Twitter funding secured, Boring Co. raises $675M, Amazon's $1B VC fund, Ackman's $400M loss + The Lunar Society: Dwarkesh Patel | E1441

First Jason and Molly do four rapid news stories: Elon securing funding for the Twitter buyout (03:20), Bill Ackman’s $430M loss on Netflix (11:48), The Boring Company's $675M raise (18:47), Amazon’s $1B Industrial Innovation fund (28:56). Then, Producer Rachel interviews Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast (37:12), he's a recent computer science graduate and one of the 42 people Jeff Bezos follows on Twitter! (00:00) Jason and Molly intro today's show (03:20) Elon secures funding (09:59) Intercom - Get advanced Intercom features and Early Stage Academy at a 95% discount https://www.intercom.com/early-stage (11:24) A little more on Elon solving the bot problem (11:48) Ackman’s $430M loss (18:47) Boring Co’s $675M raise (23:17) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups (24:35) The grand vision of The Boring Co. (28:56) Amazon’s $1B fund (32:51) Thorne - Personalized, scientific wellness. Go to https://Thorne.com/u/TWIST (34:15) Introducing the OK Boomer Segment (37:12) Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast Check out The Lunar Society: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/ Follow Dwarkesh: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood