The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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How I AI, hosted by Claire Vo, is for anyone wondering how to actually use these magical new tools to improve the quality and efficiency of their work. In each episode, guests will share a specific, practical, and impactful way theyâve learned to use AI in their work or life. Expect 30-minute episodes, live screen sharing, and tips/tricks/workflows you can copy immediately. If you want to demystify AI and learn the skills you need to thrive in this new world, this podcast is for you.
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Join Carta's Head of Insights, Peter Walker, as he breaks down the data that's fueling today's most fascinating trends in startups, VC, and the private market ecosystem. Featuring guests from across the venture industry â from founders to investors, and everyone in between â each new Data Minute is a bite-sized breakdown of the metrics, patterns, and important insights you need to navigate the ever-changing world of startups.
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Feel brighter every day with our 20-minute pop-biz news podcast. The 3 business stories you need, with fresh takes you can pretend you came up with â Pairs perfectly with your morning oatmeal ritual. Hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell. Formerly known as âSnacks Dailyâ, Nick and Jack continue their podcast independent from Robinhood.
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FiredUp Funded! is the podcast that unpacks the funding story with startup founders whoâve just secured venture capital. In each 30-minute episode, we sit down with the CEO or cofounder to understand their fundraising journey â and to hear what comes next.
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Quick advice to help startup founders fundraise better. Founders, do you feel like you're fundraising on an uneven playing field? You are. The VC minute is here to help you level up. Venture capitalists navigate pitches and negotiate investments every day. They know the ins and outs and are up-to-date on the current funding environment. But as a founder, it may be your first foray into fundraising, and no matter how much success you've had in other areas nothing truly prepares you for the fu ...
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Cloud Returns covers ALL types of software investing, whether seed, venture capital, growth equity, private equity, debt, and the public markets. Our target audience: SaaS investors AND operators raising capital that listen to SaaStr, Twenty Minute VC (20VC), The Logan Bartlett Show, or Thoma Bravoâs Behind the Deal and still want to learn even more.
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Outliers with Daniel Scrivner: Explore the Greatest Innovators, Founders, and Investors
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Learn from history's greatest innovators, founders, and investors with a mix of interviews and summaries of the best books, essays, and lectures. Each week, Daniel Scrivner decodes the ideas, strategies, and frameworks used by the best innovators, founders, and investors. Past guests include Scott Belsky (Adobe), Gokul Rajaram (DoorDash), Kevin Kelly (WIRED), Sir Ronald Cohen (IMPACT), Erling Kagge (Everest Explorer), along with the founders of Wealthfront, Public.com, Primal Kitchen, 1-800- ...
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The Breaking Into Startups Podcast is a platform where we feature stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. Curious about how startups work, how to get a job without a degree or what technical and non-technical careers are out there? We have news for you - tech fields are booming and you donât need the best technical degree in information technology to break in and get a six figure job in technology. Our podcast gives you an inside look at the most disruptive st ...
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Listen to remarkable people talk about when the unforgettable happens, what happened next, and who helped them along the way. Often hilarious, always frank; physically and mentally wounded veterans, and those that deal with them, talk us through the moment that changed their lives. Published every two weeks during each series. Available on all the usual podcast platforms. Contact: [email protected] if you have a story to tell and a charity to highlight.
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20VC: Are Burn Multiples BS in an AI World | Sam Altman Needs $1TRN of Energy | Klarna, Figma, Stubhub, all Down: Are Public Markets Turning? | FiveTran and DBT: Is the Wave of Consolidation About to Begin ...
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1:16:32AGENDA: 03:58 Understanding Burn Multiples and Capital Efficiency in an AI World 11:54 What Metrics Founders Need to Focus on in a World of AI 19:31 The Role of Kingmakers in Venture Capital: Harvey, Abridge, Profound 33:42 Klarna, Figma, Stubhub, all Down: Are Public Markets Turning? 36:35 OpenAI Needs the Same Energy as Japan⊠WTF! 41:09 How Can âŠ
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The Automated VC | Yohei Nakajima, Founding Partner, Untapped VC
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50:37This week, Peter is joined by Yohei Nakajima, founding partner of Untapped VC and one of the most forward-thinking investors in the AI space. Known for his public experiments with AI agents and automations, Yohei shares his radically different approach to venture capital: investing from the top down. Yohei explains how he uses the social networkingâŠ
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đŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż âBank It Like Beckhamâ â David Beckhamâs biz empire. Dirty Sodaâs surge. McKinseyâs CEO secret. +Co-CEO Olsen Twins.
