AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956

2024-05-27 · 68 min · 28 entities

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://lemon.io/twist
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://founder.university/
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twitter.com/jason%E2%81%A0
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://launchaccelerator.co/
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twitter.com/DWeisburd%E2%81%A0
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://invariantes.com/
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://aleph.vc/

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mentioned twistartups.substack.com website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twistartups.substack.com/
mentioned @Calacanis website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://substack.com/@calacanis
references twistartups.substack.com website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twistartups.substack.com/
references @Calacanis website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://substack.com/@calacanis
mentioned ThisWeekIn website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
mentioned Twist website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://openphone.com/twist%E2%81%A0
mentioned @Thisweekinstartups website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
mentioned launchaccelerator.co website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://launchaccelerator.co/
mentioned DWeisburd⁠⁠ website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twitter.com/DWeisburd%E2%81%A0
mentioned invariantes.com website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://invariantes.com/
mentioned aleph.vc website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://aleph.vc/
references ThisWeekIn website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
references Twist website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://lemon.io/twist
references @Thisweekinstartups website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
references launchaccelerator.co website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://launchaccelerator.co/
references DWeisburd⁠⁠ website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twitter.com/DWeisburd%E2%81%A0
references invariantes.com website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://invariantes.com/
references aleph.vc website

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://aleph.vc/

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mentioned Technology company

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mentioned founder.university company

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://founder.university/
mentioned Jason company

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twitter.com/jason%E2%81%A0
discusses Technology company

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Feed category: Technology
references founder.university company

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://founder.university/
references Jason company

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://twitter.com/jason%E2%81%A0

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mentioned Jaime Matus person

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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://linkedin.com/in/jaime-matus
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Link in episode "AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956": https://linkedin.com/in/jaime-matus
mentioned Jason Calacanis person

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Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
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