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Intelligent ReportThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Flexport's Ryan Peterson calls remote work 'white collar fraud,' reveals near-failed fundraising rounds, debates AI model wars, and shares why revenge makes a great investment thesis.
20VC: Why Remote Work is White Collar Fraud | Why Revenge and Patriotism are the Best Founder Traits | Two Questions Every Founder Needs to Ask | The Wild Story of Raising $1BN from Masa Son in an Hour Long Meeting with Ryan Peterson, Founder @ Flexport
Jun 20, 202678:42aiinvesting
Intelligent ReportAll-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Four fund managers pitch their best investment ideas live—MGM's hidden Japan & Dubai casino assets, Talon Energy's nuclear power scarcity play, Actis Oncology's precision radiotherapy platform, and Geodnet's crypto-powered GPS network.
All-In's Best Ideas Pitch Competition: 4 Investors Present Their Top Trades Live
Jun 12, 202667:57
Intelligent ReportBill Maris
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Google Ventures founder Bill Maris returns with a new fund, sharing four hard-won lessons on why small funds beat large ones, the math behind venture returns, and where AI is truly headed.
Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Jun 9, 202628:42openaimachine-learningagents
StandardSummaries onlyTBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after.Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg,…
WWDC Kicks Off, Jobs Up, Tech Down, VC Horror Stories Go Viral | Diet TBPN
Jun 8, 202629:51
StandardSummaries onlyTBPN
(01:13) - WWDC Reactions (19:30) - Jobs Up Stocks Down (23:45) - VC Horror Stories (40:40) - Will Marshall, co-founder and CEO of Planet, discusses the company's mission to make global change visible and actionable through a fleet of over 200 Earth-imaging satellites that capture daily images of the entire landmass at approximately 3-meter resolution. He …
WWDC Reactions, Jobs Up Stocks Down, VC Horror Stories | Will Marshall, Baroness Dambisa Moyo, Samuel Hume, David Kirtley, Pete Florence, Jordan Bramble
Jun 8, 2026180:45
Intelligent ReportThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Nick Hanauer (early Amazon investor) and entrepreneur Daniel Priestley clash on whether worker protections or widespread ownership is the real fix for inequality, while agreeing that mega-corporations are hollowing out the middle class.
Death of the Middle Class: Billionaire vs Entrepreneur DEBATE - Daniel Priestley v Nick Hanauer
Jun 8, 2026151:55aisocietyculture
Intelligent ReportThomas Laffont
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
CO2's Thomas Laffont breaks down the unicorn economy: AI dominates fundraising, a 'Magnificent Eight' private index nears $4T, SpaceX/Anthropic IPOs could dwarf a decade of exits, and the power law is concentrating gains faster than ever.
Thomas Laffont: The $4T AI IPO Wave, 2026's Unicorn Economy, and the 10X Paradox
Jun 4, 202632:45agents
StandardSummaries onlyLatent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast
We’ve informally heard that Satya is a listener to LS for a couple years now, but it was still absolutely surreal to meet him and do a live pod at Build, together with our friends at No Priors, the leading VC AI Podcast that we also greatly admire!We covered the MAI model technical takeaways on yesterday’s AINews, so I will focus our recap of Satya’s main…
⚡️Satya Nadella: No Priors x Latent Space Crossover Special at Microsoft Build
Jun 3, 202638:58ai
Intelligent ReportSquawk on the Street
SpaceX targets a record $75B IPO at $135/share, markets chase a 10th straight winning week, private credit fears resurface, and Cramer warns retail investors about market orders on IPO day.
9AM Hour: SpaceX IPO Details, "Greed" and the Markets, Private Credit Stocks Slide 6/3/26
Jun 3, 202642:45aiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyTBPN
(01:05) - YouTubers Win the Box Office (32:48) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (35:40) - Bernie Wants Public Stake in AI (49:03) - Anthropic IPO (50:04) - Salesforce Invests $2B in France (51:03) - Salesforce on a Tear (55:37) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (59:39) - Adam Iscoe, a journalist formerly with The New Yorker, has covered diverse topics including mental illne…
YouTubers Win the Box Office, Salesforce on a Tear, Bernie Sanders: A.I. is a Public Resource | Adam Iscoe, Danial Jameel, Mike Schroepfer, Nico Ferreyra, Sue Khim, Bernie Su
Jun 1, 2026161:46anthropic
Intelligent ReportGlobal News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!
