiSTSquarespace - https://www.Squarespace.com/TWISTMiro - http://miro.com/Today’s show: Michael Saylor’s Strategy play is struggling with the...

  • 2025 / 11 / 26
    SO MANY THINGS need to go right just so you can watch a TikTok! | E2215

    Register here to join Founder University Japan’s kickoff! 👉🏻 https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show: On TWiST, Alex is chatting with Neubird CEO Gou Rao about the intricate complexity of IT Ops, and the vast...

  • 2025 / 11 / 24
    Even great startups sometimes need to pivot (feat. Francisco Cornejo of Theo) | E2214

    Register here for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff 👉🏻 https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:The team from Familify had released a well-reviewed storytelling app for kids and parents… but it just wasn’t...

  • 2025 / 11 / 22
    Jason predicts a “major M&A moment” in the next six months! | E2213

    Register here to join Founder University Japan’s kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Google and Meta had their cases dismissed (or received a slap on the wrist)… Despite all the backlash and...

  • 2025 / 11 / 20
    Why data is the biggest AI bottleneck (feat. Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI) | E2212

    Today’s show:The race for more compute gets all the headlines, but Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch tells us the REAL danger is running out of data!On TWiST, Jason and Alex are chatting with the head of France’s...

  • 2025 / 11 / 19
    AI Model Showdown: Grok 4.1 vs. Gemini 3 | E2211

    AI Model Showdown: Grok 4.1 vs. Gemini 3 | E2211Register for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*Will the arrival of two hotly-anticipated, intensely powerful AI models...

  • 2025 / 11 / 18
    Archer buys an airport, Ramp’s huge raise, RIP KitKat, Bezos returns to the C-Suite, and more | E2210

    *Are we finally reaching Peak eVTOL? Jason and Alex on Joby’s big Abu Dhabi moves and Archer’s purchase of LA’s Hawthorne Airport.On a PACKED Monday TWiST, Jason is BACK from MENA and Tokyo. Hear tales from...

  • 2025 / 11 / 14
    Stop ghosting your friends with Nox’s RPLY, plus Alloy Automation and a Shopify flashback | E2209

    👉 Register here to join Founder University Japan’s kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Nox’s new app RPLY reminds you to text your friends back, getting you to iMessage inbox zero.On today’s...

  • 2025 / 11 / 13
    Why We Need Ferries and Tugboats in Space w/ Orbital Operations | E2208

    👉 Register here to join the kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Just getting our stuff into orbit isn’t enough… Orbital Operations wants to help companies take things HIGHER.In today’s TWiST 500...

  • 2025 / 11 / 11
    Inside Harvey AI’s $8 billion AI lawyer app, PLUS How OpenRouter unites the LLMs | E2207

    Register for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Find out why AI is perfectly suited to legal tasks… despite being too fast for “billable hours”On today’s TWiST, Alex...

  • 2025 / 11 / 10
    IPO Mania hits the TWiST 500! Three companies are ready to go public | E2206

    👉 Register here for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*Three of our favorite TWiST 500 startups — Ledger, 1Password, AND Mercury — are circling IPOs. Find out why the...

  • 2025 / 11 / 8
    It’s a boat, it’s a plane, it’s REGENT’s Seafarer | E2205

    Register for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*The key to avoiding long airport delays? Low-altitude sea planes! Why didn’t you think of that?We’ve got an awesome...

  • 2025 / 11 / 6
    Is investing REALLY the hardest job in tech? A TWIST VC Roundtable (ft. Deedy Das and Jay Eum) | E2204

    Register for Founder University Japan’s kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*On TWiST, Jason welcomes an all-star VC panel — Deedy Das of Menlo Partners and Jay Eum of GFT Ventures — for a deep...

  • 2025 / 11 / 3
    Sending datacenters into orbit | E2203

    👉 Register here to join the Founder University Japan kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*Starcloud has started sending AI chips into orbit. So is this where the datacenters the power AI will one...

  • 2025 / 11 / 1
    What will be OpenAI’s IPO price? Place ya bets! | E2202

    What will be OpenAI’s IPO price? Place ya bets! | EXXX*Polymarket’s sharps are already placing bets on when ChatGPT maker OpenAI will go public… and Jason and Alex want in on this action. They’re placing side...

  • 2025 / 10 / 30
    Grammarly is now Superhuman! CEO Shishir Mehrotra explains the rebrand | E2201

    Today’s show:*Why rebrand an app with 40 million daily active users?On TWiST, Grammarly CEO Shishir Mehrotra swings by to explain why he’s renaming his company after the mail app he just purchased,...

