#18
💎 Top 25
Notable influencer in Venture Capital
JC

Jason Calacanis

LAUNCH / Angel
Venture Capital LinkedIn Twitter/X
#18
LinkedIn Rank
15,115
Benchmarker Score
183
Posts
8,593
Likes
2,174
Comments
47
Avg Likes
12
Avg Comments
10,767
Total Engagement
59
Engagement Rate
41.0
Posts/Week
Daily
Posting Regularity
Metrics are based on tracked posts and calculated averages. Actual performance may vary.
1,082,811 followers

Data last refreshed: February 16, 2026

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Recent Posts

20 posts

Worried about your OpenClaw getting hacked? Alex Cheema, founder of Exo Labs, explains how more skills and authorizations make you more prone to attacks! Prompt injections are when you AI reads h...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) Cybersecurity AI Agents Large Language Models AI Safety & Ethics Artificial Intelligence Feb 07, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Been watching the new season of Industry? Lon Harrisand I break down the new season’s take on tech getting mixed up in politics. Shady journalist, the British government blocking innovation, sex ...

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) Media & Entertainment Regulation & Policy Market Cycles Feb 07, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Have you been mass buying Mac Minis for your new OpenClaw workflows? One man who skated to puck is Alex Cheema, founder of Exo Labs! He joins TWiST today to show me how his open source software h...

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure Hardware Developer Tools Feb 06, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Looking for a large event space from one of our partners to do a founder event... 200-500+ seat theater type thing. March 16th and 17th email me jason@calacanis.com if you have a space

Events & Speaking Engagements Text N/A Feb 06, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Dr. Trevor Bennet, co-founder of Starfish Space, breaks down the team’s successful Remora mission, where an Otter Spacecraft rendezvoused with a satellite on what is basically an Iphone camera! Dr...

Portfolio Company Wins Video (LinkedIn Source) Space Tech Satellites Autonomous Systems Aerospace Feb 05, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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How HQ Trivia became just another brief pop culture trend. In 2017, the game show app — in which players from around the globe competed on their phones — seemed like the next big thing, and the fir...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Company Culture Leadership Startup Failures Feb 05, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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When HQ Trivia fell apart, Scott Rogowsky tried to buy it! Only about a year after the app-based game show went viral, it all fell apart, to the disappointment of many. Now, host Scott Rogowsky jo...

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) Startup Failures Mobile Apps Gaming Acquisitions Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Not everyone has the same skill set, and sometimes bringing in a more seasoned crew to help transition your company from early-stage to scaling up can be a smart strategy. On TWiST, Amanda Bradfor...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Hiring & Talent Team Building Leadership Scaling Challenges Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Even in its MVP form, the Uber app needed to be 100% trustworthy and reliable. When you use an app to get a ride somewhere, you need to know that you’ll also be able to get a ride back. If an early...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Product Development Operational Excellence Agile & Lean Retention & Churn Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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The #1 reason why startups and their founders fail? They quit! And the #1 reason why founders quit? They run out of cash! On this TWiST Tokyo highlight, seasoned startup veterans William P. Barnes...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Capital Efficiency Burn Rate & Runway Startup Failures Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Are we at the dawn of Musk Industries?? in breaking news, SpaceX acquires xAI! Alex and I break down what this means ON THE SPOT SpaceX and xAI are coming together at a valuation of $1.25 TRILLIO...

Exits & Liquidity Events Video (LinkedIn Source) M&A Acquisitions Valuations Space Tech Artificial Intelligence Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Peter Steinberger dropped OpenClaw out of the blue, becoming one of the most exciting AI projects What is my advice? Talk to 5 other founders: Who are the best investors you worked with? Get a co...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Fundraising Series A Valuations Co-founder Dynamics Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Peter Steinberger built OpenClaw in a cave, with a box of scraps! How did one man beat Big Tech to agentic AI? Alex and I say it all comes down to risk aversion and the power of open source! Big f...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) AI Agents Artificial Intelligence Industry Trends AI Safety & Ethics Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Breaking News, SpaceX Acquires xAI!

Exits & Liquidity Events Video (LinkedIn Source) M&A Acquisitions Artificial Intelligence Space Tech Feb 02, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Top 10 Clawdbot skills! Join us live today! Lukas and Producer Oliver are back to show Jason and Alex how the LAUNCH and This Week in Startups team is using Clawdbot/OpenClaw to automate their o...

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) Generative AI AI Agents Automation Feb 02, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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The dead speak! I find out LIVE that OpenClaw can bring back his old employees as AI agents! Then I'll clone himself! The Launch team is moving 10x faster with agents… maybe we’ll have some re-an...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Video (LinkedIn Source) AI Agents Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Automation Jan 31, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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With OpenClaw the Launch team is automating themselves out of a job! Producer Oliver Korzen shows me just how quickly he got an AI producer to automate 90% of the research for new guests on his We...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Video (LinkedIn Source) Generative AI AI Agents Automation Industry Trends Jan 31, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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we're replacing half our employees with CLAWDBOT this month... i'm explaining it all on This Week in Startups

Team & Firm Culture Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence Automation AI Agents Layoffs & Restructuring Company Culture Jan 29, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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As alcohol use plummets, interest in cannabis is growing! Alcohol consumption is WAY DOWN among Americans, particularly younger Americans. (One Gallup poll suggests that consumption is at a 90-yea...

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) Regulation & Policy Industry Trends Jan 29, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Here’s how increased access to cannabis led to Sparkplug’s explosive growth… The startup — a LAUNCH portfolio company — offers a SaaS product that educates and rewards and benefits the dispensary ...

Portfolio Company Wins Video (LinkedIn Source) SaaS B2B Retail Regulation & Policy Industry Trends Jan 28, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

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#4
24 Jan 2026
#4

Content Categories

Market Analysis & Trends 59
Events & Speaking Engagements 45
Founder & Startup Advice 34
Thought Leadership & Future Outlook 15
Portfolio Company Wins 7

Topics & Themes

Artificial Intelligence Industry Trends Generative AI Large Language Models M&A Fundraising Regulation & Policy Consumer Tech Automation Media & Entertainment Valuations AI Agents Founder Journey Robotics Public Markets AI Safety & Ethics Acquisitions Space Tech Seed Stage Social Media

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 375 in Venture Capital

Posts
43
Jason: 633 ↑
Likes
20,660
Jason: 413,965 ↑
Comments
1,510
Jason: 35,684 ↑
Avg Likes
303.6
Jason: 654.0 ↑
Avg Comments
21.7
Jason: 56.4 ↑
Benchmarker Score
25,190
Jason: 521,017 ↑
Posts/Week
2.9
Jason: 41.0 ↑
Avg Post Length
405 chars
Jason: 283 ↓
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
Artificial Intelligence Regulation & Policy Industry Trends Founder Journey Fundraising