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Insiders React: Google Antitrust: Is The Ruling Fair? + YC’s Latest Request For Startups, Statsig Acquisition

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Google’s long-running antitrust case has reached its remedy stage, and the outcome was far lighter than many expected. No breakup, no ban on default search deals, just a few constraints on bundling apps and some required data sharing, but it may not be quite as simple as it seems on the surface.

Meanwhile, OpenAI dropped $1.1 billion to acquire Statsig, a product analytics company. What are the details of the deal, and what does it reveal about the future of OpenAI?

To top the week off, Y Combinator released its Fall 2025 Request for Startups, and the lineup is surprisingly AI-heavy. Is this really a good indicator of successful startups, or are YC missing the mark with this one? Chris and Yaniv discuss this at length, cutting deeply into why these criteria were chosen, what you should (and shouldn’t) listen to, and where founders can looking for investors instead.

In this episode, you will:

  • Understand why Google’s “light touch” antitrust remedies sent its stock up 8% overnight
  • Learn what OpenAI’s Statsig acquisition signals about its long-term strategy
  • Explore why YC’s latest startup requests are so heavily AI-focused, and why that’s a mistake
  • Compare today’s antitrust rulings with the Microsoft case of the 1990s
  • Discover how AI may disrupt not just tech, but also government consulting and enterprise software
  • Get Yaniv’s insider view on why intent-driven marketplaces may be the next frontier

The Pact

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Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A

The Startup Podcast website: https://www.tsp.show/episodes/

Learn more about Chris and Yaniv

Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/

Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/

Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

Producer: Justin McArthur https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-mcarthur

Intro Voice: Jeremiah Owyang https://web-strategist.com/

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268 episodes

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Manage episode 504443631 series 3583631
Content provided by Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad, Yaniv Bernstein, and Chris Saad. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad, Yaniv Bernstein, and Chris Saad or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Google’s long-running antitrust case has reached its remedy stage, and the outcome was far lighter than many expected. No breakup, no ban on default search deals, just a few constraints on bundling apps and some required data sharing, but it may not be quite as simple as it seems on the surface.

Meanwhile, OpenAI dropped $1.1 billion to acquire Statsig, a product analytics company. What are the details of the deal, and what does it reveal about the future of OpenAI?

To top the week off, Y Combinator released its Fall 2025 Request for Startups, and the lineup is surprisingly AI-heavy. Is this really a good indicator of successful startups, or are YC missing the mark with this one? Chris and Yaniv discuss this at length, cutting deeply into why these criteria were chosen, what you should (and shouldn’t) listen to, and where founders can looking for investors instead.

In this episode, you will:

  • Understand why Google’s “light touch” antitrust remedies sent its stock up 8% overnight
  • Learn what OpenAI’s Statsig acquisition signals about its long-term strategy
  • Explore why YC’s latest startup requests are so heavily AI-focused, and why that’s a mistake
  • Compare today’s antitrust rulings with the Microsoft case of the 1990s
  • Discover how AI may disrupt not just tech, but also government consulting and enterprise software
  • Get Yaniv’s insider view on why intent-driven marketplaces may be the next frontier

The Pact

Key links

Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A

The Startup Podcast website: https://www.tsp.show/episodes/

Learn more about Chris and Yaniv

Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/

Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/

Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

Producer: Justin McArthur https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-mcarthur

Intro Voice: Jeremiah Owyang https://web-strategist.com/

  continue reading

268 episodes

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