Best Meta Cognition Podcasts (2025)

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20VC: Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever | Meta and Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down | Cognition Raises at $15BN and Ramp at $22BN | CRV Downsizing and What It Means for LPs and ... 1:20:30

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Agenda: 00:00 – The Worst IPO Mis-Pricing Ever: What Really Happened at Figma 02:30 – Fidelity vs Founders: How Important is Fidelity When Going Public 07:00 – Why Founders Secretly Want a Pop, Even If It Makes Them Look Stupid 10:15 – The Truth Behind the $3B Figma "Left on the Table" 14:00 – Direct Listings vs IPOs: Should Figma Have Gone Direct …

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E224: ByteDance buyback at $330B, more revenue vs Meta; Klarna IPO back on; Framer $2B valuation Series D; Rain raises $58M for stablecoin payments platform; Commonwealth $863M for fusion prototype; SpaceX ... 9:39

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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - ByteDance Buyback at $330B, More Revenue vs Meta 02:17 - Klarna IPO Back On 03:28 - Framer $2B Valuation Series D 04:21 - Rain Raises $58M for Stablecoin Payments Platform 05:34 - Commonwealth $863M for Fusion Prototype 06:38 - SpaceX 10th Starship Test a Huge Win 07:42 - Anthropic Launches Chrome AI Agent 08:47…

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20Product: Why Most CPOs are Bad | Why You Do Not Need PMs in a World of AI | Why the Design Stage is Dead and How to Use Vibe Coding to Replace It | The Three Roles All Founders End Up Firing on Repeat ... 53:48

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Jason James is the Co-Founder of Tezi and one of the leading product minds in the valley. Prior to Tezi, Jason was the VP Product at Instacart and before that was Head of Product and Design at Thumbtack. AGENDA: 00:00 Product lessons scaling Instacart to $40B – what really moves the needle 02:15 Why “quick optimizations” won’t build billion-dollar …

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Digital Distortions and AI Controversies: Navigating Will Smith's Tour, Taipei's Robot Dog, and Primech AI's Expansion with Savills 8:52

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Will Smith's recent social media video has sparked controversy due to its seemingly AI-altered appearance, showing cheering fans on his European tour. Critics argue that fabricating crowd enthusiasm would be indefensible. Technology blogger Andy Baio suggests the footage might blend real and AI-generated content. Taipei City council's decision to d…

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20VC: Anthropic's $10BN Round | Klarna's IPO Broken Down | Inside a16z's 72 Deal Seed Investment Machine | Martin Casado: Is Consensus Investing the Only Game | Why Satya is Chatting S*** on SaaS Apps ... 1:11:40

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AGENDA: 00:00 – Marc Benioff vs Snowflake, Databricks & Palantir: Who Wins the Data Cloud War? 05:10 – Does Benioff Feel The Need to Buy AI Talent Like Zuck Is? 09:00 – What Salesforce has Learned From Palantir on Forward Deployed Engineers? 18:00 – Will SaaS apps disappear in an AI world? Why Satya is Chatting S*** 23:40 – Are SDRs really screwe…

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AI Frontiers: Safety, Cybersecurity, and Empowering Women in Tech 10:09

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This week on the AI in Marketing podcast, we delve into groundbreaking steps by OpenAI and Anthropic, who've conducted cross-evaluations on each other's AI models, revealing advancements in AI safety techniques, including GPT-5's reduced flattery and misinformation. We explore Anthropic's success in thwarting hackers' attempts to use its AI for cyb…

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Cognition CEO Scott Wu on acquiring Windsurf, AI replacing engineers, and the Moneyball-ification of everything 57:53

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Scott Wu joins John Collison to talk about Devin—the world’s first AI software engineer, the Moneyball-ification of everything, math competitions with Alexandr Wang in 6th grade, acquiring Windsurf over a weekend, whether coding tools will be replaced by the labs, and why he thinks we already have AGI. Full transcript on Substack: https://open.subs…

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Backup Plans and Risk Reward Curves 13:50

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This episode focuses on the critical importance of having a backup plan, not just for technical redundancies but especially for situations involving human error, which are highly prevalent in one's career. The core argument hinges on understanding risk and reward curves, highlighting the disproportionate impact of failures compared to incremental s…

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Suranga Nanayakkara on augmenting humans, contextual nudging, cognitive flow, and intention implementation (AC Ep16) 31:08

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“There’s a significant opportunity for us to redesign the technology rather than redesign people.” –Suranga Nanayakkara About Suranga Nanayakkara Suranga Nanayakkara is founder of the Augmented Human Lab and Associate Professor of Computing at National University of Singapore (NUS). Before NUS, Suranga was an Associate Professor at the University o…

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E223: Databricks targets $100b in new round; Canva launches tender at $42b valuation; Eight Sleep raises $100m at $1.5b 25:05

