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A deep dive into venture capital with Alex Rampell, exploring investment strategies, the changing startup landscape, AI's impact on labor and technology, and the critical importance of finding high-agency founders who can materialize labor, capital, and customers.
Alex Rampell discusses Andreessen Horowitz's $15B fundraise, venture capital strategies, and the evolving landscape of technology investment, emphasizing the importance of finding high-agency founders who can materialize labor, capital, and customers.
Brie Wolfson discusses her approach to craft, taste, and organizational culture, exploring how loving attention, deep engagement, and a commitment to excellence can transform work and creativity across various domains.
Helen Hastings founded Quanta, an AI-powered accounting software for software and services companies, by first having humans do the work of analyzing financial data, which helped her raise $20 million and develop a more efficient, AI-driven accounting platform that provides real-time financial insights.
Stewart Butterfield shares insights on product development, leadership, and company culture, discussing mental models like utility curves, the importance of comprehension over friction, generosity in business, and the challenges of building successful products.
Jason and Alex discuss the latest AI models from xAI (Grok 4.1) and Google (Gemini 3), examining their performance improvements and potential impact on the tech industry's "doomerism" while also exploring broader concerns about AI's potential job displacement.
A wide-ranging conversation with Will Gaybrick, President of Technology and Business at Stripe, covering the company's strategies in stablecoins, AI, payments infrastructure, risk management, and why they haven't gone public yet.
Zach Abrams from Bridge and Henri Stern from Privy discuss the current state and future potential of stablecoins, highlighting their growing importance in cross-border payments, emerging markets, and financial infrastructure while exploring how they're transforming global money movement.
Casey Handmer of Terraform Industries discusses solar maximalism, his vision for producing synthetic natural gas from sunlight and air, his admiration for industrialist Henry Kaiser, desalination technologies, and his ambitious plans to revitalize the Salton Sea through innovative water and energy solutions.
Tobi Lütke discusses his entrepreneurial journey with Shopify, exploring the company's unique culture of internal tool development, the evolving landscape of e-commerce, and his passion for solving complex problems in commerce.
A deep dive into Stripe's groundbreaking payments foundation model, exploring how AI and extensive transaction data can create a compounding advantage in fraud detection, risk assessment, and financial infrastructure for businesses.
Des Traynor discusses Intercom's transformation from a customer communication tool to a customer service platform to an AI-powered customer service solution, highlighting their strategic pivot to AI and the development of their AI agent Finn.
Hemant Taneja discusses General Catalyst's strategy of being a founder-focused platform, the future of venture capital, AI's impact on labor, and the importance of building companies that create value for society while maintaining a long-term, principled approach to investing.
In an ambitious attempt to revive California's innovative spirit, a group of investors led by Jan Schrammick is planning to build a new 400,000-person city in Solano County, focused on advanced manufacturing, shipbuilding, and creating a walkable, traditional American urban environment.