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Featured Guests: Oliver Libby, managing partner and co-founder, H/L Ventures | Mat Vogels, partner, Harpoon Ventures | Graham Brown, managing partner, Lerer-HippeauTrump is threatening Apple with a 25% tariff unless it builds iPhones in the U.S., a move experts say is nearly impossible. Taiwan's drone army is dangerously outmatched by China's, and its tech giants aren't stepping in to help. And Anthropic's new AI model tried to blackmail its creators and plant digital traps for future versions of itself.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule.*Terms and Conditions apply.

Featured Guests: Shahin Farshchi, partner, Lux Capital | Connor Love, partner, Lightspeed Venture PartnersThe Trump administration has banned Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, seriously threatening the admission status of 6,800 Harvard students, OpenAI is building a mega AI hub in Abu Dhabi, its first “Stargate” outside the U.S., and the European Union just made its first ever bet on defense startups with a €40M fund.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule.*Terms and Conditions apply.

Featured Guests: Maria Palma, general partner, FreestyleJony Ive and Sam Altman are teaming up to build an AI device, Trump unveils his plans to build $175 billion dollars worth of space lasers to create a shield around America capable of shooting nuclear missiles out of the sky, and OpenAI secures nearly $12 billion in funding to build the world's biggest AI training facility in Abilene, Texas.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule.*Terms and Conditions apply.

Featured Guests: Jason Warner, co-founder, Poolside & former CTO, Github | Dan Magy, founder and CEO, Firestorm | Sasha Kaletsky, co-founder and managing partner, Creator Ventures | Jeff Becker, general partner, AntlerNVIDIA is doubling down on Taiwan with a new AI supercomputer and a cutting-edge headquarters, signaling big bets on the island's tech future, the Pentagon is pushing smart new tech to power autonomous drone swarms, aiming to revolutionize battlefield operations with AI-driven machines, Creator Ventures launches its second fund, securing $45M, doubling its initial fund, and Carta's Q1 2025 report reveals venture markets are experiencing a significant slowdown at the seed stage.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule.*Terms and Conditions apply.

Featured Guests: Bradley Tusk, CEO, Tusk Ventures | Tyler Norwood, general partner, Antler | Ross Fubini, founder and managing partner, XYZ Ventures | Gregory Bernstein, founder and CEO, The New Industrial Corporation | Lily Lyman, partner, Underscore VC | Mark Fiorentino, partner, Bain Capital VenturesAfter 462 days, Venture Daily is back. And for the first time, on camera. For this special episode, we wanted to bring you a full recap of the three hottest stories in tech since we've been gone. From Trump's re-election and the rise of a new “techno-optimist” political party, to defense tech having its moment in the spotlight, to a recap on how fast AI has been moving.DOWNLOAD PUBLIC: Public.com/ventureInvest in everything—stocks, options, bonds, crypto. You can even earn some of the highest yields in the industry—like the 7% or higher yield you can lock in with a Bond Account. Public is a FINRA-registered, SIPC-insured platform that takes your investments as seriously as you do. Fund your account in five minutes or less at public.com/venture and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. The 7%+ yield is the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across all ten bonds in the Bond Account, before fees, as of 5/15/2025. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. *Terms and Conditions apply.

Featured Guests: Richard Dulude, co-founder & general partner, Underscore VC | Derek Xiao, investor, Menlo Ventures Disney invests $1.5 billion to acquire an equity stake in Epic Games, Apple's Vision Pro, its first new product in nearly a decade, is hated by social media comment sections but loved by tech reviewers, and will China and the US find a way to cooperate regarding AI? Subscribe to our newsletter for daily venture stories in your inbox every morning: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/

Featured Guests: Joey Mak, CEO, Chicago:Blend | Parker McKee, principal, Pillar VC The CEOs of Meta, Tik Tok, and X face the music during a spirited US Senate hearing, Chicago emerges as one of the most diverse venture markets, and vertical AI applications may be the hottest investment of 2024. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Allison Byers, founder & CEO, Scroobious | Paul Le Floch, co-founder & CEO, Axoft | Amy Wu, partner, Menlo Ventures The techno-optimist movement is building momentum (and political influence), Elon Musk announces that Neuralink has performed its first successful human surgery, and venture capitalists are sitting on over $300 billion dollars of dry powder. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Sam Smith-Eppsteiner, partner, Innovation Endeavors | Will Robbins, general partner, Contrary The FTC has antitrust concerns about Big Tech again, this time due to their partnerships with AI startups, Innovation Endeavors Raises a whopping $630 million dollar fund, and TechCrunch joins the growing list of news companies laying off employees. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Bradley Tusk, founder & CEO, Tusk Venture Partners | Ansaf Kareem, founder & managing partner, Latitude Capital | Doug Clinton, co-founder & managing partner, Deepwater Asset Management. New Hampshire residents receive a deepfaked phone call impersonating president Biden right before the primary vote Tuesday, Silicon Valley darling Brex cuts 20% of its staff, and will the US's efforts to build AI infrastructure lead to an “AI Industrial Complex?” Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Larsen Jensen, founder & general partner, Harpoon Ventures | Andy Harrison, CEO & general partner, Section 32 | Kenny Tomlin, co-founder, Court Avenue Harpoon Ventures, a firm led by a former Olympian and Navy Seal, raises $125 million, the SEC is skeptical of the use and supervision of AI by investment advisers, and an expert marketer joins the show to predict trends in 2024. Watch Demo Day's first VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4VAjjkEBw4 Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Oliver Libby, co-founder & managing partner, H/L Ventures | Doug Clinton, co-founder & managing partner, Deepwater Asset Management | Vardan Gattani, principal, 645 Ventures | Gené Teare, senior data editor, Crunchbase News Elon Musk's newest company xAI is looking to raise $1 billion dollars, Meta and IBM launch an AI Alliance promoting the use of open-source AI models, and November global venture funding numbers continue to disappoint. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Michael Cortez, partner, YL Ventures | Chase Roberts, principal, Vertex Ventures Half of all 23andMe accounts, nearly 7 million, were affected by a hack back in October, venture investments are growing rapidly in middle America, and Boston venture firm OpenView may be shutting down as reports of large layoffs spread. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Shalin Mehta, general partner, SEVA | Kevin Hickey, VP of Architecture, Benefitfocus, a Voya Company Spotify announces another round of mass layoffs, this time resulting in 1500 job cuts, SEVA, a firm with a unique investment strategy, convincingly exceeds its fundraising goal, and Congress continues considering AI regulation as the tech expands in hospitals. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guest: Jill Chase, partner, CapitalG A deeper dive into the story of AI and how it is revolutionizing tech and the venture landscape, and how growth stage is investing into artificial intelligence. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Rob Biederman, managing partner, Asymmetric Capital | Zach Ullman, principal, Lead Edge Capital The Sam Altman vs. OpenAI saga may finally be over as the former CEO is likely to take his position back this week, three VC firms just announced very large funds, and while the returns for private equity secondaries have been alright, they've been abysmal for VC. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Bradley Tusk, founder & CEO, Tusk Venture Partners | Ansaf Kareem, founding & managing partner, Latitude Capital OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, made headlines everywhere over the weekend when it decided to fire its CEO, Sam Altman. Today, we break down the timeline of events that began on Friday. We're joined by venture capitalists Bradley Tusk and Ansaf Kareem for valuable insight into the ill-considered decision by OpenAI's board. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Tony Wang, managing partner, 500 Global | Isabelle Freidheim, founder & managing partner, Athena Nvidia, the world's leading chip maker, has just released its fastest ever offering, online fast fashion retailer Shein may be eyeing a public market listing, and president Biden and president Xi Jinping just had their first productive meeting in over a year. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Shahin Farshchi, general partner, Lux Capital | Somesh Dash, general partner, IVP | Ganesh Bell, managing director, Insight Partners Special 100th episode: One story featuring three guests. Yesterday over 40 VC firms including Lux Capital, IVP, and Insight Partners signed a pledge to establish responsible AI protocol for their portfolio companies. VCs from those firms join the show. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guest: Marcos Fernandez, managing partner, Fiat Ventures and partner, Fiat Growth California's new VC diversity law may apply broadly to more than just venture firms, and in more than just California, Nepal joins India and Pakistan in banning Tik Tok, and Venture Daily is now creating short-form video news content. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe Follow our Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@venture.daily?_t=8hLjNsCHBYB&_r=1

