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Stripe’s Crypto Wallet, M&A Momentum, and Robots Replacing Soul-Crushing Jobs | E2138
Today’s show:
In this episode of This Week in Startups, @Jason and @Alex break down Stripe’s big bet on crypto wallets with its latest acquisition of Privy, the return of major M&A activity from Meta,…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
TWIST VC Roundtable: Startup Valuations, Secondary Markets & the YC Revenue Illusion | E2137
Episode 2137
Today’s show: Alex moderates a TWIST VC Roundtable with Jason, Paige Doherty (Behind Genius), and Altimeter’s Megan Reynolds about the state of early-stage venture capital. They break down the rise o…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
YC Valuations, VC Slowdown, and Office Hours with CustomerIQ | E2136
Episode 2136
Today’s show: Jason and Alex dive into why Y Combinator startups are raising at sky-high valuations with relatively low ARR—what does that mean for investors and founders? VC funds are slowing down a…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Circle’s IPO Soars, The Future of VC and Cursor’s Crazy Growth | E2135
Episode 2135
Today’s show: Jason and Alex dicuss stories shaping the tech and startup world: Circle’s explosive IPO and what it signals about crypto regulation and public market sentiment, the potential for token…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Anthropic Cuts Off Windsurf, Deel Rewrites the Narrative and Flock Safety’s Surveillance Tech | E2134
Episode 2134
Today’s show: Alex and Lon discuss Windsurf getting abruptly cut off from Anthropic just before a rumored $3B acquisition by OpenAI, sparking questions around platform risk and foundation-model polit…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Grammarly’s $1B Round, Brain Computers, and NYT Licenses To Amazon | E2133
Episode 2133
Today’s show: Jason and Alex discuss the hottest tech and startup news: Grammarly secures a massive $1B investment from General Catalyst to fuel its AI ambitions and expand into deeper enterprise off…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
How AthenaHQ and Browser Use Are Building the Next Layer of the Internet | E2132
Episode 2132
Today’s show: Alex interviews two cutting-edge startups shaping the future of AI: AthenaHQ, pioneering “GEO” (Generative Engine Optimization) to help brands rank in AI-powered search engines like Cha…
Published on 7 months ago
Google’s AI Design Tool, Salesforce’s $8B Comeback Deal, and M&A Momentum Builds | E2131
In this episode, we cover three major stories shaping the startup and tech landscape. First, Google unveils Stitch, an AI-powered web design tool with one-click export to Figma—signaling a major disr…
Published on 7 months ago
Apple’s Tariff Trouble, Anthropic’s New Models, and Our Founder Friday Finale | E2130
Episode 21320
Today’s show: Trump takes aim at Apple with a potential 25% iPhone tariff, Anthropic releases two powerful new Claude models claiming top performance in coding tasks, and two founders go head-to-head…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
David Friedberg on AI-First Startups & the Future of Biology, Business & Creativity | AI Basics with Google Cloud
In this episode, Jason chats with David Friedberg—CEO of Ohalo Genetics and co-host of the All-In Podcast—about how AI is transforming agriculture and startups. David introduces Ohalo’s "Boosted Bree…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago