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This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis
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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.

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Recent Guests

Kofi Asante
CEO and founder of Bluecore Energy
Bluecore Energy
Episode: How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322
Aditya Agarwal
Co-founder, General Partner at South Park Commons Gamma; sponsor of This Week in Startups; former CTO of Dropbox; early engineer at Facebook
South Park Commons Gamma
Episode: Airtable's 80% off value crash: VCs explain why it's still a win | E2321
Niko Bonatsos
Founder/Managing Director at Verdict Capital
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Episode: Airtable's 80% off value crash: VCs explain why it's still a win | E2321
Rick Heitzmann
Co-founder/Partner at FirstMark Capital
FirstMark Capital
Episode: Airtable's 80% off value crash: VCs explain why it's still a win | E2321
Akemi Tsunagawa
Founder of Bespoke in Japan
Bespoke
Episode: How Bespoke faked AI until it actually worked (w/ Akemi Tsunagawa) | E2320
Thais Castello Branco
Founder, Taste Labs; building a two-pronged system for higher-quality AI outputs with taste judgment
Taste Labs
Episode: Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319
Dr. Yuki Hanyu
CEO of IntegriCulture, speaker introduced as a guest on the show
IntegriCulture
Episode: While other cultivated meat companies are collapsing, this one turned a profit | E2317
Kazu Nakashoji
Founder/CEO of Yakumo, quantum hardware startup
Yakumo
Episode: Why quantum has been "10 years away" for 30 years | E2316
Bilal Kharouni
Founder of Ekei Labs, longevity startup
Ekei Labs
Episode: Why this longevity startup raised in Japan, not Silicon Valley | TWiST Tokyo | E2315

Hosts

Jason Calacanis
Host of This Week in Startups; prominent entrepreneur and investor.
Alex Wilhelm
Co-host and co-presenter; involved in show discussions and guest interviews.
Lon Harris
Co-host on the program; participates in show discussions.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 3k ratings
  • Alpaka bag is now $155

    Thanks to Ja Cal the Alpaka back is $155 not $133. Great episode.

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    Alaskariverguy
    United States2 months ago
  • 10min contents + 30min ads

    As title lol

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    Ruedhdhejej
    Taiwan3 months ago
  • So annoying

    I can’t listen to this guy, can’t stand his voice, he’s just so annoying and a disgusting host

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    Projomni78
    United States5 months ago
  • Not actually about startups!

    Check out the episode titles. They are related to diverse popular topics of the day (big tech, new tech, news), but not really about startups.

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    hhsuey
    United States6 months ago
  • Unrivaled Startup Podcast

    Absolutely, positively, 100% the best startup podcast out there! More valuable than a 4 year Computer Science degree if you really want to know how to build, operate and run a company. The Unicorn of startup podcasts 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

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    Ireland8 months ago

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Guest diversity ranges from founders to topVCs; the quality is generally high.
Shows deep founder-first insights and practical startup playbooks.
Ad-heavy format can be off-putting for some listeners.

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#62
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#64
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#98
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#62
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#84
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While other cultivated meat companies are collapsing, this one turned a profit | E2317
Q: What was the impact of the open source angle when you were raising from VCs?
VCs cared more about the ability to generate and scale IP within the company rather than the open source origins, and open source facilitated credibility but was not the primary driver of funding decisions.
While other cultivated meat companies are collapsing, this one turned a profit | E2317
Q: Hi, I'm Natalie, building PlayPin, so we make anyone easy to build robots. How did the open source community react to your commercialization?
The open source community accepted the separation of the open source framework from the for-profit IP development; the model was clear, with a governance structure that differentiated community activities from the company's proprietary development, and ongoing communication helped align expectations.
Why quantum has been "10 years away" for 30 years | E2316
Q: How has the advances in AI impacted what you're building and how you're building it?
AI is helping with quantum error correction and simulation; we use AI to model and correct errors (AI for Quantum), and we see potential for AI-driven improvements in quantum algorithms and data processing; however, practical quantum for AI remains a longer-term goal, with early impact in error analysis and optimization.
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Q: Now, tell me what I got wrong and break it down for me why we need this.
The guest confirms the summarized concept: an on-device endpoint agent that detects risky actions and intervenes in real time, leveraging policy context and baselines to prevent breaches.
Jason turned $11 and one tweet into 1.1M views | E2311
Q: What is the core playbook you used to grow an audience on Twitter?
Ship multiple products publicly, iterate quickly, and deliberately build in public to attract feedback and engagement from the community, using an approach that targets a specific creator audience and problem.

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