Fantasy startup investing NFTs + former Tesla CTO JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials | E1299

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In a short news segment, Jason talks about a company that tried to sell "fantasy startup investing" NFTs and why they had to pivot (1:44). Jason gives a brief tribute to Steve Jobs (15:48). Then, he's joined by JB Straubel, Tesla's longtime CTO who stepped down in 2019 to found a new lithium-ion battery recycling company, Redwood Materials(22:08). JB and Jason discuss the early launches and setbacks at Tesla, overcoming challenges, and the possibilities created by battery recycling. To close out the show, we play a clip of Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (1:20:15).

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0:00.0	Okay, we got a great episode with Tesla,
0:02.8	CTO and co-founder, Jamie Schraubel,
0:05.2	who's gonna talk about his new battery company,
0:07.4	and some of the great moments in the history of Tesla.
0:10.3	He's working on a company called Redwood Materials,
0:12.6	and they're doing a massive operation
0:15.4	to recycle lithium ion batteries
0:17.6	and just make the planet more sustainable,
0:20.1	really, really great interview.
0:21.7	But before we get into that,
0:23.4	I wanna talk about NFTs and this fantasy startup
0:26.4	investing project that popped up.
0:30.0	Talk a little bit about fair use
0:31.5	using other people's IP.
0:34.1	And at the end, I'm gonna talk a little bit about Steve Jobs
0:37.9	and the 10 years since his passing,
0:41.0	Johnny I wrote a beautiful memorial to him
0:45.9	in the Wall Street Journal,
0:47.6	and I have some thoughts and some feelings on it,
0:50.8	so stick with us, it's gonna be a great episode.
0:53.7	This Week in Startups is brought to you by
0:57.1	LinkedIn Marketing.
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