A Missouri facility charging $20K/month promises healing for troubled adopted teens—but police reports, abuse allegations, and a stonewall investigation reveal a profit-driven system failing vulnerable kids.
Calo Academy's Hidden Costs
May 30, 20262:15Kalo ProgramsChange AcademyTroubled Teen IndustryCamden County Sheriff's OfficeIllinois Department of Children and Family Servicesdaily
StandardSummaries onlyThe a16z Show
David George, General Partner at a16z, and David Clark, CIO at VenCap, discuss how AI is reshaping venture capital and the technology industry itself. They examine why today’s AI companies are scaling faster than any previous generation of startups, and why the eventual outcomes may be significantly larger than most investors currently expect. The convers…
Why $1B Exits are Dead
May 29, 202633:54ai
StandardSummaries onlyMarc Andreessen
The Joe Rogan Experience
Marc Andreessen joins Joe Rogan to break down Austin's teen crime spree, AI surveillance tech, California's radical wealth tax proposal, and why major cities are driving out the very people funding them.
#2501 - Marc Andreessen
May 19, 2026206:20ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe Robot Report Podcast
Ajay Agarwal, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, discussed his journey and insights as a venture capitalist, particularly in the robotics and AI sectors. He highlights his early investment in Kiva Systems, emphasizing the importance of systems thinking and integrated solutions in successful startups. Ajay shares his investment philosophy, focusing on fou…
Why the World’s Most Successful Robotics Founders Are Systems Thinkers
May 15, 202673:50ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe a16z Show
David Ulevitch speaks with Ben Horowitz about what it means to lead the technology industry at scale, and the responsibilities that come with it. Following the firm’s largest-ever fundraise, they discuss how venture capital, technology, and national strategy are increasingly intertwined. The conversation covers America’s role in the next technological rev…
Ben Horowitz on the Next Technology Era
May 8, 202629:29ai
StandardSummaries onlyChamath Palihapitiya
The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan and Chamath Palihapitiya explore UAP disclosures, wealth inequality, AI's threat to white-collar jobs, government waste from decades of bad code, and why 'attention' has driven every major tech revolution.
#2494 - Chamath Palihapitiya
May 5, 2026171:54ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe a16z Show
Anjney Midha, founder of AMP PBC, speaks with Ben Horowitz, cofounder of a16z, about how venture capital changed from a small, relationship-driven business into a scalable system for backing new technology companies. They discuss network effects, firm design, leadership, culture, and how AI is reshaping both the capital race and the kinds of companies tha…
Ben Horowitz on Venture Capital and AI
Apr 27, 202670:20ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Jake Paul is one of the most influential creators of the digital era, with over 70M+ followers across platforms. He transitioned from YouTube stardom to become one of the biggest pay-per-view draws in boxing history with fights against Mike Tyson and Anthony Joshua. Jake is also Co-Founder of Anti Fund, where he has made investments in Ramp, Anduril, Cogn…
20VC: Jake Paul on Why Traditional VC is Toast and Attention is More Valuable Than Cash | Politics: Will Jake Paul Actually Run for President? | Inside the Payday of Fighting Anthony Joshua and Mike Tyson | with Geoffrey Wu, Co-Founder at Anti-Fund
Apr 18, 202660:26investing
Intelligent ReportBitcoin Well Podcast
The 2017 Block Size Wars: how thousands of node operators running cheap laptops defeated a corporate takeover backed by 80% of Bitcoin's mining power—and why that changes everything about who controls money.
Explains: Miners, Nodes, and the War That Settled Everything
Apr 9, 202613:04societyculture
StandardSummaries onlyPlanet Money
Live event info and tickets here. If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a little nervous? You might find yourself wondering if there will be layoffs.And you’d be right to worry about that. Research shows that while private equity ownership can boost a company’s productivity, it does generally result in job cuts. Bu…
A pro-worker experiment in private equity
Apr 8, 202625:41
StandardSummaries onlyAll-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
(0:00) Bestie intros! (0:12) SpaceX IPO, the economic opportunity of space: a new industrial frontier (21:00) 2026 IPO explosion, OpenAI down round? (36:33) Iran War costs, fertilizer crisis, downstream impacts (49:58) Trump's Iran messaging problems, Bondi out, why the US is in Iran (1:04:18) Quantum Bitcoin hack possibilities, how crypto should react Fo…
SpaceX IPO, Iran War Fallout, Quantum Bitcoin Hack, The Space Opportunity
Apr 3, 202680:32openai
Intelligent ReportThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Marc Andreessen joins the podcast to discuss the complexities of introspection, the challenges of venture capital, and the importance of maintaining a risk-forward mindset while navigating the tech industry's centralization in Silicon Valley.