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Send us a text 00:00 - Databricks Targets $100b in New Round 08:42 - Canva Launches Tender at $42b Valuation 15:27 - Eight Sleep Raises $100m at $1.5b Nick Fusco = CEO at PM Insights, a pre-IPO secondary market pricing company …X - @TheFuscoKid …LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/nickfusco Evan Cohen = Founder/COO of withVincent.com, a media company fo…

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#574: Microplastics & Health: What Do We Know? – Prof. Ian Mudway 50:53

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They’re in our oceans, our air, our food, and now even in our bodies. Microplastics, once a distant environmental issue, have become a topic of urgent relevance in medicine, public health, and nutrition. The idea that tiny plastic particles are circulating through the food chain and accumulating in human tissues has sparked headlines, speculation, …

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20VC: Do Margins Matter in AI? | Is Defensibility Gone For Good? | Is Vertical SaaS Dead in a World of AI | What SaaS Rules Are BS and No Longer Apply in a World of AI | The Future of Venture: Why Chanel ... 1:21:03

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Byron Deeter is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and one of the most renowned SaaS investors. Byron has led 19 unicorn investments, including IPO successes like ServiceTitan, Procore, Twilio, Box, Gainsight, Intercom, DocuSign, SendGrid. His portfolio includes eight companies that have gone public. Insane. Agenda: 00:00 – Why are the stakes …

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E222: Databricks targets $100b in new round; Canva launches tender at $42b valuation; Crusoe eyes $1b raise at $10b valuation; Anthropic doubles raise to $10b at $170b; Eight Sleep raises $100m at $1.5b; ... 7:15

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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Databricks Targets $100b in New Round 01:53 - Canva Launches Tender at $42b Valuation 02:49 - Crusoe Eyes $1b Raise at $10b Valuation 03:27 - Anthropic Doubles Raise to $10b at $170b 04:15 - Eight Sleep Raises $100m at $1.5b 04:47 - Manus Hits $90m ARR in 6 Months 05:17 - Anduril Sponsors Ohio State Athletics 06…

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Second Order Consequences and Forcing Functions 23:45

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Todays episode delves into understanding and leveraging second and third-order consequences – the ripple effects that occur after an initial action – and introduces forcing functions, which are an inverted way of thinking about these consequences, designed to drive desired outcomes by first determining "what must be true" for them to occur. The epi…

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Episode 861: How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans 45:54

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20VC: Databricks at $100BN | Chamath’s SPAC Revival: Peak Mania? | OpenAI Staff Cash Out Billions & Sam Altman Will Spend Trillions | CoreWeave’s $11B Debt Bet & Nubank’s $2.5B Profit Shocker 1:27:58

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Agenda: 00:00 – Databricks hits $100B: Bubble or just the beginning? 03:15 – Is Databricks actually undervalued at 25x revenue? 07:40 – Are we on the verge of the biggest IPO wave ever? 11:30 – Can Andreessen’s Databricks bet return $30B+? 18:10 – Who really gets rich when mega-unicorns IPO? 19:30 – Is the return of Chamath’s SPACs the ultimate bub…

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on bitcoin going to $1 million, electing a pro-crypto Congress, and Jamie Dimon 1:16:31

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Brian Armstrong joins John Collison to talk about what’s happening behind the scenes at Coinbase: battling North Korean hackers, war stories from early scaling, confronting people who won’t use AI to code, Coinbase becoming people’s primary financial account, and why banks are now embracing crypto. Full episode transcript on Substack https://cheeky…

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Michael I. Jordan on a collectivist perspective on AI, humble genius, design for social welfare, and the missing middle kingdom (AC Ep15) 42:07

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“The fact is that its input came from billions of humans… When you’re interacting with an LLM, you are interacting with a collective, not a singular intelligence sitting out there in the universe.” –Michael I. Jordan About Michael I. Jordan Michael I. Jordan is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science a…

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E221: OpenAI $500b tender valuation; Cohere raises at $6b valuation; n8n raises at $2.3b pre-money 31:31

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Send us a text 00:00 – OpenAI Tender Eyes $500b Valuation 06:32 – Cohere Raises at $6b Valuation 12:11 – n8n Raises at $2.3b Pre-Money Nick Fusco = CEO at PM Insights, a pre-IPO secondary market pricing company …X - @TheFuscoKid …LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/nickfusco Evan Cohen = Founder/COO of withVincent.com, a media company focused on alterna…

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Episode 860: DC Police Under Federal Control 1:12:38

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20VC: Lovable CEO Anton Osika on $120M in ARR in 7 Months | The Honest Truth About Defensibility and Unit Economics for AI Startups | The State of Foundation Models: Long Grok, Short OpenAI, Why | Replit ... 1:08:48

