Podcast appearances and mentions of Travis Kalanick

(0:00) Travis Kalanick: Officially exiting stealth mode, what he's been working on (5:52) How to automate the physical world, markets to go after (11:00) Return to self-driving: Tesla, Waymo, and the autonomous race (16:17) Leaving Los Angeles for Austin, the decline of truth and justice in California (25:51) Actuators, robot hands, "Capital as a weapon," Middle East SWF impacted by Iran War (36:00) Michael Dell: Dorm room to $140B in annual revenue, why Texas attracts founders (43:46) Dell's $50B AI infrastructure bet (1:03:50) Invest America: Michael Dell's $6.25B gift - A 401k from birth for 25M kids This podcast was recorded LIVE at Arena Hall in Austin, Texas. Thanks to our partners for making this event possible!: EY: Austin vibes meet AI innovation. Thanks to EY for co‑hosting with us at #SXSW. Discover what executives are saying about AI transformation in the latest AI Pulse Survey. https://ey.com/en_us/insights/emerging-technologies/pulse-ai-survey Forge Global: We're proud to highlight our partners at Forge Global, who are helping the world's most innovative private companies and their teams gain #liquidcourage on their terms. Learn more here: https://forgeglobal.com/who-we-serve/private-companies/ De'Longhi Athena Polymarket

DR1In our 'Asshole is selfish' headline of the week. Billionaire Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick admits strategically moving to Texas before California wealth tax***************Kalanick was caught on camera in a heated argument with an Uber driver, who complained about falling fares and the company's treatment of drivers: "Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own sh*t"In our 'Top snarky podcast hosts plead with airline companies to stop the share buyback bullshit and pay airport workers. ‘Once again, air travel CEOs are bullshit artists'' headline of the week. Top airline CEOs plead with Congress to restore DHS funding and pay airport workers. ‘Once again, air travel is the political football'***************Between June 1, 2025, and March 16, 2026:Southwest repurchased $2.6B in 2005; $400M in 2026United $1.5B5 NEOs: $91 million in 2025Scott Kirby $34M; $97M in shares Delta focused on $4.8B debt reductionFrontline Transportation Security Officers (TSOs, Airport Screeners): 50,000$328M per monthIn our 'Pervy owner does pervy stuff and everybody is fake shocked.' headline of the week. It Was Going to Be Magic City Night at the Atlanta Hawks. Then the Outrage Poured In.***************Tony Ressler founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management with Leon Black.An independent review revealed that Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $158M for financial and tax-planning services between 2012 and 2017. These payments occurred after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting an underage girl.Ressler is the brother-in-law of Leon Black (Black is married to Ressler's sister, Debra) In our 'College dropout techbro ignores actual experts, part 17 million ' headline of the week. OpenAI's own mental health experts unanimously opposed “naughty” ChatGPT launch*************** The probably might be too many women and not enough Stanford? The council consists of the following eight independent experts:David Bickham, Ph.D. – Research Director at the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical SchoolMathilde Cerioli, Ph.D. – Chief Scientific Officer at everyone.AI and researcher in cognitive neuroscience and psychologyMunmun De Choudhury, Ph.D. – Professor of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, specializing in how technology shapes mental healthTracy Dennis-Tiwary, Ph.D. – Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and co-founder/CSO of Arcade TherapeuticsSara Johansen, M.D. – Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and founder of Stanford's Digital Mental Health ClinicDavid Mohr, Ph.D. – Professor at Northwestern University and Director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention TechnologiesAndrew K. Przybylski, Ph.D. – Professor of Human Behavior and Technology at the University of OxfordRobert K. Ross, M.D. – Former President and CEO of The California Endowment and a national leader in public health.In addition to the council's pushback, Ryan Beiermeister, OpenAI's head of product policy, was reportedly fired in January 2026 after being an outspoken internal critic of the erotica rollout. OpenAI has denied her dismissal was related to her opposition, citing separate workplace allegations that Beiermeister has called "absolutely false."In our 'Petulant manchild with no regulatory or societal guardrails screws up again and bails himself out with shareholder money from a different company' headline of the week. Elon Musk admits xAI ‘wasn't built right' as only 2 co-founders remain and its biggest AI bet stalls out***************The people leaving xAI right now aren't "legacy" employees—they are the hand-picked superstars Musk himself recruited in 2023 to build his AI dream.Out of the 12 original co-founders, 10 are gone. This isn't just "trimming the fat"; it's the original architects of the company walking out the door.In early 2026, Tesla (a public company) invested $2B into xAI.Tesla shareholders are furious, arguing that Musk used their money to fund a "broken" startup, then tucked it away inside his private SpaceX empire where there is less public oversight.Total Headcount Before Buyout: Approximately 7,500 to 8,000 employees.In his first week, Musk fired roughly 50% of the staff (about 3,700 people) overnight.Shortly after, he issued his famous "extremely hardcore" memo. When hundreds of employees refused to sign it and resigned instead, the headcount plummeted further.By April 2023, Musk confirmed in a BBC interview that the workforce had been slashed by 80%, leaving only about 1,500 employees. MM1In our 'The world's most stable billionaire announces a billionaire to all other billionaires ratio of 693:1' headline of the week. Elon Musk Is Now Worth More Than Bottom 693 Billionaires CombinedIn our 'In news celebrated worldwide, older women announce a "please save us from tech bros" to asshole ratio of 64:1 Elon Musk' headline of the week. Older women set to inherit most of $54 trillion in ‘great wealth transfer' to widowed spousesIn our 'Asshole wants you to know he is still here' headline of the week. ‘I never left': Travis Kalanick launches new robotics company Atoms with manifesto"At Atoms we make gainfully employed robots — specialized robots with productive jobs that bring abundance to their owners and society at large,"In our 'Company founder announces major "stealth mode" company perk is stealthy sexual harassment' headline of the week. Travis Kalanick sees benefits of being in stealth mode for 8 years. ‘You build a culture of people that want to build and do not need to be famous'In our 'Christmas, St. Patrick, Mel Gibson, and Casper the Friendly Ghost have reportedly filed complaints with the EEOC' headline of the week. Nike and Coca-Cola cases point to the next DEI fight: who gets to claim discriminationDR2In our 'Sheryl Sandberg says "If I could have worked at Facebook things would have turned out differently."' headline of the week. Sheryl Sandberg says Silicon Valley's hypermasculine rhetoric is ‘terrible'—contributing to ‘one of the worst' corporate climates she's ever seen*************** In our 'Explosive Messages Show Live Nation Thinks Customers Are ‘Stupid'; board member Richard Grenell Demands Credit for Same Observation' headline of the week. Live Nation Directors Mocked Customers in Explosive Just-Released Messages, Saying They're “Stupid” for Allowing Themselves to Be Gouged***************"Yes, I cut the DEI bullshit." — In a leaked 2025 email Grenell justified dismantling diversity programs by labeling them "woke" initiatives that "haven't made money."appointed to the Live Nation board on May 19, 2025, but was not up for the vote at the AGM on June 12, 2025In our 'Gun manufacturers say, "Oh no, it's not the gun that kills people, it's the pesky bullets."' headline of the week. She spent 16 hours on Instagram in a day. It's up to a jury to decide if Meta is to blame*************** In our 'She responded to "O" with "K," she said "J' to "D," and she responded to "F" with a simple "U"' headline of the week. Mary Barra still responds to ‘every single letter' she gets by hand despite running $65 billion automaker General Motors***************She did not say "V" to "E"In our 'OpenAI Chairman Admits It's Painful Watching AI Replace His Coding, Less So Watching It Accelerate the Collapse of Global Democracy' headline of the week. OpenAI Chairman says it's 'hard, emotionally' to let AI write his code: 'I have a hard time not caring'*************** MM2In our 'Proposals include a reduction in the CEO pay ratio from 1800:1 to 1799:1, for my boss to stop calling me Carl when my name is Todd, having a job, and not to have to take out my nose ring I got in 1998' headline of the week. Starbucks union sent the company a proposed contract. Here's what baristas wantProtections for union baristas against discrimination, unjust firings and temporary or permanent store closures.Starting wage floor of $17 per hour, down from its prior proposal of $20 an hour but still above the company's current starting wage of $15.25 to $16 an hour in 43 states.Annual raises of 4%.A process for baristas, management and union representatives to resolve workforce grievances.A dress code endorsed by the union.Requirement for at least three workers on the floor at all times and enforceable staffing and safety protections.A mandate to offer open hours to existing employees before hiring new baristas.Resolution of hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practice charges.In our 'But Sam Altman is SORRY' headline of the week. Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students' Ability to ThinkIn our 'Don't be fooled, I'm actually a MAN' headline of the week. CoStar Group Appoints Nana Banerjee to Its Board of DirectorsI pulled every Trade Wire story with a director appointment - 69 in the last week, all press released, some private some public - and here's the count: 60 men added to boards, 9 women added, 1 woman leftIn our 'Building on Warren Buffet's innovative "Giving Pledge", billionaire creates the rival "Taking Pledge"' headline of the week. Peter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon The Giving Pledge — and it's workingIn our 'When asked for comment, ISS asked if Nelson Peltz was involved.' headline of the week. The Coca-Cola Company Announces Maria Elena Lagomasino Will Conclude Her Service on the Board of Directors