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22:33Swig started the Dirty Soda trend thatâs taking over America⊠and now itâs overtaking alcohol. David Beckhamâs financials leaked⊠He makes more $$$ today than as a star soccer player. McKinsey breeds more Fortune500 CEOs than any other org⊠because their young spar with elders. Plus, Co-CEOs make stocks go up⊠just look at the Olsen Twins. Vote forâŠ
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đ¶ âCute > Computeâ â DoorDashâs delivery bot. Etsyâs ChatGPT website-killer. Americaâs 15th Shutdown. +Ford Poetry.
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21:03DoorDashâs 1st food delivery robot has as a strategic feature⊠Cuteness. Etsy stock jumped 16% on a shopping deal with ChatGPT⊠but AI agents are also a website-killer. The impact of the Government Shutdown?⊠Just look at Cava lunch bowls & soybeans. Plus, since itâs the 1st day of Q4, Nick wrote some publicly traded poetry. Vote for The Best Idea âŠ
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đ© âBoardwalk McEmpireâ â McDonaldâs Monopoly psychology. Friend AIâs viral subway ad. EAâs Saudi Sale. +The Best Idea Yet nomination.
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22:59Vote for The Best Idea Yet to win âBest Business Podcastâ: ââhttps://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/business McDonaldâs Monopoly is back after 10 years⊠It broke the rules of marketing (and the FBI got involved). Friend is selling a physical AI buddy⊠and its $1M subway ad is the biggest ever. Saudi Arabia is buying Electronic âŠ
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The secret to better AI prototypes: Why Tinderâs CPO starts with JSON, not design | Ravi Mehta (product advisor, previously EIR at Reforge)
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54:38Ravi Mehta, now a product advisor, has built and scaled products used by millions. His past roles include Chief Product Officer at Tinder, Entrepreneur in Residence at Reforge, and senior product leadership positions at Facebook, TripAdvisor, and Xbox. In this episode, Ravi demonstrates his data-driven approach to AI prototyping that produces dramaâŠ
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20VC: OpenAI and Anthropic Will Build Their Own Chips | NVIDIA Will Be Worth $10TRN | How to Solve the Energy Required for AI... Nuclear | Why China is Behind the US in the Race for AGI with Jonathan Ross ...
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1:21:29Jonathan Ross is the Founder & CEO of Groq, the AI chip company redefining inference at scale. Under his leadership, Groq has raised over $3B from top investors. The company has reached a valuation of nearly $7B, positioning itself as one of NVIDIAâs most formidable challengers. Previously at Google, Jonathan led the team that built the first TensoâŠ
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đ„ âNegroni Hotelâ â Death & Coâs hotel chain. Costcoâs 9am DINK hour. Apple acquires Intel? +Ad-supported Toilet Paper
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21:58Death & Co. started the craft cocktail movement⊠and now itâs becoming a hotel chain. Appleâs surprise Made in America power move?... Buy Intel (the whole company). Costco opened 1 hour early for executive members ⊠and it led to a surge in upgrades. Plus, video advertising is coming for your⊠Toilet Paper. $COST $INTC $AAPL Want more business storâŠ
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20Product: Revolut Business $1BN Revenue: Five of the Biggest Product Lessons | How Revolut Structures Product and Design Teams | How Revolut Experiments and Invests in New Product Bets | How Revolut Ships ...
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54:15James Gibson is Head of Revolut Business. Under his leadership, Revolut Business now processes over $33 billion in monthly transaction volume and generates more than $1BN in annualised revenue. AGENDA: 04:10 Is Consulting the Worst Background for Aspiring PMs 07:09 How Revolut Hires for itâs Product Team 17:21 How Revolut Sets Goals: What Works, WhâŠ
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đ âSloppy Soundtracksâ â Spotifyâs AI purge. NFLâs 3 huge sales. Starbucksâ McDonald moment. + Anthropologieâs $1K rock.
