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01:03:54
Stripe’s Crypto Wallet, M&A Momentum, and Robots Replacing Soul-Crushing Jobs | E2138
01:11:23
TWIST VC Roundtable: Startup Valuations, Secondary Markets & the YC Revenue Illusion | E2137
01:03:56
YC Valuations, VC Slowdown, and Office Hours with CustomerIQ | E2136
46:04
Circle’s IPO Soars, The Future of VC and Cursor’s Crazy Growth | E2135
01:09:56
Anthropic Cuts Off Windsurf, Deel Rewrites the Narrative and Flock Safety Surveillance Tech | E2134
01:04:11
Grammarly’s $1B Round, Brain Computers, and NYT Licenses To Amazon | E2133
59:14
How AthenaHQ and Browser Use Are Building the Next Layer of the Internet | E2132
58:03
Google’s AI Design Tool, Salesforce’s $8B Comeback Deal, and M&A Momentum Builds | E2131
01:04:53
Apple’s Tariff Trouble, Anthropic’s New Models, and Our Founder Friday Finale | E2130
41:24
David Friedberg on AI-First Startups & the Future of Biology, Business & Creativity | AI Basics
01:05:18
Jony Ive Joins OpenAI, Waymo Hits 10M Rides, and How to Launch a Marketplace from Scratch | E2129
01:03:35
Drones, Design, and Digital Espionage | E2128
01:04:14
Microsoft Layoffs, Immigration Blunders, & Office Hours with Jeremy Redman of Airfive | E2127
01:06:38
Chime’s IPO, Databricks’ $1B Acquisition & Dave Rubin’s Media Empire | E2126
51:39
Agentic AI Meets Cybersecurity + Solar Robots in the Desert | E2125
01:30:59
Anti-Work Uprising, Copyright Wars & the StreamFog Solution | E2124
01:13:30
OpenAI Scoops Instacart’s CEO, AI in the Courtroom & Off-Road Startups | E2123
01:06:37
Zoox Crash Fallout, COATUE’s $1B Open Fund, and Office Hours with FusionAds | E2122
01:25:52
Cursor’s $9B Round, AI-Powered Toys & CloudNuro’s SaaS Fix | E2121
01:14:47
Apple’s App Store Loss, AI Persuasion, and an Interview with Tyler Denk of Beehiiv | E2120
27:35
What's Next for AI Infrastructure with Amin Vahdat | AI Basics with Google Cloud
01:04:50
Bittensor’s Rise, Meta’s Llama Goes Cloud, & AI Now Writes Your Code | E2119
01:26:50
Meta’s Dangerous Chat, Protect AI & Founder Fridays Pitch Comp | E2118
01:25:52
Discord’s Power Move, Slate’s Modular EVs & the ā€œAct for Private Gainā€ | E2117
01:02:27
Cursor’s $300M ARR, Uber’s FTC Battle, and Office Hours with GoShare | E2116
01:16:58
Robot Lifeguards, TapCheck’s Payday Play & Thalamus’s Wild Market Share | E2115
01:01:23
LMArena Goes Startup, AI App Wars Begin, Scott Bair’s Design Playbook | E2114
25:29
AI Progress and Impact on Ecosystem Players with CapitalG’s Jill Chase | AI Basics with Google Cloud
01:06:54
Cuts CEO Talks Tariffs, Figma's IPO Buzz, and a Nerd Crawler Update | E2113
01:07:36
Vertical AI Innovations: Abacus LLM in Finance & Synthesia's Video Avatars | E2112
01:03:12
HuggingFace Buys Pollen Robotics, DHH & Bezos Founder Advice & a JCal Origin Story | E2111
01:08:54
Palantir's Fellowship, Coco Robots & Startup Office Hours | E2110
01:07:15
70mph Drone Deliveries, 125% Tariffs & What $10M Exits Really Mean | E2109
01:27:08
Economic Chaos, More Pitch Madness & the Shopify AI Manifesto | E2108
01:31:41
Rippling Targets $16B, Market Chaos, TikTok Timeout, and Office Hours | E2107
01:12:55
Spycraft in SaaS, Rabbit’s Comeback, and Startup Pitch Madness | E2106
01:16:41
M&A Mania, Palantir Meme Crash, Office Hours with Hookhub + more! | E2105
01:13:40
AI Revolution Gains, Non-Consensus Startups & Prosperous AI | E2104
01:14:05
11x in Trouble and China's AI Acceleration | E2103
01:36:16
23andMe BANKRUPT, Saylor Still Buying Bitcoin, + Founder Interviews | E2102
01:01:01
Fact-Checking Mark Rober, and the Fall of TechCrunch | E2101
01:05:18
Launch Accelerator Demo Day 33!
01:03:02
Tesla vs. Mark Rober, Google’s $32B M&A Bet, & XRP’s SEC Victory | E2100
01:01:42
AI-Powered Coding & Space Tugboats? Inside the Future of Software & Satellites! | E2099
01:12:53
Self-Driving Car Myths, Klarna’s Big IPO & Netflix’s $300M Gamble | E2098
58:43
Europe’s Startup Future with Harry Stebbings | E2097
01:00:48
Is Project Europe a YC Riff? Nick Denton is Back! And more! | E2096
14:03
The Future of AI Customer Support with LiveX AI’s Jia Li | AI Basics with Google Cloud
01:00:42
Student Roy Lee Hacks Amazon, SBF's Jailhouse Chat + more! | E2095
48:43
AI’s Next Leap: Hyper-Realistic Agents & Unlimited Power | E2094
01:08:50
Coreweave IPO, AVRide & Digg is Back! | E2093
19:58
AI Agents & the Future of Work with LangChain’s Harrison Chase | AI Basics with Google Cloud
59:01
US Crypto Reserve Bombshell, Ramp’s $13B Climb, & more | E2092
01:14:50
Board Talk Empire with GRIN's Brandon Brown, Founder Hacks & SEC Memecoin Clarity? | E2091
01:38:43
The Incredible Double Interview: Superhuman and Robinhood | E2090
01:07:58
Apple Drops $500B on AI while Google Gemini Eyes Your iOS Devices! | E2089
55:57
Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase’s AI Powered Predictions | E2088
01:06:42
EV Truck Startup Nikola Runs Out of Juice | E2087
01:10:09
Is $LIBRA the End of Memecoins? with Coffeezilla | E2086
01:20:11
IPO Shakeups, NVIDIA’s Big Bets & Must-Know Founder Hacks | E2085