Chime’s IPO, Databricks’ $1B Acquisition & Dave Rubin’s Media Empire | E2126
Today’s show: Chime is finally going public with strong financials and a shot at matching its $25B 2021 valuation, signaling real momentum in the IPO ...
Agentic AI Meets Cybersecurity + Solar Robots in the Desert | E2125
Today’s show: Alex interviews founders from two frontier technologies reshaping our world. First, ZioSec is tackling the cybersecurity risks of AI age...
Anti-Work Uprising, Copyright Wars & the StreamFog Solution | E2124
Today’s show: Jason, Lon & Alex are back with a spicy Monday episode of This Week in Startups. Jason goes off on unions vs capitalism, we dig into why...
OpenAI Scoops Instacart’s CEO, AI in the Courtroom & Off-Road Startups | E2123
Today’s show: Jason, Alex, and Lon break down OpenAI’s latest power move: hiring Instacart CEO Fidji Simo to lead its consumer apps. They also dive in...
Zoox Crash Fallout, COATUE’s $1B Open Fund, and Office Hours with FusionAds | E2122
Today’s show: Jason, Lon & Alex discuss the day’s hottest tech and startup news. Zoox’s robotaxi crash and voluntary recall, COATUE’s innovative open-...
Cursor’s $9B Round, AI-Powered Toys & CloudNuro’s SaaS Fix | E2121
Today’s show: Cursor’s explosive growth, hitting $200M in ARR and a massive $9B valuation. They also explore the buzz around Magical Toys’ new AI-powe...
Apple’s App Store Loss, AI Persuasion, and an Interview with Tyler Denk of Beehiiv | E2120
Today’s show: Jason, Lon, and Alex break down a loaded week in tech: Apple’s 27% App Store “link-out” fee gets shut down by a judge—unlocking margin f...
What's Next for AI Infrastructure with Amin Vahdat | AI Basics with Google Cloud
In this episode of AI Basics, Jason sits down with Amin Vahdat, VP of ML at Google Cloud, to unpack the mind-blowing infrastructure behind modern AI. ...
Bittensor’s Rise, Meta’s Llama Goes Cloud, & AI Now Writes Your Code | E2119
Today’s show: Jason, Alex, Lon and Special Guest Mark Jeffrey of Hash Rate, cover the explosive rise of Bittensor, a decentralized AI compute network ...
Meta’s Dangerous Chat, Protect AI & Founder Fridays Pitch Comp | E2118
Today’s show: we break down the wild story behind Meta’s AI chatbots going completely off the rails — including a bombshell WSJ exposé about bots flir...