(0:00) Sunny Madra goes live with Jason for an emergency Pod! (1:23) Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI, and Greg Brockman has quit in retaliation! (6:44) The board’s accusations against Sam Altman (10:27) Speculating on why Altman might have been fired: “no conflict, no interest” (12:16) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (13:22) Sam's extraordinary … [Read more...]
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell responds to NYT hit piece & explains what’s going on in crypto | E1487
Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp 0:00 Jason and Molly tee up today’s show! 2:50 Warriors win! Recapping the Warriors’ finals run 12:47 ActiveCampaign - Get 10% off your ActiveCampaign subscription today at https://activecampaign.com/promo/twist 14:00 Downmarket: what can you do? Lessons founders can learn from the Warriors’ leadership 22:37 … [Read more...]
Microsoft To Buy Activision-Blizzard! What This Means
Microsoft is now set to acquire Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 billion. I discuss what this means for gamers, for workers, and for the industry as a whole. === Support the show at http://TheRationalNational.com/Join Donate Directly at http://PayPal.me/daviddoel Tip at https://streamlabs.com/therationalnational/tip ‘Join’ on YouTube: … [Read more...]