ACQ2 by Acquired
Hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal · Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
4.7from 572 ratings
- 113
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 572
- Ratings
- 2018
- First episode
- 82M
- YouTube views
About ACQ2 by Acquired
ACQ2 is Ben and David's conversations with experts on topics related to Acquired. Acquired the stories of great companies — and ACQ2 dives deeper into the lessons we can learn from them, often with the protagonists themselves.
- Publisher
- Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Oct 2018
- Latest episode
- 8 Dec 2025
Latest episodes
18 of 113 episodes have a transcript.
8 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
The Insane Productivity of Andrew Ross Sorkin
18 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
How to Live in Everyone Else's Future (with Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke)
18 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
How is AI Different Than Other Technology Waves? (With Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor)
Inside a recent episode
The Insane Productivity of Andrew Ross Sorkin
Published 8 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In the beginning, it was really for the world of deal makers. It was M &A bankers and lawyers and accountants and people in that ecosystem. And then increasingly CEOs started to reread it and board members and strategic dev groups and then regulators and politicians started to read it. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on ACQ2 by Acquired
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- Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Tobi Lütke
- Bret Taylor
- Clay Bavor
- Jesse Cole
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 81,902,811
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 348 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 224 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal host the show. Published by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal.
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