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Anton Osika is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Lovable, the fastest growing company on the planet. In just 7 months, they have scaled from $0 to $120M in ARR. They have raised over $200M in funding from some of the best including Accel, Creandum and 20VC. Their latest round priced the company at a whopping $2BN. Agenda for Today: 00:00 – Is AI an Arms Rac…

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Don't Try to Solve Hyperobject Problems Once 15:46

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This episode delves into the philosophical concept of hyperobjects – problems so vast and complex they lack clear boundaries and cannot be "solved" once and for all. It explores why attempting to permanently fix issues like technical debt, user experience, or performance management is often ineffective. Instead, it offers a new perspective: how to …

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20VC: 15 Term Sheets in 7 Days and Choosing Benchmark | Harvey vs Legora: Who Wins Legal and How to Play When You Have $600M Less Funding | Are AI Models Plateauing Today | Building a 9-9-6 Culture From ... 1:20:48

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Max Junestrand is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Legora, the collaborative AI powering the next generation of lawyers. Now this is an insane story for many reasons; first, Max turned down a multi-million dollar career in gaming to build Legora. Second, he has raised from the best of the best including Benchmark and IVP. Third, he has scaled the firm with…

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Episode 859: Whippets and Surfing Dogs 41:47

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20VC: GPT5: Sam Altman's Masterplan or a Gift To Anthropic | Palantir & Shopify Crush Earnings | Monday & Datadog Perform But Hit Hard by Wall St | Should Perplexity Buy Chrome for $34.5BN | 1:22:01

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AGENDA: 00:04 – Was GPT-5 the Biggest AI Letdown Yet? 00:17 – Is OpenAI’s Real Target Anthropic’s $6B Revenue? 00:22 – Why Anthropic Might Secretly Be Worried 00:28 – The Hidden Business Strategy Behind OpenAI’s “Underwhelming” Launch 00:32 – Should Perplexity Really Try to Buy Chrome for $34.5B? 00:35 – The $3B N8N Deal: Genius Bet or Bubble FOMO?…

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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on tokenizing private companies, changing the SEC, and Frank Slootman 1:05:50

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Vlad Tenev joins John Collison to discuss Bulgarian hyperinflation, Robinhood Banking, details from the GameStop saga—including advice from Marc Benioff, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk, payment for order flow economics and Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys, his approach to leadership through the Frank Slootman framework, and how he would change the SEC. Fu…

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Paula Goldman on trust patterns, intentional orchestration, enhancing human connection, and humans at the helm (AC Ep14) 34:24

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“The potential is boundless, but it doesn’t come automatically; it comes intentionally.” –Paula Goldman About Paula Goldman Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, where she creates frameworks to build and deploy ethical technology for optimum social benefit. Prior to Salesforce she held leadership roles at gl…

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#573: A Philosophy of Elite Performance Nutrition – Daniel Davey 55:03

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In this episode, performance nutritionist Daniel Davey discusses how his approach to elite sports nutrition has evolved over his career. Davey reflects on his decade working with top Irish teams (Dublin GAA/football and Leinster Rugby) and how stepping away from those environments led him to rethink the role of a nutrition practitioner. The central…

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Episode 858: Trumps Shoots the Messenger on Labor Statistics 1:03:44

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20VC: Figma, Scale, Wiz: Inside Index's Decacorn Factory | Decision-Making, Investment Process, Biggest Lessons, Biggest Misses | Why Gross Margin is a Fallacy at Seed | Never Turn Down a Deal on Price ... 1:19:50

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Martin Mignot is a Partner at Index Ventures, the best-performing fund in the world right now. In the last three months, they have sold Wiz for $ 32 billion, sold Scale for $14.9 billion, and IPO'd Figma as the largest investor. In addition to this, they are the largest or second-largest shareholders in Roblox, Revolut, Adyen and Datadog. Agenda fo…

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Behavior Change 101: Trigger, Incentive, and Ability 20:16

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This episode delves into a powerful model for encouraging behaviour change, applicable to both managing others and self-improvement, by focusing on three critical factors: Trigger, Incentive, and Ability. It challenges common, ineffective management approaches and provides insights into fostering new habits and desired actions by making the 'right'…

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E220: OpenAI tender eyes $500b valuation; OpenAI offers govt ChatGPT for $1; OpenAI releases open-weight models; OpenAI launches GPT-5 model; Bullish targets $4.23b IPO valuation; n8n raises at $2.3b pre ... 10:22

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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - OpenAI Tender Eyes $500b Valuation 01:38 - OpenAI Offers Govt ChatGPT for $1 02:14 - OpenAI Releases Open-Weight Models 02:57 - OpenAI Launches GPT-5 Model 03:33 - Bullish Targets $4.23b IPO Valuation 04:46 - n8n Raises at $2.3b Pre-Money 05:47 - Figure Technology Files $3.3b IPO 06:37 - Clay Raises $100m at $3.…

