@startupsthis week in startups

Tech podcast 🎙 Hosted by Jason Calacanis

card updated Sep 22, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 15 · 248,100 likes total

Engagement3.07%normal range

Account summary

@startups has 34,700 followers and 854 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 75,148 views and 2,113 likes. Engagement to views is 3.07%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−1.05 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 217% of the follower count.

Followers

34.7K

+300 in period

Engagement

3.07%

−1.05 pp newer half

Average views

75.1K

median 2K

Likes per clip

2.1K

38 comments avg

Shares / saves

159 / 492

0.65% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 217% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Jason explains the viral clip between him and Meta CEO Dina McCormick — @startups

1541:38Jason explains the viral clip between him and Meta CEO Dina McCormick “People want, who are home run hitters. They want 1030

3801:38Jason explains the viral clip between him and Meta CEO Dina McCormick “People want, who are home run hitters. They want4102

4851:38Jason explains the viral clip between him and Meta CEO Dina McCormick “People want, who are home run hitters. They want11130

Hugging Face's CSO Thomas Wolf reacts to OpenAI's hack Thomas Wolf: "T — @startups

9821:03Hugging Face's CSO Thomas Wolf reacts to OpenAI's hack Thomas Wolf: "The attack on Hugging Face was not so complex." "A8123

“This is a premeditated PR psyop!” @Jason Calacanis is tired of all th — @startups

3.5K1:41“This is a premeditated PR psyop!” @Jason Calacanis is tired of all the PR psyops that companies like OpenAI and Dwarkes8531029

“Stupid question... How do you charge an electric airplane?” Anders Fo — @startups

5.7K1:01“Stupid question... How do you charge an electric airplane?” Anders Forslund: “This is a 30-minute charge.” “This is act862814

Elon’s speech at MIT 12 years ago inspired the founding of @Heart Aero — @startups

1.1K1:17Elon’s speech at MIT 12 years ago inspired the founding of @Heart Aerospace @Jason Calacanis @thisweekinaipodcast @Lon 27055

This plane flew on $5 of electricity Anders Forslund from Heart Aerosp — @startups

2K0:43This plane flew on $5 of electricity Anders Forslund from Heart Aerospace showing Jason the largest electric airplane th443512

If you're a founder trying to raise funding, you need to understand th — @startups

3241:10If you're a founder trying to raise funding, you need to understand this. Everyone, especially investors, needs to see s7031

Jensen's master plan is here... Anthropic and OpenAI will lose billion — @startups

89.5K1:53Jensen's master plan is here... Anthropic and OpenAI will lose billions in revenue because of it. @Jason Calacanis @this2.9K119491740

How McDonalds went from 2 stores to now over 40,000. The story of Ray — @startups

94.5K0:28How McDonalds went from 2 stores to now over 40,000. The story of Ray Kroc and McDonalds! #mcdonalds #startup #burger #b930302696

649.2K0:46The Krea.ai Demo | E185017.7K1995953.3K

Continue to adapt and innovate to stay ahead of the curve! Episode 171 — @startups

129.1K0:47Continue to adapt and innovate to stay ahead of the curve! Episode 1716 #paulhastings #elite #ceo #founder #startup #en5.7K1399162.2K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 5.2% ER

Apr 27Sep 2Sep 22

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 22, 2026	154	1	0	3	0	2.60%
Sep 22, 2026	380	4	1	0	2	1.32%
Sep 22, 2026	485	11	1	3	0	3.09%
Sep 21, 2026	982	8	1	2	3	1.12%
Sep 2, 2026	3,474	85	3	10	29	2.82%
Sep 2, 2026	5,748	86	2	8	14	1.67%
Sep 2, 2026	1,105	27	0	5	5	2.90%
Sep 2, 2026	1,968	44	3	5	12	2.64%
Sep 1, 2026	324	7	0	3	1	3.09%
Sep 1, 2026	89,500	2,918	119	491	740	3.94%
Aug 29, 2025	94,500	930	30	26	96	1.04%
Nov 18, 2023	649,200	17,700	199	595	3,332	2.85%
Apr 27, 2023	129,100	5,652	139	916	2,156	5.20%