Instagram co-founders team up for new startup + Magic Spoon’s Gabi Lewis | E1669
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Jason and Molly kick off the show with a quick third-rail story about Area 51. (1:56) They then cover Instagram co-founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom’s new startup, Artifact. (10:44) Finally, Gabi Lewis of Magic Spoon joins Molly for an awesome interview about their latest raise, launching in big box stores and more. (41:56)
(0:00) Molly Kicks off the show
(1:56) Conspiracy Theories with Molly and Jason
(9:37) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(10:44) Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom’s new venture: Artifact
(20:16) Embroker - Use code TWIST to get an extra 10% off insurance at https://Embroker.com/twist
(21:19) Monetizing news aggregators + content moderation
(40:42) Letterhead - get 50% off their first year at tryletterhead.com/twist
(41:56) Gabi Lewis of Magic Spoon joins Molly
(1:13:51) Jay Trades, immigration and TikTok ideas
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to this week in startups. |
| 0:02.8 | You're going to understand this in a minute, |
| 0:04.1 | but I pretty much had to kick Jason out |
| 0:05.7 | so I could get through the intro without us offending anybody |
| 0:09.2 | or just at all. |
| 0:11.2 | It's going to be a great show today. |
| 0:13.3 | First of all, Jason, and I will break down a little bit of news. |
| 0:17.0 | The original Instagram co-founders are back, |
| 0:20.3 | and they're teaming up for a new social startup |
| 0:22.1 | called Artifact. |
| 0:23.5 | And we follow up on yesterday's discussion |
| 0:25.7 | of stunt culture and doing dangerous things. |
| 0:28.5 | For the clicks, this is related to the idea of doing |
| 0:31.1 | a brand new news and social startup. |
| 0:33.6 | Then we have Gabby Lewis in the second half of the show, |
| 0:36.0 | the CEO and co-founder of Magic Spoon. |
| 0:39.2 | He's joining me for his second appearance on Twist |
| 0:41.6 | to talk about Magic Spoon, the protein-packed low-carb |
| 0:44.8 | cereals that are now in big box stores. |
| 0:48.7 | We go super deep on all things DTC, retail, fundraising. |
| 0:52.9 | All kinds of stuff. |
| 0:53.6 | It's going to be a great show. |
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