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22:56Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores⊠but thereâs hope for Starbs at McDonaldâs. 3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... They sold to Private Equity, but what about fan shares? Spotify deleted 75M AI songs, while AI slop is slowing your work day⊠Welcome to the AI Garbage Truck Era. Plus, Anthropologie is selling a rock?⊠For $1âŠ
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20VC: NVIDIA Invests $100BN Into OpenAI | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead | Navan Files to go Public & Notion Hits $500M ARR | The Impact of H1B Visas on Startups in the US
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1:19:34AGENDA: 00:00 Why I am 100% Equities and 0% Cash 04:35 Nvidia's Massive $100BN Investment in OpenAI 08:39 Is Anthropic Negatively Positioned by OpenAI Gaining NVIDIA Investment 27:30 Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead 44:00 Navan Files to Go Public at $8BN 49:31 Lockup Periods and Liquidity 50:35 Impact of H-1B Visa Changes on Startups 01:02:42âŠ
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đ” âWho is Mamadou?â â Uberâs perfect delivery guy. Nvidiaâs OpenAI circularity. Exec Assistants-for-All. +Sorority $$$ Surge.
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22:53Who is Mamadou?... The 5.0 perfect delivery mystery is Uberâs big marketing opportunity. Nvidia paid OpenAI $100B, so that OpenAI can pay Nvidia $100B?... Itâs circular financing. The new flex at work? Having an Executive Assistant⊠Itâs the âEAs-for-Allâ Trend Plus, Sororities are cashing in on their viral fame⊠Sisters are getting paychecks. $NVDâŠ
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đŁ âCapitalism Rollâ â Sushiâs US surge. Ouraâs $11B Ring. Okloâs nuclear Trump speech. +Ben Stiller soda.
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22:31Sushi is surging in America, specifically grocery store sushi⊠because convenience is king. Oura just hit a $11B valuation selling their tech rings⊠and itâs thanks to women and soldiers. Oklo stock has risen 1,500% in the last year⊠even though it has zero revenue (itâs nuclear!) Plus, Ben Stiller is launching a soda brand⊠and Chick-fil-A is too?âŠ
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đ§ž âBear Squeezeâ â Build-A-Bearâs 2,500% surge. H-1Bâs $100K visa fee. Beliâs Yelp-etition. +SNLâs talent accelerator.
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22:53Trump jacked up the fee of H-1B visas to $100K⊠The economic lens? Itâs a tariff on people. Build-A-Bearâs stock is surging this year⊠because 92% of us still have a childhood teddy bear. Beli is viral restaurant review site challenging Yelp⊠because stories are better than stars. Plus, Saturday Night Liveâs key to success?... The Snicker Bar StratâŠ
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The beginner's guide to coding with Cursor | Lee Robinson (Head of AI education)
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45:27Lee Robinson is the head of AI education at Cursor, where he teaches people how to build software with AI. Previously, he helped build Vercel and Next.js as an early employee. In this episode, he demonstrates how Cursor's AI-powered code editor bridges the gap between beginners and experienced developers through automated error fixing, parallel tasâŠ
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20VC: General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja on The Future of Venture Capital: Chanel vs Walmart | Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM | Investing $5BN+ Into Stripe Over 14 Rounds | Investing Hundreds of Millions ...
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1:27:19Hemant Taneja is the CEO and leader of General Catalyst, the firm he has scaled over the last decade into one of the largest with over $40BN in AUM. He has been one of the most influential investors of the past two decades, leading early bets in Stripe, Snap, Gusto, Samsara, Grammarly, and Canva. He also played a pivotal role in Livongoâs $18.5B meâŠ
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đ âCuffing Sznâ â Rayaâs dating club. Olive Gardenâs petite parm. TikTok FlipFlop. +September Stock Diss.
