United Kingdom
also referred to as: uk
6 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 28, 2025 by Merva Iqbal · said 45 times in 10 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2026 11 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- The economics and trends of the restaurant industry, with Tony Xu of DoorDash
- What comes after smartphones, with Evan Spiegel of Snap
- Stripe’s 2024 annual letter
- Stripe’s 2025 annual letter
- The 20-year journey to fully autonomous cars with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo
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2025 34 mentions in 5 episodes 7 per episode
- UK Budget 2025: Stripe + Startup Coalition
- Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, on GLP-1s and the business of pharma
- Casey Handmer of Terraform Industries on solar maximalism, hard tech, and reclaiming the Salton Sea
- A Cheeky Pint with serial entrepreneur Pieter Levels (@levelsio)
- Julia DeWahl of Antares on building nuclear reactors for the US military
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Everything said about United Kingdom, oldest first
Nov 28, 2025 negative
Iqbal: US celebrates failed founders while UK press brings doom and gloom
“Just in the U S you get praise. If you're a second or third time failed founder, another investor will bet on you again, because okay, you've done it two, three times here. It's just doom and gloom. If you fail, the press are all over you know?”
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Apr 27, 2026 positive
Snap builds the most sensitive Spectacles components in the US and UK
“We build,
You know, some of the most important components for specs in the U S and in the UK. So we've really thought about building some of the most IP sensitive components, some of the most sophisticated components in the U S and the UK, where we can sit th…”