Jason Calacanis

Founder & CEO, LAUNCH · 0 appearances on the record.

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Jason Calacanis is an early-stage technology investor who backed companies such as Uber, Robinhood, Calm, and Wealthfront, managing investments through his firm LAUNCH and angel syndicate. He authored the book Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups and hosts This Week in Startups while moderating the All-In podcast.

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Everything Jason Calacanis said on TBPN that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

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Calacanis calls $50k-$100k private jet charters an unjustifiable expense
“Great unjustifiable expense of spending, you know, 50,000 dollars going somewhere or a 100,000 on a round trip. That seemed absurd to spend that.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 9, 2026 ▶ 25:15 The Jamie Dimon Apple Card, Greenland Ideas, WB-Paramount, TBPN x Vanity Fair | Diet TBPN

The other half of the tape: Jason Calacanis's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 66 times in 22 episodes on TBPN. 5 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most John Coogan 30Jordi Hays 16Yacine Mtibaa 5Travis Kalanick 3

Statements about Jason Calacanis, by other people (5)

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Hays: Jason Calacanis is a bully who ducks charity fight challenges
“Yeah, but he, you know, he is a bully. And it's interesting that as soon as the bully is actually getting invited, saying, step into the ring. He's saying, oh, I, you know, it's, I don't want to do this.”
Jordi Hays Jan 16, 2025 ▶ 49:32 What's Happening at SONOS (Total Disaster)
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Coogan: Calacanis misses Mount Rushmore of Kleiner, Thiel, Valentine, and Rock
“My Mount Rushmore is, is are those four guys and sorry, Jason you don't make the cut.”
John Coogan Dec 2, 2024 ▶ 3:06:20 How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17)
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Hays: Calacanis deserves a spot on angel investing's Mount Rushmore
“If there was a Mount Rushmore of angel investors, he certainly would be on it with the Uber.”
Jordi Hays Dec 2, 2024 ▶ 3:04:41 How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17)
Opinion
Coogan: All-In Podcast's 'All-In Idol' Copied Pirate Wires' Format
“Obviously the pirate idol is a riff on American idol, but just to like decide a new cohost, like it's very, very similar to what Pirate wires is doing. And he could have switched it up and just used a different word because there are so many”
John Coogan Dec 17, 2024 ▶ 1:23:42 CHRISTIANITY: Why it's making a comeback (ep23)
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Jason Calacanis Turned a $10,000 Early Uber Check Into $100 Million
“There was like a angel group that I pitched to. There were like 30, 40 people in the room. I think it was like three or four that invested. Okay. The 10 grand check became like a hundred million bucks.”
Travis Kalanick Mar 13, 2026 ▶ 43:04 FULL INTERVIEW: Uber Founder Travis Kalanick is Back with a New AI Startup

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2026 13 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2025 17 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
2024 36 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode

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Bezos' $100B AI Plan, Nvida Chip Smuggling, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Mar 21, 2026 30s clip played
The Jamie Dimon Apple Card, Greenland Ideas, WB-Paramount, TBPN x Vanity Fair | Diet TBPN Jan 9, 2026 34s clip played
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