Logan Allin and Neil Datta on which startups AI puts at risk, tech regulation, and H-1B reform | E1975
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Todays show:
David Weisburd hosts Logan Allin, Neil Datta, and Jason Calacanis to discuss Vinod Khosla’s views on AI (1:13), Trumps H-1B policy (11:24), incorporation to funding stage (36:09), and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) David Weisburd intros Logan Allin, Neil Datta, and Jason Calacanis
(2:57) Vinod Khosla's talk on AI at Collision Conference
(5:12) Tech regulation, AI, and M&A's impact on portfolios
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(14:58) Globalization and navigating AI in venture
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(25:13) Trump's stance on H-1B visas and immigration policy
(42:19) Vensure - Visit http://Vensure.com today to schedule an HR evaluation, and learn how they can help you.
(43:37) Carta data on incorporation to funding stage
(54:34) Lighting round on recent investments
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| 0:00.0 | We have a number of companies that have filed to go public or in the IPO queue. They look like public |
| 0:06.5 | companies and they just won't get out. I love Dan Premax piece the other day where he's like, |
| 0:10.5 | hey, just a reminder, the IPO windows open people right let's go you're |
| 0:13.9 | gonna need the team in-house to be able to separate from the roadkill and the |
| 0:19.0 | disruptive companies right so you know obviously like the aspect of AI washing that we're seeing in |
| 0:24.3 | startup community, the same thing we saw with kind of green washing and the climate |
| 0:28.5 | space, it's important for VC's to have the technical skill set in-house to be able to determine when their |
| 0:34.8 | startups are actually building good technology and in a position to do what they said they'll do. |
| 0:40.7 | This weekend startups is brought to you by Intercom's AI First Service is the best thing to happen to your customers since you. |
| 0:51.0 | Twist listeners can get 90% off Intercom's platform at Intercom. |
| 0:56.5 | com slash Twist. |
| 0:59.6 | Assembly AI. Get maximum value from voice data with Assembly AI. Build powerful |
| 1:06.6 | products and features for your end users on the industry's leading speech to |
| 1:11.1 | text models. Get 100 free hours to start building at assembly AI.com |
| 1:17.1 | slash twist. And Venture. Venture is an HR firm that specializes in serving rapidly growing technology |
| 1:27.2 | companies providing fully customized HR and benefit strategies |
| 1:32.0 | designed to grow with their client's needs. |
| 1:35.0 | Visit venture.com today to schedule an HR evaluation and learn how they can help you. |
| 1:42.0 | Welcome back to this week's liquidity podcast. |
| 1:44.6 | With me today I have Logan Allen from Thin Capital. |
| 1:48.1 | Next we have Neil Data from NKD Advisory. |
| 1:52.3 | Of course we have Jason Callicanus from the launch fund. |
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