This Week in Startups

Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase’s AI Powered Predictions | E2088

EV Truck Startup Nikola Runs Out of Juice | E2087

Is $LIBRA the End of Memecoins? with Coffeezilla | E2086

IPO Shakeups, NVIDIA’s Big Bets & Must-Know Founder Hacks | E2085

Slow Ventures' Creators Fund and Helion Energy's Fusion Reactors | 2084

This episode explores the evolving creator economy and the implications of AI on copyright and intellectual property. Against the backdrop of a $60 million Slow Ventures Creator Fund, the hosts and Sam Lessin discuss a shift in company-building strategies, prioritizing community building over product-first approaches. ...

Tech's Super Bowl, Huge Earnings Week, Lon Returns and more! | E2083

This podcast analyzes Super Bowl commercials, focusing on the unusually high number of tech-related ads and what makes a successful Super Bowl commercial. The hosts discuss various commercials, grading them and analyzing their effectiveness based on factors like memorability, emotional impact, and use of celebrity cam...

Gas Stations in Space and Carried Interest on the Chopping Block | E2082

Is Palantir's Surge Just Hype | E2081

Lovable's Anton Osika on Revolutionizing Software Development and OpenAI Drops Deep Research | E2080

Is OpenAI Really Worth $300B? ElevenLabs’ Series C & YC’s Funding Focus | E2079

Boom Supersonic's Milestones, OpenAI Ethics, and Startup Tools | E2078

This co-hosted podcast, "This Week in Startups," primarily discusses recent events in the tech industry, focusing on AI and the business implications of technological advancements. The hosts begin by discussing ethical concerns surrounding OpenAI and Sam Altman, transitioning to a conversation about the success of Boo...

DeepSeek Rattles Markets + SailPoint's Going Public… again? | E2077

Twilio Bets Small, DeepSeek Scares & the GameOn Fraud | E2076

Created By Humans | Sila’s Battery Evolution | E2075

Trump, Memecoins, and What to Expect from the New Administration | E2074

TikTok Ban, Data Centers in Space… and What's a Vector? | E2073

What’s Going On With Google Gemini Deep Research? | E2072

Profound, Resistant AI & OpenAI’s Economic Pitch | E2071

In this episode of This Week in Startups, Alex provides a brief update on crypto prices, followed by key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's interview on the Joe Rogan podcast, focusing on Apple's App Store fees and the future of AI in coding. The episode features interviews with James Cadwallader, CEO of Profound, discus...

The LA Fire's Cost and the U.S. Jobs Report | E2070

Meta's Moderation and Nvidia's Domination | E2069