
“Pirates Only” is a podcast series created by pirates, for pirates (AKA visionary startup founders breaking new ground). Each episode brings together innovative founders working within similar industries to openly discuss groundbreaking ideas, hard challenges, and the massive opportunities ahead. From deep-sea robotics to space tech, AI, and beyond, we’ll explore the bold futures these pioneers ar... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 8 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Categories | BusinessEntrepreneurship | ||||

In this episode we haul anchor with Clint Brown, our very own Capitol-Hill insider, to chart the One Big, Beautiful Bill that just splashed down in D.C.
We unpack how a $150 B defense-tech infusion, sweeter R&D expensing, juiced QSBS rules, and a fo... more
I had the privilege of hosting two remarkable founders from Y Combinator - Sam Mendel from Network Ocean and Philip Johnston from Star Cloud - who are tackling one of the most pressing challenges in modern computing infrastructure: the exponential gr... more
In this episode of Pirates Only, I dive into the world of innovative weather technology with three incredible founders: Alex Levy from Atmo, Austin Tindle from Sourcerer, and Andrew Song from Make Sunsets.
Here are some of the topics we cover:
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In this episode of Pirates Only I invited two of my Black Flag colleagues Andrew Couillard, our Program Director, and Matias Zorrilla, who leads first-look reviews, to pull back the curtain on how we choose and champion deep-tech founders.
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Apple Podcasts | #144 |
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Pirates Only launched a year ago and published 8 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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