Description
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 / 7 / 13Jason turned $11 and one tweet into 1.1M views | E2311This Week In Startups is made possible by: Quo https://quo.com/TWiST PayPal Open https://paypalopen.com Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Today's show: *Jason spent $11...
- 2026 / 7 / 10Danny Bernstein left Big Tech to fund farm-bots | E2310This Week In Startups is made possible by: NetSuite https://NetSuite.ai/TWIST Squarespace https://squarespace.com/twist YSecurity https://YSecurity.io/TWIST Today's show: *America posted 400,000 farm jobs...
- 2026 / 7 / 8Why Data Is the Next $1 Trillion MarketThis Week In Startups is made possible by: Digital Ocean - do.co/twist Agree.com - agree.com Every.io - every.io. Today's show: How many startups matter in tech? Fewer than you think. That's why venture...
- 2026 / 7 / 6$100T is managed by âhuman duct tapeâ | E2308This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistVanta https://www.vanta.com/twistSentry https://sentry.io/twistTodayâs show:*There are $100...
- 2026 / 7 / 6$100T is managed by "human duct tape" | E2308This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Vanta https://www.vanta.com/twist Sentry https://sentry.io/twist Today's show: *There are...
- 2026 / 7 / 1Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307This Week In Startups is made possible by:CLA - www.claconnect.com/withyouNorthwest Registered Agent - www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistAgree.com - www.agree.comTodayâs show:Forget the...
- 2026 / 6 / 29Chamath on why young people need more agency, risk, and adventureThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Plaudhttps://Plaud.ai/twistShopifyhttps://shopify.com/twistLinkedIn Jobshttps://LinkedIn.com/twistNorthwest Registered...
- 2026 / 6 / 27Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305This Week In Startups is made possible by:Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistSentry - https://sentry.io/twistNorthwest Registered Agent-https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistDigitalOcean -...
- 2026 / 6 / 24Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner TableThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Deel - deel.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twistLinkedIn - linkedIn.com/twistTodayâs show:Jason sits down with Brynn Putnam, CEO...
- 2026 / 6 / 22The hottest running app has nothing to do with speed | E2303This Week In Startups is made possible by:Agree - https://agree.comQuo - https://quo.com/TWiSTSuperhuman - https://superhuman.comTodayâs show:In this double-header, Jason and Lon chat with Louis Phillips,...
- 2026 / 6 / 18Why SpaceX Buying Cursor Changes EverythingThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Deel - deel.com/twistLinkedIn - linkedIn.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twistPlaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistTodayâs show:Anthropic...
- 2026 / 6 / 15The Startup Building the First Hotel on the MoonâŚThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Every.io - visit every.ioSentry.io - sentry.io/twistVanta - vanta.com/twistTodayâs show:The next SpaceX won't be building rockets; it'll build the first hotel...
- 2026 / 6 / 13SpaceX IPO Day: What Wall St. and the media missed | E2300This Week In Startups is made possible by:Plaud https://Plaud.ai/twistPilot https://pilot.com/twistAgree https://agree.comIM8 Health https://IM8health.com/twistAfter watching Elon build out his rocket (and...
- 2026 / 6 / 10Why the most expensive Seed deals are the cheapest | E2299This Week In Startups is made possible by:NetSuite - Netsuite.com/TWiSTDeel - Deel.com/TWiSTSquarespace - Squarespace.com/TWiSTTwo days before SpaceX launches the largest IPO in history at a flat $135/share,...
- 2026 / 6 / 8The AI Tutor That Makes Kids Actually Think | E2298The AI Tutor That Makes Kids Actually Think | E2298This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistLinkedIn Jobs...
- 2026 / 6 / 6Anthropic wants to slow AI down and Bernie wants 50%: JCal Reacts | E2297This Week In Startups is made possible by:Grasshopper Bank https://grasshopper.bank/twistVanta https://www.vanta.com/twistRender https://render.com/twistPlaud https://Plaud.ai/twistTodayâs show:Anthropic...
- 2026 / 6 / 3The project SpaceX's first employee raised $500M forThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - NorthwestRegistereAagent.com/TWISTEvery - Every.ioSentry - Sentry.io/TWISTTodayâs show:Want to get to space? Several launch companies can...
- 2026 / 6 / 3The Startup Turning Space Into a Logistics NetworkThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - NorthwestRegistereAagent.com/TWISTEvery - Every.ioSentry - Sentry.io/TWISTTodayâs show:Want to get to space? Several launch companies can...
- 2026 / 6 / 1This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295This Week In Startups is made possible by:Deel https://deel.com/twistQuo https://quo.com/TWiSTLinkedIn Jobs https://LinkedIn.com/twistTodayâs show:Cortical Labs is the worldâs first company selling biological...
