This Week in Startups: OpenSea raises $300M, VW & Toyota commit $170B to EVs, China's strangled tech sector, New media | E1353

In this all news show,  Jason and Molly cover Toyota & Volkswagen committing a combined $170B to take on Tesla’s EV dominance (2:30), NFT platform OpenSea raising a $300M Series C at a $13.3B valuation (20:08), China’s tight grip on tech causing job loss and accelerating company closure (44:50), and how Ben Smith from the NYT is teaming up with Bloomberg Media’s CEO to launch a new media company (56:52).

(00:00) Molly tees up the show

(02:30) Toyota and Volkswagen pledge $170B to compete with Tesla

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(10:49) Power of Tesla’s supercharging network, why Apple should have bought Tesla

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(20:08) OpenSea just raised $300M at a $13.3B valuation

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(37:18) Jason teases his first NFT purchase

(44:50) China’s tech crackdown is causing issues

(56:52) Former CEO of Bloomberg Media is starting a new stealth media company

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