This Week in Startups @twistartups
startups | markets | tech | hosted by @jason thisweekinstartups.com Joined February 2010-
Tweets26K
-
Followers76K
-
Following16K
-
Likes16K
New Episode! @edwardbrawer is here to be your podcast’s arms dealer! @GetPodcastAI's platform is revolutionizing podcast production by automating key components
New episode! What's the secret to successful conversations in job interviews, VC pitches, and more? Find out in the latest episode with @cduhigg
@jason @Jason
822K Followers 3K Following Host of the world's most important conversations: @twistartups @theallinpod & @liquiditypod; I also invest in 150 startups a year @launch & @founderuniDavid Sacks @DavidSacks
848K Followers 3K Following VC @craft_ventures, Bestie @theallinpod, Cofounder @saasgrid_hqAndrew Gazdecki @agazdecki
233K Followers 6K Following Founder and CEO of @acquiredotcom. https://t.co/wRMIssDmhl has helped 100s of startups get acquired and facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.Garry Tan @garrytan
432K Followers 4K Following President & CEO @ycombinator —Founder @Initialized—PM/designer/engineer who helps founders—YouTuber—San Francisco Democrat accelerating the boom loop—e/accALL-IN TOK @all_in_tok
28K Followers 570 Following The unofficial clip account of @theallinpod 🚀 • led by fans @ChrisMadden_ and @spenmoneyfastRyan Hoover @rrhoover
257K Followers 2K Following Founder of @ProductHunt. Investor at @WeekendFund. Writing about fun(d) stuff at https://t.co/tsunRijcs8 with @vedikaja_in. Say hi! 👋🏼Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 @nic_detommaso
59K Followers 550 Following Tweet about All Things VC. Providing insights to demystify the industry🪄. Investor @HarlemCapital | @Columbia alum | 🇵🇷🏳️🌈 (she/her)Molly Wood @mollywood
146K Followers 2K Following Founder of Molly Wood Media, finding, sharing, and investing in climate solutions. Host of WorkLab for Microsoft. Contact: [email protected]Andrew Yeung @andruyeung
41K Followers 1K Following i throw tech parties | entrepreneur, partner @ next wave nyc & writer | ex-@google & @meta product lead | 879/1,000 founders fed in 2024Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33
119K Followers 3K Following Co-founder @hustlefundvc. Building a hippocorn company -- market size unknown. Democratizing wealth via entrepreneurship. SF Bay Area native.Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr
84K Followers 7K Following Unearthing the mysteries of outlier startups. Partner @floodgatefund. Unabashedly grateful to live in the USA.Gale Wilkinson @VITAL.. @galeforceVC
53K Followers 9K Following VC, angel, WorkTech expert. Empowering angel investing for everyone @VitalizeVC Angels. Kauffman Fellows. On Deck. Chicago:Blend board. She/her.🔮✨🐶🎨🐴Jeff Richards @jrichlive
54K Followers 2K Following Venture capitalist @notablecap, 2X founder, 4X dad, praying for @Dartmouth 🏀 return to Final Four *not investment advice *wrong often 🤞Mac The VC @MacConwell
95K Followers 42K Following Managing Partner @RareBreedVC | underrepresented founders | Hacker turned Hustler | Entrepreneur | Vampire | Former Gamer | @inside | @KauffmanFellows class #26em herrera 🌃 @emilyhxrrera
26K Followers 4K Following type fast, invest @slow | prev @nightventures_ @nightmedia_ @nbcnews | mama @the_wiressBrandon Brooks @OfficialBBrooks
33K Followers 3K Following Pro venture capital / Anti how VC has historically operated. | Working to get people from all backgrounds involved in the startup ecosystem | OptimistFounder University @FounderUni
7K Followers 2K Following A 12-week pre-accelerator program to build an MVP and get your first users. We invest $25k into the top graduates. Apply 👉 https://t.co/j3QSdYVUiUDarrel Frater ✝️ @DarrelFrater
