Gas Stations in Space and Carried Interest on the Chopping Block | E2082

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Squarespace. Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain athttps://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST Atlassian. Head tohttps://www.atlassian.com/software/startups to see if you qualify for 50 free seats for 12 months. AdQuick. Visithttps://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign. Today’s show: Jason and Alex discuss the carried interest tax loophole being in Trump’s crosshairs, a great interview with Orbit Fab and their plans for the industrialization of space, Deel’s $300M secondary and much more! Timestamps: (0:00) Episode Teaser(1:30) Introduction and welcome(2:40) AI startups reaching revenue milestones(9:00) Impact of carried interest tax changes (10:01) Squarespace. Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain athttps://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (11:25) Would ending the carried interest tax loophole hurt startup investing? (19:17) Atlassian. Head tohttps://www.atlassian.com/software/startups to see if you qualify for 50 free seats for 12 months.(21:18) Introduction of OrbitFab's CEO, Daniel Faber(22:24) OrbitFab's market position, fuel standards, and customer adoption(27:14) Financial and logistical aspects of satellite refueling (29:27) AdQuick. Visithttps://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign.(31:03) Technical challenges in space operations and future applications(34:16) Raising capital and company growth in space startups(38:58) Community updates and secondary transactions in the market(49:32) CapBase acquisition by Deal(50:37) UAE-France data center collaboration and energy strategy(54:34) European AI and nuclear advancements(57:14) US tech employment trends and Meta's layoffs(1:00:51) Opportunities for founders and startup support resources Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter:https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500:https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple:https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Orbit Fab: X:https://x.com/OrbitFab LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbitfab/ Follow Daniel: X:https://x.com/_DanielFaber_ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielfaber/ Follow Alex: X:https://x.com/alex LinkedIn:⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X:https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Thank you to our partners: (10:01) Squarespace. Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain athttps://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST(19:17) Atlassian. Head tohttps://www.atlassian.com/software/startups to see if you qualify for 50 free seats for 12 months.(29:27) AdQuick. Visithttps://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign. Great TWIST interviews:Will Guidara,Eoghan McCabe,Steve Huffman,Brian Chesky,Bob Moesta,Aaron Levie,Sophia Amoruso,Reid Hoffman,Frank Slootman,Billy McFarland Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters:https://substack.com/@calacanis Follow TWiST: Twitter:https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack:https://twistartups.substack.com Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916