Featured Guests: Cameron Peake, partner, Restive Ventures | Alex Mason, partner, FTV Capital 2023's economy has been surprisingly resilient–will the trend continue in 2024? Telehealth physicians are spending more time logging records than they are with patients, and a new AI wearable says it plans to rival the iPhone. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Jon Keidan, founder & managing partner, Torch Capital | Mark Tomasovic, principal, Energize Capital Once valued at $47 billion dollars, We Work has now filed for bankruptcy, Pitchbook's Q3 VC valuation report isn't ideal, but there are some silver linings, and Meta sets forth new rules for the use of AI in political adverts on its platforms. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Brian O'Malley, managing partner, Forerunner Ventures | Jake Heller, co-founder & CEO, Casetext Amazon is offering all Prime customers a healthcare membership for $9 a month, the scariest thing about AI is its ability to create fake content that is indistinguishable from real content, and the US's top consumer finance regulator sets its sights on Big Tech oversight. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Ben Stokes, founding partner, Chasing Rainbows | Oliver Libby, managing partner, H/L Ventures The group that sued Fearless Fund for racial discrimination is now appealing the court's September ruling, climate representatives from the US and China meet to discuss limiting carbon emissions, and IBM has pledged to invest $500 million into AI startups. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Bradley Tusk, founder & CEO, Tusk Venture Partners | Bob Rosin, partner, defy.vc Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, and many other world and business leaders met in England for a groundbreaking AI summit, buy now, pay later startup Klarna appears to be angling for an IPO, and OpenAI releases a new product that could change everything. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Richard Dulude, co-founder & general partner, Underscore VC | Ian Rogers, chief experience officer, Ledger Venture capitalist Richard Dulude shares where he thinks Biden's new AI executive order goes wrong, will crypto be able to rebuild its brand now that SBF's trial is over?, and Ivy league endowments are experiencing their worst year of returns this decade. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Zoe Weinberg, founder & managing partner, ex/ante | Abigail Risse, analyst, Hyperplane VC Sam Bankman-Fried's trial ends in a guilty verdict in all seven counts of fraud, Ex/Ante, a firm with a unique thesis raises a fund backed by Marc Andreessen & Union Square Ventures, and Walgreens can't catch a break this year as its employees stage a nationwide walk out. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Michael Marks, founder & general partner, Celesta Capital | Brad Bernstein, managing partner, FTV Capital | Philippe Botteri, partner, Accel Generative AI companies are struggling to find the best pricing model for their expensive generative products, private equity deals are way down, but there's a silver lining in take private deal value, and Accel releases its Euroscape 2023 report: https://www.accel.com/euroscape Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guest: Sarah Hinkfuss, partner, Bain Capital Ventures President Biden issues the first ever US federal government guidelines for AI through an executive order, Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the witness stand in the company's antitrust case, and companies are already following SEC cyber attack disclosure rules months in advance. Read our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Isabelle Freidheim, founder & chair, Athena Technology | Rudina Seseri, founder & managing partner, Glasswing Ventures IPOs in the second half of 2023 have failed to inspire a public market resurgence many hoped they would, the UN creates an AI advisory body of members representing countries around the globe, and Google paid over $26 billion to be the default search engine on your iPhone. Check out our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Dr. Hon Weng Chong, founder & CEO, Cortical Labs | TJ Nahigian, co-founder & managing partner, Base10 Partners | Brian Devaney, principal, Underscore VC Boston has proven to be the most resilient major venture city amid poor market conditions, the UK's Prime Minister says he is in no rush to regulate AI, and Google and Microsoft are under increasing scrutiny to turn profits from their AI products. Check out our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Will Coleman, co-founder & CEO, Alto | Dr. Tom Kelly, co-founder & CEO, Heidi Health Cruise robotaxis have been suspended in California because of danger to pedestrians, the verbal harassment of healthcare workers has doubled since 2018, and Sam Bankman-Fried intends to take the witness stand, potentially as early as today. Check out our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Dr. Josh Riedy, founder & CEO, Thread | Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, general partner, Visible Hands Clean power generation jobs in the US see a 7% increase under the Biden Administration, women without bachelor's degrees are two-thirds more likely to lose jobs to technology, and 41 states sue Meta alleging harm to young users. Our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Featured Guests: Lily Lyman, general partner, Underscore VC | Rob Biederman, managing partner, Asymmetric Capital | Doug Clinton, co-founder & managing partner, Deepwater Asset Management Check out our newsletter: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe Copyright infringement lawsuits against AI companies could spell disaster for venture capital investments, Anthropic surveys the public to develop its chatbot guardrails, and the CEO of Web Summit resigns after controversial statements about Israel.

Featured Guests: Jeff Wong, global chief innovation officer, Ernst & Young | Jen Neundorfer, co-founder & managing partner, January Ventures NEWSLETTER: https://venture-daily.beehiiv.com/subscribe The Venture Daily team has joined the Antler founder residency program to begin building a company dedicated to better storytelling in VC and tech, AI experts emphasize the need for US regulation, and insights from the 2023 Early Stage Founder Sentiment Report from January Ventures.

Featured Guest: Ansaf Kareem, founder & managing partner, Latitude Capital A conversation with veteran venture capitalist Ansaf Kareem. We cover the 0 to 1 journey, the common mistakes he sees founders make when pitching investors, and the best wisdom VCs can impart to help founders succeed.

Featured Guests: Jordan Nof, co-founder & managing partner, Tusk Venture Partners | Patrick Driscoll, general partner, Chasing Rainbows The war in Israel has investors concerned about the impact it will have on the global economy, VC's in New York have formed an alliance to promote diversity in startups, and Sequoia's Chinese ties are under more scrutiny from the US government.

