This Week in Startups

This Week in Startups

Author: Jason Calacanis Language: English Episodes: 50
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
Bill Gates foresees massive AI job loss: these VCs disagree | E2330 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:27
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Lightfield https://lightfield.app Northwest Registered Agent https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain Rippling https://Rippling.ai/twist Today's show: *Bill Gates dr…
China wants you to cheer for the robots taking your job | E2329 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:21
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Open source is going to win it all: Harvey proves it | E2328 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:13
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Superhuman https://Superhuman.com Sentry https://sentry.io/twist Lightfield https://lightfield.app Today's show: Jason's been saying it for years now (and we've got an All In cl…
Neurosymbolic AI outperforms chatbots and product search | E2327 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:18
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Vanta https://www.vanta.com/twist Agree https://agree.com YSecurity https://YSecurity.io/TWIST Today's show: Frontier AI models can ace PhD-level exams, but it's still bad at tr…
What we'll learn from Anthropic's $2-$3T IPO | E2325 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:15
This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal Open https://paypal.launch.co CLA https://claconnect.com/withyou Odoo https://Odoo.com/twist Today's show: *Anthropic is likely headed for the largest IPO in history. A r…
These robots could cut delivery costs by 80% | Next Unicorns [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:43
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Zuck's AI manifesto is a data center PR masterclass | E2323 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:17
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Every.io https://every.io NetSuite https://NetSuite.ai/TWIST YSecurity https://YSecurity.io/TWIST Today's show: *Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word essay about th…