Foundering: The Killing of Bob Lee (Trailer)

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Three years ago, Bob Lee, a tech executive best known for creating Cash App, was found stabbed in the streets of San Francisco. His killing set off a wave of online fury. Rumors and misinformation ran rampant. Several tech industry leaders weighed in, including David Sacks, who “bet dollars to dimes” that Lee was stabbed by “a psychotic homeless person,” and Elon Musk, who disparaged the district attorney. When Lee’s killer was arrested, it became clear that the truth of what happened could not be further from the initial speculation.

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0:00.0	Tuesday.
0:02.1	On April,
0:03.0	San Francisco,
0:03.9	let's the exact thing.
0:06.2	On April 4th,
0:08.1	2020,
0:09.2	around 2 in the morning,
0:11.2	a man was found stabbed
0:12.4	multiple times
0:13.4	on a sidewalk
0:14.2	in downtown San Francisco.
0:16.8	Hey, it's the police.
0:17.9	Who did this to you?
0:18.8	From Bloomberg podcasts,
0:20.5	this is Foundry, the Killing of Bob Lee.
0:24.1	I'm your host, Sean Wen.
0:27.0	The murder was, at least initially, something of a mystery.
0:31.1	The breaking news, a tech executive is dead. He was stabbed in San Francisco.
0:35.6	The victim as Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App.
0:38.6	I didn't really know how to express to my chill. Like, what words that you're supposed to use.
0:42.0	I couldn't bear to listen to the 911 recording.
0:45.8	Tributes from the tech world pouring in.
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