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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
  • 2024 / 7 / 26
    Scaling Creativity: Josh Silverman on Etsy's growth, AI integration, and market strategies | E1985

    This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Coda. Coda empowers your startup by bringing words, tables, and teams together. Strategize, plan, and track goals effectively with all your valuable data in one...

  • 2024 / 7 / 24
    Wiz passes on Google, Meta pushes open-source AI ahead, Spotify’s earnings, and more! | E1984

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  • 2024 / 7 / 22
    Building Enduring Value and Hitting Incremental Gains with Benchmark’s Sarah Tavel | E1983

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  • 2024 / 7 / 19
    US space innovation, defense tech challenges, and more with True Anomaly’s Even Rogers | E1982

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  • 2024 / 7 / 17
    Top 5 VC funds raise big $, venture capital DPI is back, and Sequoia’s offer to LP’s | E1981

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  • 2024 / 7 / 15
    Google weighs $23B for Wiz, startups in a second Trump admin, and Sequoia's Stripe sale | E1980

    Todays show: Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss the role of social media and rhetoric in spreading conspiracy theories in the wake of the attempt on Trump (5:43), Silicon Valley's political landscape and...

  • 2024 / 7 / 13
    Five levels of AI, venture's recovery & the hottest construction startups | E1979

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  • 2024 / 7 / 10
    Anand Nandakumar on the future of remote driving and ride services | E1978

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  • 2024 / 7 / 10
    GPU clusters, venture trends, and the robotics startups we’re most excited about | E1977

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  • 2024 / 7 / 3
    AI Demos: Sunny’s Back with Luma Labs, Kling, Claude Sonnet & Getting AI Native | E1976

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  • 2024 / 7 / 2
    Logan Allin and Neil Datta on which startups AI puts at risk, tech regulation, and H-1B reform | E1975

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  • 2024 / 7 / 2
    The MEI vs DEI debate, tech press, Chime buys Salt Labs, and more! | E1974

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  • 2024 / 6 / 27
    Sequoia & the Hewlett Foundation on VCs NOT raising funds, Cisco's $1B AI fund, and more! | E1973

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  • 2024 / 6 / 27
    TWIST NEWS: AI Music, Circle’s IPO, TWIST500 and more! | E1972

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  • 2024 / 6 / 25
    Immigration, The Trump Interview, Air Taxis in the Bay Area and the Future of Remote Work | E1971

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  • 2024 / 6 / 22
    Start-Up Nation Deep Dive with Dan Senor | E1970

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  • 2024 / 6 / 20
    From the future of flight to brand building, insight from Liquidity Summit 2024 | E1969

    This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Coda. Coda empowers your startup by bringing words, tables, and teams together. Strategize, plan, and track goals effectively with all your valuable data in one...

  • 2024 / 6 / 19
    Nvidia tops Microsoft, FTC sues Adobe, weight loss startups, and more! | E1968

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  • 2024 / 6 / 17
    Woke Google Maps, how Wells Fargo is losing money on fintech, and the global AI race | E1967

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  • 2024 / 6 / 14
    Lessons in Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara | E1966

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  • 2024 / 6 / 12
    Inflation cools, how Waymo handled a crash, and the next startups to go public | E1965

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  • 2024 / 6 / 11
    Apple’s WWDC 2024: Reactions, Highlights & Breakdowns with Jason and Alex | E1964

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  • 2024 / 6 / 11
    The state of seed, the first TWIST500 startups, and the impact of anonymous apps on society | E1963

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  • 2024 / 6 / 8
    Great Builders & Success First with Intercom’s Eoghan McCabe | E1962

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  • 2024 / 6 / 7
    Rising Above the Noise in Consumer VC with Kirsten Green of Forerunner | E1961

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  • 2024 / 6 / 6
    Texas energy grid challenges and solutions with Base Power’s Justin Lopas | E1960

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  • 2024 / 5 / 31
    Steve Jurvetson and The Metals Company on Ocean mining, EV market growth, and AI's tech impact | E1959

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  • 2024 / 5 / 29
    Mastering Venture Capital and Founder Strategies with Rory O’Driscoll and Mark Suster

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  • 2024 / 5 / 29
    TWIST News: xAI's massive $6B raise, the startups building our drone future & TWIST500 | E1957

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  • 2024 / 5 / 27
    AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956

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  • 2024 / 5 / 23
    Glue: The New Slack Killer with David Sacks and Evan Owen | E1955

    In this episode, David Sacks and Evan Owen of Glue join Jason to demo their new “slack killer” product (4:38), explain the role of AI within Glue (14:14), discuss building products with remote vs in-person...

  • 2024 / 5 / 23
    $NVDA's earnings, media economics in the AI era, Farcaster's mega crypto round, and more! | E1954

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  • 2024 / 5 / 21
    OpenAI drama, billion-dollar exits, and founder salaries with new co-host Alex Wilhelm | E1953

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  • 2024 / 5 / 20
    Crypto, the Midas List, and democratizing VC with Delian Asparouhov and Mel Williams | E1952

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  • 2024 / 5 / 18
    Pioneering physical AI with Archetype AI’s Ivan Poupyrev | E1951

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  • 2024 / 5 / 17
    AI Demos: Big Drops This Week from OpenAI & Google | E1950

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  • 2024 / 5 / 16
    Bridging education and business with The OC’s Dr. Justin Terry | E1949

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  • 2024 / 5 / 15
    Max Altman & Ben Braverman chart Saga VC's maiden voyage with Mark Suster | E1948

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  • 2024 / 5 / 11
    AI Robots with Purpose with Jake Loosararian of Gecko Robotics | E1947

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  • 2024 / 5 / 9
    Today's Space Tech Boom with Apex's Ian Cinnamon and Mark Suster | E1946

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  • 2024 / 5 / 9
    Bridging academia and job market realities with Extern’s Matt Wilkerson | E1945

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  • 2024 / 5 / 6
    LIQUIDITY: Elon Musk Raises $6 Billion for his New AI Startup, and more! | E1944

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  • 2024 / 5 / 6
    LIQUIDITY: Major challenger to OpenAI, xAI, closing on $6B in funding | E1944

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  • 2024 / 5 / 3
    Decoding Customer Insights, Trust, and the Jobs-to-be-Done Framework with Bob Moesta | E1943

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  • 2024 / 5 / 2
    Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1942

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  • 2024 / 4 / 30
    AI Demos: Llama 3 Innovations, vibecheck, Globe Engineer, Wisdolia and Tesla’s FSD | E1941

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  • 2024 / 4 / 29
    How AI and remote work is coming for your job | E1940

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  • 2024 / 4 / 26
    PodcastAI: Edward Brawer is here to be your podcast’s arms dealer! | E1939

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  • 2024 / 4 / 26
    The power of super communication with Charles Duhigg | E1938

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  • 2024 / 4 / 25
    Ask Jason LIVE!: Navigating startup growth with Real-Time Q&A | E1937

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