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Sam Lessin

Slow Ventures partner; former Facebook VP of product

Every podcast episode featuring Sam Lessin that Attunex has found — 135 featured appearances across 34 shows, each with an on-device transcript and summary. Follow Sam in Attunex to get new appearances automatically.

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Updated 2026-09-07.

  1. AI Agents Are Going Rogue. Should We Be Worried?
    More or Less
    2026-09-04
  2. Meta’s $17B Reckoning & Why Parents Can’t Compete With Big Tech's Algorithm
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    2026-08-28
  3. Stripe Buys OpenRouter, OpenAI vs. Anthropic & the AI Backlash
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    2026-08-21
  4. Special Edition MOL with Josh Wolfe, Rachel Holt, Scott Belsky, Scott Stanford, and Peter Deng
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    2026-08-14
  5. Jeff Dean Leaves Google, Airtable Sells, and the Bag-Securing Era
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    2026-08-07
  6. Zuck says AI is for everyone, His Rivals Ask Washington To Slow it Down
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    2026-07-31
  7. Did OpenAI Stage Its Own Cyber Incident? | Stripe Buying Paypal, Frontier Model Economics, Peptides
    More or Less
    2026-07-24
  8. AI Regulatory Capture Bet: Why OpenAI & Anthropic Stopped Competing on Tech
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    2026-07-17
  9. OpenAI Offered the Government a Stake. Is This a Distress Signal?
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    2026-07-10
  10. Why Identity Verification Matters For The Internet | Vox Americanus, GLM 5.2, Claude Fable 5 Is Back
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    2026-07-03
  11. Chinese AI Model GLM 5.2 Beating Frontier Models | Meta Glasses, Polymarket Scandal, and More AI Talent War
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    2026-06-26
  12. Elon Is the Best Financier of Our Generation
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    2026-06-19
  13. Teamshares IPO: $60M EBITDA, 92 Companies, Zero Exits
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    2026-06-17
  14. Apple’s New Siri, SpaceX’s $300B IPO & the AI Company Killing Its Own Brand
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    2026-06-12
  15. Silicon Valley IPO Summer 2026: SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI Explained
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    2026-06-05
  16. SpaceX IPO Date Talk + OpenAI Confidential Filing Rumors
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    2026-05-22
  17. Google's AI-First Laptop, Meta's Spy Games, AI Monks in Middle America
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    2026-05-15
  18. How Many Startups Will Survive OpenAI? | E2288
    This Week in Startups
    2026-05-13
  19. Elon Musk vs OpenAI Trial, Google Cloud Surge, Meta’s Blocked Acquisition, Anthropic Winning
    More or Less
    2026-05-01
  20. What Tim Cook’s “Executive Chairman” Move Really Means | Musk vs OpenAI, xAI and Cursor Rumors
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    2026-04-24
  21. Allbirds Pivoted to AI Data Centers | SpaceX $1.5T IPO, Anthropic $800B, $175M Seed Rounds
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    2026-04-17
  22. Vercel CEO: 70% of Our Traffic Is Now AI Agents "Nobody Was Prepared" | Anthropic, OpenClaw, OpenAI
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    2026-04-10
  23. AI Agents Destroying Internet Security (Anthropic's Leak, ClawCon Tokyo, OpenAI's $852B Valuation)
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    2026-04-03
  24. Nvidia's GTC, Apple Blocking Vibe-Coding Apps, Meta's Rogue AI Agent
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    2026-03-20
  25. Anthropic’s Bet on Coding Is Working (OpenAI Shopping Pivot, A16Z’s Top 50 List, $1B Tennis Channel)
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    2026-03-13
  26. Apple, OpenAI & Why Nobody Makes Money in AI | The SaaS Apocalypse
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    2026-02-27
  27. #51 Sam Lessin: A VC’s Take On Why Decentralization Is Inevitable
    Going Direct Conversations
    2026-02-03
  28. From ClawdBots to Sauna Bros: Silicon Valley in 2026
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    2026-01-23
  29. SaaS Companies Beware: AI Is The New UI (Anthropic's Claude Code and Cowork)
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    2026-01-16
