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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 / 2 / 12Why J-Cal Invested to 200K in a former Employee | E2249This Week In Startups is made possible by:NetSuite - https://www.netsuite.com/twistLuma AI - https://lumalabs.ai/twistSquarespace - https://squarespace.com/twistToday’s show: On today’s epsiode of TWiST,...
- 2026 / 2 / 12How These 3 Founders are building on Open Claw | E2248This Week In Startups is made possible by:Hubspot - http://clickhubspot.com/twist2Deel - http://deel.com/twistIru - http://www.iru.com/Today’s show: Today on TWiST we’re joined by 3 founders building on Open...
- 2026 / 2 / 10Does Clawdbot (OpenClaw) Need Eyes? (feat. Alex Finn and Matt Van Horn) | E2247This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/twistEvery.io - http://every.io/Northwest registered Agent - www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show: Sean Liu gave his...
- 2026 / 2 / 7We built OpenClaw Ultron to replace 20 people at our company | E2246This Week In Startups is made possible by:Crusoe Cloud - https://crusoe.ai/savingsLemon IO - https://Lemon.io/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistThanks to our...
- 2026 / 2 / 4Savvy is HQ Trivia + Wordle (feat. Scott Rogowsky) | E2245This Week In Startups is made possible by:Circle - http://Circle.so/twistCaldera Lab - http://calderalab.com/TWISTLinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/twistToday’s show: There was a time, not long ago, when offices...
- 2026 / 2 / 3Where early-stage founders MUST focus to success | E2244This Week In Startups is made possible by:Quadratic - http://quadratic.ai/twistToday’s show: Don’t get distracted! Here are the MOST CRUCIAL aspects of running a startup, where founders need to keep their...
- 2026 / 2 / 3SpaceX + xAI deal gets us one step closer to Musk Industries | E2243This Week In Startups is made possible by:Uber - http://uber.com/twistDeel - http://deel.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show: SpaceX is buying xAI,...
- 2026 / 1 / 31AI Bots Take Over | E2242This Week In Startups is made possible by:Deel - http://deel.com/twistLinkedIn Jobs - http://linkedin.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show: On...
- 2026 / 1 / 31How OpenClaw (Clawdbot) Is Rewriting the Way Our Team Works with Rahul Sood | E2242This Week In Startups is made possible by:Deel - http://deel.com/twistLinkedIn Jobs - http://linkedin.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show: On...
- 2026 / 1 / 29How decriminalization led to an explosion in cannabis startups (Feat. Ford Smith, Andrew Duffy, and Socrates Rosenfeld) | E2241This Week In Startups is made possible by:Gusto - http://Gusto.com/twistZite - http://zite.com/twistCircle.so - http://circle.so/twistGuest links: Andrew Duffy, Founder and CEO, http://sparkplug.app — Retail...
- 2026 / 1 / 27Clawdbot is an inflection point in AI history | E2240This Week In Startups is made possible by:Quo - http://quo.com/TWiSTLemon IO - https://lemon.io/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show: Jason is back from...
- 2026 / 1 / 24Why You’ll Choose an AI Doctor (feat. Fred Almeida and Max Weiss) | E2239This Week In Startups is made possible by:Sentry.io - sentry.io/twistHubspot - clickhubspot.com/twist2Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistToday’s show:One day soon, you...
- 2026 / 1 / 21From Blood Transfusions to Burritos, How Zipline is Automating Delivery | E2238This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistCrusoe Cloud - https://crusoe.ai/savingsLinkedIn Jobs - http://linkedIn.com/twistToday’s show: On...
- 2026 / 1 / 20How startups suddenly became “cool” in Japan (feat. Shin Takamiya of Globis Capital) | E2237This Week In Startups is made possible by:Circle.so - http://Circle.so/twistDeel - http://deel.com/twistUber AI Solutions - http://uber.com/twistToday’s show:Not long ago, promising young Japanese graduates...
- 2026 / 1 / 16Avoiding buzzwords and marketing-speak (feat. Thomas McInerney) | E2236This 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 / 14Japan’s Startup Revolution (feat. Kathy Matsui) | E2235This 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 / 13How to Make Billions from Exposing Fraud | E2234This 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 / 13Secrets of Startup Recruiting in the US AND Japan! (feat. Sho Takei) | E2233This 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 / 10Jason’s Top CES Products and Takeaways | E2232This 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 / 8AI makes you more creative, AI Roundtable with Steven Johnson and Grant Lee | E2231This 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 / 62026 Starts with a bang: META AI Drama and Nvidia’s $20B Groq Acquisition | E2230This 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 / 30THE 2025 TWISTY AWARDS! Biggest Trends, Best Guests, Top Name Drops, and more | E2229This 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 / 29Jason’s ultimate dream mega-purchase + Founder Q’s | E2228This 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 / 23Waymo Madness in SF! Why robotaxis clogged the streets | E2227This 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 / 20Level up your copywriting w/ Sam Parr | E2226This 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 / 18INSIDE How AI Startups hire, AI Roundtable with Wade Foster, Mikey Schulman, and Ali Ansari | E2225This 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 / 16Is this the end for the Roomba? Why iRobot went bankrupt | E2224This 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 / 13Disney and OpenAI sign landmark deal… and we saw it coming! | E2223This 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 | E2222This 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 / 10FLASHBACK: The future of remote work, juggling APIs, and dream integrations with Wade Foster of Zapier | E2221This 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 / 9What’s REALLY going on with those “ads” in ChatGPT | E2220This 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 / 6Netflix buys WB + why Jason should run Disney | E2219This 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 / 4Getting past the “Cardinal Sins of Delegating” with Jonathan Swanson of Athena | E2218This 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 / 3Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217This 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 / 2Is $MSTR over? Jason takes his victory lap. | E2216This 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 / 26SO MANY THINGS need to go right just so you can watch a TikTok! | E2215Register 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 / 24Even great startups sometimes need to pivot (feat. Francisco Cornejo of Theo) | E2214Register 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 / 22Jason predicts a “major M&A moment” in the next six months! | E2213Register 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 / 20Why data is the biggest AI bottleneck (feat. Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI) | E2212Today’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 / 19AI Model Showdown: Grok 4.1 vs. Gemini 3 | E2211AI 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 / 18Archer 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 / 14Stop 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 / 13Why 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 / 11Inside Harvey AI’s $8 billion AI lawyer app, PLUS How OpenRouter unites the LLMs | E2207Register 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 / 10IPO 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 / 8It’s a boat, it’s a plane, it’s REGENT’s Seafarer | E2205Register 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 / 6Is investing REALLY the hardest job in tech? A TWIST VC Roundtable (ft. Deedy Das and Jay Eum) | E2204Register 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 / 3Sending 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 / 1What will be OpenAI’s IPO price? Place ya bets! | E2202What 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 / 30Grammarly is now Superhuman! CEO Shishir Mehrotra explains the rebrand | E2201Today’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,...