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Blue Origin Raises Capital, Getty-Shutterstock Deal Dies, GPT-5.6 Launches Tomorrow | Diet TBPN Jul 9, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:05 unnamed speaker I was listening to Gavin Baker and Travis Kalanick talk about how crazy it was when Gavin was at Fidelity, and he wanted to value Uber at fourteen billion, and everyone thought he was crazy.

Bezos' Prometheus Raises $12B, America Inc. Moves to Texas, Trucking Rebounds | Diet TBPN Jun 12, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:40 unnamed speaker You got Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong, Robin Hood co-founder Vlad Tenev, also, uh, Brian Chesky over at Airbnb.

WWDC Kicks Off, Jobs Up, Tech Down, VC Horror Stories Go Viral | Diet TBPN Jun 9, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 26:35 unnamed speaker Travis Kalanick said, in 2001 I intercepted a partner at a VC who was trying to escape his office before our meeting was supposed to start. 2 times in the scene

Benchmark’s Ship of Theseus, OpenAI Kills Sora, SpaceX $2T IPO Buzz | Diet TBPN Mar 25, 2026 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 0:39 John Coogan Obviously the, the drama between benchmark and Travis Kalanick was, was awful. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:30 John Coogan Uh, Kalanick resigned as Uber CEO on June 20th of 20, 20, uh, 2017 after investor pressure that included Benchmark.

Samsung’s $70B Chip Bet, Apple Doing Nothing But Winning AI, Bezos’ New Fund | Diet TBPN Mar 19, 2026 · 2 mentions

OpenAI Ends Side Quests, SF Housing Market is Back, Kalshi’s $1B Prize | Diet TBPN Mar 17, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 11:22 unnamed speaker I was thinking back to Travis on the show saying, if you're doing something and it's easy, it's not valuable.

Why OpenAI Is Killing Side Projects to Win AI Mar 17, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 15:10 unnamed speaker I was thinking back to Travis on the show, saying, if you're doing something and it's easy, it's not valuable. 2 times in the scene

AI vs. Dog Cancer, Timothée Chalamet Under Fire, ‘Agents Over Bubbles' | Diet TBPN Mar 16, 2026 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 0:04 Jon Ma Alex Karp going back to back with Travis Kalanick. 8 times in the scene

Tall Poppy Syndrome, Bytedance Gets Blackwell Chips, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Mar 14, 2026 · 6 mentions

Siri needs an App, OpenAI Acquires health startup Torch, Claude Cowork reactions | Diet TBPN Jan 14, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:03 Jordi Hays Uh, Ilya was also an early Uber GM, so trained at the Travis Kalanick, uh, School of Mogging.

Nvidia Q3 Earnings, Travis Kalanick's New Startup, Google's Nano Banana Pro Reaction | Diet TBPN Nov 21, 2025 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 1:34 unnamed speaker There's new product from Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber, of course. 10 times in the scene

Weekly Recap: The Soham Parekh Drama, Meta Attacks OpenAI, Trump's Mega Bill Jul 5, 2025 · 1 mention

The Future of Autonomous Vehicles Feb 14, 2025 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 4:30 unnamed speaker And DK says, yes, Travis Kalanick supported you, even though you're like, you're not going to be part of this company. 13 times in the scene

The Future of Defense Technology Jan 30, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 17:01 unnamed speaker And then, um, uh, Emil Michael also went, went into the administration as well, and he was, uh, the right-hand man of Travis Kalanick at, at Uber, uh, and just a great overall guy. 2 times in the scene

Can This Man Save Los Angeles? (Rick Caruso) Jan 9, 2025 · 1 mention

Surviving a VC Holiday Party (ep22) Dec 14, 2024 · 2 mentions

Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18) Dec 6, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 48:29 John Coogan Billionaires Bill Ackman, Marc Andreessen, and Travis Kalanick are reportedly getting involved in Doge.

How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17) Dec 2, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 1:52:17 Jordi Hays Uh, speaking of ramp promoted post, uh, this one from our friend TK over at ramp. 5 times in the scene

Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9) Nov 14, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:20:49 Jordi Hays Um, so anyways, Steve is, Steve is so, yeah, I mean, Steve is, I, I think, uh, I think he's the, the, the, gonna be, uh, look back as the, as the TK of defense.

Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8) Nov 12, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 7:13 unnamed speaker Kalanick had his spin on file sharing. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:07:15 John Coogan Um, so, uh, uh, Kremu, uh, says, Elon starts his surprise Joe Rogan appearance by mentioning that he's one of the top 20 Diablo four players in the world, and there are only two Americans in the top 20, and David Ulovich quote tweets it… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:41:49 John Coogan There's the famous example of Travis Kalanick at, uh,

Venture Capital Just Changed Forever (ep1) Oct 14, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 46:50 unnamed speaker Like, nobody stopped believing in TK, right?
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