Investor / Entrepreneur / Host

Jason Calacanis

Angel investor, founder of Inside.com, and co-host of the All-In Podcast. Early investor in Uber, Robinhood, and Calm. Host of This Week in Startups. Known for hustle-culture entrepreneurship and provocative takes.

Known For

All-In PodcastThis Week in StartupsEarly Uber investorAngel investing

Canon

AI Agents Flatten Team Structure and Compress Deployment Cycles

Atari Stage: Technology Platform Competition Before Consolidation

Beliefs Shape Perception and Define Possibility

Biographies as Substitute Mentors

Constraints Enable Scaling — Simplicity Over Optionality

Courage Is a Learnable Skill

Creative Destruction: Systematically Destroying Your Own Business Models

Purple Cow: Creating Memorable Brand Differentiation

Distillation Attacks: Why Open-Source Models Create Asymmetric Advantage

Environment Shapes Behavior More Than Willpower

False Information Spreads Faster and Further Than Truth

GLP-1 Weight Loss Includes Muscle and Bone Loss — Composition Matters More Than Total Weight

The Hedonic Treadmill — Happiness Returns to Baseline

Insulin Resistance Is the Root Cause of Visceral Fat, Inflammation, and Metabolic Disease

Intellectual Property Ownership as Competitive Moat

Meaning Comes from Responsibility, Not Happiness

Mental Illness as Metabolic Dysfunction: The Psychiatric Paradigm Shift

NovelEmerging Research

Microplastics: Pervasive Environmental Contaminants with Human Health Consequences

Oil Price Caps: Price Controls Create Shortages and Market Distortions

Power-Law Distribution in Startup Outcomes

Renewable Energy Cost Competitiveness: Renewables Outpace Fossil Fuels on Price

Humans Crave Status and Respect More Than Wealth Itself

Focus Only on What You Can Control

The True Self vs. False Self — Childhood Adaptations That Persist Into Adulthood

Zero Trust for AI Agents

Episodes

#Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Sep 9, 2026 #Dr. Mark Hyman on Function Health & GLP-1 microdosing | E2334Sep 4, 2026 #China wants you to cheer for the robots taking your job | E2329Aug 25, 2026 #What we'll learn from Anthropic's $2-$3T IPO | E2325Aug 15, 2026 #Google's AI Brain Drain, SpaceX's Huge Quarter, Airtable's 90% Collapse, US Data Fuels China AIAug 8, 2026 #How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322Aug 7, 2026 #Saronic Founders: Autonomous Warships, China's 230X Advantage & Swarms of Robot ShipsAug 5, 2026 #Chip Stocks Crash, $20B Fund Margin Called, Frontier Labs: SLOW DOWN AI, Mamdani's Grocery StoresJul 31, 2026 #Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319Jul 31, 2026 #The Fight Over Open Source AI, Anthropic's $1.5B Payout, NYC Socialists: Evictions = Violence?Jul 24, 2026 #Why this longevity startup raised in Japan, not Silicon Valley | TWiST Tokyo | E2315Jul 22, 2026 #AI Sovereignty Wars, Palantir-Nvidia Deal, SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Newsom's CA Budget LieJul 3, 2026 #Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305Jun 27, 2026 #Why the Future of Video Games is Moving Back to the Dinner TableJun 24, 2026 #World's First Trillionaire, Anthropic Fable Banned, The New Oligarchs, Iran Peace DealJun 19, 2026 #SpaceX IPO Day: What Wall St. and the media missed | E2300Jun 13, 2026 #Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California's Broken ElectionsJun 13, 2026 #Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari StageJun 9, 2026 #From hypercars to cruise missiles: Lukas Czinger on the future of US defense | E2292May 23, 2026 #Why is Gen Z Hates AI?May 18, 2026 #How Many Startups Will Survive OpenAI? | E2288May 13, 2026 #Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It BackMay 10, 2026 #5,000+ Tech Workers Laid Off This Week. It's Just The Beginning. | E2286May 9, 2026 #Elon's Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly?, "FDA for AI" Panic, Trading the AI BoomMay 8, 2026 #OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude, Elon vs Sam Trial, Big Hyperscaler Beats, Peptide CrazeMay 1, 2026 #The $10M+ Bet on a Beanie That Reads Your Brain | Sabi & the Future of BCI | E2282Apr 29, 2026 #Naval's $500 VC fund, the Maduro Polymarket scandal, and NYT defends theft and murder | E2280Apr 25, 2026 #SpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer SpikeApr 24, 2026 #How AI Agents Will Change Banking ForeverMar 9, 2026 #E2258: Is Anthropic Making the Biggest Mistake in AI History?Mar 5, 2026 #E2252: When Will OpenClaw Go Mainstream?Feb 18, 2026 #E2244: Where Early-Stage Founders MUST FocusFeb 3, 2026 #E2243: SpaceX + xAI Gets Us One Step Closer to Musk IndustriesFeb 2, 2026 #E2242: AI Agents and Security RisksJan 30, 2026 #10 Predictions for 2026Dec 30, 2025 #Can AI Replace Executive Coaching?Dec 15, 2025 #The 2025 AI Startup PlaybookNov 25, 2025 #Lightmatter: Photonic Computing for AISep 15, 2025 #AI Wearables: The Next Platform or Another Flop?Sep 1, 2025 #State of Angel Investing 2025: What Has ChangedAug 20, 2025 #AI Is Coming for Entry-Level Jobs FirstJul 10, 2025 #Startup Post-Mortems: Why These Companies FailedJun 15, 2025 #The AI Fundraising Bubble: How Much Is Real?May 20, 2025 #Bootstrapping vs VC in the AI EraApr 10, 2025 #Is SaaS Dying? The AI Replacement TheoryMar 20, 2025 #Founder Mental Health: The Conversation We Need to HaveFeb 15, 2025 #The Remote Work Data Is In: What Actually WorksJan 20, 2025