Twitter funding secured, Boring Co. raises $675M, Amazon's $1B VC fund, Ackman's $400M loss + The Lunar Society: Dwarkesh Patel | E1441

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

First Jason and Molly do four rapid news stories: Elon securing funding for the Twitter buyout (03:20), Bill Ackman’s $430M loss on Netflix (11:48), The Boring Company's $675M raise (18:47), Amazon’s $1B Industrial Innovation fund (28:56). Then, Producer Rachel interviews Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast (37:12), he's a recent computer science graduate and one of the 42 people Jeff Bezos follows on Twitter!

(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today's show
(03:20) Elon secures funding
(09:59) Intercom - Get advanced Intercom features and Early Stage Academy at a 95% discount https://www.intercom.com/early-stage
(11:24) A little more on Elon solving the bot problem
(11:48) Ackman’s $430M loss
(18:47) Boring Co’s $675M raise
(23:17) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(24:35) The grand vision of The Boring Co.
(28:56) Amazon’s $1B fund
(32:51) Thorne - Personalized, scientific wellness. Go to https://Thorne.com/u/TWIST
(34:15) Introducing the OK Boomer Segment
(37:12) Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody, it's Friday, it's gonna be a variety show.
0:02.5	We've got four great topics for you from Twitter
0:05.6	to boring company, Amazon dropping a billion,
0:08.4	Akman's $430 million loss on Netflix Plus.
0:13.8	Plus, we have Okay Boomer,
0:16.0	everybody's favorite segment,
0:17.5	which is an interview with a brilliant sounding blogger
0:22.4	and technicrat, I would even say in the good way,
0:26.2	Renaissance Man, it sounds like you're really gonna enjoy that.
0:28.7	And also, I just want to shout out Jason,
0:31.2	Jacob, keeping his promises.
0:32.9	It is Earth Day.
0:34.4	It is Earth Day, yes.
0:35.7	And our first climate deal, as long as we hear of this company.
0:42.1	Have a climate portfolio now,
0:44.7	because Jacob was like, yeah, let's do that.
0:46.7	We have two, we have one.
0:47.6	Actually, on the same day that we officially launched
0:50.0	the Climate Syndicate, my first founders gave
0:52.7	our first presentation at the accelerator.
0:54.9	And I think we could shout out that company.
0:56.8	And I think we should eat spring.
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