16K Followers 2K Following Christ Follower ✝️ | Investor at @SeracVentures | Prev. @VisibleHandsVC | #GirlDad 👶🏽 | 🇺🇲🇯🇲 KAΨ♦️| Investing $500K - $750K at the Seed stageStartupStage @startup_stage
9K Followers 2K Following The Premier Platform to Launch, Scale and Grow Emerging Startups! https://t.co/Zhx7gTQkr5Austin Parker $RFKJ #.. @Universe45454
632 Followers 3K Following Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope. Robert Kennedy #Kennedyshanahan24 #Ideclaremyidependence #wethepeoplekesow kk @KesowKK
0 Followers 38 FollowingHa Kyung-jae @kyungjaeha
2K Followers 3K Following AI와 Tech, Business 대한 인사이트를 공유합니다. 3개의 회사를 공동 창업했고, 하나를 카카오에 엑싯했습니다. 디자인으로 스타트업을 돕고있습니다.Seraphim Marcopoulos @smarcopoulos
1K Followers 1K Following Founder working on Virtual Health Communications & Wellness Monitoring. Focused on privacy, security, simplicity & inclusivity. Mastadon: @[email protected]Jeremy Ynostrosa @Jynostrosa76
23 Followers 82 FollowingXander Goodheart @alex_gutarts
33 Followers 134 Followinglarry @larry57183430
47 Followers 200 FollowingAndreas Wuellner @AndreasWuellner
282 Followers 410 Following Spaceflight, cars, planes, everything technology, history, geopoliticscashflowbubu @cashflowbubu
70 Followers 197 FollowingRyan Estes @GoRyanEstes
4K Followers 3K Following Cofounder https://t.co/kiaurJgPQq Cofounder https://t.co/8EjV6H8XhB - Celebrate good conversationCAS @schermca
3 Followers 67 FollowingAndrew Funk @renegadeuvfunk
25 Followers 61 FollowingNuwan Thisara 💙 @tgntlk
289 Followers 1K Following Government Employee 🧔, I love #classicalmusic 🎶,#nature🌾🌱🌴🐬🕊️, #technology📟🖱️💻, #Internet, #linux #gadgets 🔌1.73m, #BloodONlka 💉 #Galle #SriLanka 🌏Varun Nagaraja @Varun01N
21 Followers 69 Following Building the next generation of Human AI interaction.Dominykas Bickus @_dombickus
174 Followers 482 Following Partner @ Paramount Lead Solutions. Disrupting the auto industry. Interested in all things marketing, automation and A.I. Actively building a $100M businessRyan Barbles @RyanBarbles
49 Followers 262 Followingnigel africa @sophistofifa
251 Followers 2K Following Travel loving gadget geek foodie. International.Jiayu @Jiayu1883859
4 Followers 34 FollowingJason Koon @JasonKoon
58K Followers 290 Following Spent five years in college to work three weeks and quit. Now I play poker. Triton Tournament Series Ambassador.Unmesh Mali @unmeshmali
344 Followers 2K Following Machine Learning Engineer at Health Tech. Previously Data Scientist at Clean Tech. Tweets are notes to self.Andy @Andy_CWY
191 Followers 433 FollowingAlexandre Mandl @alexmandl
239 Followers 212 Following Líder de vendas| Escrevo para vendedores B2B que fazem acima de 100% eticamente | Vendedores estoicos | +20Anos de experiência | Barista JuniorCarlos Sentís @carlossentis
919 Followers 2K Following World Innovation Alliance Founder / World Economic Forum Global Shaper / Henkuai West China Relations CEOOyerinde oyesina @OyerindeOyesina
988 Followers 2K Following Product | ARCHITECT | Volunteer @dev_careers | Volunteer @the_internplace | Ambaassador @ https://t.co/3mTBP3RY7bBrandon Everett @everettlbrandon
2 Followers 150 FollowingMichael OBrien 👌�.. @1MikeyOB
34K Followers 37K Following Plz NO DM's 🧡 https://t.co/dg9WilLcm3 🧡 https://t.co/5N8vQ70dp8:/1MikeyO 🧡🧡 WE Follow only followers 🇺🇸+🇺🇦Sam Johnson @SamJohn19366026
540 Followers 2K FollowingRishabh Saxena @_rishabh_saxena
108 Followers 870 FollowingPeter @Petie_P
309 Followers 2K Following Give more then you get....Always be willing to learn & grow...have gratitude & thankfulness every day!!!countrycoder @countrycoder100
