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901

TikTok data security, the Chinese surveillance state, Amazon running out of warehouse workers | E1490

902

NFT NYC, Solend takeover, Why Non-Finance use cases are the key to Crypto, Magic Eden & more with Vinny Lingham | E1489

903

When to take a meeting (VC School) + Fungi Flour: Hyfé Foods Founder Michelle Ruiz (Climate) | E1488

904

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell responds to NYT hit piece and breaks down the state of crypto + Alexander Olesen CEO of Babylon Micro-Farms | E1487

905

Apple & Disney's sports streaming strategy, Facebook's plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486

906

YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485

907

Coinbase lays off ~18%, EU crypto regulation, $NFLX & $ROKU ad-tech talks, Hallow prayer app, Prey laptop security | E1484

908

Crypto drops ~$200B, Celsius freezes, Binance's BTC pause, Google AI sentience, Magic Spoon: DTC isn't dead | E1483

909

How to value startups (VC School) + Creating Diamonds from Air with Aether's Ryan Shearman (Climate) | E1482

910

Disney's ambitious streaming goals with Lon Harris + Dressd Founder Capri Wheaton | E1481

911

Twitter bots & Apple BNPL with Deirdre Bosa + Prediction markets with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour | E1480

912

Amazon's Dave Clark joins Flexport, Bird layoffs, Twitter's bring-your-own algo, Multiverse, Ken Griffin gets into crypto | E1479

913

Why BuzzFeed fell 40%, EU mandates USB-C, Lab-grown ear transplants, Tom Brady's Series B | E1478

914

Apple's new releases, Twitter bots, Didi returns, Bad actors on Binance + Michael Shellenberger's vision for California | E1477

915

Markups & markdowns (VC School) + Coral Regeneration with Coral Vita Co-founder Sam Teicher (Climate) | E1476

916

Coinbase & Loom rescind job offers (strategies for managers & workers during a downturn) + OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra of Skillbank | E1475

917

Sheryl Sandberg leaves Meta + This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris: Obi-Wan Kenobi | E1474

918

ESG fraud, Stripe & Reddit markdowns, Remote productivity + DroneUp Founder Tom Walker | E1473

919

NYT's Glossier hit piece, VC winters, Activist CEOs and Podcast live events with Acquired's David Rosenthal | E1472

920

Bolt layoffs, DroneUp, Lunar Outpost, $4.5B crypto fund, Ape theft + Diagram's Jordan Singer | E1471

921

The cost of CEOs ignoring mental health with Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn | E1470

922

Solving our biggest problems, Cerebral's fast & loose telehealth prescriptions, Jack leaves Twitter Board | E1469

923

Snap drops 40%, Layoffs at Gorillas & Klarna, Adam Neumann's new startup, Coinbase using Principles | E1468

924

All-In Summit recap, Argo debuts AV test cars in Miami/ATX, $AMZN to sublease 10M+ square feet | E1467

925

Proof of Impact CEO Fleur Heyns on meaningful metrics for measuring environmental impact (This Week in Climate Startups) | E1466

926

Privateer Space CEO Alex Fielding: cleaning up space junk with Steve Wozniak + Behind the scenes of working for Jason | E1465

927

Fixing a broken system - Mahmee CEO Melissa Hanna on patient-centric maternal care | E1464

928

Accelerating leadership - Chief Co-Founder & CEO Carolyn Childers on raising $100M Series B, building a women's executive network and more | E1463

929

Bitcoin payments on the Lightning Network with Strike's Jack Mallers | E1462

930

SaaS multiple compression, downturn outlook & advice for new VCs with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr | E1461

931

Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Climate) | E1460

932

SBF buys 7.6% $HOOD stake, SoftBank's $13B loss, Twitter exec layoffs & deal update + Nicole Ruiz from Compound VC | E1459

933

Sundar Pichai, tech crash, crypto, journalism and more with CNBC's Deirdre Bosa | E1458

934

Airbnb's category search, Coinbase's new disclosure + Facebook exits podcasting with Ashley Carman | E1457

935

Terra UST stablecoin unpegged with Bennett Tomlin + High growth tech's runway: $COIN, $SQ, $ZM, $TWLO, $SHOP & $PTON | E1456

936

Dara sets the tone for Uber's next push, Jason's market prediction, Apple's ML director departs, Internet affordability & more | E1455

937

Side investing (VC School) + Stripe's Nan Ransohoff: Frontier carbon removal | 1454

938

Twitter's new Birdwatch moderation/annotation feature + OK Boomer: Flapjack's Patrick McDonnell | E1453

939

Stripe launches Plaid competitor, Cameo layoffs, Elon raises $7B + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1452

940

Live Show Preview: Wednesday May 4

941

Tech reactions to Roe vs. Wade leak + $UBER, $LYFT and $ABNB earnings | E1451

942

Meta's VR plans with The Information's Sylvia Varnham O'Regan + SEC strengthens its crypto enforcement team | E1450

943

Bolt's struggles with The Information's Malique Morris + How Yuga Labs' mint sent Ethereum Gas 120X + Gravity Sketch | E1449

944

How to manage competing portfolio companies (VC School) + Energy Impact Partners' Shayle Kann (Climate) | E1448

945

$AMZN & $AAPL earnings, Snap's drone, China softens on tech, AirBnB goes nomad + Landon from Inside | E1447

946

WeCrashed & Severance finales w/ Lon Harris + Twitter follower changes w/ The Verge's Corin Faife | E1446

947

Archegos founder arrested, Bolt sued by Authentic Brands, $GOOG & $MSFT earnings, Apple sells repair parts, EV Corvette | E1445