Connect with Early Riders // Connect with OnrampPresented collaboratively by Early Riders & Onramp Media…Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.00:00 - Intro and Bitcoin's surge04:41 - Travis Kalanick's ventures09:07 - Founder-led innovation13:36 - AI in construction16:01 - Business refounding necessity19:02 - AI's impact on jobs22:01 - Market signaling and AI28:38 - Unalterable data repositories33:33 - Bitcoin in digital finance41:14 - Crypto and traditional finance convergence50:34 - Building financial companies with Bitcoin and AI54:32 - Political implications on stablecoins1:02:24 - AI tool vulnerabilities1:06:14 - Data privacy and AIIf you found this valuable, please subscribe to Early Riders Insights for access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly.Links discussed:https://x.com/timmyhmshen/status/2033373162256118219?s=46https://www.theblock.co/post/393173/wells-fargo-files-wfusd-trademark-covering-crypto-trading-payments-and-tokenization-services?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialhttps://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/stories/2026/mastercard-crypto-partner-program.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=emailhttps://www.theblock.co/post/393721/abra-to-go-public-via-spac-merger-at-750-million-valuation?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialhttps://www.theblock.co/post/392812/stablecoin-fintech-kast-raises-80-million-in-series-a-to-fund-global-expansion?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=socialhttps://www.theblock.co/post/392812/stablecoin-fintech-kast-raises-80-million-in-series-a-to-fund-global-expansion?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=socialhttps://x.com/pete_rizzo_/status/2033185448026394872?s=46https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/nasdaq-partners-with-kraken-in-tokenization-push-135e8112https://x.com/MTanguma/status/2033187728976699843?s=20https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/travis-kalanick-launches-a-new-company-called-atoms-focused-on-robotics/https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/2031914914768449817?s=46https://techstartups.com/2026/03/13/meta-plans-massive-layoffs-of-up-to-20-of-the-workforce-to-offset-soaring-ai-costs/https://x.com/markgadala/status/2033230495283351624?s=46https://x.com/trungtphan/status/2032224185335103686?s=46https://x.com/TrungTPhan/status/2032224185335103686?s=20https://x.com/etherealize_io/status/2031444979969647085?s=46Keep up with Michael:https://x.com/MTangumahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mtanguma/Keep up with Liam:https://x.com/Lnelson_21https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-nelson1/Keep up with Brian:https://x.com/BackslashBTChttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-cubellis-00b1a660/

February 3, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Unbound opens preventative health club in London blending diagnostics with coffee shop, listening bar, and community events — positioning longevity as shared practice, not tracked metrics Nike relaunches ACG as standalone outdoor-performance brand with trail footwear, elite athletes, and first retail location in Beijing as trail running explodes Peloton cuts 11% of workforce concentrated in engineering and enterprise teams following slow AI-powered hardware sales and $100M cost-cutting plan Sekra, backed by Uber founder Travis Kalanick, raises $12.5M to build tech-enabled rental housing with wellness features targeting trillion-dollar wellness real estate market More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → insider@fitt.co

This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent - www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistCaldera Lab - http://calderalab.com/TWISTPipedrive - http://pipedrive.com/twistToday's show: TWiST is coming to you all from TOKYO as we launch Japan's first-ever Founder University! That's right, a full week of key insights from Japan's top founders, investors, and tech visionaries… when we can pull ourselves away from our favorite izakaya spots, that is.First up, Jason welcomes HyreSearch.com co-founder Sho Takei, a veteran of Uber and CloudKitchens who now helps startups recruit top talent from around the world.Together they discuss the massive changes AI is bringing to every facet of the hiring process, Sho's experiences working for infamously “super-pumped” Travis Kalanick, his tips for for establishing a corporate culture when hiring your first few employees, why being a co-founder is just a bit like getting married, and LOTS MORE.Timestamps:(00:00) We're in TOKYO JAPAN for Founder University with Hyre co-founder (and Uber vet) Sho Takei.(03:13) The challenges of early Uber recruiting in Asia(05:22) Are Japanese workers motivated by stock-based compensation? Or is cash still king?(08:24) Why tax rates give Singapore and Dubai a competitive advantage.(09:17) Do in-person startups have an edge against entirely remote companies?(11:50) How Jason thinks Hyre could grab their ultimate domain name…(13:26) Northwest Registered Agent: Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity —  Learn more at www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist(15:32) Just because a startup tactic works in the US… doesn't mean it will work in Japan(17:39) Travis Kalanick and Uber's unique “super pumped” approach to recruiting(20:01) It's hard to fire someone in Japan! The high stakes for hiring mistakes.(23:35) Sho's tips for establishing a culture and hiring your first few employees (“hiring is guessing, and firing is knowing”)(25:33) Why being a co-founder is kind of like getting married(27:46) Caldera Lab: Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading your routine, Caldera Lab makes skincare simple and effective. Head to  http://calderalab.com/TWIST and use TWIST at checkout for 20% off your first order.(28:59) How AI is revolutionizing the hiring process, and why you still need a human in the loop(34:02) How do you win over amazing talent that's already happy at another company(39:47) Pipedrive: Bring your entire sales process into one elegant space. Get started with a 30 day free trial at http://pipedrive.com/twist(43:19) How Hyre operates as an agency and also an in-house recruiter(44:57) The surprising importance of “candidate experience” when hiring in Japan*Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com/Check out the TWIST500: https://twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp*Follow Lon:X: https://x.com/lons*Follow Alex:X: https://x.com/alexLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm/*Follow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis/*Thank you to our partners:(13:26) Northwest Registered Agent: Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity —  Learn more at www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist(27:46) Caldera Lab: Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading your routine, Caldera Lab makes skincare simple and effective. Head to http://calderalab.com/TWIST and use TWIST at checkout for 20% off your first order.(39:47) Pipedrive: Bring your entire sales process into one elegant space. Get started with a 30 day free trial at http://pipedrive.com/twist

Jason Calacanis is the host of the All-In Podcast, This Week in Startups, co-founder of the Launch Accelerator, and the “3rd or 4th investor in uber”.We go inside the origins of All-In, how they decide what to talk about each week, and if Jason thinks it helped swing the election.We also talk lesson from starting 7 media companies over the past three decades, what he's learned from studying the world's best interviewers, joining Sequoia's first scout program, his investing strategy at Launch, the story of being the “3rd or 4th investor in Uber", what people underestimate about Elon, and what it was like inside the Twitter buyout in 2022.Thank you to Austin Petersmith for helping brainstorming topics for the conversation.Thanks to Numeral for supporting this episode. It's the end-to-end platform for sales tax and compliance. Try it here: ⁠https://www.numeral.com⁠Timestamps:(3:34) Interviewing lessons from Oprah, Charlie Rose(6:48) How to ask good questions(12:20) Jason's favorite upcoming podcasters(17:57) Starting 7 media companies(22:50) How he'd start a new media company today(27:56) In-person experiences, “Bang Bang” in Japan(32:44) Vinyl bars, smartphones, mental health(38:41) Origin of the All-In Podcast(42:58) All-In's influence on the 2024 Election(46:58) Why All-In got so political(52:35) Media lessons from Trump(55:01) Joining Sequoia's very first scout program(57:55) Jason's VC investing strategy(1:03:55) How Launch competes with other accelerators(1:08:46) Fundraising is a numbers game(1:13:06) Investing in Uber and Robinhood Seed rounds(1:18:31) Origin of “3rd or 4th investor in Uber” meme(1:20:57) How Jason got the first Model S(1:26:19) What people underestimate about Elon(1:27:37) Inside the Twitter takeover(1:31:44) Career advice for young people(1:35:22) Jason's experience taking GLP-1's(1:40:05) How All-in picks topics each weekReferencedHowie: ⁠https://howie.com/⁠All-In Podcast: ⁠https://allin.com/⁠Bret Easton Ellis (Podcast): ⁠https://www.breteastonellis.com/podcast⁠Red Scare (Podcast): ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare_(podcast)⁠Preet Berrara (Podcast): ⁠https://cafe.com/stay-tuned-podcast/⁠Adam Friedland Show: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAdamFriedlandShow⁠The Insider (Movie): ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/⁠Launch: ⁠https://www.launch.co/⁠Ro: ⁠https://ro.co/⁠Follow JasonTwitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/Jason⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis/⁠Follow TurnerTwitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovak⁠Subscribe to my newsletter to get every episode + the transcript in your inbox every week: ⁠https://www.thespl.it

En este episodio de Insights Podcast, conversamos sobre la historia y la evolución de Uber, desde sus inicios caóticos y el legado controversial de Travis Kalanick (inspirado en la serie Super Pumped) hasta su transformación actual en una de las compañías más influyentes del mundo. Analizamos cómo pasó de quemar caja a generar miles de millones en flujo libre, qué hay detrás de su estrategia para competir en la carrera de los vehículos autónomos junto a Google (Waymo) y Tesla, y por qué esta tecnología será decisiva para el futuro de la empresa y para los inversionistas. Con anécdotas increíbles, datos recientes y un enfoque claro en lo que viene para Uber, este episodio es una mirada directa a la próxima gran disrupción del transporte.