  • 2025 / 10 / 29
    iPhone Air is “inspiring,” and a first step toward Apple Glasses (w/ Zach Handshoe of SpatialGen) | E2200

    Today’s show:Jason’s been skeptical on Apple lately, but he’s BLOWN AWAY by his new iPhone Air.Hear why JCal thinks Cupertino’s latest release is “completely inspiring,” and why he’s sure it’s the next step...

  • 2025 / 10 / 28
    Jason Unpacks Sequoia’s New Funds"| E2199

    Today’s show:Australia has accused Microsoft of employing a dark pattern… Hear why Jason says these kinds of sneaky tactics aren’t usually worth it.It’s a brand-new Monday TWiST and it’s PACKED with news. In...

  • 2025 / 10 / 28
    Jason Unpacks Sequoia’s New Funds | E2199

    Today’s show:Australia has accused Microsoft of employing a dark pattern… Hear why Jason says these kinds of sneaky tactics aren’t usually worth it.It’s a brand-new Monday TWiST and it’s PACKED with news. In...

  • 2025 / 10 / 25
    If you’re not working 9-9-6, are you working hard enough? | E2198

    Today’s show:*Working from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week, might seem like TOO INTENSE a commitment for some, but Jason argues that elite performance — and the mega-compensation that goes along with it —...

  • 2025 / 10 / 22
    Amazon’s “Age of Efficiency,” LLM distribution, AI wearable worries, and more with Elad Gil | E2197

    Today’s show:*Amazon’s dropping a LOT of employees for AI and robots… are Jason’s darkest predictions coming true?Legendary investor Elad Gil joins Jason and Alex for the full show today! Together, they’re...

  • 2025 / 10 / 22
    Magic School uses AI to help kids learn, not cheat | E2196

    Are AI tools in the classroom just time-savers, or can they have genuine educational value?In a must-watch TWiST 500 interview, Alex chats with Magic School founder (and former principal) Adeel Khan about how...

  • 2025 / 10 / 21
    Just how frothy is the AI Bubble anyway? | E2195

    Today’s show: *Is the AI bubble going to POP? And if so, how much of our economy is it going to take down with it?On a new TWiST, Jason, Alex, and Lon debate the size and scale of the AI bubble, whether...

  • 2025 / 10 / 18
    Deel’s growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great “momentum is moat” debate | E2194

    Deel’s growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great “momentum is moat” debate | EXXXToday’s show:*Deel’s growing fast enough that investors are overlooking the espionage allegations...

  • 2025 / 10 / 16
    Legendary VC Steve Jurvetson looks ahead at neutral networks, Tesla, nuclear power, and more | E2193

    Today’s show:*On a very special TWiST, Jason’s joined by “one of the greatest investors in in the history of VC,” Steve Jurvetson of Future Ventures.Together, they look back at some of Steve’s earliest...

  • 2025 / 10 / 13
    What Ramp’s data tells us about AI, unemployment and more with CEO Eric Glyman | E2192

    Today’s show:*Eric Glyman of Ramp joins us to share the fintech unicorn’s growth secrets AND their Lab full of research data.On TWiST, Jason and Alex chat with Eric about Ramp’s counter-intuitive mission —...

  • 2025 / 10 / 10
    Figure’s 03 Chore-bot, Jake Paul Sora takeover, ChatGPT app integrations, and more | E2191

    Figure’s 03 Chore-bot, Jake Paul Sora takeover, ChatGPT app integrations, and more | E2191Today’s show:Figure’s butler-bot could be cleaning up after you soon than you think!On a Friday TWiST, Jason and Lon...

  • 2025 / 10 / 9
    Battery Power for Texans with Zach Dell, plus Tim Apple is LEAVING?, Polymarket to the US, and a Tesla fan update | E2190

    Today’s show:*Zach Dell of Base Power joins us at the top of today’s show to talk about building batteries in Austin, that $1 billion investment, and why an “all of the above” energy strategy is the only way...

  • 2025 / 10 / 8
    We’re Hiring! Join the This Week in Startups Team

    Everything’s going great here at This Week in Startups — and we’re expanding! As we launch a brand new podcast next year, we’re looking to bring on two new creative roles:Video Editor — Full-time or...

  • 2025 / 10 / 7
    OpenAI’s latest “bizarre” mega-deal, datacenters in space, previewing Tesla’s big announcement and more | E2189

    Today’s show:*How many weirdly circular mega-deals is OpenAI going to sign this year?On a new TWiST, Jason and Alex consider OpenAI’s latest agreement with AMD, how the biggest American companies keep trading...