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Thinking Machines’ RECORD seed round, VC Geoff Lewis, and MORE | E2152
Today’s show:
Jason and Alex tackle a full tech and business news docket on today’s show, including Jason’s big SF trip with Launch Accelerator’s 34th cohort, some peculiar social media posts from VC …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Blitzhiring and the Complicated Case of Windsurf, OpenAI and Google | E2151
Today’s show:
On today’s show… Jason and Alex are considering the fallout of Windsurf’s OpenAI deal, the company’s latest agreements with both Google and Cognition AI, and how “blitzhiring” is actuall…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Grok 4 Beats OpenAI + The $300 AI Agent Era | E2150
Today’s show: Grok 4 just leapfrogged OpenAI to become the top AI model—and it’s not just hype. In this episode, @Jason and @alex break down Grok’s AGI-level performance, the massive drop in LLM pric…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Orchestrating Smarter AI Systems with AI21 Labs’ Yoav Shoham | AI Basics with Google Cloud
In this episode of AI Basics, Jason sits down with Yoav Shoham — Stanford professor emeritus and co-founder of AI21 Labs, creators of Jurassic-2, Wordtune, and the new orchestration system Maestro.
Th…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Starlink + Tesla? $4T Nvidia? Perplexity Browser? Linda Yaccarino Steps Down? | E2149
On a brand new TWiST, Jason and Alex ponder… What if every Tesla doubled as a Starlink-powered Wi-Fi hotspot? Plus, Nvidia’s historic $4T valuation, Perplexity’s fancy new AI browser that literally b…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Cloud Seeding, Conspiracies & the Texas Floods | BONUS EPISODE!
Today’s show:
Cloud seeding startup Rainmaker faced a viral backlash after deadly floods in Texas—so @Jason hosted an emergency X Spaces with founder Augustus Doricko to unpack what really happened. D…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Exits Are Back, QSB Stock & The New America Party? | E2148
Today’s show:
Startup exits are heating up with $67.7B in Q2 activity, QSBS just got a major expansion, and Robinhood is pushing boundaries with tokenized SPVs. In this episode, @Jason and @alex break…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Startup Valuations, Biotech’s Crunch & AI’s Massive TAM | E2147
Today’s show:
It’s another blockbuster panel of insiders, as Alex sits down with Astasia Myers from Felicis, Matt Turck from First Mark Capital, and D.A. Wallach of Time BioVentures. AI is reshaping e…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Grammarly–Superhuman Megadeal, plus TWiST 500 chats with LabelBox and Apptronik’s founders | E2146
Today’s show:
Grammarly is acquiring the beloved email app Superhuman! In today’s extremely timely episode, @alex sits down with Grammarly CEO Shishir Mehrotra and Superhuman founder Rahul Vohra to un…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Rebuilding Civilization from First Principles: Inside Balaji’s Network State Vision | E2145
Today’s show: Jason sits down with Balaji Srinivasan in Singapore to explore how he's turning years of theory into reality with Network School—the first node of a broader vision for internet-native, …
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago