(Portfolio Profile) Check-in With Rownd (How To Raise A Round Right Now)
A checkin with Rownd about what it's like to close a round right now, and what actually being on stage at YC Demo Day is like. To book at meeting with Robert at Rownd: https://calendly.com/rob-rownd/m...
30 Touko 202216min
Fri. 05/27 – An Xbox Gaming Dongle
Microsoft is creating an HDMI dongle to turn any tv or monitor into an Xbox gaming console. Now the lawsuits are popping off in the whole Elon/Twitter thing. If even high profile startups like Substac...
27 Touko 202216min
Thu. 05/26 – Apple Raises Wages
Apple is attempting to fend off a unionization movement by… paying people more. That Broadcom/VMware deal is real. You can now pay close to $1000 for a Gucci Oura Ring. After a decade of declines, EV ...
26 Touko 202215min
Wed. 05/25 – Seth Green Wants His Apes Back
Seth Green has lost a film role… for his Ape. Cause he lost his Ape to a fishing scam. a16z launches their biggest ever crypto fund. Headlines from Microsoft’s Build conference. The e-bike that helps ...
25 Touko 202217min
Tue. 05/24 – Does Apple REALLY Want You To Repair Your Own iPhone?
Google Research says to Open AI: “Hold my beer.” They’ve announced a new AI-based text-to-image generator to rival DALL-E 2. Is the shocking earnings warning from Snap a result of Apple’s ATT changes ...
24 Touko 202217min
Mon. 05/23 – Big Tech Consolidation Coming?
Is a big mergers and acquisition wave about to hit the tech industry. I make the case from several different angles. AMD releases its next generation Ryzen chips. And a super interesting new startup i...
23 Touko 202216min
(TWTR SPC) - a16z's Chris Dixon (@cdixon) On The State Of Crypto And Web3
Friend of the show, Chris Dixon (@cdixon) of a16z's crypto and web3 investing initiatives comes on to talk about the recent report: 2022 State of Crypto. We got into all the things, using our favorite...
21 Touko 202242min
Fri. 05/20 – The Apple Headset Has Been Demoed!
A new high end Snapdragon chip. The Apple AR/VR headset has been demoed, but only 9 people got to see it in action. A YC backed startup is facing lawsuits related to the whole UST blowup. The feds wil...
20 Touko 202218min
