This Week in Startups
Episodes
Compliance Startup Scandal... Is Delve Guilty? | E2266
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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The Drone Company Everyone Thought Was Illegal (Now Worth $4B+) | E2265
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How Robinhood became a $68B company w/ Vlad Tenev
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Are Brain-Computer Interfaces Actually Ready for Humans?
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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One Genius Rule That Made This Coffee Brand Famous | EP 2262
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary British ad man Rory Sutherland invented a fake business on a podcast, a coffee shop appealing to the busy commuter called “Flat White or F...
The Global Expansion of Self-Driving Vehicles
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How agents will change banking forever | E2260
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Wisdom of the $TAO: the future is decentralized AI
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Is Anthropic Making the Biggest Mistake in AI History | E2258
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How the OpenClaw foundation bullet-proofed its future (w/Dave Morin) | E2257
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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The Biggest Private Funding Round in History | E2256
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Behind the Scenes with an early OpenClaw contributor! | E2252
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Kill Your Startup’s Knowledge Chaos with OpenClaw (with Oliver Henry and Jeff Weisbein) | E2254
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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We Asked 3 Experts How to Get More Value out of OpenClaw | E2253
21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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When Will Openclaw go Mainstream? | E2252
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Will OpenAI Tank OpenClaw? | E2251
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Will OpenAI Tank OpenClaw? | E2251This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twis...
OpenClaw is Our Friend Now | E2250
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why J-Cal Invested to 200K in a former Employee | E2249
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How These 3 Founders are building on Open Claw | E2248
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Does Clawdbot (OpenClaw) Need Eyes? (feat. Alex Finn and Matt Van Horn) | E2247
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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We built OpenClaw Ultron to replace 20 people at our company | E2246
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Savvy is HQ Trivia + Wordle (feat. Scott Rogowsky) | E2245
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Where early-stage founders MUST focus to success | E2244
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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SpaceX + xAI deal gets us one step closer to Musk Industries | E2243
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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AI Bots Take Over | E2242
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How decriminalization led to an explosion in cannabis startups (Feat. Ford Smith, Andrew Duffy, and Socrates Rosenfeld) | E2241
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Clawdbot is an inflection point in AI history | E2240
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why You’ll Choose an AI Doctor (feat. Fred Almeida and Max Weiss) | E2239
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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From Blood Transfusions to Burritos, How Zipline is Automating Delivery | E2238
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How startups suddenly became “cool” in Japan (feat. Shin Takamiya of Globis Capital) | E2237
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Avoiding buzzwords and marketing-speak (feat. Thomas McInerney) | E2236
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Japan’s Startup Revolution (feat. Kathy Matsui) | E2235
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How to Make Billions from Exposing Fraud | E2234
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Secrets of Startup Recruiting in the US AND Japan! (feat. Sho Takei) | E2233
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Jason’s Top CES Products and Takeaways | E2232
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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AI makes you more creative, AI Roundtable with Steven Johnson and Grant Lee | E2231
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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2026 Starts with a bang: META AI Drama and Nvidia’s $20B Groq Acquisition | E2230
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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THE 2025 TWISTY AWARDS! Biggest Trends, Best Guests, Top Name Drops, and more | E2229
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Jason’s ultimate dream mega-purchase + Founder Q’s | E2228
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Waymo Madness in SF! Why robotaxis clogged the streets | E2227
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Level up your copywriting w/ Sam Parr | E2226
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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INSIDE How AI Startups hire, AI Roundtable with Wade Foster, Mikey Schulman, and Ali Ansari | E2225
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Is this the end for the Roomba? Why iRobot went bankrupt | E2224
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Disney and OpenAI sign landmark deal… and we saw it coming! | E2223
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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“The best founders find a way to make it happen”: VC Roundtable with Bryan Kim and David Clark | E2222
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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FLASHBACK: The future of remote work, juggling APIs, and dream integrations with Wade Foster of Zapier | E2221
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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What’s REALLY going on with those “ads” in ChatGPT | E2220
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Netflix buys WB + why Jason should run Disney | E2219
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Getting past the “Cardinal Sins of Delegating” with Jonathan Swanson of Athena | E2218
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Is $MSTR over? Jason takes his victory lap. | E2216
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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SO MANY THINGS need to go right just so you can watch a TikTok! | E2215
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Register here to join Founder University Japan’s kickoff! 👉🏻 https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show: On TWiST, Alex is chatting with Neubird ...
Even great startups sometimes need to pivot (feat. Francisco Cornejo of Theo) | E2214
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Register here for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff 👉🏻 https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:The team from Familify had released a well-re...
Jason predicts a “major M&A moment” in the next six months! | E2213
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Register here to join Founder University Japan’s kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Google and Meta had their cases dismissed (or rec...
Why data is the biggest AI bottleneck (feat. Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI) | E2212
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:The race for more compute gets all the headlines, but Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch tells us the REAL danger is running out of data!On T...
AI Model Showdown: Grok 4.1 vs. Gemini 3 | E2211
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI Model Showdown: Grok 4.1 vs. Gemini 3 | E2211Register for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*Will the a...