20VC: Marc Andreessen on The Future of Venture Capital: Will a16z Go Public | Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong | Why Introspection is Dangerous | Why "Diamonds in the Rough" is BS in VC | Why a16z Invested $300M into Adam Neumann
Mar 30, 202672:16openaiinvesting
Intelligent ReportThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
In this episode of 20VC, Harry Stebbings discusses the massive market overreaction to AI proof of concepts, the stress VCs face, and the challenges of IPOs for unicorns. With insights from Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll, they explore Anthropic's rise in enterprise AI, Jeff Bezos' $100 billion project, SpaceX's pot…
20VC: Why You Need a $1BN Fund To Do Series A Today | OpenAI vs Anthropic: Who Wins Enterprise | SpaceX at $2TRN and Data Centers in Space | The $20BN Groq Deal Broken Down | Jeff Bezos' $100BN New Fund
Mar 26, 202678:09openaianthropicinvesting
StandardSummaries onlySquawk on the Street
Fresh data on labor costs and productivity, more Iran headlines, and private credit concerns dominating the early action: David Faber and Sara Eisen kicked off the hour with the latest - and broke down the global picture with Former UK Treasury Minister & once Goldman Sachs Asset management Chairman Jim O'Neill - before diving into growing recession conce…
SOTS 2nd Hour: Moody's Chief Economist, United CEO, & More Private Credit Concerns 3/24/26
Mar 24, 202644:15investing
Intelligent ReportThe Knowledge Project
Brookfield's Connor Teskey breaks down how one of the world's largest alternative asset managers deploys capital across infrastructure, renewables, and AI data centers while obsessing over downside protection and long-term contracted cash flows.
Beating the Market: Connor Teskey, CEO Brookfield Asset Management
Mar 17, 202685:27societyculture
StandardSummaries onlyConnor Teskey
The Knowledge Project
Connor Teskey is the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investors, managing about a trillion dollars across infrastructure, power, real estate, private equity, and credit. In this exclusive interview, his first as CEO, we explore his approach to capital allocation, isolating variables, and building a business designed for long-…
Top CEO: The 90% Rule, AI Infrastructure, and the Future of Investing | Connor Teskey
Mar 17, 202685:27aisocietyculture
StandardSummaries onlyConnor Teskey
The Knowledge Project
Connor Teskey is the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investors, managing about a trillion dollars across infrastructure, power, real estate, private equity, and credit. In this exclusive interview, his first as CEO, we explore his approach to capital allocation, isolating variables, and building a business designed for long-…
Connor Teskey: The 90% Rule, AI Infrastructure, and the Future of Investing
Mar 17, 202685:27aisocietyculture
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Mitchell Green is a legendary growth equity investor and the Founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital, a firm with over $5 billion in assets under management. Known as a relentless "money maker", Mitchell has led investments in the likes of Bytedance, Toast, Procore, Duo Security and more. AGENDA: 0:00 The SaaS Apocalypse: Why Incumbents Aren't G…
20VC: Why the SaaS Apocalypse is BS | Why China Will Win the AI War | Why 50% of VCs Should Not Exist and are Tourists | Why Stock-Based Comp is the Hidden Sin of the Valley with Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital
Mar 7, 202660:27aiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyThe Jaeden Schafer Podcast
In this episode, we explore the evolving landscape of AI startup investments in 2026, highlighting what venture capitalists are actively seeking and what they are no longer prioritizing. We discuss the shift towards AI solutions that complete tasks and possess proprietary data moats, moving away from 'thin workflow layers' and generic AI wrappers.Chapters…
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today
Mar 3, 202611:18ai
StandardSummaries onlyRay Dalio
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
(0:00) Friedberg Introduces Ray Dalio (1:29) 5 Forces That Will Decide America's Future (7:26) Why Government Reform Is Nearly Impossible (11:19) Gold vs. Bitcoin (28:16) What Economists Got Wrong About Tariffs (41:11) Is America Heading Towards Collapse? Airwallex is a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted…
Ray Dalio: Our System Is in Jeopardy - Debt, AI & the Cycle That Destroyed Rome
