About Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis, co-host of the All-In podcast and founder of LAUNCH, has been active on his podcast and at events discussing investment strategy, the technology industry, and political dynamics. In October 2024, he outlined his investing philosophy, emphasizing backing a team's vision over hype and dollar-cost averaging into companies one believes in. He described Elon Musk as having a gift for pursuing multiple visions concurrently and argued that criticism of valuation hand-wringing stems from an inability to tolerate ambiguity across multiple business lines. In mid-2026, Calacanis moderated the All-In Liquidity Summit in Napa Valley, describing it as an event for the "top 0.1%" of the podcast's audience, with 550 capital allocators representing $7 trillion in capital present. He stated that the event was part of a broader community-building effort and that his philosophy for events is that attendees return if they make a great contact, have a great experience, or learn something.
Calacanis has also commented on the current tech boom, which he attributed to AI, noting that companies like xAI, OpenAI, and Anthropic are going public. He described seeing "a Cambrian explosion in startups" and said he personally invests in roughly 100 new companies per year through his fund LAUNCH and a program called Founder University. In a May 2026 appearance on the Bulwark Podcast, Calacanis discussed why some in Silicon Valley have been reluctant to criticize President Trump, arguing that access to the administration to shape policy is preferable to not having one's phone calls returned. He also described former President Trump's handling of Iran as "an unmitigated disaster" and said he believed it would "kill his presidency." Additionally, Calacanis has been publicly critical of Mark Zuckerberg, stating that the Meta CEO has "damaged the reputation of the industry" by repeatedly prioritizing self-interest over what Calacanis described as the right thing for humanity, including in matters of privacy and content moderation.
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Jason Calacanis0:00
Which bucket do I put it into? When it's Elon Musk, you put it into like three or four buckets. Short, medium, long, and fantastical.
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Jason Calacanis0:07
And that's just his gift. He is able to pursue multiple of those visions at the same time like Steve Jobs. Very few entrepreneurs are able to pursue this kind of vision concurrently. That's his gift.
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Jason Calacanis0:22
That's his gift. He's able to keep three or four business lines in his brain at once. And I've sat with him while he does meetings. He's got a meeting about the nuances of, you know, the X, formerly known as Twitter, business and how it's structured, how the functionality works on a very granular basis, and then he's able to task switch and talk to the people about the latest Starlink constellation. Then he's able to task switch to long-term. 'Hey, show me the designs of the solar arrays for the data centers in space.'
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Co-Host0:57
Yeah, we saw this at All-In Summit. He was talking and he would go on this really long tangent about robotic hands and, 'Oh, we're redesigning Optimus's hands so they are more like human hands,' and then he would jump right into, 'Oh, we're going to put these solar panels in space and that's how we're going to power the data center.' He's, it's — you're right. He could just jump between like 18 different fantastical ideas and lock in on each one.
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Jason Calacanis1:22
When you're all in on your business, no pun intended, pun intended, whatever you like, you know, you are able to do those simultaneously.
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Jason Calacanis1:33
Things in their brain like that. That's why I advise them. And I'll have many founders say, 'Hey, Elon runs two businesses. So why can't I?' And I'm like, 'Cuz you're not Elon.'
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Co-Host1:41
No one's making movies about you being Tony Stark, you know, like...
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Jason Calacanis1:44
Exactly. I mean, listen, it is what it is. You know, some people have a certain capability. Steve Jobs had it as well. He ran Pixar and he ran Apple at the same time. Jack ran X, Twitter at the same time as running Square. Some people might argue he didn't do a great job running both. He should have just been focused on one. Yeah, that's all fair criticism from the peanut gallery.
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Co-Host2:10
Well, speaking...
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Jason Calacanis2:11
But what I would...
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Co-Host2:12
Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I didn't mean to cut you off.
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Jason Calacanis2:14
No, no. I'm just... That's what I'll say. A lot of the hand-wringing is about in terms of valuation. It's just people unable to have a tolerance for ambiguity or multiple business lines. It's just hard for a human brain to do that. Certainly financial people have their brains broken by these types of opportunities because, you know, the East Coast Wall Street folks are just so used to evaluating and weighing a business on earnings and future revenue. West Coast, East Coast, West Coast — you know the rap. East Coast, West Coast — who? On the West Coast, we're just like, 'Yeah, obviously, that's the future. Let's see if he can do it.' And then you're looking for a 100x. And then the people on Wall Street are looking for 10%, 15% year-over-year growth. So, that's the nature of the hand-wringing right now and the valuation. There's a lot of determinants here. Short-term trading, long-term trading, the IPO pop. I wouldn't worry about all that stuff. If you want to be in the stock, there'll be many opportunities to get into it. Just like there were many to get into Tesla or Apple. Take the Tesla chart for however many years it's been public. Take the Apple chart. Take the Amazon chart. Take the Google chart. And you will see all the different opportunities up and down. The markets do all kinds of crazy things because of wars, recessions, great financial crisis. There's many times to get into a great stock.
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Jason Calacanis2:55
And then you're looking for a 100x. And then the people on Wall Street are looking for 10%, 15% year-over-year growth. So, that's the nature of the hand-wringing right now and the valuation. There's a lot of determinants here. Short-term trading, long-term trading, the IPO pop. I wouldn't worry about all that stuff. If you want to be in the stock, there'll be many opportunities to get into it. Just like there were many to get into Tesla or Apple. Take the Tesla chart for however many years it's been public. Take the Apple chart. Take the Amazon chart. Take the Google chart. And you will see all the different opportunities up and down. The markets do all kinds of crazy things because of wars, recessions, great financial crisis. There's many times to get into a great stock.
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Jason Calacanis3:37
Generally, if you want to own one of these stocks, I don't like to give too much financial advice, but my best financial advice for my brother is if you love that company, you love the management, you love the vision, you can dollar cost average into it over many years when it's down and everybody's selling and they don't believe in it, probably a good time to add. When it's at a peak and people are rationally exuberant, okay, if you need the money, maybe it's time to, you know, pare your position and have some cash for when it goes down again. But overall, time in market is greater than timing the market. We'd love your feedback here at Twist. And I just made some up. 'Wow, Jason, you look so healthy and vibrant. You're glowing. You and David Beckham are the embodiment of my fitness goals.' Thank you. Thank you, viewer I just made up, but I can't take all the credit. I owe it to Iam 8's Daily Ultimate Essentials. It tastes great. I love to drink it and, you know, I start my day with it and then after I do a little rocking, I have another one. It packs 16 different supplements, all the benefits I need into one delicious drink that you'll actually look forward to enjoying cause it's delicious. 92 nutrient-rich ingredients, including essential vitamins and minerals, adaptogens, and pre- and pro- and postbiotics. So, start feeling like your best self every day with Iam 8. Go to Iam8health.com/twist and use the code twist to get a free welcome kit, five free travel sachets, and 10% off your order. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
