This Week in Startups: Twitter's takeover defense, Meta's AR project with The Verge's Alex Heath + Wordcab's Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436
Jason Calacanis 4/15/22 - Episode Page
Friday variety show! First, The Verge’s Alex Heath joins to talk about two big stories he recently broke (2:32): Facebook’s plans for AR glasses and Twitter’s internal reaction to Elon’s takeover bid. Molly sits down with LAUNCH Accelerator founder Aleks Smechov whose company Wordcab specifically focuses on speech-to-text AI summaries (1:04:54). We wrap with an edition of OK Boomer where Producer Rachel talks to writer and marketer Rachel Cantor (1:18:51)!
(00:00) Molly tees up today’s variety show
(02:32) Alex Heath from The Verge joins to discuss the news he broke on Facebook/Meta’s further push into AR/VR
(10:40) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(11:59) Mark Zuckerberg’s ego in the AR/VR race, CTRL-labs acquisition a cool move or a fool move?
(22:17) Gun.io - Get $250 off your first developer hire at https://Gun.io/twist!
(23:33) Magic Leap & where is Microsoft in AR/VR?
(33:24) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(34:41) Will Google get more involved with AR/VR?
(38:04) Twitter's all-hands and future prospects
(1:04:54) Introducing Molly’s interview w/Wordcab’s founder & CEO Aleks Smechov
(1:07:10) Molly’s interview w/Wordcab founder & CEO Aleks Smechov
(1:18:51) Toss to OKB w/Rachel & Rachel Cantor of Tydo
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