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AI Demos: Dinnerfy, Hour One, AI short film "Borrowing Time", Bland AI and more! | E1884

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Series A valuations, M&A in 2024, and M.A.N.G with Jason Shuman and Raja Doddala | E1883

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LP investment strategies, IRR focus, and more with Berkocorp's Joshua Berkowitz | E1882

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Flexport's Ryan Petersen on returning as CEO, global logistics in a time of conflict & more | E1881

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Best of CES recap with Sunny Madra | E1880

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Michael Kim, Jason Calacanis, and David Weisburd on VC marks, Rabois leaving FF for Khosla, and more | E1879

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Dara Khosrowshahi, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, & Jason Calacanis on Uber's growth and future | E1878

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The Growing Ransomware Threat: Targets, Insights, and Strategies with Halcyon's Jon Miller | E1877

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AI Demos: Stable Diffusion Turbo, AI Room Decorator, AI-Driven Clothing Site, and more! | E1876

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Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, & Jason Calacanis on the state of tech markets, hosted by David Weisburd | E1875

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AI on Trial: Inside the NY Times vs. OpenAI Lawsuit with Cecilia Ziniti | E1874

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2024 AI Predictions and Bets with Sunny Madra | E1873

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Business Breakdowns: "The Founder" Ray Kroc and the Story of McDonalds | E1872

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Glenn Kelman on Market Trends, Home-Buying Hacks and Redfin Insights | E1871

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FCC's Brendan Carr on Starlink subsidy revocation, China's internet ambitions, and TikTok | E1870

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AI-Powered "Tools for Thought": Exploring NotebookLM with Steven Berlin Johnson | E1869

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Pioneering AI Wearables: Avi Schiffmann and Tab AI | E1868

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AI DEMOS: Turning Adele into John Mayer, animating a Jedi Bulldog, AI companions and much more! | E1867

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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K LIVE! | E1866

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Mastering Early-Stage Board Meetings | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1865

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Jerry Colonna on 'Reunion': sustaining founder drive, enlightened leadership, and more! | E1864

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Drawing the Future with AI featuring tldraw's Steve Ruiz | E1863

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AI DEMOS: Google's NotebookLM, Bard's Gemini upgrade, Magnific's image upscaler, & more! | E1862

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Kevin O'Connor on backing visionaries, the future of VC, internet history and more | E1861

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How to pay yourself as a startup founder | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1860

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Earth Reimagined: Crafting a planet-scale digital twin with Blackshark.AI's Michael Putz | E1859

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Genomes Unlocked: Anne Wojcicki's Vision for 23andMe and the Future of Proactive Healthcare | E1858

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AI demos: Figma's FigJam, AI drawing, dancing avatars, and more! | E1857

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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) on the 'Post-SaaS era' | E1856

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Exploring AI's Pace of Evolution, AGI's Future, and Data Dominance with Adept CEO David Luan | E1855

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24/7 autonomous agents for everything with Induced AI's Aryan Sharma | E1854

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AI demos: Bard's YouTube summarizer, Stability's image editing tools, and more with Sunny Madra | E1853

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OpenAI Chaos Continues with Sunny Madra and David Sacks | E1852

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BREAKING: Sam Altman fired from OpenAI, chaos ensues! | E1851

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Real-time AI-powered design with Krea CEO Victor Perez | E1850

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Avoiding Accidental Tax Fraud | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1849

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Engineering an AI-powered doctor's office with Forward CEO Adrian Aoun | E1848

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PrayingForExits on the rush into defense tech, "innovator's sprint," & global VC markets | E1847

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AI Demos! xAI's Grok chatbot, OpenAI's GPTs, & more! | E1846

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Tech Earnings Breakdown: $UBER, $LYFT, $KIND with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1845

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The Case for Adam Neumann + driverDoc's Josh Kolar on automation for trucking companies | E1844

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Managing your treasury in 2023 | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1843

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Uber profitable again, SBF guilty, Biden's AI EO + Motive's John Habeck | E1842

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OpenAI DevDay!: demoing GPT-4 Turbo, "GPT Store" potential, and more with Sunny Madra | E1841

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The hard lessons from building three startups with Maven's Gagan Biyani | E1840

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Giving NPCs the power of AI with Convai's Purnendu Mukherjee | E1839

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Airtable CEO Howie Liu on pivoting from blitzscaling to profits, AI applications, and more | E1838

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AI Demos! Cap table management platform, AI-powered job interviews, & more! | E1837

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Loop Golf's Matt Holder on auto tee times for golfers, plus: Cruise robotaxi suspension | E1836

