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474 episodes

  1. How @VarunMayya is Building a Content and Gaming Empire ft. AEOS

    Last week, we visited @VarunMayya's office in Bengaluru. In 2022, Varun started AEOS - a group of companies united by the problem...

    Startups & Building
    Jatin Chaudhary Harsha Bhurani
    2 founders recommend
  2. The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio)

    The Walt Disney Company is the most successful enterprise ever created for monetizing human nostalgia. Today it's the king of global...

    Startups & Building
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  3. Experiment: Can you tell when he lies?

    Warning, you’ll hear a lie in this episode. You won’t be told it’s a lie. And 29% of those who listen probably won’t spot the lie....

    Marketing & Growth
    Harsha Bhurani
    1 founder recommends
  4. The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (FarmVille, Words with Friends, & more)

    Mark Pincus founded Zynga—the company behind Words With Friends, FarmVille, and Zynga Poker—and has arguably created more hit consumer...

    Marketing & Growth
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  5. Tony Fadell: How to build real taste (and why AI makes it matter more)

    Tony Fadell created the iPod, co-created the iPhone, and founded Nest (which he sold to Google for $3.2 billion). He’s co-authored over...

    Marketing & Growth
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  6. How Paytm Finally Turned Profitable?

    Register for the personal finance masterclass here: https://finanjo.com/masterclass In FY26, Paytm posted a net profit of ₹552 crore —...

    Startups & Building
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  7. The 4-Step Framework to Build Addictive Products

    In this clip, Nir Eyal, the creator of the Hook Framework, explains the 4-step framework behind addictive products and how some of the...

    Startups & Building
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  8. He Built a $250 Million Brand. Then He Left to Start Over.

    In 2015 Todd Meleney, a young inexperienced newcomer, helped build Nobull from a three-person startup to $250 million in annual revenue....

    Founder Stories
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  9. NVIDIA: OpenAI, Future of Compute, and the American Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner

    Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week, Brad and...

    AI & Tech
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  10. The surprising true story behind “the greatest ad ever made”

    Most marketers will remember Apple’s 1984 ad. Many consider it the “greatest ad of all time.” But you probably don’t know that just...

    Marketing & Growth
    Jatin Chaudhary
    1 founder recommends
  11. Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305

    This Week In Startups is made possible by: Plaud - https://Plaud.ai/twist Sentry - https://sentry.io/twist Northwest Registered...

  12. Why AI Robotics Is Stalled

    AI and Robotics Reporter Rocket Drew reveals how the lack of an internet-scale physical dataset is forcing roboticists into high-stakes...

  13. Trump Asks OpenAI to Stagger Release of New Model, Google Pressures Publishers on AI Licensing

    The Information’s Leo Schwartz and Amir Efrati talk with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about OpenAI's de facto licensing regime. We also talk...

  14. Why Kunal Shah became Whatsapp's new CEO? - Indian Startups News 319

    https://ttape.onelink.me/rapp/backwm - Check out Tickertape here 00:00 Intro 00:36 Kunal Shah's new inning 06:12 Invest with...

  15. Anthropic Customers are Being Overcharged

    The Information’s Laura Bratton exposes billing errors hitting corporate Anthropic and OpenAI accounts. She reveals how an independent...

  16. Everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips | Equity Podcast

    OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and...

  17. The Week | Is Britain America's Future?

    George Hahn connects the dots across the week's biggest stories: whether the Iran ceasefire can hold, what Britain's political turmoil...

  18. Origami, the Ancient Art Form Solving Modern Problems | Miles Wu | TED

    14-year-old student Miles Wu is obsessed with origami, transforming everyday scraps of paper into unexpected creations. In a joyful talk,...

  19. How Warp Went From YC to a $60M Series B

    Warp (YC W23) recently announced a $60 million Series B and now serves more than 1,000 customers, processing over $600 million in payroll...

  20. ChatGPT Just Designed Its Own Chip.

    🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: ...

  21. How to Build Your Own AI VP of Marketing Step-by-Step

    How to Build Your Own Agentic AI VP of Marketing. Step by Step. SaaStr's CAIO Amelia LeRutte built 10K, SaaStr's AI VP of Marketing,...

  22. How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Ended Up Running American TV | The Untold Amagi Story

    with Shivkumar Ganesan, Exotel ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond...

  23. Why Traditional Benchmarks Fail Modern AI Models with OpenAI Research Scientist Noam Brown

    When a new AI model drops, it’s judged based on a static benchmark grid that doesn’t account for how long the model is allowed to think....

  24. Why Google Is Overhauling Its AI Coding Team, OpenAI's Jalapeno Chip, Robotics AI Rift

    TITV Host Akash Pasricha sits down with The Information's San Francisco Bureau Chief Jason Dean to break down Google's sudden loss of...

  25. Trump Targets OpenAI Over Security Concerns

    BREAKING: The Trump Administration is instructing OpenAI to stagger the release of their latest model over security concerns. This comes...

