This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.
Twisty Awards 2024: Celebrating the Best in Startups, Tech, and Innovation
Jason Calacanis and Alex Wilhelm dive into the Twisty Awards 2024, celebrating standout achievements in the startup world. They reveal winners for categories like Breakout Startup, Pre IPO Startup, and Main Character of the Year. The episode discusses the collapse of a bookkeeping company and features a debate on the News Topic of the Year. They explore the impact of AI on jobs, immigration policies affecting startups, and the significance of maintaining static team sizes. The episode highlights the best tech product, the funniest Twist moment, and the Twist Interview of the Year.
Key Points
- Bench's spectacular flame-out as a bookkeeping company left customers and investors reeling, highlighting the volatility and risks in the startup ecosystem.
- Despite raising $600 million, Bowery's failure underscores the challenges and complexities of scaling vertical farming, making it one of the most notable startup collapses of the year.
- The race to superintelligence remains a dominant theme, with its potential to impact every human being on the planet, overshadowing even the significant pain caused by the lack of exits in the venture capital market.
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