Mar 3, 202649:14ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Jerry Murdock is the Co-Founder of Insight Partners, one of the most formidable growth investors of the last three decades, with over $90 billion in AUM and a portfolio that has shaped the modern software economy. Jerry never does podcasts, and so this is his first-ever long-form interview. AGENDA: 03:50 There is an AI Tsunami Beginning 05:43 Cursor is F*…
20VC: Why Cursor is Dead | An AI Tsunami is Coming & You Need to Prepare | Systems of Record Become Valueless Databases with Agents | Is This The End of Tech Private Equity with Jerry Murdock, Co-Founder of Insight Partners
Feb 28, 202661:05aiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyWar on the Rocks
What does it take to rebuild the foundation of American military power? Michael Cadenazzi, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, joined Ryan at a live event a few weeks back for a fascinating discussion on the state of the defense industrial base (from new VC-backed entrants to the primes), the race for critical minerals, supply chain…
The Arsenal Beneath the Arsenal
Feb 27, 202626:48
StandardSummaries onlyJack Altman Joins Benchmark
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 03:55 Anthropic Security Product Wipes Billions Off Public Markets 11:17 Do Agents Turn SaaS Incumbents into Valueless Databases 22:07 Anthropic Secondary Sale Makes Hundreds Decamillionaires 23:20 Citrini Research Piece: Everything You Need To Know 26:04 Will DoorDash Be Replaced by Agents 34:22 Will "Ghost GDP" Soften Consumer Spending Power 42:…
20VC: Anthropic Wipes Billions Off Markets | Citrini Research: The Ultimate Breakdown: Agents, "Ghost GDP", Consumer Spend etc. | Figma Earnings Beat & Four Public Stocks to Buy | Jack Altman Joins Benchmark
Feb 26, 202680:09openaianthropicinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Anish Acharya is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he leads consumer and fintech investing at Series A. He serves on the boards of standout portfolio companies including Deel, Mosaic, Clutch, Titan, and HappyRobot and has led early bets in companies like Runway and Carbonated. Before a16z, he founded and exited two startups—Snowball (…
20VC: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI | Do Margins Matter Anymore | Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead Today? | Who Wins the Dev Market: Cursor or Claude Code | Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble with Anish Acharya @ a16z
Feb 9, 202684:15anthropicinvesting
Intelligent ReportInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
A16Z co-founder Ben Horowitz on Andy Grove's management lessons, why culture is actions not ideas, funding Las Vegas police tech that cut crime 50%, and America's AI moment as the new Industrial Revolution.
Ben Horowitz - Backing America’s Future
Feb 3, 202655:51investing
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 03:30 Can VC Survive With Public Market Prices Today 15:20 The Implosion of Thinking Machines 21:13 Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: The Legal Battle 40:50 Can OpenAI Win Ads? 55:50 ClickHouse's $15BN Deal: Analysed 58:55 Replit's $9BN Deal: Analysed 01:08:35 There Are Only Two Types of Deals VCs Want To Do Today
20VC: Sam Altman vs Elon Musk: The $100BN Battle | The Implosion of Thinking Machines | Can VC Survive Public Market Pricing Today? | ClickHouse and Replit's New Rounds: Analysed
Jan 22, 202678:02openaiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyDecoder with Nilay Patel
Hey everyone, it’s Nilay. We’re settling back in here after the winter break and CES, and we’ll have new episodes for you starting next Monday. In the meantime, we wanted to highlight one of our favorites from last year: an interview with journalist and author Megan Greenwell about her book Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream. …
Rewind: How private equity kills companies and communities
Jan 15, 202651:44
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 05:02 Anthropic's $10 Billion Fundraise 07:54 Has Claude Code Beaten Cursor Already 15:54 OpenAI Could Still Go to Zero 26:33 Andreessen Horowitz's $15 Billion Fundraise 45:16 The Middle is Dead: Boutique vs. Large Platforms in Venture 50:01 The Future of Venture Capital 01:08:06 The Impact of Wealth Taxes on the Industry
20VC: Anthropic's $10BN Fundraise: Have They Beaten Cursor Already | a16z's $15BN Fundraise: Is the Middle Dead in VC Today? | How OpenAI Could Go to Zero and ElevenLabs at $11BN: Buy or Not?