Augusto Marietti, CEO and cofounder of Kong, has one of the most remarkable founder stories in Silicon Valley history.In this conversation with Martin Casado, Aghi shares how he went from a garage in Milan to building one of the world's leading API infrastructure companies, surviving years of rejection, living in the U.S. on $1,000 a month, and raising his first $50K while sleeping on Travis Kalanick's couch. They talk about the near-death moments that defined Kong's journey, the seven-year grind before breakout success, and how APIs became the “assembly line of software.” Aghi also explains how Kong evolved into the backbone of modern API and AI connectivity, and why the coming wave of AI agents will make APIs more essential than ever. Resources:Follow Aghi on X: x.com/sonicaghiFollow Kong on X: https://x.com/kongFollow Martin on X: x.com/martin_casado Stay Updated: If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like, subscribe, and share with your friends!Find a16z on X: https://x.com/a16zFind a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16zListen to the a16z Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bC65RDvs3oxnLyqqvkUYXListen to the a16z Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a16z-podcast/id842818711Follow our host: https://x.com/eriktorenbergPlease note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Stay Updated:Find a16z on XFind a16z on LinkedInListen to the a16z Podcast on SpotifyListen to the a16z Podcast on Apple PodcastsFollow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jason Droege is the CEO of Scale AI, a company that provides foundational training data to every major AI lab. He previously co-founded Scour with Travis Kalanick and built Uber Eats from idea to $20 billion in revenue. In this conversation, Jason shares lessons from getting sued for $250 billion, discovering restaurant economics by weighing sandwich ingredients, and over 25 years of launching transformative technology businesses.What you'll learn:What actually happened with Meta's $14 billion investment in Scale AIWhy AI models still need human experts to improve, and how that relationship is evolvingHow AI models learn from experts building websites and debugging codeThe business lessons from building Uber Eats from zero to $20 billionWhy most enterprise data is useless for AI models todayWhy urgent daily problems beat super-valuable occasional problems when building productsHow to think independently when building new products and businesses—Brought to you by:Merge—The fastest way to ship 220+ integrations: http://merge.dev/lennyFigma Make—A prompt-to-code tool for making ideas real: https://www.figma.com/lenny/Mercury—The art of simplified finances: https://mercury.com/—Transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/first-interview-with-scale-ais-ceo-jason-droege—My biggest takeaways (for paid newsletter subscribers): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/174979621/my-biggest-takeaways-from-this-conversation—Where to find Jason Droege:• X: https://x.com/jdroege• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondroege/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Jason Droege(06:01) Jason's early career and lessons learned(10:27) The current state of Scale AI(12:37) The shift to expert data labeling(17:02) Challenges and strategies in finding experts(18:48) Reinforcement learning and AI environments(28:18) The future of AI and human involvement(31:21) The role of evals(35:25) What AI models will look like in the next few years(41:43) Building Uber Eats and understanding customer needs(48:19) The importance of independent thinking(50:45) Setting high standards for new businesses(53:03) Exploring and selecting business ideas(57:07) The McDonald's story(01:00:13) The role of gross margins in business feasibility(01:04:49) Why Jason says, “Not losing is a precursor to winning”(01:09:12) Hiring and building teams(01:12:11) AI corner(01:14:47) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Travis Kalanick on X: https://x.com/travisk• Scour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scour_Inc.• Scale: https://scale.com/• Alexandr Wang on X: https://x.com/alexandr_wang• Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/experts-writing-ai-evals-brendan-foody• Brendan Foody's post on X about knowledge work changing: https://x.com/BrendanFoody/status/1970163503702188048• MIT Finds 95% of GenAI Pilots Fail Because Companies Avoid Friction: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/08/26/mit-finds-95-of-genai-pilots-fail-because-companies-avoid-friction/• Uber Eats: https://www.ubereats.com/• Stephen Chau on X: https://x.com/thestephenchau• a16z Podcast: https://a16z.com/podcasts/a16z-podcast/• F1: The Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16311594/• V03: https://v03ai.com/• Careers at Scale: https://scale.com/careers—Recommended books:• The Selfish Gene: https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152• The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Less-Traveled-Timeless-Traditional/dp/0743243153/• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . And Others Don't: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996• Thinking, Fast and Slow: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com

Folge 3/4: Ein Blogpost erschüttert Uber in seinen Grundfesten. Travis Kalanick tritt von seinem Posten als CEO zurück und Dara Khosrowshahi übernimmt. Er soll aufräumen, doch der Wandel ist schwieriger als gedacht. Der Traum vom autonomen Fahren scheitert und der Börsengang läuft schlechter als geplant. Und dann kommt Corona. Die Straßen sind leer und Uber steht still. Plötzlich geht es nicht mehr um Wachstum oder Visionen, sondern ums nackte Überleben.Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Folge 2/4: Uber expandiert in beispiellosem Tempo. Der Umsatz steigt rasant. Und während Travis Kalanick in China Milliarden verbrennt, um den mächtigen Rivalen Didi Chuxing zu besiegen, gerät Uber unter Druck. Doch das ist nicht das einzige Problem. Während das Unternehmen mitten im Protest gegen Trumps „Muslim Ban“ die Preise senkt, kippt die öffentliche Stimmung. Der Hashtag: #DeleteUber geht viral. Doch das eigentliche Drama beginnt ganz leise, in einer kleinen Wohnung in San Francisco.Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Shop Talk looks at a recent study that highlights jobs that will and most likely not be affected by the proliferation of AI in the workplace. Caught My Eye covers a tote bag trend in the UK and fans throw a green "dong" on the court at a Sky Valkyries game. Our Business Birthday celebrates UBER co-founder Travis Kalanick. Listen, laugh, and learn on this week's The Focus Group. We're all business. Except when we're not. Apple Podcasts: apple.co/1WwDBrC Spotify: spoti.fi/2pC19B1 iHeart Radio: bit.ly/4aza5LW Tunein: bit.ly/1SE3NMb YouTube Music: bit.ly/43T8Y81 Pandora: pdora.co/2pEfctj YouTube: bit.ly/1spAF5a

Kicking things off, Jack Dorsey—a man with too much time on his hands—has vibe-coded his beard into an insecure messaging app that the company admits you shouldn't trust... yet. Meanwhile, if you want a piece of a legendary disaster, the Fyre Festival brand sold for a mere $245k after some shady bidding that might be a "shitty agentic AI" at work.In the world of our future robot overlords, Nvidia's CEO calmly admitted "some harm will be done," while billionaires like Travis Kalanick are busy discovering "vibe physics" with Elon Musk's Grok—an AI that literally checks what its dad thinks before answering. But the real insanity? The internet is demanding an apology from Elmo's hacked account, proving we're mad at the puppet, not the puppeteer. On the more tangible front, Tesla is making desperate moves in Canada and India as sales collapse, while we learn that hackers have been able to stop US trains for over a decade remotely, but no one has bothered to fix the issue. Oh, and laid-off Candy Crush staff? They were forced to train their AI replacements on the way out the door. The future is bright.Over in Media Candy, we're grudgingly impressed by Andor's 14 Emmy nods and the genius faux '90s action movie trailer for Karl Urban's Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II. We also got trailers for Stranger Things 5 and Tron: Ares, where Jared Leto thankfully only speaks two words.Finally, Dave takes us to the Dark Side for a nostalgia trip through the history of the Apple II and the Kaypro 2000 laptop, sparking a debate on why we all coveted a computer that, in retrospect, wasn't that great. This is contrasted with the modern reality of an IPTV pirate getting three years in prison and Metallica issuing a copyright strike against the Pentagon. To wrap it all up, a TEDx talk poses the ultimate question: Has tech delivered on its promises? 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(0:00) The Besties welcome Travis Kalanick and Keith Rabois! (3:02) Travis on Pony.ai / Uber rumors and the state of Cloud Kitchens (18:51) xAI launches Grok 4, learning "The Bitter Lesson" in AI (40:36) How Grok can catch ChatGPT in usage, OpenAI's product excellence (46:27) Perplexity and OpenAI building AI-native browsers and taking on Chrome (58:01) Elon's "America Party": is now the right time for a third party, and could he make an impact in 2026? (1:13:12) SCOTUS backs Trump over federal government RIF plans Follow the Keith: https://x.com/rabois Follow the Travis: https://x.com/travisk Get The Besties All-In Tequila: https://tequila.allin.com Join us at the All-In Summit: https://allin.com/summit Summit scholarship application: http://bit.ly/4kyZqFJ Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/technology/uber-travis-kalanick-self-driving-car-deal.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5fJikPmfM https://grok.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTA90BYo30 https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/elon-musk-agrees-that-weve-exhausted-ai-training-data https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/1943166841150644622 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1943192643439337753 http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html https://x.com/chamath/status/1943177837956968499 https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/perplexity-launches-comet-an-ai-powered-web-browser https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/1942969263305671143 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1941584569523732930 https://polymarket.com/event/will-elon-register-the-america-party-by https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/presidential-approval/highslows https://news.gallup.com/poll/651278/support-third-political-party-dips.aspx https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-implement-plans-to-significantly-reduce-the-federal-workforce https://www.afge.org/article/summary-of-afge-lawsuits-against-trump--how-litigation-works https://cei.org/publication/10kc-2025-numbers-of-rules https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/american-manhunt-osama-bin-laden-release-date-news

