Reacts Episodes

April 17, 2024

AI Takes Over YC, VCs Apologize to Founders, Elon Crashes Tesla (Reac…

The insiders return this week to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI startups: 🤖 AI Company Trends at Y Combinator: More startups are branding themselves as AI-focused during Demo Day, regardless of their true engagement...

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April 10, 2024

Google Strikes Back in AI & A Lone Hero Saves the Internet (Reacts)

The insiders return this week to discuss the latest strides in Google's AI innovations: Google unveiled groundbreaking AI advancements at Cloud Next, showcasing Gemini 1.5's impressive capabilities. Their focus on enterprise ...

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April 3, 2024

SBF Gets 25 Years, Musk Fires Don Lemon, Essential Funding Updates & …

The insiders return this week to discuss some developments including: SBF’s 25 year sentence as repercussion for FTX legal and ethical misdeeds. Is 25 years for a white collar crime too long? The tech titans (Apple, Google, F...

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March 27, 2024

Reddit Restarts Tech IPOs, Microsoft Skirts Antitrust Laws & Are AI P…

The insiders are back to unpack the latest news in the tech ecosystem. Joining them this week is Kimberly Marshall, she is an investor and advisor in early stage companies and venture capital funds. Previously she helped buil...

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March 20, 2024

Reacts: Desperate Apple Turns To Google, NVIDIA's China Problem & Sam…

The insiders are back to unpack the latest news in the tech ecosystem. Joining them this week is Amir Shevat - early stage startup investor and author. Together they discuss: OpenAI Marketplace Dynamics: The quartet explores ...

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March 13, 2024

Reacts: Princess Kate Controversy, TikTok Banned in US & Apple's Mass…

Feeling overwhelmed with tech developments happening around the globe? Don’t worry! Tech insiders, Emil Michael, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein are here to break through the noise and provide a deep-dive on the most important...

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March 6, 2024

Reacts: Figure AI Robots Funded, Musk/OpenAI Lawsuit & AI’s Manhattan…

The insiders are back and just in time - tech news this week has been MASSIVE! Together they discuss: Figure AI Funding: Discover how Figure AI secured a staggering $675M investment to advance humanoid robot technology from...

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Feb. 21, 2024

Reacts: AI Alignment - OpenAI's Sora, Gemini 1.5 & AI Startup Trends

Emil is out this week from the Insider trio so Yaniv and Chris welcome special guest Alireza Ali to discuss the hottest developments in the tech industry this week. Ali is currently the co-founder and partner at Blue Dot who ...

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Feb. 14, 2024

Reacts: Sam Altman Raising $7 Trillion!? NVIDIA Valuation, Lyft Repor…

$7 TRILLION!?! It’s the number everyone has been talking about this week. Here to break down the latest tech news are the insiders: Emil Michael, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein. Emil Michael, former Chief Business Officer of ...

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Feb. 7, 2024

Reacts: Should Congress Apologize To Mark Zuckerberg?

Should Congress apologize to Mark Zuckerberg? If you haven’t been living under a rock recently, major tech company CEOs have been hauled into Congress to discuss child safety and moderation on their platforms. What does it me...

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Jan. 31, 2024

Reacts: Fundraising In 2024 & Taylor Swift Deep Fakes

Taylor Swift on a startup podcast? It’s not for her ERAS tour, nor is it for the Kansas City Chiefs upcoming Super Bowl game. Listen to the insiders discuss the biggest developing stories this week: 🚀 Navigating the Volatile ...

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Jan. 24, 2024

Reacts: ChatGPT Used For Warfare, AI Layoffs & Google Leadership Fail…

The insiders are back this week to discuss the hottest topics coming out of the tech and startup ecosystems. This week Emil, Chris and Yaniv discuss: 🔍 Carta's Controversial Pivot: Carta halts its secondary business sharing p...

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Jan. 10, 2024

Reacts: Carta Controversy, NYT Sues OpenAI & Bitcoin ETF Predictions

The Insiders are back for 2024 and hasn’t it been a big week of controversy in the tech world! Here to break it all down is Emil, Chris and Yaniv. This week they discuss: 🔍 Carta's Privacy Clash: Carta, a software company, ...

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Dec. 13, 2023

Reacts: Google's Fake AI Demo, Economic Update & College Anti-Semitism

Google caught faking? Is the economy back? Are US colleges anti-Semitic? There’s been some major developments in the tech ecosystem this week. Don’t worry! Emil, Chris and Yaniv are here to unpack it all including: 🤖 Google'...

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Dec. 6, 2023

Reacts: Elon Said WHAT!?! - Paid Social Networks, EVs and Climate Cri…

What did Elon say? Leading the Silicon Valley chatter this week are comments Elon Musk made during an interview with Andrew Sorkin. Emil, Chris and Yaniv break it down and the flow-on effects on paid social networks while als...

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