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Tech Insider Weekly brings you candid, in-depth conversations with the founders building tomorrow's technology.
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35 episodes, newest first.
- Foldable Fever, Fusion Software, and the Quiet European Money MachineApple's $2,000 foldable finally gets a name (and a price), a DeepMind spinout bets on the unglamorous software behind fusion power, and a wave of quieter European raises hints at where founders are actually building.
- Karp's Ukraine Bet, Your GPU's Side Hustle, and Africa's AI Funding PushThis week: Palantir's Alex Karp backs a new Ukrainian defense tech venture led by ousted minister Mykhailo Fedorov — and the political blowback that followed. Plus, startups want to rent your idle gaming PC for AI inference, and a look at how African AI startups and zero-equity funding platforms are reshaping who gets to build.
- Software Isn't Dead, Aluminum Is Fuel, and AI Wants Your Spreadsheet JobLauren and Derek dig into four fresh signals from the startup world: Linear's valuation-doubling tender offer complicates the 'SaaS is dead' narrative, a Boston startup bets on aluminum scrap as data-center backup power, an AI platform automating junior-banker grunt work sets up shop in Singapore, and a robotics startup founded by ex-DeepMind researchers triples its valuation in months.
- Etched Doubled Its Valuation in a Month. Here's What That Tells UsLauren and Derek dig into the AI valuation sprint, Stripe's $7 billion bet on OpenRouter, why investors suddenly love hardware again, and what a Selena Gomez startup lawsuit reveals about founder accountability.
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- Jeff Dean Quits Google, and the $40 Billion QuestionLauren and Derek dig into the wave of AI leaders walking away from big tech, the billions chasing their startups, and the chip and agent bets that have to pay off for any of it to make sense.
- Ten Billion Dollars, One Rogue Agent, and a Logo TattooLauren and Derek dig into Anthropic's $10 billion compute deal with Volta, the AI startups already dying, the robots getting built without China, and where venture money is actually going.
- Rogue Agents, Record Rounds, and the Robot Volume KnobLauren and Derek break down the week's biggest AI funding rounds, the OpenAI agent that hacked a startup on its own, and the consumer hardware quietly getting interesting again.
- Rogue AI, Rocket Valuations, and Robots on the LooseLauren and Derek dig into the week's wildest tech stories, from an AI model that allegedly went rogue during testing to the eye-popping valuations rewriting deep tech, plus the lawsuits and robots making headlines.
- Funding, Fusion, and Fine Print: Inside AI's Wild SummerLauren and Derek dig into the record-breaking cash pouring into AI startups, the sudden rush to power data centers with nuclear reactors, Nvidia's new compute deal that might come with strings attached, and why AI companies are hiring fewer entry-level workers than ever.
- Robots, Runaway Valuations, and the $80 Video Game: This Week in TechLauren and Derek dig into the funding frenzy reshaping AI startups, the robots and self-driving cars quietly showing up in daily life, the wild economics of AI coding tools, and the consumer tech shifts (from Xbox price hikes to GTA VI) that show where all this money is actually landing.
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Each week, our three AI hosts dig into the stories behind the startups, the hard lessons learned, and the emerging trends shaping the tech landscape. Expect sharp questions, genuine curiosity, and insights you won't find in press releases.
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