Jan 15, 202688:12openaianthropicinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyALL IN Practice Growth Podcast
Episode 110: Our 2026 Predictions Part 2 Hosts: Shane McElroy & Blake McClellan Summary: In the second part of this engaging episode, Shane and Blake delve deeper into their predictions for 2026, addressing critical topics that are shaping the future of the medical and dental industries. With a blend of expert analysis and personal anecdotes, they explore…
Our 2026 Predictions (Part 2) - Shane McElroy and Blake McClellan
Jan 13, 202624:50health
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Alex Rampell is a General Partner at Andressen Horowitz, where he leads their $1.7BN apps fund. Just last week, a16z announced they had raised $15BN for their latest funds, over 20% of all capital raised by venture firms. At a16z, Alex has led deals into Plaid, Mercury and OpenDoor to name a few. AGENDA: 04:55 How to Do 5x on a $15BN Fund Pool? 09:21 What…
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital
Jan 12, 202677:01investing
StandardSummaries onlyAll-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
(0:00) Guest intros: Jasons introduces Bob Sternfels (McKinsey) and Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst) (2:52) The pace of innovation and why VC's are buying hospitals (9:30) CFOs vs CIOs and unlocking growth (20:46) The job market and why graduates aren't getting hired (27:33) Why education is broken (40:03) Tech time capsule Follow Hemant Taneja: https://x…
Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 8, 202651:22ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe Robot Industry Podcast
For this edition, #152 of The Robot Industry Podcast, I welcome Caleb Appleton from Bison Ventures. Bison Ventures is a Venture Capital (VC) firm with $135M AUM for frontier tech. From AI-powered drug discovery to collaborative robotics, Bison backs bold, deeply scientific solutions that have potential for massive commercial scale. An all-engineer team, B…
Bison Ventures and Caleb Appleton
Jan 3, 202636:40ai
StandardSummaries onlyMinor Issues
The Minor Issues year-end episode: what 2025 really taught us and what 2026 may bring. Mark Thornton revisits tariffs, inflation, metals, and interest rates; recaps his Bitcoin vs. Gold contest; and explains why a steepening yield curve could arrive even as the Fed cuts short rates. Mark also maps the risks of an un-inversion and why today’s calm in CRE, …
Looking Back and Forth
Dec 20, 2025ai
Intelligent ReportThe Tim Ferriss Show
Bill Gurley joins Tim Ferriss to discuss AI speculation, China's underestimated innovation, and his new book on building a career you actually love by going where the action is.
#840: Bill Gurley — Investing in The AI Era, 10 Days in China, and Important Life Lessons from Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld, MrBeast, and More
Dec 17, 2025130:09ai
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 03:46 SpaceX's $800 Billion Valuation: A Deep Dive 09:18 IPO Market Predictions for 2026 18:18 Netflix's Bold Move: Acquiring Warner Brothers 27:43 Tiger's New Fund Strategy 33:02 Databricks' Head of AI $500 Million Seed Round 36:38 Harvey Raises $160M at an $8BN Valuation 48:22 Will LLMs Kill the App Layer 01:02:02 Google's AI Capabilities 01:06:…
20VC OGs: SpaceX Valued at $800BN & Harvey Raises $160M at an $8BN Price | Airwallex Raises $330M and The Battle with Keith Rabois | Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers | IPO Market Predictions for 2026: Anthropic, Stripe, Databricks and SpaceX
Dec 11, 202591:48anthropicinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyTechCheck
One of the biggest names in the startup ecosystem is launching a new investment fund targeted at a $2.2B raise. We dig into the news, and how the AI boom is transforming the Venture Capital and Megacap investing landscape Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adverti…
Tiger Global launches new investment fund 12/8/25
Dec 8, 20255:11aiinvestingmanagement
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 04:20 Thrive and OpenAI Partnership 07:14 Databricks Raising $5BN at $134BN Valuation: Cheap or Not? 17:39 Eventbrite Acquired by Bending Spoons for $500M 21:39 Pagerduty's $1BN Market Cap, Just 2x Revenue 26:59 The TAM Trap: Why SaaS Is Like Japan 37:42 Lessons from Companies Hitting $100M ARR 44:57 The Future of Labour Markets is F****** 52:10 T…
20VC: Thrive & OpenAI Partnership | Eventbrite Acquired for $500M | Databricks Raising $5BN at $134BN Valuation: Cheap or Not? | Why SaaS is Like Japan and The TAM Trap in Software
Dec 4, 202572:30openaiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Max Altman is Co‑Founder & Managing Partner at Saga Ventures, a US$125 M early‑stage fund. Before Saga Max was an investor with Apollo Projects, Hydrazine Capital and Altman Capital (where he helped deploy over US$500 M) into breakout names such as Rippling and Reddit. AGENDA: 03:55 – Venture Capital Is FULL of Tourists With Single-Digit IQs 06:20 – Insid…
20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
Nov 21, 202579:22investing
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 04:47 Cursor Raises $2.3BN at $29BN Valuation 11:36 What Gemini 3 Means for Lovable, Cursor and Replit 30:54 Peter Thiel and Softbank Sell NVIDIA: The Bubble Bursting? 48:54 Oracle Credit Default Swaps: The Risk is Increasing 01:07:22 Stripe Does Tender at All-Time High: Why the Best Companies Will Never IPO 01:19:18 Why Retail WIll Cause a Surge …
20VC: Cursor Raises $2.3BN: Who Wins the Coding War | Peter Thiel and Softbank Sell NVIDIA: Analysed | Why Venture Capital Will Hit $1TRN and the Opening of Retail | Why Stripe and the Best Companies Will Never Go Public
Nov 20, 202582:38google-aiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyMasters of Scale
In recent weeks, OpenAI faced seven lawsuits alleging that ChatGPT contributed to suicides or mental health breakdowns. To spotlight the controversial relationship between AI and mental health, host Bob Safian is joined on stage at Innovation@Brown Showcase by Brown University's Ellie Pavlick, director of a new institute dedicated to exploring AI and ment…
AI: The new frontier for mental health support?
Nov 18, 202529:36openai
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Ev Randle is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the best funds in venture capital. In their latest fund, they have Mercor ($10BN valuation), Sierra ($10BN valuation), Firework ($4BN valuation), Legora ($2Bn valuation) and Langchain ($1.4Bn valuation). To put this in multiples on invested capital, that is a 60x, two 30x and two 20x. Before Benchmark, Ev…
20VC: Benchmark's Newest General Partner Ev Randle on Why Margins Matter Less in AI | Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns | OpenAI vs Anthropic: What Happens and Who Wins Coding | Investing Lessons from Peter Thiel and Mamoon Hamid
Nov 10, 202585:43openaianthropicinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
AGENDA: 04:27 Navan's IPO: Winners, Losers and 20% Crater 12:55 Harvey Raises $150M at an $8BN Valuation 35:36 Was Sam Altman Wrong to Snap at Brad Gerstner 41:25 Why GOOG is a Buy and Amazon is a Short 47:43 Meta Down 10%, Buy or Sell? 51:12 If You Have Not Accelerated with AI, You Are Dead 01:05:20 Why Now is the Best Time for Series A and Worst for Seed
20VC: Navan IPO: Winners, Losers and is a $4.5BN Exit Enough in VC Today | Harvey Raises $150M at $8BN Price | Why Google is a Buy and Amazon is a Sell | Meta Down 10%, Is Zuck Struggling?
