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Acquired
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193 episodes.
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Jan 27, 2026
The NFL (2026 Update)
Nov 24, 2025
Coca-Cola
Oct 6, 2025
Google: The AI Company
Aug 26, 2025
Alphabet Inc.
Jul 16, 2025
The Jamie Dimon Interview
Jun 30, 2025
Google: The Origin of Search
Jun 2, 2025
The Steve Ballmer Interview
Apr 21, 2025
Epic Systems (MyChart)
Mar 24, 2025
Indian Premier League Cricket
Feb 24, 2025
Rolex
Jan 27, 2025
TSMC Founder Morris Chang
Jan 21, 2025
TSMC (Remastered)
Nov 18, 2024
IKEA
Oct 28, 2024
Meta
Sep 30, 2024
Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg)
Guest: Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg)
Aug 8, 2024
Chase Center + Summer Update
Jun 4, 2024
Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)
Guest: Howard Schultz)
Apr 22, 2024
Microsoft Volume I
Feb 20, 2024
Hermès
Jan 22, 2024
Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)
Dec 18, 2023
Holiday Special 2023
Nov 27, 2023
Visa
Oct 30, 2023
Charlie Munger
Oct 16, 2023
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
Sep 6, 2023
Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023)
Aug 21, 2023
Costco
Jul 25, 2023
Nike
Jun 27, 2023
Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)
Guest: Doug DeMuro)
Jun 13, 2023
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
May 30, 2023
Lockheed Martin
May 18, 2023
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek
Apr 26, 2023
Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming
Apr 18, 2023
Short: The Death of Sega
Apr 11, 2023
Nintendo: The Console Wars
Apr 4, 2023
Interview: Hamilton Helmer & Chenyi Shi on How to Build an AWS-Like Second Business
Mar 29, 2023
Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)
Mar 16, 2023
Nintendo's Origins
Feb 21, 2023
LVMH
Dec 19, 2022
Holiday Special 2022
Dec 6, 2022
Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)
Guest: Ben Thompson)
Nov 29, 2022
Enron
Nov 15, 2022
Qualcomm
Oct 17, 2022
Benchmark Part II: The Dinner
Oct 4, 2022
ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis
Sep 6, 2022
Amazon Web Services
Aug 30, 2022
Howard Marks & Andrew Marks: Something of Value
Aug 16, 2022
Amazon.com
Aug 2, 2022
From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez)
Guest: Rep. Anthony Gonzalez)
Jul 19, 2022
Walmart
Jun 20, 2022
The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories
Jun 6, 2022
American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle)
Guest: Katherine Boyle)
May 19, 2022
Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)
Guest: Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)
May 16, 2022
Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber)
Guest: CEO Jim Weber)
Apr 20, 2022
Nvidia Part II: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)
Apr 6, 2022
Platforms and Power (with Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi)
Guest: Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi)
Mar 28, 2022
Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)
Mar 15, 2022
Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner)
Guest: Brad Gerstner)
Mar 7, 2022
SONY
Feb 22, 2022
Super Pumped (with Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Guest: Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Feb 15, 2022
The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave)
Guest: Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave)
Feb 10, 2022
Peloton
Dec 21, 2021
CAA (with Michael Ovitz)
Guest: Michael Ovitz)
Dec 15, 2021
FTX (with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele)
Guest: Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele)
Dec 3, 2021
Not Boring (with Packy McCormick)
Guest: Packy McCormick)
Nov 3, 2021
Complexity Investing & Semiconductors (with NZS Capital)
Guest: NZS Capital)
Oct 18, 2021
Standard Oil Part II
Oct 5, 2021
Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More
Sep 22, 2021
Standard Oil Part I
Sep 7, 2021
TSMC
Aug 30, 2021
Kevin Rose from Web 2.0 to Web3
Aug 10, 2021
Andreessen Horowitz Part II
Jul 19, 2021
Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)
Guest: CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)
Jul 6, 2021
Ethereum
Jun 21, 2021
Special: Ho Nam from Altos Ventures — A Different Approach to VC
Jun 7, 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Part III
May 27, 2021
Special: Amazon Unbound (with Brad Stone)
Guest: Brad Stone)
May 12, 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Part II
May 5, 2021
Special: 2021 China Tech Trends (with Tech Buzz China)
Guest: Tech Buzz China)
Apr 21, 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Part I
Mar 24, 2021
Rec Room Part II (with CEO Nick Fajt)
Guest: CEO Nick Fajt)
Mar 10, 2021
Meituan
Feb 18, 2021
The New York Times Company
Feb 1, 2021
Special: Sequoia Capital's Investment Playbook (with Alfred Lin)
Guest: Alfred Lin)
Jan 19, 2021
Bitcoin
Dec 17, 2020
Special: Acquired x Indie Hackers
Dec 11, 2020
Airbnb
Dec 10, 2020
DoorDash
Dec 2, 2020
Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring
Guest: Packy McCormick of Not Boring
Nov 23, 2020
Virgin Galactic
Nov 12, 2020
Special: Superhuman Part II - Designing Software to Feel like a Game (with Rahul Vohra)
Guest: Rahul Vohra)
Oct 28, 2020
Twitter (with Dick Costolo)
Guest: Dick Costolo)
Oct 7, 2020
Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired
Sep 9, 2020
Special: Acquired x My First Million
Sep 2, 2020
Epic Games
Aug 25, 2020
Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz)
Guest: Julia & Kevin Hartz)
Jul 16, 2020
Pinduoduo
Jun 25, 2020
Oprah (Harpo Studios)
May 26, 2020
SpaceX
May 12, 2020
Adapting Episode 3: Intel
Apr 29, 2020
Special Episode: Jason Calacanis
Mar 31, 2020
Adapting Episode 2: Sequoia’s Black Swan Memo (with Roelof Botha)
Guest: Roelof Botha)
Mar 20, 2020
Adapting Episode 1: Canlis
Mar 17, 2020
The Top 10 Acquisitions of All-Time
Feb 18, 2020
Sequoia Capital Part II (with Doug Leone)
Guest: Doug Leone)
Jan 29, 2020
WhatsApp
Dec 30, 2019
The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries)
Guest: Eric Ries)
Dec 19, 2019
Convoy (with CEO Dan Lewis)
Guest: CEO Dan Lewis)
Dec 9, 2019
TikTok
Nov 25, 2019
Disney, Plus
Oct 15, 2019
Season 5, Episode 5: Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)
Guest: Nolan Bushnell)
Sep 26, 2019
Sequoia Capital (Part 1)
Aug 26, 2019
Google Maps
Aug 6, 2019
The Shopify IPO
Jul 22, 2019
Huawei
Jun 27, 2019
Superhuman (with CEO Rahul Vohra)
Guest: CEO Rahul Vohra)
Jun 25, 2019
The Slack DPO
Jun 19, 2019
The Zoom IPO (with Santi Subotovsky)
Guest: Santi Subotovsky)
May 27, 2019
The Electronic Arts IPO (with Trip Hawkins)
Guest: Trip Hawkins)
May 11, 2019
The Uber IPO
Apr 24, 2019
The Pinterest IPO
Mar 30, 2019
The Lyft IPO
Feb 26, 2019
Season 4, Episode 3: Instagram Revisited (with Emily White)
Guest: Emily White)
Feb 19, 2019
Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take + Worldwide Meetup Details!