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Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Elon Musk vows to defeat politicians who back Trump's megabill 'if it is the last thing I do' and Elon Musk says he'll form the 'America Party' if Trump's 'insane' spending bill passes“Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one. Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa. No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!”Elon Musk's loyal and trusted Tesla ‘fixer' takes the fall for dismal EV salesOmead Afshar, head of North America and Europe, was fired for failing to turn around the brand's flagging demandFedEx founder Fred Smith has died at 80Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Supports Compelling Case for Change to Brookdale Senior Living Board of Directors and Recommends “Withhold” votes on long tenured Brookdale directors Lee Wielansky, Chair of the Investment Committee, and Victoria Freed, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee:“Given the tenure and positions of Wielansky and Freed, they are arguably the most culpable among incumbent directors for the current state of affairs.”2014 vote: Wielansky (99.6% YES) and Freed (98.8% YES)Leading Independent Proxy Advisory ISS Supports Compelling Case for Change to AstroNova Board of DirectorsISS finds “change at the Board level is warranted to improve independence and oversight”: 97% YES for entire board last yearBoard Effectiveness: A Survey of the C-Suitebased on a PwC and The Conference Board report:93% of executives say they want someone on their board replaced (highest ever)only 50% of executives have confidence in their boards ability to remove underperforming directorsWhat are the challenges in replacing directors?:Executives: 48% said individual director assessments are not performedDirectors: 34% personal relationships between board membersTop 3 areas of expertise they want added to their boards: 1) international, AI and Gen AI, Environmental/SustainabilityExecutives want more board time spent on: ESG, talent management, AI and GenAITexas Enacts New Law to Regulate Proxy Advisory FirmsSB 2337 aims to limit proxy advice based on "nonfinancial" factors such as ESG and DEI and requires proxy advisors to provide a "specific financial analysis" for any recommendation in opposition to management's position.Hormel Foods Announces Elevation of John Ghingo to President; Jeffrey M. Ettinger to Serve as Interim Chief Executive Officerwill return to the company for a defined period of 15 months as interim chief executive officer(1) base salary of $1,200,000 per year; (2) annual target award equal to $2,000,000 (prorated for partial fiscal years); (3) a one-time equity grant of $7,200,000, approximately 75% of which shall consist of a stock option award and 25% of which shall consist of time-based restricted stock units; (4) standard executive benefit and health and welfare plan participation; and (5) four weeks of paid vacation for the remainder of 2025, and six weeks of paid vacation for the period of January 1, 2026 through October 26, 2026.Netflix Rejects Jay Hoag's Resignation, Adds New Board Member“Mr. Hoag's continued service as a member of the Board is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders,” the filing states.79% said NOStarbucks Elects Dambisa Moyo and Marissa Mayer to its Board of DirectorsMoyo is on the boards of Chevron Corporation and Condé Nast and previously served on the boards of SABMiller, Barclays Bank, 3M, and Seagate Technologies. Mayer previously served as CEO and a director on the board of Yahoo!. Mayer currently serves on the boards of Walmart, AT&T, and Hilton Hotels & Resorts. She has also served on the board of Nextdoor.SEC bans CEOs from becoming chairmen without 3-year breakThe Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a new directive prohibiting Chief Executive Officers and Executive Directors from immediately assuming the position of Board Chairman within the same company or group after leaving office. A mandatory three-year “cool off period” has been introduced before such transitions can take place.NigeriaZuckerberg's Employees Have a Wild New Nickname for HimFaced with the return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office, Zuckerberg conveniently molted out of his pseudo-progressive skin and into a darling of the manosphere. He's since appeared on shows like Joe Rogan to complain that US business culture needs to "regrow its manhood," because American capitalism is "culturally neutered.""MAGA Mark"Mark Zuckerberg announces creation of Meta Superintelligence Labs Zohran Mamdani's victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street ‘alarmed' and ‘depressed'Bill Ackman pledges to bankroll any NYC mayoral candidate capable of defeating Zohran MamdaniAI is doing up to 50% of the work at Salesforce, CEO Marc Benioff saysUber in Talks With Its Founder, Travis Kalanick, to Fund Self-Driving Car DealUber is in talks with former CEO Travis Kalanick to help fund his prospective bid for the U.S. subsidiary of Chinese self-driving car company Pony.aiTyson workers authorize strike at Texas plant over CEO pay, labor practicesAl Brito, the president of Local 577, said the strike is in part a response to the Tyson CEO's pay: “We are bargaining with one of the most repulsively greedy and amoral corporations in the entire country. Last year, Tyson's CEO made 525 times that of the median worker.”Ford recalls over 130,000 Lincoln Aviators due to risk of parts detaching while driving

Today's show:EVs are igniting a global tariff war, and Xiaomi's shockingly cheap, high-quality electric cars threaten to obliterate Western automakers, sparking fears of a manufacturing wipeout. In today's brand-new TWiST, Jason and Alex dive into the EV price war, Uber's rumored plan to team up with Travis Kalanick on a self-driving takeover, and DoorDash's mega-drones giving us a glimpse of the future of food delivery. Plus, Tesla's cautious safety driver rollout shows we're only in the early innings of the autonomous revolution, a consideration of Meta's talent shopping spree, AND a new edition of Reddit Rapid Response. Don't miss this deep dive into the future of cars, delivery, and AI.Timestamps:(02:24) Guess who's BACK at Uber? On the Travis Kalahnik-Pony AI deal.(10:43) Superpower - Visit superpower.com/twist to get $50 off your membership. This offer is only for the first 100 twist listeners who sign up.(17:24) All the huge opportunities for Kalshi, PolyMarket and prediction markets(19:44) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist(25:37) TODAY'S POLYMARKET: How well will Apple's “F1” do at the box office?(30:03) Pilot - Visit https://www.pilot.com/twist and get $1,200 off your first year.(31:58)What actually IS AGI? And why does it matter for the Microsoft-OpenAI negotiation?(45:57) Inside Meta's massive Superintelligence shopping spree: maybe it's not so crazy to pay AI experts $100M?(01:05:15) Reddit Rapid Response: Can you be a great founder if you hate doing cold sales?Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Alex:X: https://x.com/alexLinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelmFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisThank you to our partners:(10:43) Superpower - Visit superpower.com/twist to get $50 off your membership. This offer is only for the first 100 twist listeners who sign up.(19:44) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist(30:03) Pilot - Visit https://www.pilot.com/twist and get $1,200 off your first year.Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.comSubscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: key inflation data is out today, Elon Musk has fired Tesla's vice president of manufacturing and operations, a changing of the guard at Vogue, Uber may reunite with founder Travis Kalanick, and a small intimate wedding in Venice for the world's fourth-richest person. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin.  Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first format. 

MRKT Matrix - Friday, June 27th S&P 500 turns negative, retreats from record after Trump ends Canada trade talks (CNBC) Core inflation rate rose to 2.7% in May, more than expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows (CNBC) US Consumer Spending Drops in May, Price Pressures Remain Muted (Bloomberg) US Consumer Sentiment Climbs as Inflation Expectations Improve (Bloomberg) Fed's Kashkari Sees Two Rate Cuts This Year Amid Tariff Unknowns (Bloomberg) China confirms details of U.S. trade deal (CNBC) Treasury Deal Kills ‘Revenge Tax' That Spooked Wall Street (Bloomberg) It's a New Era for Capital One. Amex and Chase Are in Its Sights. (WSJ) Microsoft's AI Chip Effort Falls Behind (The Information) Uber in Talks With Its Founder, Travis Kalanick, to Fund Self-Driving Car Deal (NYTimes) -- Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://riskreversalmedia.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs

Tesla ha ufficialmente lanciato il servizio di Robotaxi a Austin andando a competere direttamente con Waymo. E Uber ora è pronta a tornare in scena con Travis Kalanick. Nel frattempo, due sentenze uscite questa settimana sulla legalità di usare libri coperti da copyright per addestrare modelli di intelligenza artificiale stanno facendo discutere tutto il mondo tech. Nella Big Story una conversazione tra Riccardo Haupt e Floriano Masoero, CEO di Siemens Italia, avvenuta live durante la seconda edizione dei Siemens Talk a Milano, dedicata a esplorare i grandi temi globali con un focus sul ruolo dell'intelligenza artificiale industriale Dal 26 al 28 settembre a Torino Chora&Will Days, il primo festival di Chora e Will: scopri il programma e come partecipare su days.chorawill.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple gaat verschillende pakketten aanbieden voor appmakers in de App Store voor de EU. Met die wijziging zegt Apple te voldoen aan de DMA-wetgeving van de Europese Commissie. Gisteren verliep de uiterlijke deadline voor Apple om de wijzigingen door te voeren, anders zou er een extra boete komen op de half miljard die in april werd uitgedeeld aan het bedrijf. Apple biedt appmakers een 'basispakket' met 5% commissie op in-app-aankopen, maar daarbij leveren ontwikkelaars in op een aantal tools die kunnen helpen bij het promoten van de app. Zo lever je in op automatische app-updates voor je app. Bij het pakket met alle functies betaal je als ontwikkelaar 13% commssie. Ook zal Apple een aanvullende 5% commissie vragen over aankopen die buiten de App Store om gedaan worden. Apple heeft aangegeven het nog altijd oneens te zijn met de strenge regels en de eerdere boete. Het bedrijf zal dus nog altijd in hoger beroep gaan, maar past nu wel de regels aan om hogere boetes te voorkomen. De Europese Commissie gaat nog beoordelen over de nieuwe pakketten wel voldoen aan de Digital Markets Act. Verder in deze Tech Update: Uber gaat oud-topman Travis Kalanick helpen met aankoop Pony.ai voor zelfrijdende autotechnologie Blue Screen Of Death wordt Black Screen Of Death See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to the “All-In Podcast's” Jason Calacanis about the origins of podcasting and how it evolved from blogging; his obsession with mastering every part of media production for independence; the early days of podcasting before mainstream adoption; the influence of figures like Howard Stern, Adam Curry, and Tom Green on new media; the emotional impact and asymmetrical intimacy of daily podcasting; how fame in podcasting differs from traditional celebrity; his extroverted nature and unique connection with fans; investing in startups like Uber and Robinhood with high risk but massive returns; his “mutant” ability to spot winners in angel investing early, like Uber's Travis Kalanick; how he looks for founder traits like intensity, awkwardness, and deep conviction; why his childhood poverty in Brooklyn fueled his drive for wealth and control; the emotional moment when he became financially secure; the dangers of post-exit depression for entrepreneurs; how true freedom comes from building without needing permission or investors; the importance of skills over vague dream-chasing; how Founder University helps teach practical startup essentials; how Silicon Valley figures like Elon Musk were initially dismissed in LA's entertainment circles; how the tech industry evolved from being admired to viewed with skepticism after the rise of Facebook and social media toxicity; how Elon nearly lost Tesla and SpaceX during the 2008 crisis; how Jason offered to personally loan Elon money and pre-ordered two Model S cars to support him; how that Model S became a historic prototype worth over $1 million; and much more.

In this episode, recorded at the 2025 Abundance Summit, Travis and Peter discuss what it takes to disrupt a whole industry, tips from founding Uber, and more.  Recorded on March 12th, 2025 Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice. Travis Kalanick is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Uber, the ride-hailing company that revolutionized urban transportation globally. After stepping down from Uber in 2017, he launched CloudKitchens, a startup focused on ghost kitchens and food delivery infrastructure. Learn more about Abundance360: https://bit.ly/ABUNDANCE360  Learn more about Exponential Mastery: https://bit.ly/exponentialmastery  Learn more about CloudKitchens: https://cloudkitchens.com/  ____________ I only endorse products and services I personally use. To see what they are,  please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:  Get started with Fountain Life and become the CEO of your health: https://fountainlife.com/peter/ AI-powered precision diagnosis you NEED for a healthy gut: https://www.viome.com/peter  Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PETER at  https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod _____________ I send weekly emails with the latest insights and trends on today's and tomorrow's exponential technologies. Stay ahead of the curve, and sign up now:  Tech Blog _____________ Connect With Peter: Twitter Instagram Youtube Moonshots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNick is an entrepreneur and journalist. He was the founder of Gawker Media, the publisher of Gizmodo, and the editor of Valleywag. He began his career as a journalist with the Financial Times — as a derivatives and tech correspondent — and later founded a Silicon Valley news aggregator called Moreover Technologies. He's now working on Maze.com, which hosts a network map of near-future timelines.For two clips of our convo — on the growing global dominance of China, and the Chinese outcompeting Elon Musk — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: raised in Hampstead in the lower-middle class; a Jewish mom who fled the Communists in Hungary; growing up on sci-fi; Asimov's Foundation; attending Oxford like his father; game theory; being a young reporter in London, Hungary, Romania, and Singapore; pioneering the internet in the ‘90s; Foundation parallels with Singapore; Lee Kuan Yew; Chinese pragmatism; Taiwan; EVs in China; Musk's companies; tech theft between the US and China; DOGE and Trump reigning in Musk; Peter Thiel; Andy Grove; Uber's Travis Kalanick; Kara Swisher; Oculus' Palmer Luckey; how Silicon Valley is PR obsessed; Zuckerberg; David Sacks and crypto; Andreessen; drones; Ukraine; Thatcher; housing crisis in the UK; Orbán; the German Greens; Russian expansionism; the Poles and nukes; Trump's tariffs; Tucker's interview with Putin; the growing US-Europe rift; Greenland; AI and DeepSeek; and Nick's predictions as a futurist.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Douglas Murray on Israel and Gaza, Evan Wolfson on the history of marriage equality, Francis Collins on faith and science and Covid, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on Covid's fallout, and Paul Elie on his book The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

YouTuber, writer, and coder Sophia Tung recaps the week's most important AV news, including Waymo's big Bay Area expansion, multiple Tesla controversies, Travis Kalanick's robotaxi regrets, Rivian's hands-free driving debut, and more. This week's episode is shorter than usual, but hopefully it serves as a good introduction to Sophia and her point of view on AI mobility. She'll be podcasting more with us in the future. As a reminder, the first Ride AI summit is taking place on April 2 at Neuehouse in Hollywood, California. We already have an amazing group of speakers lined up, including Amnon Shashua of Mobileye, Gill Pratt of TRI, and other top decision makers from Waymo, Zoox, Wayve, Apollo Go, Nuro, and more. There's a ton of excitement around the fact that this will be the first event of its kind that people will be able to take a fully driverless Waymo robotaxi to, making it the perfect opportunity to inaugurate the second chapter of this technological space. The on-stage conversations will be focused on this shift, from experiments and ideas to delivering real-world realities, and how to reboot conversations with stakeholders in the public sector, capital markets, media, and beyond.Tickets are currently on sale ⁠here⁠: https://ti.to/rideai/ride-ai-2025

Today we are going to talk about founder-led companies, which can provide high returns for investors – but also be high risk.From Uber's aggressive expansion tactics under Travis Kalanick, Theranos's fraudulent blood testing under Elizabeth Holmes, and WeWork's unsustainable growth under Adam Neumann, founder-led companies can be more at risk of corporate management shortfalls and pose a need for more rigorous governance standards.Lawrence Lam joins host Rose Mary Petrass on the podcast today.He is the managing director and founder of Lumenary Investment Management and the author of The Founder Effect – a book that provides a framework to identify and invest in high-performing founder-led companies.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

We sat down with Davis Bae, the Managing Partner of the Seattle Office of Fisher & Phillips to talk about the immigration issue and how operators need to prepare for the foreseeable future. Is this a passing fad or the new normal? We'll discuss. And we take a few minutes to discuss a future business model that includes cloud kitchens and what Travis Kalanick of Uber fame is up to in that area. We'll talk about those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.

(0:00) The Besties intro Travis Kalanick! (2:11) Travis breaks down the future of food and the state of CloudKitchens (13:34) Sacks breaks in! (15:38) DeepSeek panic: What's real, training innovation, China, impact on markets and the AI industry (50:14) US vs China in AI, the Singapore backdoor (1:01:51) OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise ~$40B with Masa as the lead investor (1:10:37) DOGE's first 10 days (1:25:13) Future of Self Driving: Uber, Waymo, Tesla (1:38:04) Fed holds rates steady, how DOGE can impact rate cuts (1:44:17) Fatal DC plane crash Follow Travis: https://x.com/travisk Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1/blob/main/DeepSeek_R1.pdf https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-company-trained-gpt-4-rival-with-just-2-000-gpus-01-ai-spent-usd3m-compared-to-openais-usd80m-to-usd100m https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html https://x.com/shrihacker/status/1884414667503853749 https://x.com/balajis/status/1884975064283812270 https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2025/01/29/meta-platforms-meta-q4-2024 earnings-call-transcri https://x.com/mrexits/status/1885017400308806121 https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-01-28-2025/card/deepseek-s-ai-learned-from-chatgpt-trump-s-ai-czar-says-LoCYvz2Lm0riS0AuEoB5 https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-distillation-has-become-the-scariest-wordfor-ai-companies-aa146ae3 https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/27/why-deepseeks-new-ai-model-thinks-its-chatgpt https://x.com/rauchg/status/1875627666113740892 https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6 https://x.com/satyanadella/status/1883753899255046301 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1883192498274873513 https://x.com/rihardjarc/status/1884263865703358726 https://x.com/austen/status/1884444298130674000 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/openai-in-talks-to-raise-up-to-40-billion-at-340-billion-valuation.html https://x.com/america/status/1884372526144598056 https://x.com/DOGE/status/1884396041786524032 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency https://x.com/Jason/status/1884671945800573018 https://abcnews.go.com/538/trump-starts-term-weak-approval-rating/story?id=118146633 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/15/cpi-inflation-december-2024-.html https://x.com/chamath/status/1885068981905875241

Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber's Series B at Menlo alongside leading Warby Parker's Series A and investing in Tumblr, all in just 18 months at Menlo. Following Menlo, Shervin co-founded Sherpa Capital and today Shervin is averaging over 73x on his investments. As an angel investor, Shervin made over 100 investments in the likes of Dollar Shave Club, Postmates, Facebook and more.  In Today's Episode with Shervin Pishevar: 08:09 Meeting Travis Kalanick: The Start of a Game-Changing Partnership 11:08 The Uber Series B: Securing a Billion-Dollar Deal 12:49 The Rise of Uber: Global Expansion and Strategic Moves 19:01 The Lyft Rivalry: Missed Opportunities and Lessons Learned 20:57 Recruiting Emil Michael: Building a Strong Leadership Team 24:29 Uber China: The Challenges and Triumphs 27:19 The $15 Billion Raise: Fueling Uber's Global Dominance 30:57 The Beginning of the End: Betrayal by Benchmark 35:33 Sam Altman's Coup and Lessons from the Past 36:22 The Uber War: Legal Battles and Boardroom Drama 37:36 Fusion GPS and Fabricated Reports 39:43 The Me Too Movement and Its Impact 40:51 The SoftBank Investment and Leadership Changes 41:29 The Downfall of Uber's Visionaries 51:09 The Future of Venture Capital 57:01 Quantum Computing and AI: The Next Frontier      

Gig-jobbare tar över en allt större del av arbetsmarknaden. Men de nya affärsmodellerna för plattformsföretagen krockar med den svenska modellen. En färsk dom slår fast att ett appföretag kan ha arbetsmiljöansvar för de som tar påhuggen. Samtidigt kan ett EU-beslut få stora konsekvenser för hela branschen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Programledare:Hanna MalmodinMedverkande och röster i programmet:Sven Carlsson, gräv- och teknikreporter, Ekot Gustav Hägg, docent i företagsekonomi, Malmö universitet Ramatis Soares, bud Sirin Celik, utredare, Svenska Transportarbetarförbundet Travis Kalanick, grundare, Uber Richard Lindeen, operativ talesperson, Wolt Producent:Olof Wijnbladhekonomiekotextra@sverigesradio.se

In this week's episode of Market Mondays, we dive into a variety of topics shaping the world of investing. First, we explore Meta's ambitious $10 billion investment in undersea fiber optic cables, discussing how this could revolutionize global connectivity and uncover exciting investment opportunities. Troy delivers a detailed presentation on stock options, offering actionable insights to elevate your portfolio strategy. On the crypto front, we break down XRP's leap to the #3 spot in crypto market cap, fueled by BlackRock and JP Morgan launching XRP ETFs, and analyze its future in the crypto ecosystem. We also discuss the possibility of Microsoft adding Bitcoin to its asset portfolio after insights from Michael Saylor, and what this could mean for both the tech giant and the broader crypto market. Could XRP dethrone Bitcoin as the top cryptocurrency? We evaluate what it would take for XRP to challenge Bitcoin's dominance.Switching gears, we examine Trump's tariffs and their potential impact on various industries and the market over the next four years. We also highlight high-growth, high-debt companies like MicroStrategy and quantum computing firms, analyzing their growth drivers and whether this momentum is sustainable. For crypto enthusiasts, we share our predictions on the next big market run, questioning whether it will happen by early 2024 or stretch into late 2025. We also discuss our top stock picks beyond giants like Apple and Microsoft, explaining why these under-the-radar investments could be game-changers. Finally, we examine the implications of industry leaders like Bill Ackman, Marc Andreessen, and Travis Kalanick joining the Department of Government Efficiency, and how their expertise could reshape government operations and unlock new investment opportunities. Tune in for a comprehensive discussion packed with insights to help you make informed investment decisions! #MarketMondays #Investing #Crypto #StockMarket #Meta #XRP #Bitcoin #Microsoft #Tariffs #HighGrowthStocks #BillAckman #MarcAndreessen #StockOptions #FinanceTipsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/marketmondays/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Unfortunately, many employers have held onto outdated beliefs about employment and entrepreneurship. In this episode, I share why I agree with Nassim Taleb's belief that getting a monthly salary (i.e. full-time employment) as opposed to working as a consultant often does more harm than good!  If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a review! My mission is to help and support as many FinTech startups as possible, and when you leave a positive review, more people can find this podcast and help their companies! If you are on Apple, just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and tell me what your favorite part of the podcast is.    Today's episode: [00:41] An overview of the focus of today's show.  [01:14] The dangers of drugs vs. a monthly check [01:48] The stories that inspired me to record this episode.  [03:10] Issues that have become commonplace in big companies.  [04:51] Nassim Taleb's thoughts on the harm caused by formal employment.  [07:23] Travis Kalanick's biggest battle as Uber's CEO.  [09:26] A personal experience highlighting how employers misinterpret full-time employment and entrepreneurship.  [16:18] Lessons that can be learned from the communist revolution.  [18:48] Share your thoughts!   Show links: Interested in FinTech compliance? - consider investing in the FinTech Compliance Self-Starter Package! I would love to invite you to sign up for my newsletter. If you are interested, please click here.

This week's podcast is about CloudKitchens, the new venture of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. And why I think it is a better business model than Uber. In theory.You can listen to this podcast here, which has the slides and graphics mentioned. Also available at iTunes and Google Podcasts.Here is the link to the TechMoat Consulting.Here is the link to the Tech Tour.Here is the interview with Travis on the All in Podcast about this business.———I write, speak and consult about how to win (and not lose) in digital strategy and transformation.I am the founder of TechMoat Consulting, a boutique consulting firm that helps retailers, brands, and technology companies exploit digital change to grow faster, innovate better and build digital moats. Get in touch here.My book series Moats and Marathons is one-of-a-kind framework for building and measuring competitive advantages in digital businesses.This content (articles, podcasts, website info) is not investment, legal or tax advice. The information and opinions from me and any guests may be incorrect. The numbers and information may be wrong. The views expressed may no longer be relevant or accurate. This is not investment advice. Investing is risky. Do your own research.Support the show

Scott Gorlick was employee #99 at Uber. Over 6 years, Scott built Uber in Atlanta and helped the company scale from 10 cities to $10B in revenue. Scott is also a prolific angel investor having written early checks into Lime and Standard Cognition to name a few. In Today's Episode with Scott Gorlick We Discuss: 1. The Driver Acquisition Playbook: Scaling to 1M Drivers How did Uber acquire 1M drivers? What was the playbook? What worked? What did not work? How much of a role did driver-to-driver referral payments have in driver acquisition? What did Lyft do on the driver acquisition side that Uber should have done? What did the retention look like for drivers on a 30, 60 and 90 day period? 2. The City Expansion Playbook: What was the expansion playbook that Uber used for new cities? What worked in ramping demand in a new city? What did not work? How much of a role did promotions and discounting play? Lessons from them? Why did Uber often let Lyft launch in a new market first? What was the benefit of this? How did Scott see the maturation rate change with new markets opening? How fast did each subsequent market reach profitability? 3. Travis Kalanick and What Uber Could Have Been: How would Uber be different today if Travis was still in charge? What are the biggest mistakes that Dara has made with their M&A strategy? What are some of Scott's biggest leadership lessons from working with Travis? How did Travis create such strong followership and cult around him? What were the single biggest management mistakes made by Travis?  

