LAUNCH

includes Launch Fund 4, Launch Fund, LAUNCH Accelerator, Launch Fund 1

6 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 16, 2023 by Jason Calacanis · said 37 times in 31 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (26), Chamath Palihapitiya (5), David Sacks (3), David Friedberg (2), Vlad Tenev (1)

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Everything said about LAUNCH, oldest first

Jun 16, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Jason Calacanis notes 80% of LAUNCH startups are actively implementing AI
“Four out of five startups that we've invested in and the majority of them that we're being pitched on right now are not only talking about AI, which they were all talking about it three years ago. They're actually implementing it now because the tool sets are …”
Jason Calacanis Jun 16, 2023 ▶ 33:40 E133: Market melt-up, IPO update, AI startups overheat, Reddit revolts & more with Brad Gerstner
Jan 13, 2024 neutral
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Calacanis: LAUNCH invests strictly on startup merit to avoid lawsuits
“What I did in our company was I said, hey, if we don't feel we're getting enough applicants for the programs, Founding University, the accelerator, we could have, you know efforts to increase the number of applicants, but we can't make investment decisions bas…”
Jason Calacanis Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 1:23:34 E161: US strikes Houthis, market instability, Q1 rate cuts in doubt, Carta's major mishap, DEI
Nov 22, 2025 bullish
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Calacanis: First LAUNCH fund has achieved a 5x to 6x return
“That first fund is like five, six X now.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 22, 2025 ▶ 42:34 Epstein Files Fallout, Nvidia Risks, Burry's Bad Bet, Google's Breakthrough, Tether's Boom
Feb 13, 2026 bullish
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Calacanis commits to investing in 10 to 20 OpenClaw startups
“I'm investing in. 10 startups in open claw space, a 125 K each to come to the accelerator. If you're doing work on this, openclaw at launch.co, email me what you're doing, because we want to invest in at least a 10 or 20 of these companies right now.”
Jason Calacanis Feb 13, 2026 ▶ 14:21 Debt Spiral or NEW Golden Age? Super Bowl Insider Trading, Booming Token Budgets, Ferrari's New EV
Feb 13, 2026 bullish
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Calacanis says LAUNCH moves 5-10% of weekly work to AI agents
“We have now seen that every week, five to 10% of the work we're doing inside of our venture firm is being moved over to open claw.”
Jason Calacanis Feb 13, 2026 ▶ 11:25 Debt Spiral or NEW Golden Age? Super Bowl Insider Trading, Booming Token Budgets, Ferrari's New EV
Feb 28, 2026
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Calacanis: LAUNCH will not add headcount due to AI productivity gains
“No, no. We're not going to add more people. Definitely not adding people.”
Jason Calacanis Feb 28, 2026 ▶ 24:47 Software Stocks Implode, Claude's Hit List, State of the Union Reactions, Trump's Tariff Pivot
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