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This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world's greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.

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Running Google’s Gemma on Satlyt’s orbital AI (w/ CEO Rama Afullo)
Nov 2026
Founders Are Now Sending VCs a File Written for AI
Nov 2026
Can Nvidia Survive the Jensen Huang Spy Scandal? | E2361
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
“the woman who wrote something to Bethlehem, who's the famous uh Oh slouching toward Bethlehem, Joan Diddy and I. Joan Diddy and one. She was known for having a Corvette that she loved”
Did the Midterms Destroy All Hope for Data Centers? | E2360
Nov 2026
Why a Do-Nothing Congress could be great for markets | E2359
Nov 2026
Odyssey CEO Oliver Cameron is 90% sure we live in a simulation | E2358
Nov 2026
Binance Hacked $6.3B Stolen, DoorDash Buys Instacart For $17B, Jake Newfield from Hermetiq, + More!
Oct 2026
Is AI the new cigarettes? Our VC panel digs into Anthropic’s S-1 | E2356
Oct 2026
Pregame Your Launch Before Your App Exists (w/ Amanda Bradford) | E2355
Oct 2026
OpenAI’s $1.25T Raise, Starlink Mobile & Zuck’s Tax Deal | EP 2354
Oct 2026
We asked 3 VCs: would you invest in Elizabeth Holmes’ next startup? | E2353
Oct 2026
Anthropic Gives Away 5% of Its Shares, Clone’s Muscle Robot, ElevenLabs Steals Podcaster's Voice
Oct 2026
Flying Cars, OpenAI Spies, Why AI Isn’t Sticking (Superhuman CEO)
Oct 2026
The Ex-DeepMind Researcher Taking On China’s Open Source AI
Oct 2026
The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
“There's a book written about this. It's called The Innovator's Crisis. Oh wait, no, it's innovators dilemma”
Jason Reacts To Japanese Founder Pitches + Fireside Chat With Yuki Shirato
Oct 2026
What VCs Really Think About Personal AI Agents | E2347
Oct 2026
Jason Mentors The Next Generation + Why AI Is Bad at Teaching (Aristotle Interview) | E2346
Oct 2026 · 11 books
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CAA: Biography
Michael Ovitz
“Read Michael Ovid's CAAs. Biography”
Cover of The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Bob Iger
“Then read Bob Iger's uh biography, right? He did Disney”
Cover of Something Like an Autobiography
Something Like an Autobiography
Akira Kurosawa
“Then you could go even further back and read Akira Kurosawa, something like an autobiography”
Cover of Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
“Shoe dog by Phil Knight. You can look for other people who wrote about Nike and you know, uh, Japan during that time”
Cover of Born Standing Up
Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
“So go read uh born standing up. by um Steve Martin”
Cover of Robin
Robin
Dave Itzkowich
“Go Read uh Robin about Robin Williams”
Cover of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Peter Biskind
“Did you ever read that Peter Biskin book, Easy Riders Raging Bulls? You gotta read that”
Cover of Einstein: His Life and Universe
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
“It's funny you say that in the middle of Einstein by Walter Isaacson”
Cover of On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King
“Stephen King has a great one on writing. Stephen King's on writing, really interesting”
Cover of The Shining
The Shining
Stephen King
“I think it's the shining is one of the ones where he says he doesn't remember writing it”
Inside The Startup Building Uncensored AI (Abliteration AI) | EP 2345
Oct 2026
Justin Kan & Brian Chesky: The Rejections That Built Twitch and Airbnb | E2344
Sep 2026
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