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The global rise of a sober curious lifestyle is a truly remarkable shift in consumer spending. The sober curious movement is people experimenting with sobriety for both mental and health reasons and overall healthier lifestyle. Nearly 40% of all global consumers reported a desire to cut back on alcohol. Data analytics firm, NielsenIQ, reported sales of non-alcoholic beverages rose 33.2% in 2021. Leading to a rise in consumer demand for non- alcoholic beverages. This trend of sober curious lifestyle can be tied to the wellness movement amongst adults. In 2020 the global wellness economy was valued at $4.4 trillion. Popular beverage DTC startup, Liquid Death's total funding of $125 Million signals this is not a trend but a new lifestyle. But did “Cali Sober” movement do it first?

Welcome to another Chai Chat! Our Chai Chat concept is going to be a short form episode focusing on one or more news stories or current events taking place in tech that caught our eye and we think would be interesting for you our listeners! In today's Chai Chat, we will be discussing what are NFTs & smart contracts? What are the most intriguing use cases of NFTs beyond art? We cover several use cases from insurance, jewelry, collectibles, will's, to freelance agreements and more. Let us know what you think would be a good use case for NFT's. We hope you enjoy this Chai Chat and please leave our Tech and Chai Podcast a review if you're enjoying the content thus far! Thank you for listening!

Welcome to another Chai Chat! Our Chai Chat concept is going to be a short form episode focusing on one or more news stories or current events taking place in tech that caught our eye and we think would be interesting for you our listeners! In today's Chai Chat, we will be discussing Apple acquires UK based startup Credit Kudos for a reported $150M. Credit Kudos uses users banking data to make better credit checks on their loan applicants. The startup was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London. Tune into the Chai Chat and let us know what you think would be a good strategic investment for Apple in the FinTech space! We hope you enjoy this Chai Chat and please leave our Tech and Chai Podcast a review if you're enjoying the content thus far! Thank you for listening! Source: • https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/apple-buys-uk-fintech-start-up-credit-kudos.html

Welcome to our first Chai Chat! Our Chai Chat concept is going to be a short form episode focusing on one or more news stories or current events taking place in tech that caught our eye and we think would be interesting for you our listeners! In today's Chai Chat, we will be discussing Katie Haun, former Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Partner, raises $1.5B for 2 New Crypto Venture Funds. This is one of the biggest duet funds by a solo GP! We hope you enjoy this Chai Chat and please leave our Tech and Chai Podcast a review if you're enjoying the content thus far! Thank you for listening! Sources: https://mirror.xyz/haunventures.eth/XHOD9o8ZjALuf7QnJz-oydihpROmt0txDFYIMOUoUzY https://www.axios.com/katie-haun-crypto-funds-billion-fe0f5afd-8b4d-438b-b68f-68d6ab1d5678.html

On today's Tech & Chai Podcast episode, we'll be chatting about Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (Showtime's production about early days at infamous Uber) aka Hollywood's take on Uber, the media's contentious relationship with startups and the tech industry, famous founder takedowns, the future of ride share apps and much more! Let us know if you're watching Super Pumped on our Instagram account @techandchai

Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, announces that Instagram is, "no longer a photo sharing app" and sends shock waves through the Instagram influencer/creator community. The announcement focused on the pivot from photo to video, creators, messaging, and shopping. We discuss the initial reaction from users on Twitter. We reminisce about why we loved Myspace. Where will photo content creators go? Pinterest? VSCO? Vero? Will creators create content for Instagram with the new financial incentives Instagram is putting in place? Or will their history of replicating features from other social media apps such as Snapchat stories, Reels from TikTok etc make users continue to churn from Instagram? New creators on TikTok are starting brands much earlier than their Instagram influencer counterparts, while others like Tinx (@tinx) are holding off. Will the pivot from photo to video help or hurt Instagram? Sources: https://twitter.com/mosseri/status/1410297743285829632

In June 2021, Etsy announced their acquisition of London based fashion resale marketplace app, Depop, for an astonishing $1.6 Billion. In this episode, we breakdown what makes Depop a good investment, if Etsy underpaid for Depop, the experiences of being a seller on Etsy vs. Depop, Depop's UI/UX, what gen z looks for in a brand, the rising difficulty of building a DTC brand on Instagram, the future of gen z building brands on Depop vs. Instagram, and much more! If you're interested in DTC brand building, marketplaces, gen z consumers, & e-commerce, this episode is for you! Sources: https://news.depop.com/company-news/depop-to-join-the-etsy-family/ https://investors.etsy.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2021/Etsy-to-acquire-global-fashion-resale-marketplace-Depop/default.aspx

A founder and software engineer walk into a coffee shop and talk about tech, business, econ, startups, crypto, and venture capital. We are two Bay Area natives that work in tech and love discussing these topics from a founder & software engineer's perspective. If you're interested in tech & entrepreneurship this is the podcast for you! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, & Pinterest @techandchai https://y.at/