Podcast Episodes

AUTOMATING HEALTH CARE, THERMODYNAMIC COMPUTING, AND PRODUCT VELOCITY | E2155

Today’s show:

TWiST is back with a three more hugely insightful (and also fun!) founder interviews.

First up, Trey Holterman from Tennr tells us why getting in to see a specialist is so time consuming,…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Manufacturing in the US, Building in Open Source… and more | E2154

Today’s show:

TWiST is back with a trio of can’t miss interviews with some of our favorite TWiST 500 founders.

First up, John Jeremy Harris of Harbinger Motors tells us about making his EV batteries ri…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Inside Substack’s $100M Push to Fend Off Beehiiv | E2153

Today’s show:

WHY DOES @SUBSTACKINC NEED $100M IN NEW FUNDING?HOW DO THEY PLAN TO STAY AHEAD OF @BEEHIIV?Jason and Alex are debating the future of indie publishing on an all-new TWiST, considering the…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

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 5 months, 2 weeks 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 5 months, 2 weeks 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 5 months, 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 5 months, 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 5 months, 3 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 5 months, 3 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 5 months, 3 weeks ago