VC React Podcast
Hosted by Ahmad Takatkah and Jamie Lane · Ahmad Takatkah (VCpreneur)
5.0from 5 ratings
- 75
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 5
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 677K
- YouTube views
About VC React Podcast
VCpreneur Podcast, hosted by Ahmad Takatkah, explores tech startups, venture capital, private-market liquidity, venture secondaries, and the evolution of the VC model. Through founder profiles, investor interviews, and roundtable discussions with founders, VCs, and LPs, the podcast covers startup news, emerging technologies, private markets, and the future of venture capital. #startups #vc #tech #ai #investments #founders #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #venturedebt #privatecredit #finance #business #ipo #acquisitions #revenuebasedfinancing #fintech #web3
- Publisher
- Ahmad Takatkah (VCpreneur)
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Jun 2024
- Latest episode
- 12 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 75 episodes have a transcript.
12 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Compute War (An Audio Story)
22 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Full Book Summary - LIQUID: The Pre-IPO Returns Hidden In Plain Sight, by Ahmad Takatkah.
18 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
VC React E68: OpenAI vs Anthropic, Uber's AI Budget, Golden Gate Ventures, Amazon vs Starlink & More
Inside a recent episode
The Compute War (An Audio Story)
Published 12 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We discussed inference pricing, transformer efficiency, grid stability, the absurd cost of cooling, and whether the Gulf would become the place where the world's intelligence physically lived. Faisal said very little. He did not need to. Every time someone mentioned a new American cluster, someone else asked how many gigawatts Saudi could bring online. Every time China came up, The room became slightly more careful. By dessert, I still had not asked Astra's question. Then the robotics founder complained that his company had been offered capacity in Riyadh, but could not understand who actually decided which workloads received priority. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Philip Bahoshy
- Timur Daudpota
- Waleed AlBallaa
- Jake Ellowitz
- Joseph Alalou
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 677,234
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 32
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Who hosts VC React Podcast?
Ahmad Takatkah and Jamie Lane host the show. Published by Ahmad Takatkah (VCpreneur).
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does VC React Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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