This Week in Startups

This Week in Startups

Hosted by Jason and Lon and Jason Calacanis and Lon Harris · Jason Calacanis

4.2from 2,441 ratings

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98Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
1,486
Episodes
552
Transcribed
2,441
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2019
First episode
124M
YouTube views

About This Week in Startups

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.

Publisher
Jason Calacanis
Category
technology
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
25 Sept 2019
Latest episode
8 Oct 2026
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552 of 1,486 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    What VCs Really Think About Personal AI Agents | E2347

  2. 5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Jason Mentors The Next Generation + Why AI Is Bad at Teaching (Aristotle Interview) | E2346

  3. 3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Inside The Startup Building Uncensored AI (Abliteration AI) | EP 2345

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What VCs Really Think About Personal AI Agents | E2347

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And as these things converge, where we get better at understanding complex systems, but at the same time I get better understanding biology or chemistry or all these things, as these different types of models converge and can collaborate, the breakthroughs that I think we're going to be able to have is going to be super powerful. And I think a lot of what I'm most excited about is a potential impact on human health, right? And then also planetary health and other super complex systems that, you know, there's a lot of debate on what's real and what is climate change and all this type of stuff. And it's because there's so many, you know, inputs into these systems that it's hard to sort of really understand the butterfly effect of different things. […]

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Who has been a guest on This Week in Startups

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  • Deedy Das
  • Kanu Gulati
  • Chris Farmer
  • Sheel Mohnot
  • Shan Reddy

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YouTube views
124,403,238
Score snapshot 3 Feb 2026
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.2 / 5
1,288 ratings
Spotify
4.3 / 5
1,153 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 98 / 100

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Quality
100
Social presence
100
YouTube
93
Engagement
100

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Who hosts This Week in Startups?

Jason and Lon and Jason Calacanis and Lon Harris host the show. Published by Jason Calacanis.

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