TWiST News: Skydio's Drones, High-Skill immigration, and M&A Unleashed | E2040
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(3:55) Skydio’s Adam Bry joins the show
(4:22) Overview of Skydio's autonomous drones and public safety applications
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(11:07) Skydio as the largest US drone producer and Chinese sanctions impact
(17:36) Risks of Chinese-made drones and Skydio's cybersecurity measures
(21:28) Drones in defense and combat applications
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(27:24) Drone light shows and military implications, Skydio's mission and hiring
(31:44) Future applications of drone technology and hardware startup challenges
(39:31) Geopolitical tensions and impact on American companies
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(41:36) Presidential election results and implications for entrepreneurship
(48:49) Tariffs, immigration policies, and economic impact
(57:41) Prediction markets
(1:00:07) High-skilled immigration and antitrust policies
(1:04:35) Political influence on business dynamics and media
(1:07:02) Mergers, acquisitions, and startup liquidity post-Lena Khan
(1:11:26) Secondary markets, Lyft and DoorDash valuation trends
(1:15:15) The future of search engines
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Mentioned on the show:
Check out Skydio: https://www.skydio.com/
Check out Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/
Article on Amazon’s purchase of MGM: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a36543339/james-bond-amazon-mgm-deal-explained/
Article on election ad spending in 2024: https://www.afaqs.com/news/advertising/harris-and-trump-spent-nearly-10-billion-on-ads-in-2024-us-elections-7452195
Trailer for 1982 Doc “Buried”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NpOlJ_O-I
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for tuning in to this being start-ups today after the election. |
| 0:02.4 | I know some of you are here to hide, some of we are here to celebrate, but everyone's welcome. |
| 0:06.0 | We are going to talk to the CEO of Skydeo, Jason. |
| 0:09.3 | They've been in the news for running afoul of sanctions in China. |
| 0:12.3 | They're incredibly important American manufacturing company in the drone space. |
| 0:15.2 | Lots to talk about there. |
| 0:16.7 | Then we do have a quick look at what happened since the election results got called last night. |
| 0:22.4 | We're going to talk about immigration and especially M&A and some other winners and losers that relate to the startup world. |
| 0:28.0 | And then Jason put me to the task and said, Alex, go out there and find a whole bunch of different ways that search works today to put the upcoming perplexity round up to $9 billion into context. |
| 0:37.2 | So we've got a packed freaking show today. |
| 0:38.6 | It's going to be great. |
| 0:40.0 | This week in startups is brought to you by Oracle. |
| 0:44.0 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure or OCI is a single platform for your infrastructure, |
| 0:49.1 | database, application development, and AI needs. |
| 0:52.9 | Save up to 50% on your cloud bill at oracle.com slash twist. |
| 0:57.9 | Notion. Notion combines your notes, docs, and projects into one beautifully designed space with AI built right in. |
| 1:05.1 | Try it for free at notion.com slash twist. And assembly AI. Get maximum value from voice data with assembly AI. |
| 1:14.0 | Build powerful products and features for end users on the industry's leading speech |
| 1:18.0 | to text models. |
| 1:19.2 | Get 100 free hours to start building at assemblyaI.com slash twist. |
| 1:24.4 | All right, everybody. |
| 1:25.7 | Welcome back to this week in startups. |
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