# This Week in Startups

A podcast by Jason Calacanis. 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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## Latest episodes

- [Pregame Your Launch Before Your App Exists (w/ Amanda Bradford) | E2355](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/8db269c0f813) (2026-10-26, 57 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT4744125285.mp3
- [OpenAI’s $1.25T Raise, Starlink Mobile & Zuck’s Tax Deal | EP 2354](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/9d796552e908) (2026-10-24, 94 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8122023875.mp3
- [We asked 3 VCs: would you invest in Elizabeth Holmes’ next startup? | E2353](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/6ac49e82932d) (2026-10-22, 102 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8412070886.mp3
- [Anthropic Gives Away 5% of Its Shares, Clone’s Muscle Robot, ElevenLabs Steals Podcaster's Voice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/1004ad392154) (2026-10-20, 95 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT1295322501.mp3
- [Flying Cars, OpenAI Spies, Why AI Isn’t Sticking (Superhuman CEO)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/e44ea0a5ee2b) (2026-10-17, 94 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT5421703744.mp3
- [The Ex-DeepMind Researcher Taking On China’s Open Source AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/07225829a84f) (2026-10-15, 61 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT4845591012.mp3
- [The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/2c5cd998f8c7) (2026-10-12, 81 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT1654339945.mp3
- [Jason Reacts To Japanese Founder Pitches + Fireside Chat With Yuki Shirato](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/ff3a06f15c35) (2026-10-10, 85 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT6672693757.mp3
- [What VCs Really Think About Personal AI Agents | E2347](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/dae874ec91c1) (2026-10-08, 79 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2769783805.mp3
- [Jason Mentors The Next Generation + Why AI Is Bad at Teaching (Aristotle Interview) | E2346](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/e75225bab0c2) (2026-10-07, 71 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT3537264172.mp3
- [Inside The Startup Building Uncensored AI (Abliteration AI) | EP 2345](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/1ea8d3d339ed) (2026-10-03, 54 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2947862425.mp3
- [Justin Kan & Brian Chesky: The Rejections That Built Twitch and Airbnb | E2344](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/bb35243ce87d) (2026-10-01, 79 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT4286203292.mp3
- [Jason’s Put a $5K Bounty on His Dream Chrome Extension | E2338](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/118ad2b0fec4) (2026-09-28, 41 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT5475492100.mp3
- [The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/977f6fd67245) (2026-09-28, 51 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2688689635.mp3
- [A rogue OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s government. Does this matter? | E2342](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/25fd5833f2e0) (2026-09-25, 86 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT4920715077.mp3
- [VCs Would Bet on Open-Source AI Over OpenAI and Anthropic | E2341](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/72247fb5ab76) (2026-09-23, 88 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT5761899408.mp3
- [Elon's New Hyperloop, Trump's AI Rename, and a Model That Won't Talk | E2340](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/724282f747dc) (2026-09-21, 70 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8288358917.mp3
- [Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/da93892e005c) (2026-09-18, 94 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8230747415.mp3
- [90% of AI prototypes never reach production (w/ Temporal's Samar Abbas) | AI Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/bac21ffd61b5) (2026-09-15, 20 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT7419234216.mp3
- [Ask Jason: AI Extinction, Grok's Rogue Meme Coin & Weed Farms as Data Centers | E2337](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/4ada7c95913a) (2026-09-14, 72 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2982659402.mp3
- [The Pentagon Wants Equity in AI Startups | E2336](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/82dfb09b18ba) (2026-09-11, 73 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT4173486109.mp3
- [Becki DeGraw on founder vesting, advisor equity & the 4-term-sheet play](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/94afaa3c83f4) (2026-09-10, 23 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8497325211.mp3
- [Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/6e2bb015e687) (2026-09-09, 82 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT7082404862.mp3
- [Dr. Mark Hyman on Function Health & GLP-1 microdosing | E2334](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/eb66f356e7fc) (2026-09-04, 59 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2610881063.mp3