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20VC: The $BN Greenoaks Backed Protein Bar | Hitting $100M Revenues in David's First Year: Lessons & Mistakes | $0 to $600M: The Untold RXBAR Story | Product-Market-Fit, Pricing, Branding: What Every Founder ... 1:06:15

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Peter Rahal is the Co‑Founder & CEO of David Protein, the highest protein‑to‑calorie ratio for any protein bar on the market. Peter has raised over $85M from Greenoaks, Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Andrew Huberman with the latest round valuing the company at $725 million. The company is poised for over $100 million in first‑year revenue. Formerly, Peter…

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Vivienne Ming on hybrid collective intelligence, building cyborgs, meta-uncertainty, and the unknown infinite (AC Ep13) 47:56

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“What I need is someone who will have an idea I would never have had. In fact, better yet, an idea no one else in the world would ever have. That’s human space. That’s our job now: the unknown infinite.” –Vivienne Ming About Vivienne Ming Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author. Her AI inventions have launched a doze…

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on designing AGI-pilled products, model economics, and 19th-century vitalism 1:02:51

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Dario Amodei joins John Collison to talk about Anthropic's growth to ~$5 billion in ARR, how AI models show capitalistic impulses, predictions for an agentic future, the economics of model businesses, and the 19th-century concept of vitalism. Full episode transcript on Substack: https://cheekypint.substack.com/p/a-cheeky-pint-with-anthropic-ceo Tim…

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E219: Groq valuation projection; OpenAI $12b ARR; Lovable 100x revenue growth in 8 months 32:04

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#572: Can You Trust Industry-Funded Nutrition Studies? Here’s How to Tell 1:09:40

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Nutrition science plays a pivotal role in shaping public health advice, but the influence of industry funding on research has become a pressing concern. In this episode we want to examine whether we can trust nutrition studies funded by food and beverage companies, and how you can discern study credibility. The discussion is highly relevant in toda…

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20Sales: $0-$3.7BN: The Databricks CRO’s Playbook to Build the Fastest GTM Engine in SaaS History | How Databricks Beat Snowflake | How To Build a Sales Org of 5,000 and Close $190M Deals with Ron Gabrisko ... 1:15:36

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Ron Gabrisko is the Chief Revenue Officer at Databricks, where he joined in 2016. Under his leadership, Databricks has scaled from $0 to $3.7BN annualized revenue. He has grown the sales team from 0 to over 1,000 globally, leading expansion into enterprise, government, and international markets. Ron previously held senior sales roles at Cloudera an…

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Episode 857: Ghislaine Maxwell talks to DOJ, Johnson Amendment Scrapped 1:05:16

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20VC: Inside Carnegie Mellon's $4BN Endowment | Why 90% of LPs Shouldn't Invest in VC | The $140BN Problem with Multi-Stage Funds | The Hidden Math Behind DPI, TVPI, and Illiquidity with Miles Dieffenbach ... 1:27:17

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Miles Dieffenbach is Managing Director of Investments at Carnegie Mellon University, where he helps oversee a $4 billion endowment with a focus on venture capital, private equity, and alternative investments. Under his leadership, CMU’s private book has remained self-funding during some of the toughest years for liquidity. Agenda for Today: 00:04 –…

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E218: Figma surges 250% on NYSE debut to $56b; Anthropic triples valuation to $170b in new round; Ramp jumps 40% to $22.5b in 45 days; iCapital raises $820m to $7.5b valuation; BitGo files IPO at $3.43b ... 17:00

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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Figma Surges 250% on NYSE Debut to $56b 02:10 - Anthropic Triples Valuation to $170b in New Round 03:01 - Ramp Jumps 40% to $22.5b in 45 Days 04:23 - iCapital Raises $820m to $7.5b Valuation 05:28 - BitGo Files IPO at $3.43b Secondary Valuation 06:05 - Substack Boosts 70% to $1.1b on $100m Raise 06:51 - Shein Po…

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0116 with Curtis L. Harnagel - Same Room, Different Angles: Creative Direction, Communication, and Deep Listening 2:45:56

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Curtis L. Harnagel is a creative polymath - a director, consultant, and producer whose career moves fluidly between live entertainment, multimedia, dance, art, and nonprofit worlds. A true pop-culture savant, Curtis carries decades of music knowledge, behind-the-scenes reasoning, and pedagogical wisdom from his perspective that apply across every i…

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August 2025: Telehealth Prescribing of Stimulants for ADHD and Associated Risk for Later Stimulant and Substance Use Disorders 33:44

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Dr. Vinod Rao (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) join AJP Audio to discuss predicting the relative risk of patients with an ADHD diagnosis developing a later stimulant or substance use disorder based on the method of prescription, in person or via telehealth. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the August issue…