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Jason Calacanis

Cofounder All-in Podcast & Founder of LAUNCH, LAUNCH

Search every verified Jason Calacanis interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jason Calacanis, cofounder of the All-In podcast and founder of LAUNCH, has been active across multiple podcasts and media appearances in recent weeks. On the All-In podcast, he discussed topics including Ken Griffin's AI bubble warning, Meta's stock restructuring to retain Mark Zuckerberg in California amid a proposed billionaire tax, and Starlink Mobile's potential to disrupt the wireless carrier market. He also participated in episodes covering Anthropic's S-1 filing, OpenAI's reported $1.25 trillion valuation, and the FBI's arrest of an OpenAI engineer for allegedly bugging a conference room, where he speculated the incident may have been financial rather than international espionage. On This Week in Startups, he hosted guests including WHOOP CEO Will Ahmed, discussed Elizabeth Holmes' husband Billy Evans, and debated AI safety, open-source models, and the nonprofit sector's efficiency. Calacanis has also promoted his Founder University program, noting that LAUNCH receives over 10,000 applications annually and that half of applicants are not yet incorporated. He described the program as a pre-accelerator for early-stage founders, with cohorts in the United States and Japan. He has commented on Tesla's new Roadster unveiling, saying he had seen a demo months prior and initially doubted its authenticity, and has discussed topics such as AI-driven job displacement, the potential for equity ownership to improve economic sentiment, and cultural differences in attitudes toward failure between Japan and the United States.

Recent appearances

  • Anthropic S-1 Shocker, Greatest Business Ever? Google’s $500B Wipeout, Midterm Predictions

    October 30, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Bestie Intros (3:22) Anthropic S-1 Breakdown: Greatest Business Ever? (32:47) AI's Biggest Problem and Anthropic's Doomer Showdown (1:01:57) Google Sheds $500B Market Cap in Worst Day Ever: What Went Wrong? (1:14:17) Final Midterms Predictions and Scenarios 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:   / theallinpod   Follow on TikTok:   / allin   Follow on LinkedIn:   / allinpod   Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg In…

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  • WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA Fight

    October 29, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Welcome Will Ahmed, CEO of WHOOP (0:59) WHOOP's $500 Hardware Problem & the Subscription Pivot (6:59) Inside 50 Billion Hours of 24/7 Health Data (19:31) WHOOP's AI Coach, Journal Insights & GLP-1 Tracking (34:57) WHOOP vs. the FDA & Competitor Wearables (44:33) Lightning Round & LeBron James becomes a WHOOP Ambassador Thanks to our partners for making this possible! As wealth grows, complexity compounds. Between investments, tax strategy and estate planning, coordinating it all can feel like a full-time job. Creative Planning can help with the heavy lifting. Learn more at https://Cre…

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  • Is AI the new cigarettes? Our VC panel digs into Anthropic’s S-1 | E2356

    October 28, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups

    This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal: https://paypal.com/business The Conservation Fund: https://www.conservationfund.org/ Hostinger: https://hostinger.com/twist Plaud: https://Plaud.ai/twist Today’s show: Anthropic’s S-1 is here, and finally, we can start to develop a real understanding for the AI economy and whether the numbers add up. Anthropic shows an operating profit, a mostly non-cash $80.7 billion loss, and customers spending a shocking 9x what they were spending on intelligence just one year ago. Is this the greatest business in history? Is AI now as addictive to enterpr…

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  • Is OpenAI Actually Fairly Priced at $1.25 Trillion?

    October 26, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Thanks to our partners at Sentry! New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to https://sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST26. Is a $1.25 trillion valuation for OpenAI insane, or finally reasonable? OpenAI’s reported price dropped about $150 billion in a month, and Anthropic could beat it to an IPO. Jason Calacanis pulls out the calculator… What does a 30x revenue multiple really mean for the fastest-growing company in tech? Stick around for the headwinds Jason says every investor needs to weigh! 📺  Watch the full episode here:    • OpenAI’s $1.25T Raise, Starlink Mobile & Z.…

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  • Why AT&T and Verizon Should Be Terrified of Starlink Mobile

    October 26, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Thanks to our partner, Lightfield, the AI-native CRM that updates itself, so you never have to! Try it for free at https://lightfield.app/ Is Starlink about to blow up the phone business? SpaceX is reportedly lining up 80,000 cell towers, and AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile stocks just dropped. Jason Calacanis paints a picture of where this goes… What happens when every car on the road is a Wi-Fi tower? Stay to the end for Jason’s message to everyone yelling “oligarchs”! 📺  Watch the full episode here:    • OpenAI’s $1.25T Raise, Starlink Mobile & Z...   Follow Jason: X:   / jason   LinkedIn:…

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  • Why Zuck’s Tax Deal Could Backfire on Every Billionaire

    October 26, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Thanks to our partners at Rippling! Head to https://Rippling.ai/twist to get the only AI built to give you full visibility across your startup and take complex actions across your entire business. Should a company rewrite its stock structure just to keep its founder from moving? California votes in November on a one-time 5% tax on billionaires, and Meta just signed a “founder alignment agreement” with Mark Zuckerberg. Jason Calacanis sees a problem nobody’s talking about… Who wins if billionaires start cutting deals to stay put? Stick around for Jason’s alternative fix for wealth taxes!…

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  • AI Cyber Panic, Ken Griffin’s Bubble Warning, The Fall of France?