This episode is a two-for-one, and that's because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I've curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.The episode features segments from episode #79 "Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions" and #729 "Legendary Actor Scott Glenn — How to Be Super Fit at 85, Lessons from Marlon Brando, How to Pursue Your Purpose, The Art of Serendipity, Stories of Gunslingers, and More."Please enjoy!Sponsors:Momentous high-quality supplements: https://livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for 20% off)Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period)AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.)Timestamps:[00:00] Start [05:19] Notes about this supercombo format.[06:23] Enter Chris Sacca.[06:53] Traits of founders for whom success, at massive scale, seems predestined.[08:00] Travis Kalanick and Nintendo Wii Tennis.[09:55] Resources for cultivating investing chops, emotional intelligence, and general empathy.[18:37] Chris' evolving concept of success.[22:31] What Chris and his brother Brian's parents did right.[26:47] What Chris looks for when hiring.[29:23] The prophetic notebook.[31:29] Advice to aimless college graduates.[34:06] Two differentiators that shifted the nature of Chris' business[38:16] Enter Scott Glenn.[38:44] Idaho vs. Los Angeles.[44:59] Apocalypse Now, self-confidence soon after.[49:00] Burt Lancaster's movie star lessons.[54:41] The birth and death of Wes Hightower.[1:03:56] Catching the attention of James Bridges.[1:06:12] Scarlet fever.[1:07:57] From Marine to police reporter.[1:12:42] Berghof Studios and parental advice.[1:21:12] Converting to Judaism.[1:24:04] Lao Tzu: the ultimate mystic?[1:28:44] Letting go with Killer Joe.[1:33:20] "Crazy Whitefella Thinking."[1:38:53] Getting out of the way and Erwan Le Corre.[1:42:19] Lessons from the "morally phenomenal" Marlon Brando.[1:46:54] How Scott's childhood bout with scarlet fever informed his life's course.[1:49:33] Daily routines and exercises of an in-shape 85-year-old.[2:05:46] Securing a serendipitous skill set.[2:12:41] Thailand talk.[2:16:46] Increasing surface luck.[2:17:32] How Scott met and fell in love with his wife.[2:23:32] "Just dance."[2:24:14] Mistakenly calling Rudolf Nureyev Russian.[2:26:24] Poetry.[2:30:31] What Laurence Olivier knew about the value of tenacity.[2:32:09] Parting thoughts.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian Tolkin is the Head of Product at Opendoor. Previously, he was one of the early employees at Uber, where he was instrumental in launching and growing UberPool, UberHop, and UberExpress and started one of the first product operations teams in tech. In our conversation, we dive into:• How to enable product and ops to work well together• How to run great product reviews• How to make good decisions with limited data• How he uses the jobs-to-be-done framework at Opendoor• How to stay calm under pressure as a leader• Wild stories from his time at Uber• Challenges faced at Opendoor during the pandemic• Much more—Brought to you by:• Pendo—The only all-in-one product experience platform for any type of application• Explo—Embed customer-facing analytics in your product• Attio—The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups—Find the transcript and references at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/scaling-uber-and-opendoor-brian-tolkin—Where to find Brian Tolkin:• X: https://x.com/briantolkin• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briantolkin/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Brian's background(02:14) Career beginnings at Uber(02:49) Transitioning from product operations to product management(06:47) Product and operations synergy(10:00) Surge pricing at Uber(12:18) Scaling challenges, and stories(15:47) Opendoor and Covid adaptations(25:38) Product reviews and Jobs to Be Done(40:30) The challenges of A/B testing(42:23) Increasing conviction in solutions(44:33) Leveraging intuition in product decisions(47:07) Partnering with Zillow(52:55) Staying calm under pressure(56:25) Finding the “kernel of truth” in product management(01:00:21) Failure corner: Early days of Uber Pool(01:06:11) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Twitter's former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/twitters-former-head-of-product-kayvon-beykpour• Opendoor: https://sell.opendoor.com/• How to sell your ideas and rise within your company | Casey Winters, Eventbrite: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-sell-your-ideas-and-rise-within• Thinking beyond frameworks | Casey Winters (Pinterest, Eventbrite, Airbnb, Tinder, Canva, Reddit, Grubhub): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/thinking-beyond-frameworks-casey• Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/lessons-from-30-years-of-building• FlashTags: A Simple Hack for Conveying Context Without Confusion: https://www.onstartups.com/flashtags-a-simple-hack-for-conveying-context-without-confusion• Jobs to Be Done Theory: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/theory/jobs-to-be-done• The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-jtbd-bob-moesta-co-creator-of-the-framework/• Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/• Zillow, Opendoor announce multi-year partnership: https://investor.opendoor.com/news-releases/news-release-details/zillow-opendoor-announce-multi-year-partnership• Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-product-at-stripe-jeff-weinstein• Stripe Atlas: https://stripe.com/atlas• Founders podcast: https://www.founderspodcast.com/• Uber will deliver ice cream to you today: https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/food/2016/07/13/uber-will-deliver-ice-cream/24201840007/• UberKittens: https://www.uber.com/newsroom/uberkittens/• UberPuppies: https://www.uber.com/blog/uberpuppies-want-to-play/• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike: https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-NIKE/dp/1471146723• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Impact-Improbable-Incerto/dp/1400063515• The Design of Everyday Things: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465050654• Shantaram: https://www.amazon.com/Shantaram-SHANTARAM-Paperback-GregoryDavidRoberts/dp/B00QPVJESC• Full Swing on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81483353• Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80204890• Break Point on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81569920• Air on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/AIR-Matt-Damon/dp/B0B8Q3JMCG• Fi smart dog collar: https://tryfi.com/• Particle: https://particlenews.ai/• Sara Beykpour on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarabeykpour/• A new-parent gift guide for product managers: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/a-new-parent-gift-guide-for-product• Jeff Holden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffholden/• Travis Kalanick on X: https://x.com/travisk—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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Welcome to my new super-artisanal-limited-edition Summer Scheme Series: PaddleSchemin!!! This is just me having fun on the lake rambling about all the topics & schemes I'm having. In this episode we cover the following: 0:00 Live from Seattle, WA 1:08 Tesla Deliveries 1:33 Seaplane Takeoff 2:24 Travis Kalanick joining Tesla Cybercab project!? 5:08 Bumping into a big ship 6:15 I love my Paddelboard 6:47 Tesla Cyber Cargo ship with battery swapping 8:30 Tesla Electric Paddleboard would be so awesome 10:35 Tesla Cybercab will change cities 11:00 FSD Update 12:25 PaddleSchemin is available on all podcasting platforms 12:48 Cooking with Chat GPT 16:00 Seaplane Takeoff 16:45 Tesla Self Cleaning Robotaxi patent 17:43 I hope Cyercab looks beautiful 19:00 Tesla Energy & insane Megapack growth 20:24 Megapack financials 20:50 We need better architecture 21:23 Queen Anne Falls Future of Seattle Megascheme

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins Morning Brew Daily for an exclusive interview where he discusses Uber's focus on affordability, which includes scheduling UberX Shares and launching shuttles that will take customers to and from concerts and events for a lower fare. He also shares his thoughts on autonomous vehicles and EVs. And where does Uber stand on competition with Lyft and Tesla? Plus, a deep dive into Uber's ad business, their new partnership with Instacart and will Uber really pull out of Minneapolis? Then, Dara explains what his biggest challenges were when taking over for former CEO Travis Kalanick and how playing Dungeons and Dragons has inspired his leadership style. And finally, what is the CEO of Uber's.... Uber rating? 00:00 - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins MBD 01:00 - Launching UberX Share 02:45 - Uber Shuttle to concerts  06:40 - Autonomous vehicles  12:40 - Uber's EV projection  15:00 - Uber and Minneapolis  17:00 - Competition with Lyft  17:45 - Instacart deal with Uber Eats  21:00 - Surge pricing's future  23:15 - Uber ad business 26:00 - Uber Direct  28:00 - US attracting leadership 30:15 - Taking over as Uber CEO 32:35 - Biggest regret at Uber  35:10 - Dungeons and Dragons lessons 37:25 - Dara's Uber rating Get your Morning Brew Daily Mug HERE: https://shop.morningbrew.com/products/morning-brew-daily-mug?utm_medium=youtube&utm_source=mbd&utm_campaign=mug Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is with legendary executive and operator, Emil Michael. Emil was the former SVP at Tellme Networks, a company that he helped sell for over $600 million in the early 2000s. Shortly after, Emil joined Uber as the Chief Business Officer alongside Travis Kalanick, and helped this startup grow into one of the greatest tech juggernauts in the world, a company that's now worth $160 billion. In this conversation, we dive deep into what it takes to build an iconic organization that changes the world, how to build winning cultures, and the negotiation secrets that Emil used to close multi-billion dollar deals.

Guest: Glen Tullman, CEO of TranscarentTranscarent CEO Glen Tullman has a saying: Hire low, fire high. When one of his friends was offered a job and said he wanted to consider another offer, Glen withdrew Transcarent's offer because he didn't want to be the highest bidder — in other words, hire low. But whenever he has to let someone go, he sees it as his responsibility to “help them go off and do something else that's great, and be successful.” Firing and replacing executives, he said, is “just part of growing ... it doesn't have to be ugly.”In this episode, Glen and Joubin discuss conservative values, John Doerr, Teledoc, failures of leadership, Steve Case, Bill Gates, changing expectations, Travis Kalanick, incentive bonuses, Bucknell University, massive layoffs, criticizing in public, anonymous charity, cycling events, Michael Jordan, Bill McDermott, Barack Obama, private jets, and hiring without titles.In this episode, we cover:(01:11) - How Glen splits his time (03:55) - Looking back and leaving Livongo (09:03) - Would he do it again differently? (13:42) - Energy at work (18:00) - Failure and starting over (21:16) - What Transcarent does (25:29) - Taking on the system and stress (30:33) - Turning Allscripts around (33:48) - “We educated you to make a difference” (38:06) - The birth of electronic prescriptions (42:52) - Hire low, fire high (47:47) - Radical honesty (53:04) - Charitable efforts (57:55) - Glen's competitive childhood (01:00:55) - His family and priorities (01:08:24) - Would Glen go into politics? (01:12:32) - “I hate to sleep” (01:15:06) - Peloton meetings (01:17:32) - Trading money for time (01:24:11) - Sharing credit (01:25:54) - Who Transcarent is hiring (01:28:05) - What “grit” means to Glen Links:Connect with GlenLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

