This Week in Startups

This Week in Startups

Author: Jason Calacanis Language: English Episodes: 100
Every week, Jason Calacanis dives headfirst into the swirling vortex of Silicon Valley and global tech with This Week in Startups. It’s a direct line to the conversations shaping our digital future, moving far beyond surface-level news. You’ll hear Jason’s unfiltered analysis on everything from market shifts and media trends to the underlying mechanics of building a business, all delivered with a blend of enthusiasm and seasoned skepticism. The core of this podcast, however, lies in the guests. Jason sits down with the very people driving change-founders who have scaled impossible heights, operators managing daily chaos, and investors who spot trends before they become obvious. These conversations are less like formal interviews and more like insider debriefs, pulling back the curtain on real strategies, painful failures, and unexpected successes. For anyone curious about how technology is built, funded, and ultimately changes the world, this series offers a front-row seat. It’s the context behind the headlines, providing a deeper understanding of the forces at play in startups and technology. Tune in for a consistently engaging and insightful look at the ecosystem, straight from someone who lives and breathes it.
Episodes
SpaceX and Cursor team up to topple Claude Code | E2279 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:29
This Week In Startups is made possible by:LinkedIn Jobs - linkedIn.com/twistGrasshopper Bank - grasshopper.bank/twistNotion - notion.comToday’s show:This week, SpaceX announced that it was partnering with AI coding start…
Why Your Company Should Own Its AI Model | E2278 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:59
This 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/twistToday’s show:*Eragon CEO Josh Sirota believes that you s…
Bittensor’s (alleged) $10M rug pull (feat. Mark Jeffrey) | E2275 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:38
This 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/twistToday’s show:*TAO just had its worst week since…
Bittensor Drama! TAO down 15%! | E2274 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:54
This Week In Startups is made possible by:Pilot - https://pilot.com/TWISTSquarespace -https://squarespace.com/TWISTNorthwest Registered Agent - https://northwestregisteredagent.com/TWISTPlaud - https://Plaud.ai/twistCrow…
Anthropic’s Mythos is a cyber-weapon, so you can’t have it | E2273 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:48
Anthropic just built a model so dangerous, they’re not even going to release it (for now). On TWiST, Jason, Alex, and Neurometric CEO Rob May discuss whether or not this is just another frontier model or a potential weap…
3 AI Agents That Actually Replaced Human Jobs | E2272 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:09
Anthropic just pulled the plug on Claude subscriptions for OpenClaw and every third party agentic tool. So Jason and Lon welcome back three of our top TWiST OpenClaw experts to break down what it means, how much it’s goi…