Archer buys an airport, Ramp’s huge raise, RIP KitKat, Bezos returns to the C-Suite, and more | E2210
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*Are we finally reaching Peak eVTOL? Jason and Alex on Joby’s big Abu Dhabi moves and Archer’s purchase of LA’s Hawthorne Airport.On a PACKED Mo...
Stop ghosting your friends with Nox’s RPLY, plus Alloy Automation and a Shopify flashback | E2209
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
👉 Register here to join Founder University Japan’s kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Nox’s new app RPLY reminds you to text yo...
Why We Need Ferries and Tugboats in Space w/ Orbital Operations | E2208
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
👉 Register here to join the kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Just getting our stuff into orbit isn’t enough… Orbital Operatio...
Inside Harvey AI’s $8 billion AI lawyer app, PLUS How OpenRouter unites the LLMs | E2207
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Register for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:Find out why AI is perfectly suited to legal tasks… despi...
IPO Mania hits the TWiST 500! Three companies are ready to go public | E2206
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
👉 Register here for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*Three of our favorite TWiST 500 startups — L...
It’s a boat, it’s a plane, it’s REGENT’s Seafarer | E2205
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Register for Founder University Japan’s Kickoff: https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*The key to avoiding long airport delays? Low-altitude sea ...
Is investing REALLY the hardest job in tech? A TWIST VC Roundtable (ft. Deedy Das and Jay Eum) | E2204
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Register for Founder University Japan’s kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*On TWiST, Jason welcomes an all-star VC panel — Deedy Da...
Sending datacenters into orbit | E2203
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
👉 Register here to join the Founder University Japan kickoff! https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday’s show:*Starcloud has started sending AI chips int...
What will be OpenAI’s IPO price? Place ya bets! | E2202
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What will be OpenAI’s IPO price? Place ya bets! | EXXX*Polymarket’s sharps are already placing bets on when ChatGPT maker OpenAI will go public…...
Grammarly is now Superhuman! CEO Shishir Mehrotra explains the rebrand | E2201
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*Why rebrand an app with 40 million daily active users?On TWiST, Grammarly CEO Shishir Mehrotra swings by to explain why he’s renamin...
iPhone Air is “inspiring,” and a first step toward Apple Glasses (w/ Zach Handshoe of SpatialGen) | E2200
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Jason’s been skeptical on Apple lately, but he’s BLOWN AWAY by his new iPhone Air.Hear why JCal thinks Cupertino’s latest release...
Jason Unpacks Sequoia’s New Funds | E2199
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Australia has accused Microsoft of employing a dark pattern… Hear why Jason says these kinds of sneaky tactics aren’t usually worth...
If you’re not working 9-9-6, are you working hard enough? | E2198
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*Working from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week, might seem like TOO INTENSE a commitment for some, but Jason argues that elite performance —...
Amazon’s “Age of Efficiency,” LLM distribution, AI wearable worries, and more with Elad Gil | E2197
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*Amazon’s dropping a LOT of employees for AI and robots… are Jason’s darkest predictions coming true?Legendary investor Elad Gil ...
Magic School uses AI to help kids learn, not cheat | E2196
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are AI tools in the classroom just time-savers, or can they have genuine educational value?In a must-watch TWiST 500 interview, Alex chats with Magic ...
Just how frothy is the AI Bubble anyway? | E2195
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show: *Is the AI bubble going to POP? And if so, how much of our economy is it going to take down with it?On a new TWiST, Jason, Alex, and L...
Deel’s growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great “momentum is moat” debate | E2194
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deel’s growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great “momentum is moat” debate | EXXXToday’s show:*Deel’s growing fas...
Legendary VC Steve Jurvetson looks ahead at neutral networks, Tesla, nuclear power, and more | E2193
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*On a very special TWiST, Jason’s joined by “one of the greatest investors in in the history of VC,” Steve Jurvetson of Future Ve...
What Ramp’s data tells us about AI, unemployment and more with CEO Eric Glyman | E2192
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*Eric Glyman of Ramp joins us to share the fintech unicorn’s growth secrets AND their Lab full of research data.On TWiST, Jason and A...
Figure’s 03 Chore-bot, Jake Paul Sora takeover, ChatGPT app integrations, and more | E2191
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Figure’s 03 Chore-bot, Jake Paul Sora takeover, ChatGPT app integrations, and more | E2191Today’s show:Figure’s butler-bot could be cleaning up ...
Battery Power for Texans with Zach Dell, plus Tim Apple is LEAVING?, Polymarket to the US, and a Tesla fan update | E2190
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*Zach Dell of Base Power joins us at the top of today’s show to talk about building batteries in Austin, that $1 billion investment, ...
We’re Hiring! Join the This Week in Startups Team
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everything’s going great here at This Week in Startups — and we’re expanding! As we launch a brand new podcast next year, we’re looking to bri...
OpenAI’s latest “bizarre” mega-deal, datacenters in space, previewing Tesla’s big announcement and more | E2189
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*How many weirdly circular mega-deals is OpenAI going to sign this year?On a new TWiST, Jason and Alex consider OpenAI’s latest agree...
Sora app review, Perplexity’s Comet is FREE, and which AI tools reign supreme? | E2188
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Is Sora not just a copyright-killer but a TikTok-killer? Hear our review!The “This Week in Startups” team has been playing around i...
Sora 2, Tilly Norwood, and the New Slop Era | E2187
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Sora 2 will generate a video of whatever you like and respects no IP (unless they opt out)On a brand new TWiST, Jason and Alex check ou...
Breaking the Sound Barrier with Blake Scholl from Boom Supersonic | E2186
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:How do you get investors excited about jets when they’re hyper-focused on new AI tools?In a fresh TWiST 500 interview, Alex sits down...
Why New Yorkers hate AI Friends, Producer Claude gets an update, and the value of human writers in the Age of Slop | E2185
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Friend’s new AI pendant just wants to be your new pal. So why do New Yorkers hate them?On a brand-new TWiST, Jason and Alex consider ...
Is there an AI coding bubble? Plus Meta’s new SlopTok product, Neon’s divisive app shuts down, and more | E2184
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Factory, a Sequoia-backed producer of AI agents for programming, raised $50 million at a $300 million valuation. So Jason and Alex are ...
The rise of “workslop,” Alibaba’s insane new deepfake model, Tether’s MASSIVE valuation, and more | E2183
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:What is “workslop”? And is it already slowing you down at the office?On a new This Week in Startups, we’ve got full co-host quoru...
Jason’s H-1B pitch, the latest on the TikTok deal, and Howie’s first ad | E2182
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:New proposal on H-1B visas… and it’s pretty similar to Jason’s pitch from last month!On a new TWiST, Jason and Lon wonder if the ...
Meta’s “creepy” new Ray Bans, Beehiiv teams with Discord, AND a visit from Lovable CEO Anton Osika! | E2181
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:On an action-packed TWiST, Alex and Jason check out Meta’s latest wearables, which promise to fix the “constantly staring down at y...
Who Owns the Output? AI Copyright & IP Explained w/ Chris Paniewski | Startup Legal Basics
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Jason sits down with Wilson Sonsini partner Chris Paniewski for part two of our Startup Legal Basics series on AI law — this time tac...
Tesla and Uber team up! Plus Weave Robotics’ Isaac and $OPEN bull Eric Jackson | E2180
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Hear why Eric Jackson thinks Opendoor is the new Carvana, and how he’s planning to bring Drake on board as an investor (plus Jason’...
Why Medium is HIDING from AI | E2179
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:On a special edition of TWiST, Alex presents a trio of TWiST 500 interviews.First up, Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine on the company’s ne...
Robinhood Venture Fund, Polymarket adds earnings, and LAUNCH Accelerator 35 is here! | E2178
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:There are new LAUNCH Accelerator and Founder U cohorts this week, and Jason’s running down some of his favorite new startups.PLUS Alp...
All-In Summit Highlights, Schools Could Block Social Media, FTC Chatbot Investigation, and Zoox hits Vegas | E2177
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:On Friday’s TWiST, Jason, Alex, and Lon look back at some highlights from this week’s big All-In Summit in Los Angeles, including a...
AI Copyright & Training Data w/ Chris Paniewski | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason sits down with Wilson Sonsini partner Chris Paniewski for a special Startup Legal Basics on one of the thorniest questions in tech right now: ho...
Republic opens private markets as Positron takes on GPUs: A TWiST500 doubleheader! | E2176
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:In this founder-focused episode of This Week in Startups, we sit down with Republic’s Kendrick Nguyen to learn more about the company...
How Founders Are Building the Next Great Startups | Paid.ai, iTruckr & Tenax AI | E2175
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:In this TWiST founder triple-shot, Alex digs into the real-world rollout of AI agents: Paid.ai’s Manny Medina explains agent economic...
The Browser Wars heat up! PLUS, Khan on The Bulwark, rules for great domain names, and Polymarket returns | E2174
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Jason heard Lina Khan on The Bulwark and got a little fired up.Plus Google doesn’t have to invest in Chrome… or basically do much o...
Creative Structures w/ Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Wilson Sonsini Partner Becki DeGraw returns to Startup Legal Basics with Jason. This time, they dive into the “have” companies — ...
Uber, Lucid & Nuro team up on robotaxis by 2026 | E2173
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Jason and Alex are joined by Nuro’s Dave Ferguson to unpack the Lucid–Uber–Nuro deal aiming to launch fully driverless Gravity SU...
Jason’s Tesla Optimus prediction, Anthropic’s latest mega-raise and more | E2172
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:Find out why it’s important to “get curious,” and more deep founder insights on a new TWiST.Jason and Alex are back with a look a...
KPop Demon Hunters breaks records, Grok speeds up, and an AI-powered browser deep dive | E2171
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show:*“KPop Demon Hunters” is one of the year’s biggest smashes… AFTER Sony sold it off to Netflix for cheap! Hear about what went w...