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#95: OpenAI’s Social Network & Figma’s Potential IPO
Season 1 Episode 95
With Jess and Sam taking the week off Brit and Dave are joined by two leading voices in venture and tech: Ben Lerer (Managing Partner, Lerer Hippeau) and Morgan Beller (General Partner, NFX; Co-creat…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
#94: Will Elon Quit DC? Trump’s Chaos & AI’s China Threat (with Joanna Coles)
Season 1 Episode 94
This week on More or Less, Jessica hosts with Joanna Coles, Chief Content Officer at The Daily Beast, while Sam, Dave, and Brit are off for “spring break”!
They explore:
• Elon’s DC stint
• Trump’s cabi…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
#93: Can Tesla Survive?
Season 1 Episode 93
This week on More or Less: Tesla reports a steep drop in deliveries, investor confidence wavers, and BYD continues to close in. The crew also dives into:
Elon’s "Fake News": More Drama, Less DOGEOpenA…Published on 5 months ago
#92: The Signal Scandal & DOGE Drama! (with Ben Smith and Nicholas Carlson)
Season 1 Episode 92
The debate is heating up—DC and Silicon Valley are deeply split over DOGE.
This week on More or Less, Jessica and Brit hold down the fort (while the husbands ski Alaska’s powder) with media heavyweig…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
#91: Google’s $32B Deal and a Silicon Valley Spy Scandal!
Season 1 Episode 91
Silicon Valley’s heating up—and we’ve got the inside scoop.
This week on More or Less, Jessica, Dave, Sam, and Brit unpack a whirlwind of drama: Google’s $32B Wiz grab, rippling’s spy scandal with Dee…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
#90: Silicon Valley Unscripted: Billionaires, AI, and Interplanetary Exploration
Season 1 Episode 90
On this week's episode of More or Less, Jessica, Dave, Sam, and Brit tackle a chaotic week hashing out Waymo’s Peninsula push, Sam’s million-dollar Mars wager with Brit, and YC’s agentic AI craze—fre…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
#89: America’s Crypto Reserve, Nvidia’s $600M Hit & Digg’s Comeback
Season 1 Episode 89
Markets move fast—sometimes too fast.
This week, Jessica, Dave, Sam, and Brit dissect Trump’s crypto reserve play, Nvidia’s AI stumbles, and how nostalgia is sneaking back into everything. Recorded am…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
#88: Meta’s $200B AI Bet, Instagram Reels & The Future of Content
Season 1 Episode 88
What happens when the biggest VCs, LPs, and founders cram into one basketball stadium?
Deals get made, gossip flies, and Dave and Brit Morin find themselves in a very questionable hotel situation.
Re…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
#87: SKIMS To Revive Nike? AI Drama & The Satoshi Mystery
Season 1 Episode 87
Elon Musk trolled Jessica on X—at least, that’s how it seems.
Was it just a marketing stunt for Grok 3, with The Information as the sacrificial lamb?
Plus, Humane’s AI pin flopped, but HP swooped in fo…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
#86: Elon’s $97B Curveball For OpenAI
Season 1 Episode 86
Elon Musk just threw OpenAI into chaos with a $97 billion bid for its nonprofit arm. But does he actually want it—or is it just for the memes?
Meanwhile, Slow Ventures has secured $60M to bet on the f…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago