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Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.

This Week in Startups Jason Calacanis

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Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.

    Ask Jason LIVE!: Unpacking Startup Strategies with Real-Time Q&A | E1921

    Ask Jason LIVE!: Unpacking Startup Strategies with Real-Time Q&A | E1921

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    Todays show:

    Jason kicks off Ask Jason live! Six live guests ask questions on key topics, including prioritizing multiple founders (13:28), advice around moat for a startup (52:42), and whether not focusing on AI in a pitch will affect investment chances (1:02:38).

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) Jason kicks off another Ask Jason with 6 live guests!

    (1:13) Sean asks about investment firms changing how they invest early on.

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    (13:28) Pierson of jellypod asks about prioritizing multiple founders for investments or accelerators

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    (24:47) Ann asks if they should raise venture capital to grow faster even though it means giving up some company ownership.

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    (39:56) Francis asks how to strike a balance between skepticism and enthusiasm when evaluating a company for investment, given that it's impossible to invest in every company.

    (52:42) Hosum asks if explaining their startup's moat as current execution and future benefits after reaching product-market fit is enough to convince investors.

    (1:02:38) Thom asks if not highlighting AI in our funding pitch will hurt our chances of getting investment.

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    Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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    • 1h 9 min
    AI Demos: Gatekeep, Deepgram, Claude 3 Haiku and more! | E1920

    AI Demos: Gatekeep, Deepgram, Claude 3 Haiku and more! | E1920

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    Todays show:

    Sunny joins Jason to dive into AI news and demos, including a new report about AI and Enterprises (12:28), Gatekeep AI (23:34), Deepgram API Playground (39:55), and more!

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) Sunny joins Jason.

    (4:33) What the resignation of the CEO of Stability AI signifies.
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    (12:28) Exploring the a16z report about AI and Enterprises.

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    (23:34) Sunny demoes Gatekeep AI and get surprising results when Jason asks it to explain a “keystone”.

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    (39:55) Sunny demoes Deepgram API Playground with a fun clip from a young Jason asking Steve Jobs a question.

    (50:19 ) Sunny demoes the Claude model Haiku from Anthropic with an image from a famous Michael Jordan dunk.

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    LINKS:

    Report: 16 Changes to the Way Enterprises Are Building and Buying Generative AI: https://a16z.com/generative-ai-enterprise-2024/

    Check out Gatekeep AI: https://app.gatekeep.ai/

    Check out Deepgram API Playground: https://playground.deepgram.com/

    Check out Antrhopic’s Claude Haiku: https://console.anthropic.com/workbench/01fd2f39-ed95-40e1-9d11-c92f1a5ef26f

    Claude 3 Haiku announcement: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-haikuplayground:

    Article about Stability AI CEO resigning: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/22/stability-ai-ceo-resigns-because-youre-not-going-to-beat-centralized-ai-with-more-centralized-ai/

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    Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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    • 1h
    Kleiner Perkins and Penn’s Endowment on India, loss ratios, and the rise of secondaries | E1919

    Kleiner Perkins and Penn’s Endowment on India, loss ratios, and the rise of secondaries | E1919

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    Todays show:

    David Weisburd hosts Mamoon Hamid, Thomas Scriven, and Jason Calacanis to discuss India’s startup ecosystem (2:36), Carta’s 2018 startup class data (25:45), IPOs in the tech industry (41:18), and much more!

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) David Weisburd intros Mamoon Hamid, Thomas Scriven, and Jason Calacanis

    (2:36) India’s startup ecosystem

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    (9:08) Traction and support for Indian startups

    (17:29) Sovereign wealth funds and their place in the ecosystem today

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    (25:45) Deep dive into Carta’s 2018 startup class data, loss ratios, and investment strategies

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    (41:18) The future of M&A and IPOs in the tech industry

    (49:51) The rise of the secondary market

    (1:07:09) Rapid-fire segment on recent investments

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    Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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    • 1h 10 min
    Microsoft consumes Inflection and AI Demos from Suno, Cohere, Deepseek VL and more! | E1918

    Microsoft consumes Inflection and AI Demos from Suno, Cohere, Deepseek VL and more! | E1918

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    Todays show:

    Sunny joins Jason to dive into AI news and demos, including Microsoft absorbing Inflection AI (1:29), the new song creation model from Suno (13:28), impressive reflection skills from Deepseek VL (45:57), and more!

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) - Sunny joins Jason
    (1:29) Big news as Microsoft eliminates competitor Inflection AI by gutting their team.
    (6:23) Is this a new way to not have regulatory scrutiny like in M&A?
    (8:14) Apple has been busy acquiring AI companies!
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    (13:28) Sunny demos the new model from Suno v3.
    (15:58) Surprising punk song from Suno with interesting lyrics.
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    (19:24) Implications of Suno bringing everyone access to produce their own songs.
    (25:24) Sunny demos Coral by Cohere.
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    (30:08) Diving deeper into fair use regarding the data and content scraped from the internet.
    (45:57) Sunny demos Deepseek VL.

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    LINKS:

    Check out Suno v3: https://app.suno.ai/create/

    Check out Coral by Cohere: https://dashboard.cohere.com/playground/chat

    Check out Deepseek VL: https://huggingface.co/spaces/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-VL-7B

    9to5Mac article about Apple buying AI Startups: https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/08/apple-bought-ai-startups/

    Tech Crunch Article about Microsoft and Inflection: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/19/after-raising-1-3b-inflection-got-eaten-alive-by-its-biggest-investor-microsoft/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFUxPOXc4AHnjptN6dxkwFgpZ0kvPL_gTJ1uMicNRJwwtbQbuS1P0AI0MbDZzGawLNTArPSTT6VrWbByv-AyGXGWF_mkTdLG6eBSgiTrJPpqyBvY1y-GZoAE4xzQdq9v8ciP0VfQpKcSr-acjKYZEdwlc0XZV2lP6CeOb9I_QqXl

    Rolling Stone Article about Suno: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/suno-ai-chatgpt-for-music-1234982307/

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    Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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    • 53 min
    Optimizing fund structure, GP market fit, & more with Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode | Episode 1917

    Optimizing fund structure, GP market fit, & more with Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode | Episode 1917

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    Todays show:

    Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode joins Jason to discuss the evolution of early-stage fund managers (3:00), effective portfolio construction (11:18), qualities of high-performing GPs (38:37), and much more!

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    Timestamps:

    (00:00) Screendoor’s Jamie Rhode joins Jason

    (3:00) Early-stage fund managers today, spray and pray vs. concentrated bets, and importance of GP market fit

    (10:11) Miro - Sign up for a free account at https://miro.com/startups

    (11:18) Effective portfolio construction, investing in startups that are creating new sectors, and finding the right fund managers

    (17:28) Why seed stage investing attracts fewer GPs than series A or B

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    (24:28) Quantity of GPs to invest in and Screendoor’s approach to the DEI landscape

    (32:22) Gelt - It’s time to take control over your taxes. Visit http://joingelt.com/twist now.

    (33:35) Carry, Fees, and the percentage of a fund that Screendoor targets

    (38:37) Qualities of high-performing GPs

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    Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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    • 49 min
    The future of enterprise search and AI-powered work productivity with Glean’s Arvind Jain | E1916

    The future of enterprise search and AI-powered work productivity with Glean’s Arvind Jain | E1916

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    Todays show:

    Glean’s Arvind Jain joins Jason to discuss how his startup is building the future of AI-Powered enterprise search (2:35). The two also discuss Google Gemini (42:45), Open-Source vs Closed models (45:17), and much more!

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    Timestamps:

    (00:00) Glean’s Arvind Jain joins Jason

    (2:35) Glean’s beachhead market and primary focus

    (5:13) Glean’s approach to data confidentiality

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    (13:13) Competition against native tools and building language models in SaaS companies

    (17:00) Glean’s approach to permissions

    (24:20) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist

    (25:23) Compliance and the "CEO God Mode" feature

    (29:28) Potential of productivity software, and people analytics in tech businesses

    (38:50) Gelt - It’s time to take control over your taxes. https://joingelt.com/twist now

    (40:04) Impact of AI on business models

    (42:45) Arvind’s thoughts on Google Gemini

    (45:17) Open source vs closed models in AI development and the progress of OpenAI

    (47:49) AGI and the limitations and potential of AI as an assistant

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    https://cybernews.com/security/chatgpt-samsung-leak-explained-lessons/#google_vignette

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    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvind-jain-5935161

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    Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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    • 52 min

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