  26. The Many Benefits of Coca — The “Divine Leaf” with 8,000+ Years of Use

    "Coca is to cocaine what potatoes are to vodka" — Dr. Andrew Weil and Wade Davis on the health benefits, sacred history, and unjust...

  27. Cooking with OpenAI’s Research Chief: AGI, o1, Evals, and Scaling Laws — Mark Chen

    In this episode, we have Mark Chen, Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, joining us to make Korean tofu stew and flambé shrimp. From scaling...

  28. The STRENGTH Of The US Dollar Will SEND STOCKS MUCH HIGHER

    We keep hearing the dollar is losing value, the world is giving up on the dollar, and so on. But there's very little evidence of this. If...

  29. Inside OpenAI’s New AI Chip

    Wedbush Equity Research Managing Director Matt Bryson and NEA Partner Mustafa Neemuchwala evaluate the strategic implications of OpenAI...

  30. Young People Are Giving Up on Adulthood | John Burn-Murdoch

    Scott Galloway speaks with @FinancialTimes columnist and chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch to unpack the forces reshaping modern...

  31. Latin America's Global Bank

    Fernando Terrés is the co-founder and CEO of ARQ (S21), a fintech company building global banking for the growing number of people in...

  32. How Google is Trying to Catch Anthropic

    The Information’s Jason Dean joins Akash Pasricha to break down the sudden departure of senior AI researchers and Google’s permanent...

  33. She Called Us to Save Her Channel

    Join our 5 day Idea Challenge: https://colinandsamir.com/50in5 Glory's Channel: @glorysstories Be on Creator Support:...

  34. AI Was Just the Beginning. Quantum Is Next.

    🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: ...

  35. From $0 to $250M Selling Cold Plunges From a Garage | Plunge

    Ryan Duey was living in an RV with his float spas closed and no backup plan when he and Michael Garrett built their first cold plunge...

  36. Essentials: The Science of Eating for Health, Fat Loss & Lean Muscle | Dr. Layne Norton

    In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Layne Norton, PhD, an expert in nutrition, fat loss, and metabolism. We discuss...

  37. You Know This Song (but the Orchestra Doesn’t) | Jacob Collier & VSO School of Music Orchestra | TED

    Jacob Collier walks onstage to conduct an orchestra ... but none of the musicians know what song they're about to play. In a joyful...

  38. Why Pre-Seed Investing Has Never Been Harder | Charles Hudson, Precursor

    Charles Hudson started Precursor Ventures in 2015, and helped create pre-seed as a category. Ten years and hundreds of Day 0 checks...

  39. Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling”

    Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. More from Cal Download Cal’s FREE guide to cultivating a deeper life:...

  40. Change Your Body at Any Age: The Diet & Exercise Plan For a Longer Life

    Today's episode is a MUST listen. You will learn the surprising science of exercise and nutrition, the mistakes you’re making, and the...

  41. Meta Is Building a Prediction Markets App, xAI Bets on Grok’s Racy Side, OpenAI’s Ad Progress

    Elon Musk Reporter Theo Wayt talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about xAI doubling down on video and image generation tools. We also...

  42. Can Meta Make the Next Polymarket?

    Oppenheimer Managing Director Jason Helfstein breaks down Meta's shifting focus toward speculative prediction markets and consumer AI...

  43. Why xAI’s Grok Welcomes Adult Content

    The Information’s Elon Musk Reporter Theo Wayt unpacks xAI’s decision to quietly embrace racy image and video generation to gain traction...

  44. Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner Table

    This Week In Startups is made possible by: Deel -⁠ https://deel.com/twist⁠ Northwest Registered Agent -⁠...

  45. The Case for AI That Improves Itself | Deep Dives with a16z

    Matt Bornstein speaks with Mirendil cofounders Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta about their vision for building self-accelerating...

  46. Typeform CEO on Why Going Broad Now Beats Going Deep as an AI Moat | Jay Choi | E301

    In this episode of The Product Podcast by Product School, Carlos González de Villaumbrosia sits down with Jay Choi, Chief Executive...

  47. The Agent Cloud: Databricks’ Bet on the Future of AI — Matei Zaharia and Reynold Xin

    From open-sourcing the layer above coding agents to rethinking databases for the agent era, Databricks cofounders Matei Zaharia and...

  48. What It Actually Takes to Deploy a Voice Agent to a Fortune 500

    Brooke Hopkins is the founder and CEO of Coval (S24), a simulation and observability platform for voice agents that helps enterprises...

  49. I Turned This Spreadsheet Into a $30K/Month Micro-SaaS

    Jack consulted for agencies and e-comm brands for years... and kept seeing the same problem: everyone was buried in messy spreadsheets...

  50. The Truth About Online Pharmacy In India

    Watch the full episode - https://youtu.be/WMRO9dvD5T0 Listen to the full episode on Spotify -...

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