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Demoing Google Suite's AI plus legal docs, detection, and more! | E1835

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Google, Microsoft, and Snap earnings, plus the state of VC in the Middle East | E1834

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The Trial of SBF: A deep dive with Inner City Press's Matthew Russell Lee | E1833

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Reverse-engineering autonomy in humanoid robots with Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose | E1832

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Should Apple buy Disney? Plus: Apple's $1B blockbuster bet and more with Lon Harris | E1831

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Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on travel industry trends, M&A, leadership, and more! | E1830

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AI demos: ChatGPT's UI punch ups, Google's generative image search, and more with Sunny Madra | E1829

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Debating personal AI hardware with Rewind AI's Dan Siroker | E1828

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NEWS: Ackman's SPARC, Unity CEO steps down amidst dev revolt, AI operating costs skyrocket | E1827

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State of early-stage VC, finding PMF, Caroline Ellison testifies & more with Zach Coelius | E1826

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Bill Gurley and Sunny Madra talk open-source vs. proprietary AI | E1825

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NEWS: Breaking down SBF's trial and the downfall of FTX | E1824

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NEWS: Anthropic targets $20B+ valuation, Flexport chaos & more! | E1823

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Kayak CEO Steve Hafner on the state of travel, AI's place, hospitality trends, and more! | E1822

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AI demos! Microsoft's Windows Copilot, ChatGPT multimodal, Meta's AI chatbots | E1821

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OpenAI taps Jony Ive for "iPhone for AI," FTC/Amazon + Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai | E1820

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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1819

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The future of fintech with Plaid CEO Zach Perret | E1818

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Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury on the future of user-centric language tools | E1817

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Google Bard Extensions and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1816

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Jason Unplugged: IPO market, WaPo tactics against Dave Portnoy + Live Q&A | E1815

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How Replit is using AI to supercharge IDEs with Amjad Masad | E1814

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Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on the state of VC, AI's impact on startups & more! | E1813

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Oura CEO Tom Hale on Hardware-as-a-Service, navigating ZIRP, journey to CEO & more! | E1812

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OpenAI and Google race to launch multimodal LLM plus AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1811

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Next Unicorns: The Path to Reaching Net Zero with Avnos CEO Will Kain | E1810

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Transforming DTC via supply chain innovations with Boll & Branch CEO Scott Tannen | E1809

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Expanding AI chip capabilities beyond Nvidia with Modular CEO Chris Lattner | E1808

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Inside crypto's wild rise and fall with "Number Go Up" author Zeke Faux | E1807

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Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on cybersecurity in the age of AI | E1806

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Building for the circular economy and the future of shopping with Poshmark's Manish Chandra | E1805

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Sequoia's Roelof Botha on "Crucible Moments" and the state of VC | E1804

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David Sacks and Ethan Ruby on launching SaaSGrid | E1803

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Next Unicorns: Preventing future fraud using AI with Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan | E1802

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Building a blood-testing startup in 2023 with Vital CEO Vasu Nadella | E1801

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Bootstrapping to IPO, product-led growth, & scaling SaaS with Atlassian's Scott Farquhar | E1800

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Next Unicorns: Developing drugs to extend dog lifespans with Loyal CEO Celine Halioua | E1799

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NEWS: Instacart and Klaviyo file for IPO, State of VC distributions, AI lawsuits | E1798

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NEWS: Nvidia's insane earnings beat, Arm's IPO filing, and more! | E1797

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Next Unicorns: Empowering robots to think for themselves via AI with Covariant's Peter Chen | E1796

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Is Nvidia overpriced? Plus, price targets, GodMode demo, and more! | E1795

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Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on building modern AI, DeepMind origins, and much more | E1794

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Next Unicorns: Manufacturing pharma drugs in space with Varda's Delian Asparouhov | E1793

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The "AI wrapper" debate, AI-powered lead gen, auto-clips, resumes, and more with Sunny Madra | E1792

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Zillow CEO Rich Barton on branding, building in provocative industries, and more! | E1791

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Next Unicorns: Making surgeons bionic via computer vision & AI with Proprio's Gabriel Jones | E1790

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AI demos + Jason invests $25K live! | E1789

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LK-99 breakthrough with Varda's Delian Asparouhov & Andrew McCalip | E1788

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How AI startups can navigate the legal landscape with Adam Shevell | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics

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Next Unicorns: Unlocking the power of photonic computing with Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris | E1787

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Whoop CEO Will Ahmed on the "Quantified Self" movement, product design & more | E1786