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22:31The top dating app right now is a secret: Raya⊠Itâs got a waitlist bigger than Philadelphia. We have TikTok deal, itâs approved, but we donât know the details?⊠Weâll explain the TikTok FlipFlop. The Olive Garden is offering petite portions for petite prices⊠we think theyâre starting a trend. Plus, stocks just hit all-time highs⊠but September isâŠ
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20VC: Why 90% of Founders Build Startups Wrong | Why AI Growth Rates are Sustainable & Remote Work is BS and the AI Talent War | Competing with Brett Taylor and Sierra: Who Wins the Customer Service War ...
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59:59Jesse Zhang is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Decagon, the conversational AI platform for customer experience. As one of the fastest growing companies in the valley, they have raised over $230M at a last round price of $1.5BN. Prior to Decagon, Jesse founded Lowkey (acquired by Niantic), studied CS at Harvard, and worked at places like Google, HRT, CitadâŠ
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đ âAir Force Kirklandâ â Nikeâs Costco sneaker. Amexâs $895 mirror card. Jimmy Kimmelâs cancellation. +Kevin Durantâs crypto password.
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22:42Amex just jacked up the fee for its Platinum card to $895⊠so we used AI to optimize the points. Did Nike just collab with Costco on a shoe?... Could be a deepfake - or an intentional Nike leak. Jimmy Kimmelâs late night show just got canceled⊠but you can follow the money to a $6B acquisition. Plus, NBA star Kevin Durant forgot his Coinbase passwoâŠ
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20VC: Opendoor's CEO on The Greatest Turnaround in Tech | OpenAI and Oracle: How Can Either Afford to Do This | How Anthropic Could Lose 50% of Their Revenue Overnight | Replit Raises at $3BN | Figure ...
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1:24:20AGENDA: 00:00 Opendoor's Potential and Market Valuation 03:32 Why Did Kaz Leave $300M on the Table to Join Opendoor 04:44 Why Does Kaz Believe OPEN Can Be a Good Business When the Market Doesnât 06:34 How does Kaz Feel About OPEN Becoming a Meme Stock? 17:25 Kazâs $0 Salary but $1BN Stock Based Compensation 23:41 Oracle and OpenAI Partnership: WTF âŠ
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âïž âNo you hang up!â â Landlinesâ comeback. SharkNinjaâs influencer army. The Fedâs D-Day. +Nike/Nobu Sushi Club.
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23:00Landline phones are making a comeback, led by the brand Tin Can⊠and itâs because of Millennial parents. SharkNinja sells gadgets in 35 categories⊠and pays influencers $700M to promote them.. The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate cut⊠and declared independence. Plus, Nike just launched a Sushi Club?... Welcome to the Nobu Sneaker era. $SNâŠ
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đïž âeyePhoneâ â Zuckâs screen-in-lens glasses. Kodakâs renaissance moment. Quarterly Earnings psych. +Treadmill trends.
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23:00Meta leaked that theyâre launching new smart glasses today⊠with a screen on the lens. Kodak is back with a camera that sold out⊠thanks to Labubu dolls. Trump wants to end quarterly earnings⊠So weâll explain the psychology of long-term thinking. Plus, there is 1 fitness fad that is un-disruptable⊠The Treadmill. $KODK $META $SPY Want more businesâŠ
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đą âChatGP-Sheâ â AIâs female flip. Robinhoodâs VC-for-All. Shake Shackâs Michael Kors burger. +Sony Walkmanâs innovation.
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22:58ChatGPT revealed the 1st study on who actually uses it⊠The power user? High school girls. Shake Shack invented a French Onion Burger⊠itâs the same affordable luxury strategy as Michael Kors. Robinhood is launching a Venture Capital fund for everyone⊠but the devilâs in the deals. Plus, the untold origin story of⊠The Sony Walkman $SHAK $HOOD $MSFâŠ
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How I built an Apple Watch workout app using Cursor and Xcode (with zero mobile-app experience)
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36:16Terry Lin is a product manager and developer who built Cooperâs Corner, an AI-powered fitness tracking app that works across iPhone and Apple Watch. Frustrated with traditional fitness apps that require extensive setup and manual logging, Terry created a solution that lets users simply speak their exercises, weights, and reps. The app automaticallyâŠ
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20VC: Mercor: From $1M to $500M in 17 Months: The Fastest Growing Company in the World | How to Think About Margins and Revenue Sustainability in AI | Why Evaluation Benchmarks in AI are BS Today with ...