5 Followers 147 FollowingRealbricks @Realbricksapp
10 Followers 5 Following Real estate investing for all, add and sell bricks with just a click.LetterAtlas @LetterAtlas
6 Followers 55 Following Building the future of Newsletter Summaration with AI. We summarize newsletter content, so you can actually read all of those newsletters you subscribe to.Nigel Wyer @wyer_nigel
96 Followers 602 FollowingBurnsDiesel3 @tejburns3
1 Followers 632 FollowingUlric Musset @ulricmusset
2K Followers 607 Following founder @ https://t.co/Qn2oIlHtv5 (YC W24) Generate software from a prompt ex-founder https://t.co/bLgr53TD39, acquired by CartaJim Fowler @JimJFowler18
153 Followers 696 FollowingSmeighr @Smeighr197785
42 Followers 2K FollowingTsui T @TsuiT28904
0 Followers 6 FollowingMatthew Braun @realmatthewb
35 Followers 43 FollowingJackson Boehman @jackson_boehman
419 Followers 455 Following Low calorie, high content https://t.co/VkvnUjEQDlDean Sutton-Greenhalg.. @FunkTrollBros
17 Followers 591 Following Experimental Art #FunkTrollBrother Photography, but I post more art on IG Politics: Moderate, more center-right lately... Religion: Lapsed AnglicanFactFirst.AI @FactfirstAI
4 Followers 13 Following Automated AI Content Creation Platform For Publishers and Media Platforms.@jason @Jason
822K Followers 3K Following Host of the world's most important conversations: @twistartups @theallinpod & @liquiditypod; I also invest in 150 startups a year @launch & @founderuniDavid Sacks @DavidSacks
848K Followers 3K Following VC @craft_ventures, Bestie @theallinpod, Cofounder @saasgrid_hqAndrew Gazdecki @agazdecki
233K Followers 6K Following Founder and CEO of @acquiredotcom. https://t.co/wRMIssDmhl has helped 100s of startups get acquired and facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.The All-In Podcast @theallinpod
346K Followers 6 Following @chamath, @jason, @davidsacks, and @friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social, and poker.Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings
218K Followers 339 Following 🎤 @twentyminutevc, 🏦 @20vcfund @20SALES_vc, 😇 @PachamaInc @linear @theydohq @tripledotgames @merge_api @nexhealthhq @linktree_ @sorare @getcaptionsappGarry Tan @garrytan
432K Followers 4K Following President & CEO @ycombinator —Founder @Initialized—PM/designer/engineer who helps founders—YouTuber—San Francisco Democrat accelerating the boom loop—e/accBill Gurley @bgurley
665K Followers 2K Following VC @benchmark, Investor: @grubhub, @zillow, @uber, @stitchfix, @nextdoor, @glassdoor, @hacker0x01, @solvhealth, @roverdotcom, @instawork Trustee @sfiscienceALL-IN TOK @all_in_tok
28K Followers 570 Following The unofficial clip account of @theallinpod 🚀 • led by fans @ChrisMadden_ and @spenmoneyfastdelian @zebulgar
165K Followers 787 Following space drugs and arms @vardaspace | village idiot/partner @foundersfundJason ✨Be Kind✨ L.. @jasonlk
161K Followers 2K Following GET funded ➡ $150m https://t.co/AVvPIrIdFP🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 LEARN SaaS ➡ https://t.co/X23R2qMajX JOIN us ▶ https://t.co/0cR8K6pxEI Founder/ceo #AdobeSignTurner Novak 🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak
167K Followers 3K Following investing in Pre-Seed + Seed rounds at @BananaCap_ podcasting @ThePeelPod writing @TheSplit_ (sign up below)Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey
219K Followers 2K Following I am a technology enthusiast, writer, and modder. Founder of ModRetro, @Oculus VR, and @Anduriltech. Keeping American superheroes safe with autonomous systems.Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi
117K Followers 3K Following Posting stuff I find interesting. Work: @btv_vc, leading pre/seed rounds of fintech cos. apply to our accelerator https://t.co/LSnRc5xYjD! Always up for adventure.Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath
1.7M Followers 832 Following CEO @SocialCapital CEO @hustle Bestie @theallinpod Learn with me: https://t.co/PSBNs9US6oRyan Petersen @typesfast
185K Followers 1K Following Founder and CEO of Flexport, Venture Partner at Founders FundRyan Hoover @rrhoover
257K Followers 2K Following Founder of @ProductHunt. Investor at @WeekendFund. Writing about fun(d) stuff at https://t.co/tsunRijcs8 with @vedikaja_in. Say hi! 👋🏼Michael Seibel @mwseibel
215K Followers 0 Following Partner at YC and Managing Director of YC Early Stage @ycombinator [email protected]CoreWeave @CoreWeave
4K Followers 405 Following The GPU Cloud. CoreWeave is a specialized cloud provider, delivering a massive scale of GPUs on top of the industry’s fastest and most flexible infrastructure.Groq Inc @GroqInc
45K Followers 468 Following Creator of the LPU™ Inference Engine, providing the fastest speed for AI applications, designed & engineered in N. America https://t.co/DsEqVAC5DpAgentHub @AgentHub_AI
2K Followers 2 Following (YC W24) Build and deploy LLM powered automations in seconds.Liquidity @liquiditypod
1K Followers 1 Following A podcast & yearly conference for LPs and GPs. Hosted by @Jason (fka The Angel Podcast & Angel Summit).Eric Newcomer @EricNewcomer
40K Followers 3K Following Founder + author of Newcomer – a startups and VC newsletter & events company. Host summits, including Cerebral Valley AI Summit Subscribe https://t.co/ptjq4pjVS9FRVR @FRVRGames
3K Followers 3 Following Making the best games for all your devices 👉 We believe everyone should be able to play fun games on any devices, anywhere 🖥️📱🎮Hume @hume_ai
16K Followers 17 Following Empathic AI research lab. Building AI with emotional intelligence: https://t.co/BuyjmutoBhTerra Kaffe @TerraKaffe
625 Followers 29 Following Better coffee, by design. Posts by Travis Kelce will be signed “-TK”nonsense pronouncer �.. @the_pebcak
176 Followers 435 Following Interested in making software, space stuff, flying little planes, and defense. Likes languages. Supporter of anti vatnik operations.Consensus @ConsensusNLP
9K Followers 399 Following AI-powered, academic search. We use language models to surface expert answers from research papers. Create an account today: https://t.co/VTvqZU6W9FMoms First @MomsFirstUS
2K Followers 405 Following Movement fighting to get moms the support we deserve: child care, paid leave, equal pay. Formerly Marshall Plan for Moms.Shyam Sankar @ssankar
15K Followers 211 Following CTO @Palantirtech, Chairman @Ginkgo https://t.co/oaEBf1su2x https://t.co/mf1cSAPtefDavid Weisburd 🚀 @DWeisburd
23K Followers 645 Following Co-Founder of 10X Capital and Co-Host of The 10X Capital PodcastCowboy Ventures @CowboyVC
31K Followers 449 Following Cowboy Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund 🤠 We invest in innovative pre-seed & seed stage tech founders 🌱Jake Gutstein @GutsteinJake
19 Followers 20 Following Passionate founder and home chef, trying to bring the joy of cooking to more peopleJason Shuman @JasonrShuman
11K Followers 3K Following General Partner @PrimaryVC focused on NYC, Vertical AI, Consumer, PropTech & Software for the broader Built World | Fmr @Uber Driver | BOD @info4piRaja Doddala 🇺🇸.. @rdoddala
1K Followers 641 Following Slow Cycling, Coffee, VC FoF https://t.co/xg8tHBFvGnJoshua Berkowitz @berkowitz_josh
377 Followers 961 FollowingIMAGINE AI LIVE '24 @ImagineAILive
