#91: Google’s $32B Deal and a Silicon Valley Spy Scandal!
More or Less21 Maalis 2025

#91: Google’s $32B Deal and a Silicon Valley Spy Scandal!

Silicon Valley’s heating up—and we’ve got the inside scoop.


This week on More or Less, Jessica, Dave, Sam, and Brit unpack a whirlwind of drama: Google’s $32B Wiz grab, rippling’s spy scandal with Deel, and Gwyneth Paltrow’s bold intimacy coordinator diss. Dave’s back from YC Demo Day, where AI-driven startups are still fetching 25 to 40 million despite shaky traction.


Here’s what’s cooking:

• Google’s Wiz deal—will Trump’s FTC let it fly?

• Rippling vs. Deel: a spy caught in a Slack honeypot

• Gwyneth says no to intimacy coordinators—culture’s shifting

• Brit’s new AI-built app, Guarding, locks down kids’ usernames


Plus, Solana’s PR flop, NVIDIA’s chip wars, and Elon’s billion-dollar X raise.


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00:00 Trailer

01:10 No introductions needed

03:34 The New York Times Ethics Department

07:06 Solana video disaster

13:16 Gwyneth Paltrow vs intimacy coordinator

17:03 Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion

18:59 Trump administration's tech leverage

30:08 Brit's app Guardling (higuardling.com)

35:06 The Silicon Valley Spy Scandal!

46:34 Are there VC spies?

50:53 Elon raises a billion for X

52:19 Drive-through AI and going bankrupt

56:29 Sam Lessin has left the chat

59:03 Outro

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