YouTubers on Russia’s Payroll, Ilya Raises $1 Billion, Founder Mode

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Russia funding the political YouTube network Tenet Media 2) Should the commentators have known better? 3) How big does the influence operation go? 4) Is Ranjan being paid off by a foreign government? 5) Twitter suspended in Brazil 6) Was Elon Musk right in standing up to Brazil? 7) More on the amorphous nature of online popularity 8) Talk Tuah 9) Ilya Sutskever raises $1 billion from a16z and others 10) Founder Mode vs. Manager Mode --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	A bunch of prominent political YouTubers were allegedly on Russia's payroll.
0:05.0	Brazil Blocks X, Ilius at Skever, raises a billion dollars.
0:10.0	And what is Founder Mode?
0:11.0	All that and more is coming up right after this.
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0:57.7	big technology podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed
1:02.0	and nuanced format we have so much to talk with you about today it's the first week of
1:06.6	September that means all the summer news that was holding just floods out right at once.
1:12.6	And man, that's happened this week. We're talking about a big DOJ indictment against some Russians who are funding a pretty prominent YouTube channel.
1:20.6	We also have X being blocked in Brazil, a billion dollars going to Safe Super Intelligence, which is Elias Hitzkever's company.
1:29.3	And then of course, what is Founders mode and is it good?
1:31.8	Well, this is going to be some good stuff for us to discuss.
1:34.4	And joining us, as always, on Fridays is Ranjan Roy.
1:37.3	Ron John, welcome.
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