This Week in Startups

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Teenage hacking phenom allegedly caught, Molly’s Hall of Fame induction & OK Boomer | E1418
March 25, 2022

Another Friday variety show! First up, Jason and Molly break down the 16-year old hacking phenom who was allegedly behind the recent hacks at Microsoft, Nvidia and Okta, and might have just been caugh

Streaming news! Breaking down WeCrashed E1-3 & The Dropout E5 with Lon Harris | E1417
March 24, 2022

Lon Harris joins Molly and Jason to talk WeCrashed, The Dropout and Super Pumped! First, they play a round of "Boff, Marry, Kill" between the three shows (1:16), before breaking down the first three e

Katie Haun’s $1.5B web3 fund, Yuga Labs worth $4B, Apple’s BNPL play + ChroniFI’s Ben Miller | E1416
March 23, 2022

Jason and Molly take on another Five in Five! Five stories in (a little over) five minutes each: Katie Haun's record-breaking $1.5B debut web3 fund (2:50), Yuga Labs raising $450M at a $4B valuation (

How Apple can win podcasting, Bezos’ leadership, MBAs raising search funds & FDNY robodogs | E1415
March 22, 2022

Tuesday news day! Jason and Molly break down the following stories: Apple's "new" creator tools, and brainstorming on how they could dominate podcasting again (2:23), Jeff Bezos' letter to shareholder

Sequoia debuts Arc, SEC considering climate disclosures, Disney CEO fallout & more | E1414
March 21, 2022

Monday news! Jason and Molly have some big stories to discuss: Sequoia's new "catalyst" program, called Arc (2:37), SEC considering mandating climate disclosures from public companies (19:21), another

Super Pro Rata (VC Sunday School) + ClimateCheck Founder Cal Inman (Climate) | E1413
March 20, 2022

Sunday Double-header! First, in VC Sunday School, Jason discusses and defends his pro rata strategy (1:26). Then, Molly interviews ClimateCheck founder Cal Inman. His company analyzes and risk-rates r

NEWS: $BABA & $TCEHY layoffs, Google’s AR purchase, $APE coin; OK Boomer: Smirk | E1412
March 18, 2022

First, Jason and Molly rip through the news (1:44). They cover looming layoffs at two Chinese tech giants (2:31), Google getting back into the AR glasses race with a new acquisition (7:27), chaos in t

Reacting to Super Pumped (Uber) & The Dropout (Theranos) with Lon Harris + OneShop CEO Nick McHenry | E1411
March 17, 2022

We chat with film expert, podcaster, and Inside.com writer Lon Harris to talk about tech's latest streaming series The Dropout and Super Pumped! After that conversation, Molly sits down with LAUNCH fo

Spotify x Barcelona, ex-Disney CEO joins Genies, AMC gold mine + D.A. Wallach: music and bio-investing | Angel S6 E10 | E1410
March 16, 2022

We wrap up Angel Season 6 on First Time Funds with Pharrell Williams-signed rocker turned investor D.A. Wallach of TimeBio Ventures (32:23). But first, we do 4 rapid-fire news topics: Spotify spent ~

Ex-FB Diem team builds Aptos blockchain, Metamask parent ConsenSys raises $450M, Mojo’s athlete betting market, Zero Grocery shutdown | E1409
March 15, 2022

First, we discuss a new Layer 1 blockchain called Aptos, valued at $1B in a recent round led by a16z (2:42). Then discuss MetaMask’s parent Consensys raising $450M at a $7B valuation (39:47). Our star