- 2026 / 5 / 29How to Raise a Seed Round in 2026: Ask Jason | E2294This Week In Startups is made possible by:partner 1 - linkpartner 2 - linkpartner 3 - linkTodayâs show:Jason breaks down the real math behind raising a seed round. Hereâs the funnel: contact 150 firms, get 50...
- 2026 / 5 / 27The Drone Company Quietly Taking Over DeliveryThis Week In Startups is made possible by:Render - render.com/twistDeel - deel.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twistTodayâs show:The "Ryanair of drone delivery"...
- 2026 / 5 / 23From hypercars to cruise missiles: Lukas Czinger on the future of US defense | E2292This Week In Startups is made possible by:Every.io https://every.ioShopify https://shopify.com/twistRender https://render.com/twistPlaud https://Plaud.ai/twistTodayâs show:Startups like Divergent Technologies...
- 2026 / 5 / 20Avi Patel on the startup that copied Kled and why he called out General Catalyst by name | E2291This Week In Startups is made possible by:Grasshopper Bank - https://grasshopper.bank/twistLinkedIn - https://linkedIn.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistPlaud -...
- 2026 / 5 / 18Why does Gen Z hate AI?This Week In Startups is made possible by:Vanta - Vanta.com/TWISTSentry - Sentry.io/TWISTDeel - Deel.com/TWISTTodayâs show:AI is the villain of the 2026 commencement cycle, with business luminaries â...
- 2026 / 5 / 18Why is Gen Z hates AI?This Week In Startups is made possible by:Vanta - Vanta.com/TWISTSentry - Sentry.io/TWISTDeel - Deel.com/TWISTTodayâs show:AI is the villain of the 2026 commencement cycle, with business luminaries â...
- 2026 / 5 / 15The Self-Driving Startup Nobody Saw Coming | E2289This Week In Startups is made possible by:IM8 Health: IM8health.com/TWISTSquarespace: Squarespace.com/TWISTRender - Render.com/TWISTSelf-driving just stopped being a science problem and became an engineering...
- 2026 / 5 / 13How Many Startups Will Survive OpenAI? | E2288This Week In Startups is made possible by:Pilot -â https://Pilot.com/TWISTâ Grasshopper Bank -â https://Grasshopper.bank/TWISTâ Quo -â https://Quo.com/TWiSTâ Plaud - â https://Plaud.ai/twistâ Anthropic just...
- 2026 / 5 / 13How the 1% Will Own Compute (and What It Means for You)The future of AI isn't a smarter chatbot. It's a model that watches your screen, listens to the room, and acts on what it sees. We dug into Thinking Machines' new interaction model, what it means...
- 2026 / 5 / 11Cerebras's IPO goes vertical, and the death of OpenClaw? | E2287Todayâs show:Cerebras just jacked its IPO range to $150â$160 a share, OpenAI bought a consulting firm to seed its $4 billion private-equity joint venture, and a startup in Oakland is electrolyzing magnesium...
- 2026 / 5 / 95,000+ Tech Workers Laid Off This Week. It's Just The Beginning. | E2286This Week In Startups is made possible by:IM8 Health - https://IM8health.com/TWISTEvery - Every.ioSentry - https://Sentry.io/TWISTBanks donât want to hand over their data to AI labs. So David Moscatelli built...
- 2026 / 5 / 6The end of Venture Capital? (VC Roundtable) | E2285This Week In Startups is made possible by:Grasshopper Bank - https://grasshopper.bank/twistPaperOS - https://paperos.com/twistLinkedIn Jobs - https://linkedIn.com/twistPlaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistThe top 5...
- 2026 / 5 / 5Naval's GP, Ankur Nagpal, Breaks Down The Viral âUSVCâ Fund | E2284This Week In Startups is made possible by:Render - render.com/twistVanta - vanta.com/twistNorthwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twistHave you wanted to invest in venture capital alongside...
- 2026 / 5 / 5Naval's GP, Ankur Nagpal, Breaks Down The Viral "USVC" Fund | E2284This Week In Startups is made possible by: Render - render.com/twist Vanta - vanta.com/twist Northwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Have you wanted to invest in venture capital...
- 2026 / 5 / 1Can an AI Agent Legally Own a Company? Christian van der Henst's Wild Experiment| E2283This Week In Startups is made possible by:Pilot - https://pilot.com/twistShopify - https://shopify.com/twistGrasshopper Bank - https://grasshopper.bank/twistTodayâs show:An AI agent named Valerie is running a...
