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Robot Lifeguards, TapCheck’s Payday Play & Thalamus’s Wild Market Share | E2115
Today’s show: Jason and Lon break down the biggest stories in tech and startups this week: OpenAI’s new models are powerful but glitchy, Meta’s inter…
1 year ago
LMArena Goes Startup, AI App Wars Begin, Scott Bair’s Design Playbook | E2114
Episode 2114
Today’s show: Jason, Alex, and Lon discuss the rise of LMArena as it spins out into a full-fledged startup, what that means for AI benchmarking, and …
1 year ago
AI Progress and Impact on Ecosystem Players with CapitalG’s Jill Chase | AI Basics with Google Cloud
In this episode of AI Basics, Jason sits down with CapitalG partner Jill Chase to break down how AI is reshaping the startup ecosystem — from founder…
1 year ago
Cuts CEO Talks Tariffs, Figma's IPO Buzz, and a Nerd Crawler Update | E2113
Episode 2113
Today’s show: Jason, Alex, and Lon discuss Figma’s surprise IPO filing following its $1B breakup from Adobe, OpenAI’s quiet push into social networki…
1 year ago
Vertical AI Innovations: Abacus LLM in Finance & Synthesia's Video Avatars | E2112
Episode 2112
Today’s show: Alex interviews founders from Abacus and Synthesia—two companies leading the charge in vertical AI. Abacus is deploying on-prem LLMs to…
1 year ago
HuggingFace Buys Pollen Robotics, DHH & Bezos Founder Advice & a JCal Origin Story | E2111
Today’s show: In this episode, Jason, Alex, and Lon dive into Blue Origin’s all-female celeb spaceflight (yes, Katy Perry sang on reentry), Hugging F…
1 year ago
Palantir's Fellowship, Coco Robots & Startup Office Hours | E2110
Today’s show: We dive into the latest tech and startup news — including Palantir’s bold new fellowship program that challenges the traditional colleg…
1 year ago
70mph Drone Deliveries, 125% Tariffs & What $10M Exits Really Mean | E2109
Episode 2109
Today’s show: Jason, Alex, and Lon talk about stories reshaping the startup world: 70mph drone deliveries are officially live in Dallas, with Zipline…
1 year ago
Economic Chaos, More Pitch Madness & the Shopify AI Manifesto | E2108
Today’s show: Jason and Alex unpack a wild week in tech and the markets — including a fake tweet that moved $4 trillion and Trump’s latest tariff tal…
1 year ago
Rippling Targets $16B, Market Chaos, TikTok Delay,+ Office Hours | E2107
Today’s show: Jason and Alex dive into the startup world’s latest chaos — from Nasdaq’s slide and Trump’s tariffs to Klarna’s IPO pause and Rippling’…
1 year ago