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The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy

2026-09-28 · 50 min · 60 entities

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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://odoo.com/twist
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://perplexity.ai/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://sonos.com/en-us/shop
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://whoop.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://superhuman.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://partners.launch.co/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://onepeloton.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://elevenlabs.io/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://rivian.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://worldlabs.ai/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://ouraring.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://bostondynamics.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://digitalocean.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://prismml.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://etched.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://kagi.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://liquid.ai/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://ed.ac.uk/news/2021/sunlight-linked-with-lower-covid-19-deaths
  • → references thewaltdisneycompany.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://sony.com/en
  • → references crunchyroll.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://crunchyroll.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://lucidmotors.com/

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  • mentioned twistartups.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • mentioned thisweekinvc.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thisweekinvc.substack.com/
  • references twistartups.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • references thisweekinvc.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thisweekinvc.substack.com/
  • mentioned ThisWeekIn website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • mentioned Twist website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://odoo.com/twist
  • mentioned @Thisweekinstartups website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • mentioned whoop.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://whoop.com/
  • mentioned superhuman.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://superhuman.com/
  • mentioned onepeloton.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://onepeloton.com/
  • mentioned elevenlabs.io website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://elevenlabs.io/
  • mentioned rivian.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://rivian.com/
  • mentioned thisweekinai.ai website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thisweekinai.ai/
  • mentioned worldlabs.ai website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://worldlabs.ai/
  • mentioned ouraring.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://ouraring.com/
  • mentioned bostondynamics.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://bostondynamics.com/
  • mentioned digitalocean.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://digitalocean.com/
  • mentioned Twistdomain website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
  • mentioned prismml.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://prismml.com/
  • mentioned etched.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://etched.com/
  • mentioned kagi.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://kagi.com/
  • mentioned liquid.ai website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://liquid.ai/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://ed.ac.uk/news/2021/sunlight-linked-with-lower-covid-19-deaths
  • mentioned thewaltdisneycompany.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/
  • mentioned sony.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://sony.com/en
  • mentioned crunchyroll.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://crunchyroll.com/
  • mentioned lucidmotors.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://lucidmotors.com/
  • references ThisWeekIn website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • references Twist website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://odoo.com/twist
  • references @Thisweekinstartups website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • references whoop.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://whoop.com/
  • references superhuman.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://superhuman.com/
  • references onepeloton.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://onepeloton.com/
  • references elevenlabs.io website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://elevenlabs.io/
  • references rivian.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://rivian.com/
  • references thisweekinai.ai website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thisweekinai.ai/
  • references worldlabs.ai website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://worldlabs.ai/
  • references ouraring.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://ouraring.com/
  • references bostondynamics.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://bostondynamics.com/
  • references digitalocean.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://digitalocean.com/
  • references Twistdomain website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
  • references prismml.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://prismml.com/
  • references etched.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://etched.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://kagi.com/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://liquid.ai/
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://ed.ac.uk/news/2021/sunlight-linked-with-lower-covid-19-deaths
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/
  • references sony.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://sony.com/en
  • references crunchyroll.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://crunchyroll.com/
  • references lucidmotors.com website
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://lucidmotors.com/

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  • mentioned Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • hosted by Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • mentioned perplexity.ai person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://perplexity.ai/
  • mentioned En Us person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://sonos.com/en-us/shop
  • references perplexity.ai person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://perplexity.ai/
  • references En Us person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://sonos.com/en-us/shop

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  • mentioned partners.launch.co company
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://partners.launch.co/
  • discusses Technology company
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  • references partners.launch.co company
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    Link in episode "The 5 Companies Apple Must Buy": https://partners.launch.co/
Episode description as stored
This Week In Startups is made possible by: PayPal - https://paypal.com/business Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain Odoo - https://Odoo.com/twist Today’s show: Timestamps: 0:00 Will Ternus take "massively big swings"? 3:43 Round 1: ElevenLabs 4:46 Round 1: Disney 6:18 Round 2: Sony 8:22 Round 2: Boston Dynamics 9:23 Round 3: Perplexity 10:02 AD: PayPal is built for all business. Get started at https://paypal.com/business 11:52 Round 3: DigitalOcean 13:02 More picks: Etched 14:30 More picks: Lucid 15:58 More picks: Superhuman 16:48 More picks: Higgsfield and more 18:09 Fans make their selections 19:47 AD: Got a new business idea? @northwestagent helps you bring it to life. Get a free domain, email, phone number, and more, with no purchase required! Learn more at www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain 25:37 Stacy Salvi of The90 joins 29:28 AD: Thanks to our partner, Odoo, the all-in-one business platform. Your first app is free! Get started today at https://Odoo.com/twist 34:38 How the app calculates your Sunscore 42:12 Building a UV research dataset 45:09 Should The90 make a version for men? Names & Links Stacy Salvi - https://www.instagram.com/stacysalvi/ The90 - https://the90.com/ Description Wall Street suspects new Apple CEO John Ternus may do something predecessor Tim Cook almost never did: writing a huge check. So Jason and Lon are playing “fantasy draft” with Apple’s balance sheet, choosing five real companies to acquire over five “rounds.” Disney buys them a ton of IP and unlocks theme park synergies. Sony gets them a gaming console and massive anime distribution. Boston Dynamics buys them lots of robots, while Etched nets them cheaper inference. So many options! Then, we chat with Stacy Salvi of The90. Her wearable pendant tells you exactly how much sun damage you’re accumulating, long before you start to burn. Guest The90: https://the90.com/ Stacy Salvi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacysalvi/ Relevant Links John Ternus becomes Apple CEO: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/ Analyst: Ternus could bring bigger acquisitions: https://9to5mac.com/?p=1065466 “Grok Has Money” meme origin: https://x.com/gmfarcaster/status/2026318035103965414 Sunlight linked with lower COVID-19 deaths: https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2021/sunlight-linked-with-lower-covid-19-deaths Reid Hoffman: “If there aren’t any typos in this essay, we launched too late”: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/arent-any-typos-essay-we-launched-too-late-reid-hoffman/ Draft Picks ElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io/ Disney: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/ Sony Group: https://www.sony.com/en/ Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/ Boston Dynamics: https://bostondynamics.com/ Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/ DigitalOcean: https://www.digitalocean.com/ Etched: https://www.etched.com/ Rivian: https://rivian.com/ Lucid Motors: https://lucidmotors.com/ Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/ World Labs: https://www.worldlabs.ai/ PrismML: https://prismml.com/ Liquid AI: https://www.liquid.ai/ Kagi: https://kagi.com/ Sonos: https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop Whoop: https://www.whoop.com/ Oura: https://ouraring.com/ Peloton: https://www.onepeloton.com/ Subscribe to our newsletters on Substack: TWiST: https://twistartups.substack.com/ TWiAI: https://www.thisweekinai.ai/ TWiVC: https://thisweekinvc.substack.com/ Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/ Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.