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Zuck’s AI Vision, Celebs Are Dating Private Equity Guys, AI Agent Hacks Gym | Diet TBPN Aug 11, 2026 · 1 mention

TBPN Year in Review Dec 20, 2025 · 1 mention

How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN Oct 31, 2025 · 45 mentions

  • ▶ 0:34 Grant LaFontaine Uh, so I'm Grant LaFontaine, uh, co-founder, CEO of a, a platform called Whatnot. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:45 Grant LaFontaine So we started Whatnot in 2020. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:44 Grant LaFontaine Yeah, I mean, it's, it's funny now because the amount of money we've raised is, like, ungodly large. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 6:53 unnamed speaker So they'd be going live on Twitch or other platforms, and then, and then selling on whatnot.
  • ▶ 13:19 Grant LaFontaine People come to whatnot because they build a relationship with a seller.
  • ▶ 13:33 unnamed speaker You weren't as hot as like, maybe you should have been. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 18:14 unnamed speaker Beast of what not?
  • ▶ 18:33 Grant LaFontaine There, there are a few people who are like, I think what not's very similar to other entertainment platforms. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:03 unnamed speaker Why, is it just like, I will get deplatformed if I try and sell my car and whatnot? 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 25:11 unnamed speaker I mean, to a lot of people's credit, I mean, I saw Sheil from BTV posted yesterday, like, if I got pitched whatnot, and they were selling, like, dolls, I would have, like, almost certainly passed. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 27:31 Grant LaFontaine Uh, I mean, it was pretty much came out of nowhere, and then was doing hundreds of millions of dollars in sales on whatnot.
  • ▶ 30:50 Grant LaFontaine So in some, in some ways, what not sort of anti-AI in that it's like about the human experience. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:44 unnamed speaker And are there, are there users on whatnot who don't really buy stuff, but watch a lot and just see it as like some sort of meditative, you know, content, parasocial, maybe parasocial, but also maybe just like, it's kind of like background… 2 times in the scene

Alexis Ohanian on TikTok's Frozen Innovation, Gaming Reddit & Sports vs AI Oct 13, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:57 Alexis Ohanian Um, especially here in the West, I feel like whatnot and others are still kind of scratching the surface.

Weekly Recap: Taylor Swift Gets Engaged, SpaceX Launches Falcon 9, Dr. Drew Aug 30, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 2:03:12 Jordi Hays Oh, it's probably happening on like, whatnot, to be honest. 2 times in the scene

How LABUBU made BILLIONS Aug 30, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 29:18 unnamed speaker Oh, it's probably happening on, like, WhatNot, to be honest. 2 times in the scene
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