Feb 3, 2019
Season 4, Episode 2: ARM & SoftBank
Jan 21, 2019
Season 4, Episode 1: ESPN
Dec 17, 2018
Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent
Nov 25, 2018
Season 3, Episode 9: Netflix (Part 2)
Nov 12, 2018
Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)
Oct 29, 2018
Acquired Season 3 Episode 7: Venmo (live with Andrew Kortina)
Guest: Andrew Kortina)
Oct 2, 2018
Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)
Guest: Scott Belsky)
Sep 24, 2018
Season 3, Episode 5: Alibaba
Sep 11, 2018
Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)
Guest: Kara Swisher)
Aug 20, 2018
Season 3, Episode 3: The Sonos IPO
Aug 6, 2018
Season 3, Episode 2: The Xiaomi IPO
Jun 18, 2018
Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)
Guest: Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)
Jun 6, 2018
Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub
May 21, 2018
Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint
May 4, 2018
Season 2, Episode 7: PowerPoint
Apr 6, 2018
Season 2, Episode 6: Spotify’s Direct Listing
Mar 26, 2018
Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO
Mar 23, 2018
Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund
Feb 20, 2018
Season 2, Episode 3: Nest
Feb 7, 2018
Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt
Guest: Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt
Jan 23, 2018
Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)
Guest: Alfred Lin)
Dec 18, 2017
Episode 51: 2017 Holiday Special
Dec 11, 2017
Episode 50: Apple - Beats
Dec 4, 2017
Episode 49: The Stitch Fix IPO
Nov 20, 2017
Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom
Nov 7, 2017
Episode 47: The Atlassian IPO
Oct 8, 2017
Episode 46: Blue Bottle Coffee
Sep 21, 2017
Episode 45: HTC, Google and the Future of Mobile
Jul 26, 2017
Episode 41: Booking.com with Jetsetter & Room 77 CEO Drew Patterson
Guest: Jetsetter & Room 77 CEO Drew Patterson
Jul 13, 2017
Episode 40: Activision Blizzard
Jun 21, 2017
Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market
May 31, 2017
Acquired Episode 38: SoundJam (iTunes)
May 10, 2017
Episode 37: BAMTech, Disney and "the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of”
Apr 24, 2017
Episode 36: The LA Clippers
Apr 11, 2017
Episode 35: Oculus
Apr 3, 2017
Episode 34: The Starbucks IPO with Dan Levitan
Guest: Dan Levitan
Mar 13, 2017
Episode 33: Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!)
Guest: the Internet History Podcast!)
Mar 4, 2017
Episode 32: The Snap Inc. IPO
Mar 1, 2017
Episode 31: The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store
Guest: Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store
Jan 24, 2017
Episode 30: P.A. Semi + AuthenTec
Jan 11, 2017
Episode 29: Special—2016 Review and 2017 Predictions
Dec 31, 2016
Episode 28: The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
Guest: original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
Dec 16, 2016
Episode 27: Special—A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz
Guest: Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz
Dec 5, 2016
Episode 26: Marvel
Nov 11, 2016
Episode 25: The Facebook IPO
Nov 2, 2016
Episode 24: Skype
Oct 23, 2016
Episode 23: NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)
Oct 14, 2016
Episode 22: Zillow + Trulia (with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips)
Guest: Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips)
Sep 27, 2016
Episode 21: Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman
Guest: Bloomberg's Alex Sherman
Sep 16, 2016
Episode 20: Android
Aug 29, 2016
Episode 19: Jet
Aug 22, 2016
Episode 18: Special—An Acquirer’s View into M&A with Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe
Guest: Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe
Aug 3, 2016
Acquired Episode 17: Waze
Jul 12, 2016
Acquired Episode 16: Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps)
Jul 5, 2016
Acquired Episode 15: ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce) with Scott Dorsey
Guest: Scott Dorsey
Jun 16, 2016
Episode 14: LinkedIn
Jun 6, 2016
Episode 13: Push Pop Press (Facebook Instant Articles) with Todd Bishop
Guest: Todd Bishop
May 23, 2016
Episode 12: Snapchat
May 9, 2016
Episode 11: PayPal
Apr 27, 2016
Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America
Mar 29, 2016
Episode 9: Writely (Google Docs)
Feb 29, 2016
Episode 8: Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist (w/ Kurt DelBene)
Feb 3, 2016
Episode 7: YouTube
Jan 19, 2016
Episode 6: Lucasfilm
Dec 14, 2015
Episode 5: Siri
Nov 30, 2015
Episode 4: Bungie (with Xbox Co-Founder Ed Fries)
Guest: Xbox Co-Founder Ed Fries)
Nov 16, 2015
Episode 3: Twitch
Nov 1, 2015
Episode 2: Instagram
Oct 15, 2015
Episode 1: Pixar
Oct 1, 2015
Trailer: What is Acquired?