948

Jack's Twitter take & employee reactions, Medical NFTs, Hopin's $200M founder secondary sale | E1444

949

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

950

VC School: Deal Memos + Sphere CEO Alex Wright-Gladstein (Climate) | E1442

951

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

952

TSLA earnings + Streaming: WeCrashed & Severance review, CNN+ demise, Netflix's future | 1440

953

Netflix earnings breakdown, Kushner's $3B pitch deck, CNN+ on pause, Grubhub for sale | E1439

954

Jack's candid Twitter takes, FB invests in African internet, Regent's electric Seaglider, Better.com layoffs | E1438

955

Q1 venture capital review, Twitter breaks, BeReal's new take on social & more | E1437

956

Twitter's takeover defense, Meta's AR project with The Verge's Alex Heath + Wordcab's Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436

957

Elon offers to take $TWTR private at $43B + Autonomous car drives away from police | E1435

958

Meta's 47.5% take rate + Worldcoin CEO Alex Blania: onboarding the globe to crypto | E1434

959

Shopify Board proposes share restructuring + The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, Why American Teens Are So Sad | E1433

960

Elon no longer joining $TWTR board, Breslow's Instacart case-study, NYT tells reporters to reduce time on Twitter | E1432

961

Investing in down rounds (VC School) + The Lightsmith Group Co-Founder Jay Koh (Climate) | E1431

962

BONUS - Jason on This Week in Startups Australia

963

Macro insights with Rose Technology CEO Alex Campbell + TCG Crypto's Gaby Goldberg | E1430

964

Portfolio construction, Sequoia's transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429

965

Uber travel, OpenAI illustrator, Edit button, CNN+ review + Dune Analytics CEO Fredrik Haga | E1428

966

FB vs. Apple on AR and Ads, Twitter's Future, Conflict, Crypto Regulation with Antonio Garcia Martinez & Zach Coelius | E1427

967

Elon buys ~9% stake in Twitter + Freestyle Capital's Dave Samuel | E1426

968

Inbound vs. outbound deal flow (VC School) + Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey | E1425

969

GoPuff & Fast trimming staff + Bradley Tusk on tech regulation + Glimpse Co-founder Akash Raju | E1424

970

NFT exclusive restaurant: FlyFish Club CEO David Rodolitz + Reviewing We Crashed & The Dropout with Lon Harris | E1423

971

Facebook funding anti-TikTok lobbyists with Taylor Lorenz + SEC SPAC crackdown, Fast vs. Bolt | E1422

972

$625M Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack, $TWLO insider trading, Subject's learning platform, $HOOD extends trading hours | E1421

973

Oscars recap, FTX investors don't hold board seats, Apple working on hardware subscriptions | E1420

974

Understanding non-dilutive fundraising options + Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora | E1419

975

Teenage hacking phenom allegedly caught, Molly's Hall of Fame induction & OK Boomer | E1418

976

Streaming news! Breaking down WeCrashed E1-3 & The Dropout E5 with Lon Harris | E1417

977

Katie Haun's $1.5B web3 fund, Yuga Labs worth $4B, Apple's BNPL play + ChroniFI's Ben Miller | E1416

978

How Apple can win podcasting, Bezos' leadership, MBAs raising search funds & FDNY robodogs | E1415

979

Sequoia debuts Arc, SEC considering climate disclosures, Disney CEO fallout & more | E1414

980

Super Pro Rata (VC Sunday School) + ClimateCheck Founder Cal Inman (Climate) | E1413

981

NEWS: $BABA & $TCEHY layoffs, Google's AR purchase, $APE coin; OK Boomer: Smirk | E1412

982

Reacting to Super Pumped (Uber) & The Dropout (Theranos) with Lon Harris +OneShop CEO Nick McHenry | E1411

983

Spotify x Barcelona, ex-Disney CEO joins Genies, AMC gold mine + D.A. Wallach: music and bio-investing | Angel S6 E10 | E1410

984

Ex-FB Diem team builds Aptos blockchain, Metamask parent ConsenSys raises $450M, Mojo's athlete betting market, Zero Grocery shutdown | E1409

985

Blue Origin picks Pete, NYT launches Telegram channel, Clearview AI in Ukraine, Semiconductor pains | E1408

986

How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures' Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407

987

$RIVN, Biden on TikTok & Crypto, $PTON + Countdown Capital's Jai Malik + Josh from Party Round | E1406

988

Love.com, Lessons from Bain Crypto launch + Redfin Founder & CEO Glenn Kelman | E1405

989

Apple's new Mac + Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, driverless service in SF, the Origin (zero-emission shared vehicle) | E1404

990

Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital: global growth, partnering with legendary companies and the evergreen fund | E1403

991

Alumni Ventures charged by SEC + What Germany got wrong about nuclear power with Mark Nelson | E1402

992

How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401

993

Google ends WFH, $SNOW earnings + Stillmark's Alyse Killeen Angel S6 E7 + Pallet CEO Kai Han | E1400

994

Cana CEO Matt Mahar on launching a "Replicator for beverages," turning a product into a platform, working with The Production Board and more | E1399

995

Apple pauses RU sales, Ford splits-off EVs + How Facebook killed Joe Speiser's $100M business | E1398

996

Tech takes action against Russia, Backbone's mobile gaming device + Joel Greenblatt from Gotham Capital | E1397

997

Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396

998

What investors mean when they are "waiting for a lead" (VC Sunday School) + Seth Bannon of 50 Years | E1395

999

DHH on Basecamp's painful evolution, Bitcoin, Revitalizing internet discourse + Lumanu CEO Tony Tran | E1394

1000

Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393