Twitter accepts Elon's buyout offer, EU's new algo rule, Pipedream Labs: Hyperloop for package delivery | E1443 episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 26, 2022 · 1H 8M

Twitter accepts Elon's buyout offer, EU's new algo rule, Pipedream Labs: Hyperloop for package delivery | E1443

from This Week in Startups · host Jason Calacanis

First, we cover Twitter's Board accepting Elon Musk's take-private deal (1:41). Then, we cover a new EU social media regulation that will increase algorithm transparency called the Digital Services Act (41:34).  Our startup of the day is Pipedream Labs which is making a Hyperloop for package delivery (53:37). (00:00) Jason and Molly intro today’s big news stories (01:41) Elon Musk has acquired Twitter (10:58) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist (12:14) Billionaires buying companies (23:15) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (24:22) Should Twitter expand its paid product? (27:00) Doing a little dunking… (33:30) Rocket - Go to http://getrocket.com/twist and use promo code TWIST for 20% off your first placement. (33:47) Elon’s back and forth with the Saudi’s (38:00) Bill Gates’ short position on Tesla (41:34) EU requiring tech companies to explain algorithms (53:05) We Live in the Future: Pipedream labs is building an underground delivery system (1:02:17) Thesyndicate.com/climate update FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

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