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1:01:16Brendan Foody is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Mercor, the fastest growing company in history. The company solves talent allocation in the AI economy and they have scaled from $1M to $500M in revenue in just 17 months. With a rumoured new funding round pricing the company at a whopping $10BN, the company has the likes of Benchmark, Felicis, Emergence, aâŠ
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đš âPerformative Maleâ â Pinterestâs pin dudes. Aloâs ath-luxury bag. Stagflationâs fire flood.
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22:07Alo launched a $3,600 bag, while Aldi launched a free bag⊠and that explains the economy. The #1 issue this week is stagflation⊠The Fed has to decide to put out the fire or fix the flood. Pinterest is celebrating the rise of the âPin Dudeâ⊠but in social media and tech, nice guys finish last. $PINS $SPY $LULU Want more business storytelling from uâŠ
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20VC: Why AI SDRs are BS and Do Not Work | How to Use AI in Your Sales Team and Process to Win Today | What Skills Do All New Reps Need to Have in an AI First World with Amit Bendov, CEO @ Gong
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1:06:20Amit Bendov is Co-Founder & CEO of Gong, the leading AI-sales platform. The company has raised over $600 million from some of the best in the world including Sequoia, Thrive, Salesforce and more. Gong has surpassed $300M in ARR, serves thousands of customers (including multiple Fortune 10s), and is valued at over $7BN. AGENDA: 00:00 â Why CRM Was AâŠ
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✠âYellow cardâ â World Cupâs surge seating. Winklevii Brosâ IPO. Caseyâs pizza station. +Zodiac Investing.
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22:51FIFA began selling tickets to the 2026 World Cup in USA yesterday⊠and itâs messing with StubHub. The Winklevoss twins didnât get Facebook⊠but their crypto company Gemini just IPOâd. The 5th biggest pizza chain in America is actually a gas station⊠Caseyâs General Store. Plus, your zodiac sign is wrong⊠Find out your zodiac through NY Times here: âŠ
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20VC: Musk's $TRN Pay Package Broken Down | Ramp Hits $1BN ARR and Brex Hits $700M: Who Wins | OpenAI's $10BN Secondary Sale | Atlassian Buys The Browser Company for $610M | ASML Lead Roun into Mistral ...
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1:27:56AGENDA: [00:05] Muskâs $1 Trillion Pay Package: The Breakdown? [00:15] Scale, Windsurf: Are Founders Just Mercenaries Chasing Cash Today? [00:21] Ramp at $1B ARR, Brex at $700M â Is AI Causing All Boats To Rise? [00:26] Sierra at $100M ARR Worth $10B â Bubble or Brilliant Bet? [00:30] Kleiner Perkins Invests $100M into Anthropic at $183BN⊠WTF? [00âŠ
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đź âNew Richest Humanâ â Oracleâs 40% surge. Ralph Laurenâs AI nepobaby. âGot Milk?â 30th bâday. +Pokemon Card investors.
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22:16Oracle stock jumped 40% yesterday⊠making Larry Ellison is now the worldâs richest person. Ralph Lauren stock is at an all-time high⊠Because the founderâs son got tech done. Got Milk is now 30 years old⊠and the worldâs most successful ad is making a comeback. Plus, Pokemon Cards are beating the stock market⊠up 3,000%. $ORCL $RL $SPY Want more buâŠ
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In this special solo episode of The Data Minute, host Peter Walker dives into the data from Carta's latest research on the state of startup hiring. With hiring down month-over-month since 2021, Peter unpacks the trends that every founder, operator, and investor needs to understand. Using five key charts, Peter breaks down the current talent landscaâŠ
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đ€ âOzempic iPhoneâ â Appleâs iPhone âAirâ. Ben & Jerryâs revolt. Sphereâs 4D Wizard of Oz. +Anti-Shoe-Startups.