Featured Guests: Pete Flint, general partner, NFX | Antonio Avitabile, managing director, Sony Innovation Fund: Africa Marc Andreessen makes the case against regulating technological progress in his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” Sony establishes its newest Innovation Fund in Africa, and Tucker Carlson's new media company is backed by an ‘anti-woke' venture firm.

Featured Guests: Tony Kulesa, principal, Pillar VC | Francesco Benedetti, CEO & co-founder, Osmoses October has already seen five huge M&A deals in biotech, president Biden announces a $7 billion dollar pledge to build ‘hydrogen hubs' across the US, and LinkedIn initiates another large round of global layoffs.

Featured Guest: Niki Pezeshki, general partner, Felicis Ventures The $69 billion deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard has finally been approved, 15% of the Israeli tech workforce are being deployed to war, and the CEO of OnlyFans says the company does not plan to IPO.

Featured Guests: Grace Isford, partner, Lux Capital | Michael Daniel, president & CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance New York City is making its case to be regarded as the world capital of AI, Tik Tok seeks to block Montana's ban of the app, and HongShan, Sequoia's former Chinese arm, may be seeking to expand the firm to global markets.

Featured Guests: Jeff Grabow, US venture capital leader, Ernst & Young | Chris Metinko, senior reporter, Crunchbase News Tech companies creating generative AI tools are trying to turn hype into profits, venture funding in Asia has reached equilibrium in Q3, and Birkenstock sees the worst IPO debut by a unicorn in nearly two years.

Featured Guests: Steve Kraus, partner, Bessemer Venture Partners | Sofia Guerra, vice president, Bessemer Venture Partners | Kerry Sette, vice president & head of consumer insights and research, Voya Financial | Noah Shipman, partner, Vistara Growth Bessemer releases its first annual health tech report revealing funding in the sector is down 65%, how the discussion about mental health in the workplace is changing, and the global economy is growing, although slowly.

Featured Guests: Allison Byers, founder & CEO, Scroobious, and co-chair, All Raise Boston chapter | Priya Saiprasad, co-founder & general partner, Touring Capital | Kfir Kachlon, managing partner at 91 Ventures Governor Newsom passes the first diversity disclosure bill of its kind for VC firms in California, venture is supporting Israel with financial aid, and food consumption is down due to an appetite-killing drug.

Featured Guests: Bradley Tusk, founder & CEO, Tusk Venture Partners | Joe Merrill, co-founder & partner, Sputnik ATX | Nick Lockett, co-founder & CTO, Pear Suite After a surprise attack from terrorist group Hamas, Israel has declared war, new constitutions are being formed by AI companies to enhance guardrails for the tech, and a hacker has compromised user data from genetic testing company 23andMe.

Featured Guests: Ben Stokes, founding partner, Chasing Rainbows | Jason Chapman, founder & managing partner, Konvoy | Daniel Khabie, founding partner, Court Avenue 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have walked out in the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history, a look into the new human jobs that AI will create, and the results of a KPMG survey of U.S. CEOs and their outlooks on AI investment.

Featured Guests: Chris Gardner, general partner, Underscore VC | Carl Gish, co-founder & CEO, Aro Homes Pitchbook's Q3 report reveals a 3-year low for deals, BloombergNEF releases the three climate challenges startups will face in the next decade, and Anthropic is rumored to be seeking $2 billion dollars more from investors like Google.

Featured Guests: Devin Kohli, general partner & co-founder, Outward VC | Johannes Weber, managing partner & founder, Ananda Impact Ventures Meta is planning to charge European Facebook and Instagram users a monthly subscription fee, the venture capital “spring” may finally be here, and European VC firm Atomico raises $1.1 billion.

Featured Guests: Madeline Darcy, founder & managing partner, Kaya Ventures | Michael Kearney, partner, The Engine Venture has a new big bank (and it's the largest one in America), carbon removal startup Heirloom says it will not take any funding from Big Oil and Gas, and Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial begins today.

Featured Guests: Courtney Leimkuhler, founding partner at Springbank | Kevin Zhang, partner, Upfront Ventures California could pass a law requiring VC firms to disclose the race and gender of their founders, Mark Zuckerberg and Lex Fridman conduct a hyperrealistic metaverse interview, and Fortnite's parent company Epic Games lays off 870 employees, 16% of its staff.

Featured Guests: Ben Lerer, managing partner, Lerer Hippeau | Rob Biederman, managing partner, Asymmetric Capital Experts predict IPO success will be accomplished by demonstrating potential for value over potential for growth, more than half of U.S. states have enacted AI regulatory legislation, and X's CEO says the platform plans to be profitable by early 2024.