    October 23, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Bestie intros! (0:11) Ken Griffin's AI bubble warning (8:19) Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora joins (14:24) AI Cyber panic: PHP exploits and the tumultuous year ahead (44:17) France on the brink: Riots, immigration referendum, debt crisis (1:31:49) Trump's second half strategy, Press Secretary J-Cal? 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:   / theallinpod   Follow on TikTok:   / allin   Follow on LinkedIn:   / allinpod   Intro Music Credit: https:…

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  • VCs React to the Theranos Movie, the Pro Rata Lawsuit & ElevenLabs’ Voice Drama

    October 21, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups

    This Week In Startups is made possible by: DigitalOcean: https://do.co/twist Odoo: https://odoo.com/twist Rippling AI: https://rippling.ai/twist Plaud: https://plaud.ai/twist Today’s show: Elizabeth Holmes remains in prison for defrauding Theranos investors, even as she stars in the hit Nathan Fielder/Lance Oppenheim documentary “You Can See Everything.” But we’re asking the real question: After all the very public accusations… the hit pieces in the press and the Hulu drama series picking apart the scandal… would tech investors and VCs be willing to back her NEXT startup, if the numbers we…

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  • Jason Calacanis: Nonprofits Waste 70 Cents of Every Dollar

    October 19, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Got a new business idea? Northwest Registered Agent helps you bring it to life. Get a free domain, email, phone number, and more, with no purchase required! Learn more at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.... What if the fastest way to fix the economy skipped charities entirely? In this TWiST throwback from April, Jason Calacanis looks at Michael Dell’s $6 billion Invest America pledge and takes aim at the nonprofit world… Where does the money really go? And why does Jason think a few shares could change how Americans feel about AI? Stick around to hear his plan to make America “unstopp…

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  • This Startup Wants to Sell Luxury Android Clones for $1 Million

    October 19, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Thanks to our partners at Quo (formerly OpenPhone). Quo gives you a clean, modern way to handle every customer call, text, and thread all in one place. Try it free at https://quo.com/TWiST. How much would you pay for a robot that looks just like a human? In this TWiST highlight, Jason Calacanis asks Clone Robotics CEO Dhanush Radhakrishnan when his androids ship and what they’ll cost. The price of a Prius? A Mercedes… Who gets one first, factories or homes? And what does a luxury robot even look like? Stick around to hear his answer on the high end! 📺  Watch the full episode here:    • A…

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  • Why Every AI Worker Is Now a Spy Target

    October 19, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Thanks to our partner, Lightfield, the AI-native CRM that updates itself, so you never have to! Try it for free at https://lightfield.app/ Is that stranger at the bar flirting with you… or after your company’s secrets? In this TWiST highlight, Lon breaks down the FBI’s arrest of an OpenAI engineer accused of bugging an executive conference room, and why OpenAI is now training staff to spot honeypots. Then Jason Calacanis reveals he’s been in this exact situation himself… Who approached him, and how did he know something was off? Stick around for the overseas encounter that put Jason’s guard…

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  • | This Week in Startups

    October 19, 2026 · 📺 This Week in Startups Clips

    Thanks to our partners Every! For all of your incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes or other back-office administration needs, visit https://every.io/. Should your email app tell you when the person writing to you is a bot? In this TWiST highlight, Jason Calacanis puts Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra on the spot about GPTZero’s AI detector, and why it isn’t flagging AI-written tweets and emails by default. Jason doesn’t hold back… Who should the product actually work for: the sender or the reader? Stick around for Shishir’s warning about just how controversial this fe…

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Notable quotes

“What I'll say is you could actually argue the opposite, Chamath. This is the greatest business ever created. It's an American business. The American economy is still the greatest economy in the world. You could argue versus China, et cetera. But, we are running the table on super intelligence. And if you look at the history of the greatest franchises ever... I did a little bit of research and just this is first 7 yea”

“I think Polymarket is going to get it right. I think Democrats are going to win the Senate, 68% chance right now on Polymarket. I believe that. And house, obviously everybody believes that, 92% chance. So, when that happens, and the reason I'll back that up is if you look at the net approval rating of Trump, all-time low. The country is very upset. And the libs are going to come out in force to vote anti-Trump. The m”

“I'm on the top top plan with the top top sensor. But you took a very thoughtful approach to saying we're going to go for subscriptions and we're going to take out the cost of the device. So you don't have this cost losing the device anxiety. So take me to that decision. And to be totally honest, for a dollar a day, I think this is like one of the best things you could spend on your health or even less than a dollar a”

“The future is alicorns because they become unicorns because they get a billion dollars. They get to a billion in revenue by flying over funding rounds. They are more capital efficient and they use their Pegasus wings to fly over a funding round. They skip their series B. They skip their second pre-seed, post seed, pre-series A nonsense convertible because they have revenue, the ability to get to revenue, DA, which yo”

“So, I think we if we chop off the laggers and we say one or two percent's the right amount of spend for today, I just think it's probably the Fortune 100s, Fortune 500s are actually spending tens of millions, I would say hundreds of millions in tokens a year. That's like what we saw Uber was spending. It's still it's still a small number. It's a I mean, I think there a couple questions. One, is the addressable market”

“Now imagine it's 200 and it's just Starlink. You get it everywhere. It's faster. Yeah. I mean theoretically it could be faster. I mean, I think AT&T I think this is why AT&T and Verizon are very much on the fiber game and they have been starting to Verizon has been starting to proactively tell its customers. You may have seen these stories and I had it happen to me for one of my phone lines. They've been proactively ”

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