Nov 6, 202576:23aiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Luca Ferrari. Luca is the co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, which he describes as 25 percent private equity and 75 percent technology company. Founded in 2013, Bending Spoons fully acquires and operates digital companies like Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, and most recently AOL. Our conversation explores the unique model behind Bending Spo…
Luca Ferrari - Building Bending Spoons
Nov 4, 202581:35investing
StandardSummaries onlyRisky Business
In this edition of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray talks to Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about the F5 incident. They talk about what happened, whether it’s a big deal, and why private equity ownership of mid-tier cybersecurity companies is often a red flag. Show notes
Wide World of Cyber: A deep dive on the F5 hack
Oct 21, 202539:11
StandardSummaries onlyMy First Million
Want to build a billion-dollar business? Get the playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/hwg Episode 756 Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rick Marini and Jeff Bonforte, the private equity guys who flipped Grindr for $2B dollars in 24 months. — Show Notes: (0:00) The story of Grindr (13:34) Private Equity cr…
How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
Oct 13, 202582:45
StandardSummaries onlyHow I Built This with Guy Raz
What if the best startup isn’t sexy at all? In 2013, Vijen Patel left private equity to pursue “the least-worst idea”: dry cleaning. No patents. No app wizardry. Just laundry lockers in high-rises, ruthless unit economics, and a $1.99-a-shirt price that was seared into America’s brain.From bootstrapping routes at 5 a.m. to breaking even in 6 weeks, Vijen …
Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand
Oct 6, 202566:23
StandardSummaries onlyMasters of Scale
In this episode of Pioneers of AI, Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang of the venture capital firm WndrCo share why storytelling is essential for building transformative companies and how AI shapes their work. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19…
Pioneers of AI: The power of storytelling in VCs, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang
Sep 27, 202544:56ai
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Today, we are replaying one of my favorite conversations with Sam Hinkie. Sam worked for more than a decade in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and then as the President and GM of the Philadelphia 76ers. And now, after years of personal investing, he has launched his own venture capital firm, 87 Capital. Every conversation I have with Sam is alive with in…
Sam Hinkie - Find Your People
Sep 9, 202578:58investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Today we are replaying my conversation with Justin Ishbia. Justin is the Founding Partner of Shore Capital. Shore is a private equity firm that invests in microcap businesses within industry niches. With $7 billion in capital deployed but an average transaction size of just $12 million, Justin has worked to build a system to drive success for hundreds of …
Justin Ishbia - Lessons from Acquiring 586 Companies
Sep 2, 202574:51investing
StandardSummaries onlyToby Chan
The Asia Climate Finance Podcast
Comments/ideas: ACFpod@outlook.comJoseph Jacobelli and Toby Chan unpack the dynamic landscape of climate tech investing in Asia. The discussion highlights current VC trends, financing gaps, and the transition from emerging tech to mainstream infrastructure, with case studies from maritime and aviation. Discover why Asia is gaining ground amid US policy sh…
Ep68 Bridging the Climate Finance Gap: VC Trends in APAC, ft Toby Chan, Audacy
Aug 28, 202536:46investingmanagement
StandardSummaries onlyMadison Reed
How I Built This with Guy Raz
Amy Errett had a successful career in finance and venture capital before taking a leap into an entirely new business: hair color. When her wife complained about the indignities of coloring her hair at home, Amy realized the sector was ripe for a makeover. At age 56, she dove into the minutiae of dyes and developers, launching her own formula in 2013, and …
Madison Reed: Amy Errett
Aug 18, 202578:07
StandardSummaries onlyThe Tim Ferriss Show
Welcome to another wide-ranging "Random Show" episode that I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose (digg.com)! We cover Kevin's sobriety journey and marking 100 days without alcohol, my results with the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting, GLP-1 agonists, home security, the future of Venture Capital, AI, authenticating yourself online in a world of…
#822: The Random Show — Ketones for Cognition, Tim’s Best Lab Results in 10+ Years, How Kevin Hit 100 Days Sober, Home Defense, Vibe Coding Unleashed, and More
Aug 13, 2025127:46ai-regulation
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Peter Lacaillade. Peter is the Chief Investment Officer for Private Investments at SCS Financial and has built a notable private equity allocation platform within the wealth management industry. He shares his insights on how SCS's pooled vehicle structure has enabled them to compete with institutional giants, avoiding the adverse selecti…
Peter Lacaillade - Backing The Best Managers In Private Markets
Aug 12, 202591:57investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Ramtin Naimi. Ramtin is the founder of Abstract Ventures, one of the most talked-about seed funds in Silicon Valley. What makes Ramtin's story so compelling isn't just his firm's remarkable track record—including early investments in Rippling, Solana, and dozens of unicorns—but also the unconventional path he took to get there. From runn…
