Trillionaires, SpaceX, and More AI: The 2026 Power Laws
The squad is back for 2026 with updates: Dave’s Montana “Snow Report” (spoiler: none), Brit’s contrarian love letter to CES, and Sam’s new “serious 40-year-old” fashion era. We go rapid-fire through t...
9 Jan 57min
2026 Tech Predictions: AI Layoffs, a $500B IPO, and the Death of SaaS as We Know It
The pod signs off for the year with its final episode—a sharp, chaotic recap of last year’s predictions and a fresh round of hot takes for 2026. Sam and Dave, unsurprisingly, wing it: Sam calls a sing...
19 Dec 202556min
Paramount vs Netflix: Who Really Wins Warner Bros And What's Next?
This week’s a big one: the squad kicks it off with Starlink on planes, Zoox vs. Waymo, and YouTube’s skinny bundle before taking the big swing — data centers in space as the emerging SpaceX-IPO narrat...
12 Dec 20251h 3min
Code Red, Bitcoin Costs, AWS Resurgence, and Waymo Safety (Not About AI... ish)
Bitcoin’s down, so the Lessins turned down the heat and pulled out their winter gear. The More or Less squad jumps from SF’s drone-powered crime-fighting memes (Daniel Lurie’s “no drugs” moment) to ho...
5 Dec 20251h
OpenAI vs Google vs Meta: Business Model War
Pre-Thanksgiving chatter from the Lessins’ Surf Shack: Jess, Brit, Dave, and Sam pinball from holiday-card automation to trillion-dollar AI geopolitics. Brit trades Minted for Canva+GPT, Jess admits t...
28 Nov 20251h 8min
Google Just Won AI, TikTok’s “Self-Control Badges”, ChatGPT Enters Group Chats
Jessica kicks things off with Brit’s five-hour Brit-chella extravaganza—red latex, Light Balance blackout choreo, Ke$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
