E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:34 Breaking down major cheating scandals: chess, poker, fishing 16:13 Twitter deal updates 30:05 AI making rapid advancements: Tesla AI Day, Meta's text-to-video tool, where this...
7 Loka 20221h 25min
E98: Big tech starts making cuts, Fed incompetency, global debt, Russia/Ukraine & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:36 Big tech starts making cuts, plus what this means for the broader economy and startups 31:09 Global debt numbers, Fed incompetency 54:06 RIP Coolio 1:00:30 Russia / Ukraine up...
1 Loka 20221h 19min
E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:03 SPAC updates, state of the public/private markets 20:26 US VCs have $290B in dry powder and raised a record amount in H1 2022, is the market nearing a bottom? 31:14 Risks of b...
23 Syys 20221h 24min
E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more
0:00 Bestie intro! 0:59 Adobe agrees to acquire Figma for $20B 19:21 How Adobe might bundle Figma, regulatory implications 38:59 Analyzing Google's "one off" acquisition of YouTube 49:33 Friedberg bre...
17 Syys 20221h 31min
E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
0:00 Bestie intros: Luxury brand influencers, Birthday Party stories and more! 3:34 Jason reflects on the final Kara Swisher-hosted Code Conference, All-In media and hit piece requests 12:53 Passing o...
10 Syys 20221h 15min
E94: NFT volume plummets, California's overreach, FBI meddling, climate change & national security
(0:00) Bestie intros + Burning Man debate (4:16) NFT trading volume plummets (10:20) California's new fast food wages bill, government creating bad incentives, how the free market response will furthe...
1 Syys 20221h 23min
E93: Twitter whistleblower, cloud security vulnerabilities, student debt forgiveness & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:25 Twitter's former head of security makes allegations against the company 22:08 Foreign countries placing government agents in US tech companies, cloud security vulnerabilities ...
26 Elo 20221h 23min
E92: Adam Neumann's second act, a16z's $350M bet, housing policy, Inflation Reduction Act & more
0:00 Bestie intro plus a new moderator! 7:19 Adam Neumann raises $350M from a16z for his new residential real estate startup Flow 25:32 Housing policy: Bay Area, Houston, Miami differences 45:41 China...
20 Elo 20221h 39min
