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This Week in Startups

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ANGEL, the Book

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Uber

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Inside.com

Inside.com provides business intelligence in the form of events, newsletters, and an online SLACK community.

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LAUNCH

Founder & CEO

Sequoia Capital

Entrepreneur in Action

Weblogs, Inc.

CEO and Co-founder of The Weblogs, Inc. Network with Brian Alvey. More information at http://www.weblogsinc.com.

We publish www.engadget.com, www.tvsquad.com, www.cinematical.com, www.joystiq.com, www.autoblog.com, and 70 other leading blogs. 

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Jason Calacanis

Hear my WARNING for ANY APP using OpenAI’s API…

On an urgent new This Week in Startups clip, I'm warning founders that Sam Altman is ALWAYS WATCHING.

Sure, companies that use the most OpenAI tokens get thank you emails and handsome plaques. But I suggest there’s a masterful scheme happening behind the scenes…

In fact, Altman & Co are WATCHING which apps are getting the most use of OpenAI… so they can design their own versions of those products! Thus drinking the founders’ milkshake.

It’s a pattern we’ve previously seen play out with giants like $MSFT and $META, creating playgrounds for other startups, which they then mine for data, ideas and inspiration. Don’t get caught in the same pattern, founders!

I invest in 100 new startups a year... get a meeting with my team at launch.co/apply, or learn how to start a company by joining founder.university (our 12-week course). watch thisweekinstartups.com if you love startups

Smart founders are always looking ahead. Here’s why you need to “skate to where the puck is going.”

Zachary Handshoe of SpatialGen joined This Week in Startups to talk about building the “spatial cloud” that will one day power streaming video for immersive AR and VR devices (like Apple’s Vision Pro X).
While today, the company has a “champagne customer base” — the kinds of early adopters and wealthy elites who can afford Cupertino’s costly headsets — it won’t be long before many more people are eager to experience the thrill of live 16K immersive video.

That’s why I was eager to invest in SpatialGen, and praise Zachary Handshoe for building today what his customers are going to love tomorrow.

Immersive 16K spatial video is here… but where’s the killer app?
On this TWiST highlight, Zachary Handshoe of SpatialGen, and I consider high-end VR and AR headsets like Apple’s Vision Pro, and what it’s going to take to convince mainstream consumers to invest in this cutting-edge new technology.

In the past, VR headsets have faced what Zach and I call the “Try, Oh My, Goodbye” syndrome; people are CURIOUS about the possibilities of immersive video, but ultimately don’t stick around and become everyday users.

Will spatial video shot at live sporting events be what it takes to get the normies on board? And what kind of cloud infrastructure will be required to power this future, when millions are accessing the massive files required to stream in 16K? 

Watch this clip and find out!

Insight Partners

Managing Director

Berenson & Company

Principal

The Blackstone Group

Analyst

Deven Parekh is a Managing Director at Insight Partners. Since joining Insight in 2000, he has made more than 140 investments in enterprise software, data, and consumer internet businesses globally, including in North America, Europe, India, Israel, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Australia. 
 
Currently, Deven serves on the Boards of Directors for Calm, Candy, Checkout.com, Chrono24, CoreLogic, Diligent, DistroKid, Ellkay, Fanatics, Gamma, iad, PDI, TetraScience, Vinted, WeWork, and Within3. Other companies within his portfolio include Chargebee, FTX, Thunes, Splitwise, 1stdibs, Slice, Saks.com and Saks OFF 5th, BharatPe, and Automattic (WordPress).
 
Deven’s previous investments include Twitter (IPO), Duck Creek (IPO), eVestment (sale to NASDAQ), Alibaba (IPO), JD.com (IPO), Bullhorn (sale to Stone Point Capital), Buddy Media (acquired by Salesforce), Website Pros (IPO), Yext (IPO), Enverus (sale to Genstar), EveryAction (sale to Apax), and Turnitin (sale to Advance). 
 
In addition to his work at Insight, Deven currently serves as a Board Member for the Council on Foreign Relations, NYU Langone, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Tisch New York MS Research Center. He was also confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Board of Directors for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
 
He has previously served on the Board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and on a Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Publicolor, a non-profit organization focused on New York City public schools, and also served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. 
 
In December 2021, Deven was named a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Economic Club of New York. 
 
Prior to joining Insight, Deven was a Principal at Berenson Minella & Company, a New York-based merchant banking firm, where he served on the M&A Committee. He also worked for Blackstone on M&A and other investment activities. Deven has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Deven Parekh

Congratulations to Apoorva Goyal, Principal at Insight Partners, for being recognized in “India’s Innovation Catalysts: The Principals Behind the Next Tech Wave” — a spotlight by Indian Startup Times celebrating the visionaries powering India’s next wave of tech and startup growth.

From identifying breakthrough opportunities to guiding founders and scaling transformative ventures, your leadership goes far beyond capital — you are shaping the way venture capital drives innovation, builds ecosystems, and creates lasting impact.

Your work exemplifies conviction, mentorship, and the creation of platforms where bold ideas and visionary founders can thrive. Thank you for redefining the role of VCs in India’s tech revolution.

#InnovationCatalysts #VentureCapital #IndianStartupTimes #StartupEcosystem #TechLeadership #FoundersFirst #ImpactInvesting #EmergingIndia #VCLeadership Muno AI Manya S.

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