OpenAI vs Google vs Meta: Business Model War
Pre-Thanksgiving chatter from the Lessins’ Surf Shack: Jess, Brit, Dave, and Sam pinball from holiday-card automation to trillion-dollar AI geopolitics. Brit trades Minted for Canva+GPT, Jess admits t...
28 Nov 20251h 8min
Google Just Won AI, TikTok’s “Self-Control Badges”, ChatGPT Enters Group Chats
Jessica kicks things off with Brit’s five-hour Brit-chella extravaganza—red latex, Light Balance blackout choreo, Ke$ha surprise, and more. The crew checks in on Jessica’s IG detox, TikTok's new "self...
21 Nov 20251h
Apple’s iPhone Sock, Waymo's Bay Area Expansion, and AI Wearables
The squad is complete again! We get into AI wearables: rings, necklaces, even earrings, after Dave hints his stealth ring startup is almost ready. Waymo quietly rolls out SF–San Jose service (still no...
14 Nov 202559min
Apple Chooses Gemini, Sequoia's Leadership Shake-up, and Meme Coins
It’s Etiquette Finishing School Day at Slow Ventures, Sam dials in from the Four Seasons in a Brioni suit to recap Slow’s first-ever Etiquette School—covering caviar bumps, sommelier tips, and the “lo...
7 Nov 202556min
Stuart Landesberg's Plan to Save the American West from Wildfires
With Jess running The Information's massive WTF conference and Sam off-grid on a mountain, Brit and Dave hold down the fort with Stuart Landesberg, CEO of Seneca, a Slow- and Offline-backed startup bu...
31 Okt 202542min
TPUs Are Winning? Gemini + Anthropic vs NVIDIA, and OpenAI’s Atlas Explained
The gang is back with a spicy opener: Brit calls out Dave for dismissing her “AI-assisted” doc as work slop, while Sam argues lowbrow culture now imitates machines and highbrow culture resists them. W...
24 Okt 202554min
Meta’s Teen Rules, OpenAI’s Content Shift, and Roblox the New Social Media?
Jessica and Dave dive into the messy intersection of AI, culture, and the next wave of consumer tech. From the rise of “AI slop” to whether founders should build apps just for themselves, they debate ...
17 Okt 20251h 2min
Oracle's GPU Margins, OpenAI’s Consumer Playbook, and the Ads vs Commerce Endgame
This week on More or Less: Jess drops The Information’s scoop on Oracle’s shaky GPU rental margins and how it spooked markets, while Sam insists AI workloads will soar, even if profits don’t. Dave cru...
10 Okt 202558min