  30. Ep. 316 How I Raised It with Sam Lessin of Slow Ventures
    How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.
    2026-01-1647:46
  31. How to show up in any room with a low heart rate: Silicon Valley’s missing etiquette playbook | Sam Lessin
    Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
    2026-01-15
  32. Trillionaires, SpaceX, and More AI: The 2026 Power Laws
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    2026-01-09
  33. Jensen Huang’s ‘Digital Twin’, Future of Creators, OpenAI’s International Issue | Jan 5, 2025
    The Information's TITV
    2026-01-05
  34. Why Waymo Replaces Nannies and Parents, Not Uber Drivers (Sam Lessin)
    The Driverless Digest Podcast
    2025-12-29
  35. Apple’s iPhone Sock, Waymo's Bay Area Expansion, and AI Wearables
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    2025-11-14
  36. ‘Neolabs’ Rivaling OpenAI, New Finishing School for Founders, Circle’s Q3 Earnings | Nov 12, 2025
    The Information's TITV
    2025-11-12
  37. Apple Chooses Gemini, Sequoia's Leadership Shake-up, and Meme Coins
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    2025-11-07
  38. #117 TikTok’s New Owner and Hiring a US CEO?
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    2025-09-19
  39. #115 Anthropic at $170B: Should Unicorns Be Forced to IPO?
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    2025-09-05
  40. 649: Sam Lessin - Type 2 Fun, Voluntary Hardship, Joy as a Competitive Advantage, Long-Term Thinking, & Life Lessons From Dad (Lessin's Lessons)
    The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk
    2025-08-17
  41. AI Ignites VC Frenzy, Unpacking Shifting Founder Dreams & Investment Strategies | Aug 11, 2025
    The Information's TITV
    2025-08-11
  42. #111 Figma, OpenAI, Canva: the Rise of Meme Stock IPOs in Silicon Valley
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    2025-08-08
  43. #110 Meta's Billion-Dollar Hires: Bubble or Genius?
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    2025-08-01
  44. #109 OpenAI vs Google: The Real Business Model War Begins
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    2025-07-25
  45. AI in China, The Current State of Seed Investing | July 17, 2025
    The Information's TITV
    2025-07-17
  46. #101: The Business of OnlyFans, Future of Identity, and Navigating Privacy in the AI Age
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    2025-05-30
  47. "The Information" Profiles TBPN, AI Ups and Downs, Nuclear Regulation | Zach Weinberg, Leigh Marie Braswell, Stephen Balaban, Sam Lessin, Bobby Goodlatte, Auren Hoffman, Doug Bernauer, Isaiah Taylor
    TBPN
    2025-05-23
  48. Ep 113: Why Sam Lessin Believes AI Isn't Disruptive & Venture Capital Is Fundamentally Changing
    Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
    2025-05-17
  49. The VC Factory is Broken—What's Next?
    Kingscrowd Podcast Mentioned
    2025-05-12
  50. RIP Venture Factory and The State of VC 2025 with Sam Lessin
    Technori Podcast
    2025-05-02
  51. Bridgit Mendler, Aravind Srinivas, Ted Feldmann, Karol Hausman & Lachy Groom, Sam Lessin, Kevin Systrom Says Meta Denied Instagram Resources
    TBPN
    2025-04-23
  52. Aaron Levie, Alexis Ohanian, R.J. Halperin, Cristóbal Valenzuela, David Zagaynov, Sam Lessin, xAI Merges with X, Isomorphic Labs Raises $600M
    TBPN
    2025-03-31
  53. Logan Bartlett, Kian Sadeghi, Joshua Steinman, Sam Lessin and Seth Rosenberg Debate, Intel's New CEO
    TBPN
    2025-03-14
  54. Alexis Ohanian, Will Manidis, Sam Lessin, Mistow Teel, La Sombrita, Optimism on the Timeline
    TBPN
    2025-03-08
  55. #64: Meta vs. Apple: the Future of Open vs. Closed Tech
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    2024-09-13
  56. Sam Lessin on What Entrepreneurs Don’t Realize About VCs, When the State Should Intervene with Tech, the Future of Crypto and the Evolution of Truth
    Invested by Aleph
    2024-09-11
  57. #63: 'Nasty' Founder Mode
    More or Less
    2024-09-06
  58. A Lessin In Gen AI with Sam Lessin of Slow Ventures | Okay, Computer.
    RiskReversal Pod
    2024-09-04
  59. #56: Trump and the PayPal Mafia
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    2024-07-19
  60. #54: Sun Valley, Tennis and Robots: Summer Adventure Preview
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    2024-07-05
  61. Fed Falling Behind?, Warning Sign to OpenAI?, Musk’s Massive Pay Package 6/13/24
    The Exchange
    2024-06-13

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