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Today, I'm talking with Ann Hiatt, a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years of experience as the Executive Business Partner for Jeff Bezos (Founder and CEO of Amazon), Marissa Mayer (former CEO of Yahoo!), and Chief of Staff to Eric Schmidt (CEO/Executive Chairman of Google).Ann now consults with executives and companies across the globe to reverse engineer their moonshot goals and get results. She's a sought-after international speaker and angel investor with a ton of wisdom on what it takes to succeed in business and life. She's also the author of Bet on Yourself: Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities, which outlines the daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working side-by-side for decades with the technology giants at Amazon, Google, and Yahoo. 3 of the biggest insights from Ann Hiatt … The most important business lessons Ann learned from working as Jeff Bezos's Executive Business Partner for nearly 3 years – and the story of how she almost killed him! The top characteristics of unicorn leaders like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Travis Kalanick, Eric Schmidt, and more – and the Goldilocks methodology for avoiding being too "hot" or "cold" and too "hard" or "soft" in any of these categories. Discover how the philosophy “fall in love with the problem, not the solution” allows Google to unlock exponential growth and stay at the forefront of technology. JOIN THE DBDL INSIDER CREWTo become a DBDL Insider and get VIP access to free resources and exclusive content, text "DBDL" to 785-800-3235. *Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to opt-out of receiving text messages.SHOW NOTEShttps://bradleyjohnson.com/46FOLLOW BRAD JOHNSON ON SOCIALTwitterInstagramLinkedInFOLLOW DBDL ON SOCIAL:YouTube - Full InterviewsYouTube - Clips from the ShowTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookDISCLOSURE These conversations are intended to provide financial advisors with ideas, strategies, concepts, and tools that could be incorporated into the advisory practice, advisors are responsible for ensuring implementation of anything discussed is in accordance with any and all regulatory and compliance responsibilities and obligations

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Ebi Atawodi is Director of Product Management for the Creator Experience at YouTube, former Head of Product at Uber, and a former Director of Product (Payments and EMEA) at Netflix. Known for crafting a strong, unified vision, Ebi empowers her teams to achieve outsized outcomes. In today's episode, we go deep into vision and strategy, including:• The four key elements of a good vision statement• Three ways to determine your mission• The four pillars of great product management• How writing helps you gain clarity• How culture influences product• Tips on how to structure a strategy session• Advice on building team culture and improving work relationships• What's coming soon at YouTube—Brought to you by Sidebar—Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers | Jira Product Discovery—Atlassian's new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | Wix Studio—The web creation platform built for agencies—Find the transcript for this episode and all past episodes at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/episodes/. Today's transcript will be live by 8 a.m. PT.—Where to find Ebi Atawodi:• X: https://twitter.com/ebiatawodi• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebiatawodi• YouTube mixes: https://www.youtube.com/@EbiAtawodi/videos—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Ebi's background(04:31) Four key elements of a product vision(08:14) Examples of lofty but attainable visions(11:43) Vision vs. mission (13:23) Examples of visions and missions from notable companies(15:00) A simple framework for outlining a vision (20:51) Other methods for outlining a vision (23:29) The impact of writing clear headlines(26:41) Using mockups to frame your vision(28:24) A step-by-step approach to developing a vision(32:58) Ebi's “10 Things” document(37:47) A quick summary of Ebi's tips(40:56) How to use the “10 Things” doc in a strategy session(43:11) The three concentric circles of evangelizing (47:48) The cadence of developing a vision and bringing it to life(49:26) Visions vs. micro visions(52:58) First steps in developing a vision(55:12) Infrastructure is the product(56:39) Clarity and conviction, the main jobs of PMs(59:58) Ebi's narrative doc(1:04:59) Conviction, its role in the job, and how to build it(1:08:20) How to build company culture(1:17:06) The monolithic culture at Uber(1:19:09) The culture Ebi embeds in her teams(1:23:58) How to evaluate your relationship with your engineering manager (1:26:02) What's new at YouTube(1:29:22) Ebi's closing thoughts(1:30:45) Lightning round—Referenced:• Andre Albuquerque on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-albuquerque• TED's mission: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization#:~:text=Our%20mission%3A%20Spread%20ideas%2C%20foster,and%20create%20impact%20%7C%20About%20%7C%20TED• Stripe's operating principles: https://stripe.com/jobs/culture• Microsoft's vision and mission: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about• Tesla's mission statement: https://www.tesla.com/blog/mission-tesla• Lyft's mission on Comparably: https://www.comparably.com/companies/lyft/mission• Ebi's playbooks and templates: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tU3jpbq_xHcF4x1bdANCVBsO6rbQ8h1HqvdQfwGW4MA/edit• Working Backwards Press Release Template and Example: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/working-backwards-press-release-template-example-ian-mcallister/• Patrick Collison on X: https://twitter.com/patrickc• Seinfeld meme: https://seinfeldmemes.com/you-know-how-to-take-the-reservation/• Travis Kalanick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traviskalanick/• Wimdu: https://www.wimdu.com/• Leaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/leaving-big-tech-to-build-the-1-technology-newsletter-gergely-orosz-the-pragmatic-engineer/• The 48 Laws of Power: https://www.amazon.com/48-Laws-Power-Robert-Greene/dp/0140280197• The God of Small Things: https://www.amazon.com/God-Small-Things-Novel/dp/0812979656/• Outliers: The Story of Success: https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930• All About Love: https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Love-New-Visions/dp/0060959479• The Bear on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f• Scavengers Reign on Max: https://www.max.com/shows/scavengers-reign/50c8ce6d-088c-42d9-9147-d1b19b1289d4• Sleep Cycle: https://www.sleepcycle.com/• Nanit: https://www.nanit.com/• “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51642/invictus• Burning Man: https://burningman.org/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Guest: Spencer Rascoff, co-founder and former CEO of Zillow + co-founder and general partner at 75 & Sunny When terrorists attacked the US on 9/11, Hotwire co-founder Spencer Rascoff and his colleagues had to put their own trauma aside and “spring into action” — the travel site had sold tens of millions of dollars' worth of non-refundable flights and hotel rooms and customers who wouldn't be traveling wanted their money back. Now a visiting professor at Harvard Business School, Spencer teaches this case to his students because this dilemma was not unique to 2001: “What the hell do you do when you're running a company ... and all of a sudden, a pandemic happens? Or SVB shuts down?”In this episode, Spencer and Joubin discuss Zestimates, context switching, Tom Brady, reinvention, Shaq, the live music business, beating pain, personal connection to tragedies, the structure of rounds, Juul, the qualities of success, Stewart Butterfield, Travis Kalanick, second homes, two-way doors, overstating risk, “Dad, I Have a Question,” management by walking around, and Carl Eschenbach.In this episode, we cover: Spencer's post-Zillow life (00:57) From player to coach (03:47) “The Forrest Gump of technology” (08:21) Joseph Rascoff and the Rolling Stones (10:56) Teaching grit to kids (14:43) Spencer's brother (18:55) Channeling pain into achievement (21:35) Co-founding Hotwire (24:37) The impact of 9/11 (27:51) Re-capitalization and selling to Expedia (35:17) “Let's build a real estate website” (38:05) Office Hours and founder-product fit (45:12) How Pacaso works (53:22) Career mirrors and leaving big companies (57:01) Staying organized (01:04:20) Dinner with the family (01:07:43) What “grit” means to him (01:09:14) Links: Connect with Spencer Twitter LinkedIn Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com  Learn more about Kleiner Perkins This episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Uber fue fundado en 2009 por Travis Kalanick y Garrett Camp en San Francisco, Estados Unidos. La idea surgió cuando ambos tuvieron dificultades para encontrar un taxi disponible. Decidieron crear una plataforma que conectara a conductores y pasajeros a través de una aplicación móvil, revolucionando así la industria del transporte urbano. Lo interesante es la manera oscura con la que UBER se posicionó hasta arriba. Síguenos y visita nuestro sitio oficial: https://www.instagram.com/eldollop https://twitter.com/eldollop https://www.facebook.com/eldolloppodcast http://eldollop.com

Uber fue fundado en 2009 por Travis Kalanick y Garrett Camp en San Francisco, Estados Unidos. La idea surgió cuando ambos tuvieron dificultades para encontrar un taxi disponible. Decidieron crear una plataforma que conectara a conductores y pasajeros a través de una aplicación móvil, revolucionando así la industria del transporte urbano. Lo interesante es la manera oscura con la que UBER se posicionó hasta arriba. Síguenos y visita nuestro sitio oficial: https://www.instagram.com/eldollop https://twitter.com/eldollop https://www.facebook.com/eldolloppodcast http://eldollop.com

Uber: hard to live with it, or without it. In this episode Kara grills CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the company's sky-high prices, high take rate, treatment of drivers/couriers, policies around safety and why oh why he is kind to his predecessor, Travis Kalanick.  Before and after the interview, Kara and Nayeema make sense of the power and problems of Uber, and discuss Lesbians Who Tech (a conference — not in general).  Note: Khosrowshahi discusses a 15% “take rate” in the United States, exclusive of commercial insurance expenses. Globally, the company reported a 29.3% “take rate” in Q2 of 2023 inclusive of these costs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips. An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass. Maui Wildfire Relief Fund. Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy. CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America. Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast cs.co/twit