The countdown to Episode 100 is on, but this week, it's more news and less Sam).
Jessica), Brit), and Dave) dig into a jam-packed week across tech, AI, VC, and culture—starting with Dave topping a surprise list of top angel investors (yes, above Peter Thiel), raising questions about who really shows up on cap tables and why no women made the cut.
The crew unpack:
- Windsurf’s $3B acquisition by OpenAI
- Apple’s potential move to replace Google with its own AI search in Safari
- A historic week of M&A with DoorDash, Datadog, and Function Health, and
- Why tech was (mostly) absent from this year’s Met Gala
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00:00 Trailer
01:24 Nearly 100 episodes
02:35 Top one angel investor: David Morin
07:22 Big M&As and vibe coding
20:09 Digital media
22:09 Is Google search dying?
30:13 New Netflix interface
32:18 Fund entities and structures (Sam, don't listen!)
44:37 Pop culture corner: Barry Diller
46:20 Pop culture corner: Met Gala
54:44 Happy birthday to Jess
55:26 Outro