1K Followers 19 Following Learn more about enterprise AI in 2 days than most will in 2 years. Biggest AI Summit for Business Leaders. 2024 was success, v2 in 2025. Check out our podcast!Jesse Lyu @jessechenglyu
28K Followers 290 Following founder and ceo @rabbit_hmi board @jugendingenieur any crypto relates to @rabbit_hmi or r1 is a scam.rabbit inc. @rabbit_hmi
83K Followers 1 Following rabbit brings the future of human-machine interface. order r1, your pocket companion, now.Room Reinvented @RoomReinvented
16 Followers 1 FollowingSila @SilaNanotech
5K Followers 389 Following We engineer next-gen battery materials to power our electric future—from innovative mobile devices to EVs and beyond. @BessemerVP @Daimler @MatrixPartners @SHVGene Berdichevsky @SilaGene
4K Followers 28 Following CEO, @SilaNanotech. Former EIR @SHV and Batteries @Tesla. Kiting is the perfect sport.Rahul Sidhu @rahoolsidoo
3K Followers 692 Following CEO @flyaerodome | Prev: CEO @SPIDRTech (acq’d ‘21), fire/rescue paramedic, cop, pilot, stand-up comedianCecilia Ziniti @CeciliaZin
8K Followers 5K Following Founder & CEO @gcai_co | General Counsel & CLO | Ex @Amazon, @MoFoLLP, @replit, @BloomTech. Writes re AI, tech, business, law, in-house counsel, and leadership.Jacob DeWitte @jakedewitte
2K Followers 428 Following @oklo, nuclear engineer, Florida Gator, MIT PhD, proud New Mexican, loving husband of my wifeJoe Kiani @JoeKiani
9K Followers 150 Following Founder of Masimo, Cercacor, Patient Safety Movement & #microfixing and Co-founder of Like Minded Media and A Starting PointAndrew Ng @AndrewYNg
1.0M Followers 911 Following Co-Founder of Coursera; Stanford CS adjunct faculty. Former head of Baidu AI Group/Google Brain. #ai #machinelearning, #deeplearning #MOOCsNavneet Dalal @navneetdalal
207 Followers 186 FollowingProphetic @PropheticAI
17K Followers 12 Following We are a non-invasive (tFUS) neurotech company building a device to induce conscious experiences.Claim @claim
2K Followers 2 Following Benefits with Friends 💛. Get 💸 back for trying your new favorite brands on Claim and share the love with friends. ⬇️ Get early access today.Min Choi @minchoi
65K Followers 762 Following AI Educator. 𝕏 about AI, solutions and interesting things. Showing how to leverage AI in practical ways for you and your business.Amphion @realamphion
235 Followers 48 Following Amphion is a toolkit for Audio, Music, and Speech Generation. GitHub: https://t.co/SDsdCO4M29 HF: https://t.co/3VJSoumiFSVercel @vercel
267K Followers 9 Following Vercel’s frontend cloud gives developers the frameworks, workflows, and infrastructure to build a faster, more personalized web. Creators of @nextjs.Steven Johnson @stevenbjohnson
1.1M Followers 374 Following Editorial Director, NotebookLM and Google Labs. Author of 13 books. Latest: Extra Life. Speech inquiries email: wesn at leighbureau dot comMagnific.ai @Magnific_AI
35K Followers 2 Following The most advanced AI upscaler & enhancer. Magnific can hallucinate and reimagine as many details as you wish (or none) guided by your own prompt and parameters!Hugging Face @huggingface
343K Followers 189 Following The AI community building the future. https://t.co/VkRPD0VKaZ #BlackLivesMatter #stopasianhate🚨🚨 Episode 12 of Liquidity Podcast is out and this week @Jason and I have Hunter Somerville from @stepstonegroup and @loganbartlett from @Redpoint ! In this episode, we dive deep into the world of venture capital including Tiger and @a16z's latest fund announcements! Link to…
“What we’re seeing right now is the collapse of a lot of the young venture capital firms,” says @Jason. "With venture tourism going away... we're starting to see finally... the burn-off of the excess. The excess calories. The fat in the system and it was pronounced."