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22:08Apple just unveiled the iPhone Air⊠for Apple, itâs survival by a thousand features. Wizard of Oz at the Sphere is basically the metaverse⊠and the blockbuster of 2025. Ben & Jerry are calling for their namesake brand to be freed from Unilever. Plus, the hot new startup trend⊠is no shoes allowed in the office. $UL $AAPL $SPHR Want more business stâŠ
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đ§ âCostco Gold Diggerâ â Goldâs all-time-high. OpenAIâs 1st Cannes film. Black Rock Coffeeâs IPO. +NYYankee $$$.
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22:02Sam Altmanâs newest idea?... OpenAI makes an animated movie to win the Cannes Film Fest. Black Rock Coffee is going public as anti-Starbucks⊠Itâs not âdisruption,â itâs âerosion.â One of the 3 top stocks of the year is Numont Mining⊠because gold just hit an all-time-high. Plus, the New York Yankees arenât a baseball team⊠theyâre a fashion brand.âŠ
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How Devin replaces your junior engineers with infinite AI interns that never sleep | Scott Wu (Cognition CEO)
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41:11Scott Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Cognition Labs, the creators of Devin, an AI agent designed to function as a junior engineer on software development teams. In this conversation, Scott demonstrates how his team uses their own product to accelerate development workflows, reduce engineering toil, and handle routine tasks asynchronously. Scott waâŠ
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20VC: ElevenLabs Hits $200M ARR: The Untold Story of Europe's Fastest Growing AI Startup | The Real Cost of AI from Talent to Data Centres | How US VCs are in a Different League to Europeans | The Future ...
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1:14:06Mati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the worldâs leading AI voice platform. Since launching in 2022, ElevenLabs has raised over $350M, most recently at a $3.3BN valuation, making it one of Europeâs fastest AI unicorns. The company counts Andreessen Horowitz, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Sequoia Capital among its backers. ToâŠ
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đ° â$1 Trillion Paycheckâ â Elonâs 13-digit incentive. J.Crewâs AI faux pas. US Openâs Cadillac. +Martell baby #2.
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23:35The real winner of the US Open? Cadillac⊠It used âThe Great Gatsby Strategy.â J.Crew just caused the biggest fashion drama of the year⊠It used AI to knockoff *itself*. Elon may get the biggest pay package in history⊠The 1st ever $1 Trillion paycheck. Plus, Nick and Molly's second IBO (Initial Baby Offering) has arrived and is trading on the sockâŠ
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20Growth: Meta CMO Alex Schultz on How All Founders Have to Change Their Marketing Playbook in a World of AI | Is AI Plateauing, What it Means if China Wins the AI Race and Why Zuck is a Generational Leader ...
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1:10:09Alex Schultz is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics at Meta, where he has spent nearly two decades shaping the companyâs growth and marketing strategy. He has been instrumental in scaling Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to billions of users worldwide. Alex is is also the author of Click Here: The New Rules of Marketing, the definitiveâŠ
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20VC: Anthropic Raises $13BN | Why Canva Will Not Direct List | OpenAI Buys Statsig for $1.1BN All Stock | Lovable Raising at $4BN + Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Not | Quarterly Results from SNOW, Mongo ...