- 2026 / 4 / 30Mastering AI Video Marketing w/ Magnific CEO JoaquĂn Cuenca Abela | AI BasicsThe TWiST AI Basics series is made possible by Google Cloud!Check out Google Cloudâs new report, âFuture of AI: Perspectives on generative media for startups,â Featuring thoughts from todayâs guest, JoaquĂn...
- 2026 / 4 / 29The $10M+ Bet on a Beanie That Reads Your Brain | Sabi & the Future of BCI | E2282This Week In Startups is made possible by:Render - https://Render.com/TWISTNorthwest Registered Agent - https://NorthwestRegisteredAgent.com/TWISTLinkedIn Jobs - https://LinkedIn.com/TWISTTodayâs show:A...
- 2026 / 4 / 28To the left of this of thumbnail i want to add a chinese flag to the left destroying the meta logo. because the title is China Kills Meta / Manus Deal (Story Of The Year) | E2281This Week In Startups is made possible by:IM8 Health - IM8health.com/twistSentry - Sentry.io/twistDeel - Deel.com/twistPlaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistWhatâs the technology story of the year? No, itâs not...
- 2026 / 4 / 28China Kills Meta / Manus Deal (Story Of The Year) | E2281This Week In Startups is made possible by:IM8 Health - IM8health.com/twistSentry - Sentry.io/twistDeel - Deel.com/twistPlaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistWhatâs the technology story of the year? No, itâs not...
- 2026 / 4 / 25Navalâs $500 VC fund, the Maduro Polymarket scandal, and NYT defends theft and murder | E2280This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist LinkedIn Jobs - https://LinkedIn.com/twistTodayâs show:Itâs a News and Off-Duty weekend...
- 2026 / 4 / 25Naval's $500 VC fund, the Maduro Polymarket scandal, and NYT defends theft and murder | E2280This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist LinkedIn Jobs - https://LinkedIn.com/twist Today's show: It's a News and Off-Duty weekend...
- 2026 / 4 / 25The Defense Tech Startup YC Kicked Out of a Meeting is Now Arming America | E2280This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Render - https://render.com/twist Agree - https://agree.com Ro - https://Ro.co/Twist Plaud -...
- 2026 / 4 / 22SpaceX and Cursor team up to topple Claude Code | E2279This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Jobs - linkedIn.com/twistGrasshopper Bank - grasshopper.bank/twistNotion - notion.comTodayâs show:This week, SpaceX announced that it was partnering with AI...
- 2026 / 4 / 21Why Your Company Should Own Its AI Model | E2278This Week In Startups is made possible by:Quo - https://quo.com/TWiST Vanta - https://vanta.com/twist Pilot - https://pilot.com/twist Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistTodayâs show:*Eragon CEO Josh Sirota...
- 2026 / 4 / 183D-Printed Homes for $99K: ICONâs Jason Ballard on the future of housing | E2277This Week In Startups is made possible by:IM8 Health - https://IM8health.com/twist Grasshopper Bank - https://grasshopper.bank/twist Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist...
- 2026 / 4 / 183D-Printed Homes for $99K: ICON's Jason Ballard on the future of housing | E2277This Week In Startups is made possible by:IM8 Health - https://IM8health.com/twist Grasshopper Bank - https://grasshopper.bank/twist Northwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist...
- 2026 / 4 / 15This 22-Year-Old Built TikTok for Mobile Games, and Itâs Growing Fast | E2276This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Jobs - LinkedIn.com/twist Every.io - every.io Render - render.com/twistTodayâs show:*Imagine scrolling through mobile games the way your flip through your...
- 2026 / 4 / 15This 22-Year-Old Built TikTok for Mobile Games, and It's Growing Fast | E2276This Week In Startups is made possible by: LinkedIn Jobs - LinkedIn.com/twist Every.io - every.io Render - render.com/twist Today's show: *Imagine scrolling through mobile games the way your flip through your...
- 2026 / 4 / 14Bittensor's (alleged) $10M rug pull (feat. Mark Jeffrey) | E2275This Week In Startups is made possible by: Sentry - https://sentry.io/twist Deel - https://deel.com/twist Netsuite - https://netsuite.com/twist Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twist Today's show: *TAO just had its...
- 2026 / 4 / 14Bittensorâs (alleged) $10M rug pull (feat. Mark Jeffrey) | E2275This Week In Startups is made possible by:Sentry - https://sentry.io/twist Deel - https://deel.com/twist Netsuite - https://netsuite.com/twist Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistTodayâs show:*TAO just had its...
- 2026 / 4 / 11Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274This Week In Startups is made possible by:Pilot - https://pilot.com/TWISTSquarespace -https://squarespace.com/TWISTNorthwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/TWISTPlaud -...