The Network State Podcast podcast

The Network State Podcast

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What comes after Google, Facebook, Bitcoin, and Ethereum? Perhaps it's the startup country — the network state. Balaji interviews tech founders and policymakers from around the world on managing billions of dollars and millions of people, as well as what it might take to start a new kind of state.

What comes after Google, Facebook, Bitcoin, and Ethereum? Perhaps it's the startup country — the network state. Balaji interviews tech founders and policymakers from around the world on managing billions of dollars and millions of people, as well as what it might take to start a new kind of state.

 

#21

#21 - Solana

Solana has become by some measures the #1 new ecosystem for crypto devs. Why? We talk with... more

16 Jul 2025

21 MINS

21:55

16 Jul 2025


#20

#20 - Lightspeed India

India is now #3 in global unicorns, and was the #1 fastest growing economy in the world fr... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 55 MINS

1:55:52

16 Jul 2025


#19

#19 - Jesse Pollak

Jesse Pollak leads Coinbase Base, which enables 1 cent transactions on Ethereum. We discus... more

16 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:50

16 Jul 2025


#18

#18 - Claire Lehmann

Claire is the founder of Quillette.com, a digital magazine covering tech, culture, and cen... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 40 MINS

1:40:28

16 Jul 2025


#17

#17 - Benedict Evans

Benedict Evans is a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and runs a newsletter with ~200k... more

16 Jul 2025

2 HR 03 MINS

2:03:51

16 Jul 2025


#16

#16 - Jeremy Howard

Jeremy Howard is the creator of fast.ai, perhaps the best way to get a running start in mo... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:59

16 Jul 2025


#15

#15 - Roon of OpenAI

Roon is an OpenAI engineer and prominent figure on X. We spoke about open models, promptin... more

16 Jul 2025

31 MINS

31:18

16 Jul 2025


#14

#14 - Vitalik on Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum and Zuzalu. We had a fireside chat on the st... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:44

16 Jul 2025


#13

#13 - Jason Calacanis

Jason Calacanis is the co-host of All-In and one of Silicon Valley's most successful a... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:09

16 Jul 2025


#12

#12 - Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor is the creator of the first Bitcoin treasury company, Strategy. He joins Ba... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:09

16 Jul 2025


#11

#11 - Applied History with WhatIfAltHist

Rudyard Lynch runs the popular YouTube channel WhatIfAltHist. We're both into applied ... more

19 Mar 2025

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:25

19 Mar 2025


#10

#10 - The Crypto Islands

Where do you legally set up your DAO or web3 organization? You might check out the Marshal... more

28 Jan 2024

41 MINS

41:15

28 Jan 2024


#9

#9 - Joe Lonsdale on Everything

Joe Lonsdale is one of the most prominent investors in technology. He's the co-founder... more

28 Jan 2024

59 MINS

59:34

28 Jan 2024


#8

#8 - The Solana Phone

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, joins Balaji to talk about the new Solana Phone (... more

28 Jan 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:09

28 Jan 2024


#7

#7 - Bryan Johnson's Blueprint for Longevity

Bryan Johnson founded Braintree and sold it for $800M. Then he plowed the proceeds into et... more

28 Jan 2024

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:34

28 Jan 2024


#6

#6 - Chris Dixon on Read Write Own

Read Write Own (readwriteown.com) is a new book by Chris Dixon, general partner at Andrees... more

28 Jan 2024

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:38

28 Jan 2024


#5

#5 - India's Largest Exit

The $16B acquisition of Flipkart was the largest in Indian tech history. Balaji speaks wit... more

30 Jun 2023

2 HR 41 MINS

2:41:04

30 Jun 2023


#4

#4 - The Winklevoss Twins and Balaji

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss talk with Balaji about how Washington, DC is losing crypto, w... more

22 Jun 2023

50 MINS

50:03

22 Jun 2023


#3

#3 - The President of Palau

The President of Palau and Balaji discuss how the tiny island country is becoming a digita... more

24 Feb 2023

51 MINS

51:09

24 Feb 2023


#2

#2 - Tobi Lütke & Kaz Nejatian on Shopify's Country-Sized Economy

Tobi Lütke (Shopify Founder & CEO), Kaz Nejatian (Shopify COO), and Balaji review how Shop... more

15 Feb 2023

2 HR 07 MINS

2:07:21

15 Feb 2023


#1

#1 - Vitalik Buterin on Starting New Countries, Upgrading Ethereum, and Improving Yourself

A discussion between Vitalik Buterin and Balaji Srinivasan on starting new countries, impr... more

07 Feb 2023

1 HR 57 MINS

1:57:50

07 Feb 2023