Ramtin Naimi - Building Abstract
Jul 29, 2025113:50investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Dinakar Singh. Dinakar is the founder and CEO of Axon, the family office successor to TPG-Axon, which was a successful global long-short hedge fund. We wanted to share his story on Father’s Day to honor the person and the dad that Dinakar is. He shares one of the most extraordinary stories at the intersection of finance and medicine I've…
Dinakar Singh - A Father’s Call To Action
Jun 15, 202547:49investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Bill Gurley. Bill was the general partner at Benchmark Capital. He joins me for his sixth time on Invest Like the Best with his most comprehensive market analysis yet, examining the realities reshaping venture capital. Bill tackles the uncomfortable math underlying today's venture returns, with companies staying private for far longer. H…
Bill Gurley - The Gift and The Curse of Staying Private
Jun 10, 202580:22investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Graham Weaver. My guest today is Graham Weaver. Graham is the founder of Alpine Investors, a large private equity firm targeting an interesting market inefficiency. Alpine focuses on the thousands of $20 million revenue businesses whose baby boomer owners want to retire, but lack succession plans. Alpine buys companies and installs 28-ye…
Graham Weaver - Building Alpine
May 27, 202590:57investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Gili Raanan. Gili is the founder of Cyberstarts, a VC firm focused on cybersecurity and the world’s first VC that is majorly backed by cyber entrepreneurs. Cyberstarts’ $50 million dollar first fund exploded to close to $2 billion in just three years. Gili describes cybersecurity today as "the perfect storm" where global conflicts and AI…
Gili Raanan - Cybersecurity Investment Playbook
Mar 25, 202556:01aiinvesting
StandardSummaries onlyJacques Vallée
The Joe Rogan Experience
Jacques Vallée is a venture capitalist, technologist, and prominent figure in the field of unidentified aerial phenomena. His new book is Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles, The Journals of Jacques Vallee 2010-2019.www.jacquesvallee.netThis episode is brought to you by Intuit TurboTax. Now this is taxes. Get an expert now at TurboTax.comThis video is …
#2288 - Jacques Vallée
Mar 12, 2025173:47
StandardSummaries onlyLex Fridman Podcast
Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep458-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: ht…
#458 – Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America
Jan 26, 2025237:29aisocietyculture
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Jared Kushner. Jared has lived more lives than just about anyone I know his age. He ran Kushner companies for years, investing in real estate in and around New York City. He owned the New York Observer. He was a senior advisor to President Trump in his first term. He now runs Affinity Partners, which we discuss in detail, a private equit…
Jared Kushner - The Mechanic
Dec 20, 2024175:26investing
StandardSummaries onlyInvest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
My guest today is Micky Malka. Micky is the founder of Ribbit Capital, a global venture capital firm that focuses exclusively on financial technology investments. He is a renowned investor for his adaptability and visionary approach and a believer in killing the thing that got you to where you are in pursuit of what’s next. We discuss his perspective on f…
Micky Malka - Building Ribbit
Dec 10, 202493:32investing
StandardSummaries onlyThe Peter Attia Drive
View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter Dr. Saum Sutaria is the Chairman and CEO of Tenet Healthcare and a former leader in McKinsey & Company's Healthcare and Private Equity Practices, where he spent almost two decades shaping the field. In this episode, Saum unpa…
Choices, costs, and challenges in US healthcare: insurance intricacies, drug pricing, economic impacts, and potential reforms | Saum Sutaria, M.D.
Dec 2, 2024152:46health
StandardSummaries onlyThe Tim Ferriss Show
Cyan Banister (@cyantist) is a general partner at Long Journey Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on early and new investments. Cyan was an early investor in Uber, SpaceX, DeepMind, Flexport, and Affirm and has invested in more than 100 companies. Prior to that, she was at Founders Fund, a top-tier fund in San Francisco. Subscribe to Cy…
#780: Cyan Banister — From Homeless and Broke to Top Angel Investor (Uber, SpaceX, and 100+ More)
Nov 27, 2024171:52
StandardSummaries onlyMarc Andreessen
The Joe Rogan Experience
Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is co-creator of the world's first widely used internet browser, Mosaic, cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and cohost of "The Ben & Marc Show" podcast.www.a16z.comhttps://pmarca.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch…
#2234 - Marc Andreessen
Nov 26, 2024192:26
StandardSummaries onlyPeak Financial Freedom Hour with Jim and Dan
With pensions becoming less and less common in the workplace today, Dan Ahmad and Jim Files offer solutions to protect your retirement with guaranteed lifetime income. Have you heard from your advisor lately? Work with a team that has your retirement interests in mind! Call us now by dialing #250 on your cell phone and say the key-word “MONEY” It’s time t…
How to Retire When You Don’t Have a Pension
Jul 12, 202435:00investing