This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

thisweekinstudios@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Interview-led startup and technology business show featuring founders, operators, investors, and innovators, often with a strong focus on company-building, fundraising, and emerging technologies. Credible pitches include startup CEOs with notable funding or market traction, investors and operators with firsthand scaling expertise, and technical founders advancing important innovations; booking is likely difficult because the show is a prominent founder-focused platform, although it does feature rising company leaders.

Metrics

Episodes: 300

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 351.0k subscribers

Instagram: 40.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Jason Calacanis - Entrepreneur, angel investor, technology media personality, and founder of Launch.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Startup founders and CEOs, technology operators, venture investors, and innovators with firsthand experience building companies, raising capital, developing differentiated technology, or entering emerging markets.
Required Achievements:  
Significant venture funding, Building or leading a notable startup, Developing commercially differentiated technology, Demonstrated expertise in startup strategy, fundraising, or go-to-market execution

Recent Guest Discussions

Kazuhiro Nakashoji - Quantum Computing, Quantum Hardware And Algorithms, University Spinouts, Post-quantum Cryptography, And Building A Quantum Technology Company.

Bilal Kharouni - Longevity Technology, Biological Artificial Intelligence, Japan's Startup And Regenerative Medicine Ecosystem, Fundraising Strategy, And Product-market Fit.

David Im - Artificial Intelligence Video Generation, Multi-model Orchestration, Creator Tools, Application Programming Interfaces, And Commercial Use Cases For Generated Video.

Brandon Dixon - Proactive Cybersecurity, On-device Artificial Intelligence, Workforce Security, AI Agents, Startup Fundraising, And Go-to-market Strategy.

Recent Topics

Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Markets

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
This Week in Startups
:

How Bespoke faked AI until it actually worked (w/ Akemi Tsunagawa) | E2320

August 03, 2026

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Odoo https://Odoo.com/twist Quo https://quo.com/TWiST Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Today's show: *Before Bespoke's "travel concierge" chatbot could actually hold a conversation, founder/CEO Akemi Tsunagawa and her team quietly answered customers themselves. That "fake it till you make it" strategy paid off. Bespoke landed Narita Airport as a customer based on the strength of their "chatbot" answers, and now ...

Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319

July 31, 2026

This Week In Startups is made possible by: YSecurity https://YSecurity.io/TWIST MongoDB https://MongoDB.com/ai Odoo https://Odoo.com/twist Today's show: AI models can solve PhD-level math equations and code an app in minutes… So why does everything they design look like identical slop? Thais Castello Branco, founder of Taste Labs, raised $18.5M in seed funding to teach frontier models about aesthetics and outputting quality content. She talks to Jason and Lon about why even frontier models ...

Banning Chinese robots isn't regulatory capture | E2318

July 29, 2026

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent- NorthwestRegisteredAgent.com/twist Odoo - Odoo.com/twist MongoDB - MongoDB.com/ai   Today's show: The FCC's decision to ban Chinese humanoid robots over security concerns is a boon to American startups, which now face a narrower competitive market. But where should we draw the line on security over competition? Menlo Ventures' Deedy Das, Weisburd Pierce's David Weisburd, Plexo Capital's Lo Toney, and LAUNCH's Jason Calcani...

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