This Week in Startups
Stripe’s Crypto Wallet, M&A Momentum, and Robots Replacing Soul-Crushing Jobs | E2138
Today’s show: In this episode of This Week in Startups, @Jason and @Alex break down Stripe’s big bet on crypto wallets with its latest acquisition of...
TWIST VC Roundtable: Startup Valuations, Secondary Markets & the YC Revenue Illusion | E2137
Today’s show: Alex moderates a TWIST VC Roundtable with Jason, Paige Doherty (Behind Genius), and Altimeter’s Megan Reynolds about the state of early-...
YC Valuations, VC Slowdown, and Office Hours with CustomerIQ | E2136
Today’s show: Jason and Alex dive into why Y Combinator startups are raising at sky-high valuations with relatively low ARR—what does that mean for in...
Circle’s IPO Soars, The Future of VC and Cursor’s Crazy Growth | E2135
Today’s show: Jason and Alex dicuss stories shaping the tech and startup world: Circle’s explosive IPO and what it signals about crypto regulation and...
Anthropic Cuts Off Windsurf, Deel Rewrites the Narrative and Flock Safety’s Surveillance Tech | E2134
Today’s show: Alex and Lon discuss Windsurf getting abruptly cut off from Anthropic just before a rumored $3B acquisition by OpenAI, sparking question...
Grammarly’s $1B Round, Brain Computers, and NYT Licenses To Amazon | E2133
Today’s show: Jason and Alex discuss the hottest tech and startup news: Grammarly secures a massive $1B investment from General Catalyst to fuel its A...
How AthenaHQ and Browser Use Are Building the Next Layer of the Internet | E2132
Today’s show: Alex interviews two cutting-edge startups shaping the future of AI: AthenaHQ, pioneering “GEO” (Generative Engine Optimization) to help ...
Google’s AI Design Tool, Salesforce’s $8B Comeback Deal, and M&A Momentum Builds | E2131
In this episode, we cover three major stories shaping the startup and tech landscape. First, Google unveils Stitch, an AI-powered web design tool with...
Apple’s Tariff Trouble, Anthropic’s New Models, and Our Founder Friday Finale | E2130
Today’s show: Trump takes aim at Apple with a potential 25% iPhone tariff, Anthropic releases two powerful new Claude models claiming top performance ...
David Friedberg on AI-First Startups & the Future of Biology, Business & Creativity | AI Basics with Google Cloud
In this episode, Jason chats with David Friedberg—CEO of Ohalo Genetics and co-host of the All-In Podcast—about how AI is transforming agriculture and...