Athena

5 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 17, 2024 by Jason Calacanis · said 55 times in 20 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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2026 13 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
2025 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
2024 34 mentions in 12 episodes 3 per episode

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May 17, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Calacanis: Made a seven-figure seed investment in Athena
“We put a seven figure bet in, which is rare for us as a seed fund, right? Normally our bet sizes are a hundred K to 50, you know, it's a fifty million dollar fund.”
Jason Calacanis May 17, 2024 ▶ 1:14:32 GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?
May 17, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Calacanis: Using Athena cut venture fund operational costs by up to 75%
“And now our due diligence, our first level screening, you know, and our tracking of companies is being done by these assistants for what I'll say is a third to a fourth of the price I was paying previously.”
Jason Calacanis May 17, 2024 ▶ 1:17:00 GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?
May 17, 2024 bullish
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Calacanis: Athena is growing faster than Uber and Robinhood did
“It's the fastest growing company I've ever seen. And I'm including Uber in that it has been growing at you know, A rate that I'll just say is faster than Uber and Robinhood when we were investing in them tens of millions of dollars.”
Jason Calacanis May 17, 2024 ▶ 1:14:43 GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?
Dec 25, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis states portfolio company Athena tripled its revenue in 2024
“And I picked Athena one of our great investments this year that has tripled revenue.”
Jason Calacanis Dec 25, 2024 ▶ 1:02:28 The All-In Holiday Spectacular
Jan 18, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Chamath Palihapitiya hires a Philippine executive assistant for $3,000 monthly
“Now I use Jason's service called Athena, and I have a guy that works with me in the Philippines, and it's about 3000 a month, and I can honestly tell you this guy is the single most effective administrative support I've ever had”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 13:26 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
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