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1:14:22Agenda: 04:00 â Anthropic Raises $13BN: The Analysis? 19:00 â Is Zuckâs $14BN Scale bet the biggest blunder in AI? 27:00 â Lovable Raising at $4BN and Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Madness? 36:00 â Quarterly Results for Snowflake, Mongo, Okta, Zoom Skyrocket: Is B2B SaaS back from the dead? 48:00 â Is Jensen Huang right there will be $4TRN in AI gaiâŠ
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đ° âThe (Ex)Finance Broâs Guide To $$$â â Nick & Jack interviewed on Wild 'Til 9
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1:13:27What do I do with my money? And why? And how? And ???????? We hung out with influencer couple Lauren Riihimaki (aka LaurDIY) & Jeremy Lewis to answer those questions. As a couple ex-finance guys turned pop-biz podcasters, we shared everything we know. So while weâre on vacation, weâre playing this interview from the Wild âTil 9 podcast. What is a sâŠ
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PART 2 đBirkin: The Handbag That Costs More Than Your House
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21:30Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ When Jane Birkin's boyfriend ran over her beloved wicker basket, she was stuck lugging a messy tote onto a flight to London. As her HermĂšs planner exploded across the first-class cabin, her mortified seatmate suggested she needed a bag with pockets. "HermĂšs doesn't maâŠ
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PART 1 đBirkin: The Handbag That Costs More Than Your House
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25:15Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ When Jane Birkin's boyfriend ran over her beloved wicker basket, she was stuck lugging a messy tote onto a flight to London. As her HermĂšs planner exploded across the first-class cabin, her mortified seatmate suggested she needed a bag with pockets. "HermĂšs doesn't maâŠ
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How to turn meeting notes into prototypes that your sales team can immediately demo to customers | Anjan Panneer Selvam (Acolyte Health)
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48:32Anjan Panneer Selvam is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Acolyte Health, where heâs pioneering the use of AI across the entire product development lifecycle. In this episode, he demonstrates how AI tools can dramatically accelerate alignment between stakeholders, reduce development time from months to minutes, and enable teams to validatâŠ
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20VC: Cohere Founder on How Cohere Compete with OpenAI and Anthropic $BNs | Why Counties Should Fund Their Own Models & the Need for Model Sovereignty | How Sam Altman Has Done a Disservice to AI with ...
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1:07:50Nick Frosst is a Canadian AI researcher and entrepreneur, best known as co-founder of Cohere, the enterprise-focused LLM. Cohere has raised over $900 million, most recently a $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. Under his leadership, Cohere hit $100M in ARR. Prior to founding Cohere, Nick was a researcher at Google Brain and âŠ
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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 ...
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53:48Jason 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 â what really moves the needle 02:15 Why âquick optimizationsâ wonât build billion-dollar âŠ
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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 ...
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1:11:40AGENDA: ââ00:00 â Marc Benioff vs Snowflake, Databricks & Palantir: Who Wins the Data Cloud War? 05:10 â Does Benioff Feel The Need to Buy AI Talent Like Zuck Is? 09:00 â What Salesforce has Learned From Palantir on Forward Deployed Engineers? 18:00 â Will SaaS apps disappear in an AI world? Why Satya is Chatting S*** 23:40 â Are SDRs really screweâŠ
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đȘ âHow David Bar Flexed Viralityâ â Our Interview with Peter Rahal of David Protein
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50:23In his twenties, he founded RXBAR and sold it to Kellogg for $600M. In his thirties, he launched David Protein, which competes with RXBAR, and itâs already worth $725M. Peter Rahal tells the secrets on how he launched two companies in the same category all before he turned 35. And he shares his latest numbers. In this interview episode, youâll hearâŠ
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The Future of VC-Backed Fintech | Drew Glover, Founder and Managing Partner, Fiat Ventures and Fiat Growth
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52:19On this episode of The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Drew Glover, founder and managing partner at Fiat Ventures and Fiat Growth, for a wide-ranging conversation on whatâs next in fintech and what founders actually want from their investors. They dive into how fintech is moving from DTC chaos into quietly powerful B2B infrastructure, why capitalâŠ
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PART 2 đ° Disneyland: The Fantasy that Almost Flopped
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20:55Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Who wouldnât want to visit the happiest place on Earth? Well â at the start of the 1950s, it seemed like no one did, at least not when Walt Disney pitched the idea. Sure, Walt had revolutionized animation with Steamboat Willie. And he'd had critical successes with claâŠ
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PART 1 đ° Disneyland: The Fantasy that Almost Flopped
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22:02Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ Who wouldnât want to visit the happiest place on Earth? Well â at the start of the 1950s, it seemed like no one did, at least not when Walt Disney pitched the idea. Sure, Walt had revolutionized animation with Steamboat Willie. And he'd had critical successes with claâŠ
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How to digest 36 weekly podcasts without spending 36 hours listening | Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures)
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35:14Tomasz Tunguz is the founder of Theory Ventures, which invests in early-stage enterprise AI, data, and blockchain companies. In this episode, Tomasz reveals his custom-built âParakeet Podcast Processor,â which helps him extract value from 36 podcasts weekly without spending 36 hours listening. He walks through his terminal-based workflow that downlâŠ
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