Spotify's ad-tech acquisitions to take on YouTube with Ashley Carman + Founder University | E1389

Jason Calacanis and Molly Wood discuss Spotify's podcasting ambitions with Ashley Carman and analyze Spotify's acquisition of Chartable and Podsights. They also discuss the implications of dynamically inserted ads in podcasting and Spotify's potential as a platform for creators. The latter half of the episode features 10 founder pitches from promising startups, followed by feedback from the hosts.

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Molly Wood

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Jason Calacanis

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Ashley Carman

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Theresa Schachner

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Harry Xiong

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Charlie Cuddy

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Seth Brown

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0:00	Jason and Molly tee up today’s topics: Spotify’s podcasting ambitions with Ashley Carman PLUS 10 founder pitches from Founder University
1:55	Ashley Carman joins to break down the news: Spotify acquires Chartable and Podsights, she also covers what happened to Clubhouse
13:25	Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week
14:29	What podcasting loses by going with dynamically inserted ads, building for creators vs. building for established brands, Spotify going after YouTube as the main platform for creators
26:45	Linode - Apply to their Rise program for founder-led, early-stage startups and get 3 years of discounts
27:52	Podcast tracking users habits, why Spotify is rejecting open standards, sleeping giants in the podcasting space
37:01	Mercury - Banking built for startups. See more
38:26	Reflecting on Lumiary’s big bet to be the HBO of podcasting
46:16	First 5 pitches: Giphting, Chojuu, TaCo, Term Payments, Fix6 PLUS judge feedback
1:02:05	5 Next 5 pitches: Remotespace. SavvyTeam, Gaan, Timewell, Innocuous AI PLUS judge feedback

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