Episode · This Week in Startups · 2026-05-11
Books mentioned on Cerebras's IPO goes vertical, and the death of OpenClaw? | E2287
Today's show: Cerebras just jacked its IPO range to $150–$160 a share, OpenAI bought a consulting firm to seed its $4 billion private-equity joint venture, and a startup in Oakland is electrolyzing magnesium out of seawater for one-third the going price.
Alex Wilhelm recommended There Is No Antimemetics Division.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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There Is No Antimemetics Division
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm is a science fiction work centered around a secretive government agency tasked with managing dangerous concepts that inherently erase themselves from human memory.
Recommended“I'm going to bring up a book that I'm just finishing that I think is so interesting that everyone who appreciates startups, technology, AI, and thinking about the future should absolutely get into.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The fourth turning
“So yeah, this sounds fascinating and have they talked about the American empire when they when they talk about stuff? Do they try to Oh, the fourth turning is the other book.”
Passing Abundance
“There was um Ezra Klein, I just saw a clip going viral. Ezra Klein had the guy who wrote the book Abundance with them. Uh or the book that talks about abundance which they kind of cribbed the term from um Peter Diamandis in his abundance book a couple years ago.”