Episode · This Week in Startups · 2025-08-15
Books mentioned on Meta's "Sensual" AI Doc LEAKS, Opendoor's dreams became memes + OpenAI plans $1T data center spend | E2165
It's a Friday TWiST and Jason and Alex are FIRED UP about this internal Meta doc laying out appropriate vs. inappropriate AI behavior… You won't BELIEVE with what Zuck approves for 8-year-old users.
Jason Calacanis discussed Barry Diller by Jerome Tuccille and Starving To Death On 200 Million by James Ledbetter.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Barry Diller
Discussed“I was just reading Barry Diller's biography. It's incredible. They always talked about Barry Diller always talked about just having enough money to make it through the variance.”
Where to get it
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Starving To Death On 200 Million
Discussed“Did you ever read the book Starving to Death on 200 million? No. What is that? It's a It's a book written by a guy who worked at the industry standard during the com boom.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Angel
“I wrote a book, Angel. Man, I guess it was seven years ago. It's it's done incredibly well.”
Passing Red Notice
“I learned that from reading Red Notice uh discussing how he got 100 bagger buying shares in Russian corporations.”