- [Becki DeGraw on spinouts, IP licensing & clean exits | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/a3fdfe6b5849) (2026-09-03, 18 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8584283780.mp3
- [VC experts on why Physical AI funding is heating up | E2333](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/672a68741698) (2026-09-02, 81 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT7305736664.mp3
- [Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/acdfbd8cbab4) (2026-08-31, 67 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT6968876187.mp3
- [Breaking down Nvidia's Hugging Face and Poolside bets | E2331](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/5d9f8f05f7b4) (2026-08-28, 109 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT9523716331.mp3
- [Bill Gates foresees massive AI job loss: these VCs disagree | E2330](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/c2035d5e9968) (2026-08-26, 92 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT3215412981.mp3
- [You Can't Fire a VC From Your Board: Here's Why | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/7669bea2116f) (2026-08-25, 25 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2800103373.mp3
- [China wants you to cheer for the robots taking your job | E2329](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/7c2433f642f5) (2026-08-25, 81 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT1160042924.mp3
- [Open source is going to win it all: Harvey proves it | E2328](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/a40b697561e6) (2026-08-21, 70 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2357902411.mp3
- [Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/2215e248efcf) (2026-08-20, 22 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8990784785.mp3
- [Neurosymbolic AI outperforms chatbots and product search | E2327](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/7a903c4785f9) (2026-08-19, 55 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT9897192258.mp3
- [Bittensor creator Const on Affine, dTAO, "mining reasoning," and more | E2326](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/1c75b1ece16e) (2026-08-17, 85 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT9271296444.mp3
- [What we'll learn from Anthropic's $2-$3T IPO | E2325](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/123218221393) (2026-08-15, 81 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2877291449.mp3
- [These robots could cut delivery costs by 80% | Next Unicorns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/1768b2ee6d71) (2026-08-12, 64 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT9331895267.mp3
- [Zuck's AI manifesto is a data center PR masterclass | E2323](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/a97fb652ee27) (2026-08-11, 81 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT7313402002.mp3
- [How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/43cd79644ad9) (2026-08-07, 79 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT3234435619.mp3
- [Airtable's 80% off value crash: VCs explain why it's still a win | E2321](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/452cbb01b734) (2026-08-05, 73 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT6903730182.mp3
- [How Bespoke faked AI until it actually worked (w/ Akemi Tsunagawa) | E2320](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/04cc744f9a63) (2026-08-03, 63 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT1664829455.mp3
- [Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/583924257d8c) (2026-07-31, 76 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT3266459919.mp3
- [Banning Chinese robots isn't regulatory capture | E2318](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/4bf41e3685b8) (2026-07-29, 86 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT6697633054.mp3
- [While other cultivated meat companies are collapsing, this one turned a profit | E2317](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/7773544a96ae) (2026-07-27, 44 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT9591645847.mp3
- [Why quantum has been "10 years away" for 30 years | E2316](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/eb3e36a03769) (2026-07-24, 46 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT8432899572.mp3
- [Why this longevity startup raised in Japan, not Silicon Valley | TWiST Tokyo | E2315](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/cb05f91781be) (2026-07-22, 73 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT2560105105.mp3
- [The AI Securing Your Workforce Before a Mistake Ever Becomes a Breach | E2314](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/c8430a0eef94) (2026-07-20, 42 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT5429737173.mp3
- [The dawn of surgery bots + buy a home for $250 (w/ Andromeda & Mogul) | E2313](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/18fd023eb888) (2026-07-17, 47 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT7359802542.mp3
- [A Startup Is Trying to Buy PayPal… Craziest Deal of 2026! | E2312](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/844a2f5987b4) (2026-07-15, 75 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT6980650996.mp3
- [Jason turned $11 and one tweet into 1.1M views | E2311](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/315114957/c780a47651e2) (2026-07-13, 90 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LTANT1821038321.mp3

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