Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088

2025-02-22 · 56 min · episode 2088 · 24 entities

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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://twistartups.substack.com/
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://substack.com/@calacanis
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://twistartups.substack.com/
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://substack.com/@calacanis
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://linkedin.com/twist
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://linkedin.com/twist(21:10
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://linkedin.com/twist(28:58
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://adquick.com/twist
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://linkedin.com/twist(21:10
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Link in episode "Castelion Hypersonic Missiles and Crunchbase's AI Powered Predictions | E2088": https://linkedin.com/twist(28:58

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This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Squarespace. Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST LinkedIn Jobs. Post your first job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/twist AdQuick. Visit https://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign. Today's show: Jason interviews Bryon Hargis, CEO of Castelion, about the United State's hypersonic technology gap with China, how we're catching up and what it will take to win the hypersonic missile race. Alex interviews Jager McConnell, CEO of Crunchbase, about their newly released, scary accurate, AI powered predictive models. Timestamps: (0:00) Episode teaser(1:14) Introduction of Byron Hargis and Castellion's mission(2:20) Significance of hypersonic munitions(5:55) Impact and challenges of hypersonic systems in defense(7:16) Castellion's development and cost of hypersonic weapons(9:39) Squarespace. Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST(12:28) Shift in defense contracting and venture backing(18:25) Sales strategies and founder insights in defense startups(19:38) LinkedIn Jobs. Post your first job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/twist(21:10) China's manufacturing capabilities and defense paradigm shifts(24:37) Role of automation and robots in manufacturing(28:58) AdQuick. Visit https://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign.(31:37) Crunchbase's transition to predictive insights(38:01) Crunchbase's technology stack and AI models(41:36) Financial implications of AI-first model for Crunchbase(48:43) AI integration challenges and financial performance(52:50) AI-driven predictions and their accuracy(54:24) Future prospects for Crunchbase: Acquisition vs. IPO(55:22) Upcoming guests: Vlad from Robinhood and Raul from Superhuman Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Checkout Castelion: X: https://x.com/CastelionCorp Website: castelion.com Checkout Crunchbase: X: https://x.com/crunchbase Website: https://www.crunchbase.com/ Follow Bryon: X: https://x.com/hargsb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbh/ Follow Jager: X: https://x.com/jagermcconnell LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jager/ Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Thank you to our partners: (9:39) Squarespace. Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST(19:38) LinkedIn Jobs. Post your first job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/twist(28:58) AdQuick. Visit https://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign. Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara,Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta,Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916