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Connie Loizos & Alex Gove · Technology

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Each week, StrictlyVC Editor-in Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC, and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech.

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Why Kevin Hartz is betting big on teenage founders

02 Dec 2025
19m
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Venture capital's evolution is examined through the perspectives of founder, investor, and LP, featuring Kevin Hartz, serial entrepreneur and managing partner at A-Star Capital. Hartz shares his experiences building companies like Zoom and Eventbrite, and discusses his current focus on pre-seed and seed investments wit...

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Equity: Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen

25 Nov 2025
29m
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The podcast explores the rise of solo VCs, featuring Tim Chen of Essence VC, who shares his unconventional journey from software engineer and founder to venture capitalist. Chen discusses his early struggles to fit the traditional VC mold and how a friend's suggestion led him to start his own fund. He emphasizes the im...

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Astro Teller isn’t afraid of killing ideas; here’s why

18 Nov 2025
30m
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Why Harvey's Hardest Problem Isn't AI—It's Multi-Entity Collaboration

12 Nov 2025
44m
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Vinod Khosla on softening the blow from AGI, and other future bets

07 Nov 2025
27m
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AI is fundamentally reshaping the global economy, creating startup opportunities across every professional sector by replacing human labor with specialized AI agents. This shift will likely triple the extinction rate of Fortune 500 companies by 2035, necessitating radical new wealth distribution models to support displ...

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Roelof Botha on Sequoia, startup building, and Washington -- days before stepping down

05 Nov 2025
29m
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Venture capital remains an industry defined by the pursuit of outliers rather than a traditional asset class, as the influx of capital often dilutes talent rather than fostering innovation. Sequoia Capital maintains a disciplined approach by operating with a small team and focusing on a limited number of high-convictio...

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UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts on pushing his university into the AI age

28 Oct 2025
23m
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How Hans Swildens pulled off a blockbuster Goldman Sachs sale, and what it means for venture liquidity

22 Oct 2025
24m
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The politics of AI: OpenAI’s Chris Lehane on AI’s promise and peril

14 Oct 2025
20m
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How Monarch Collective scored some of the biggest early deals in women's sports

07 Oct 2025
30m
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How Replit went from $2.8M to $150M ARR by pivoting away from professional developers

30 Sep 2025
34m
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Google Cloud's COO isn't stressed about landing the AI giants with Francis deSouza

23 Sep 2025
26m
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How the world's energy economics flipped with Al Gore and Lila Preston

16 Sep 2025
30m
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General Catalyst's plan to eat the $16 trillion services market

09 Sep 2025
30m
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Adeo Ressi and Sarah Lacy call B.S. on the shrinking emerging manager narrative

03 Sep 2025
34m
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Uncork Capital on 21 years of venture cycles—and what's different about this one

26 Aug 2025
35m
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Seven Seven Six bets on moonshots that are mining on the actual moon

19 Aug 2025
31m
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The $20B LP View: AI Valuations, Solo GPs, and What's Really Happening in Venture

12 Aug 2025
22m
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A VC's take on the billion dollar AI researcher gold rush

05 Aug 2025
27m
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This Greek startup is challenging defense giants, and attracting attention, with its low-cost autonomous weapon systems

29 Jul 2025
37m
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