OMG OMG OMG... @Jason and @sundeep are talking about us!!! I want that A+ though. Jason, we'll get you a full @theallinpod episode in <18 months 🫡 PS - We were going to wait a few more days to do this but... what the heck. Seize the moment. We'll release a special feature tmrw…
A glimpse into the future of AI-driven media @sundeep demos @toinfinityai with @Jason -- Infinity AI is a script-to-movie foundation model. -- Creators upload a script and get back a video with expressive virtual actors
@twistartups @sundeep @toinfinityai @Jason OMG! Can't believe you guys are talking about us! 🤩Btw, the reason we have All In in our beta tool is because you're our favorite podcast! Throwback to Summit 1 📸
@twistartups @AlanCowen @hume_ai OMG, that cold open was 🔥🔥🤣
Liquidity episode 8! @mamoonha, Penn Endowment's Thomas Scriven,@Jason, and @DWeisburd ---India’s startup ecosystem--- ---The future of M&A and IPOs--- ---The rise of the secondary market---
@twistartups @screendoorvc Indeed, early-stage venture thrives on power laws. Concentrated bets can yield outsized returns by capturing the tail-end successes, but diversification through 'spray and pray' mitigates risk and uncovers unexpected gems.
@twistartups @screendoorvc @Jason I can't wait to hear this episode tomorrow! With my schedule, I am always one day behind, but I always look forward to it!
Hello beautiful
NVIDIA, Hugging Face, and ServiceNow release TheStack v2, a massive code dataset🌸 - 37 TB of de-duplicated code - 913B tokens - 619 programming languages Blog post huggingface.co/blog/starcoder2 Data huggingface.co/datasets/bigco…
@twistartups @Jason Thanks for taking my question and having me on @Jason !
historic earnings from $NVDA, and the stock is ripping after-hours this was hugely important for tech why? the macro picture looks a little murky, and tech multiples have started to heat up again (see meme from @buccocapital) 🧵
.@alexiskold and @davidu/@KTmBoyle have indeed been doing a great job investing in defense/public safety, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention folks like @josh_coyne @ravirajjain @ekriessmann @AlexaLiautaud @lacostejonathan @DavidCahn6 @zebulgar @traestephens @breeves08 who…
. @Jason asks @rahoolsidoo about fundraising for @FlyAerodome The early days were a slog, but now Tier 1 VCs are knocking down the door to invest Shout out to @a16z, @alexiskold, and others for seeing the potential!
🎙️ Dive into the future of finance with @GuyAdami (RiskReversal), @Jason Calacanis, and @tseides (Capital Allocators) in a dynamic panel moderated by Dan Nathan (@RiskReversal). Explore how podcasting amplifies expertise & reshapes investor relations. 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=WhieYf…
Our Co-Founder and CEO, @rahoolsidoo sat down with @Jason on the @twistartups podcast to discuss a variety of topics ranging from the complexities of raising venture capital for a GovTech start up to the rapid evolution of drone technology in law enforcement. Enjoy this detailed…
. @rahoolsidoo joins @Jason to explain: -- How @FlyAerodome deploys safe aerial responses to 911 calls --- Privacy concerns and abuse potential with police drone usage ----The challenges of fundraising and selling to government as a startup -----And much more!
The pitch deck / the data room
@KSchricks slaying her TAM presentation for @FounderUni tonight! 🚀