EV Truck Startup Nikola Runs Out of Juice | E2087

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Today's show: Jason and Lon Harris cover Nikola's Chapter 11 and how founders can avoid the same mistake, Superhuman AI's new features, Mira Murati's Thinking Machines and where Sam Altman went wrong holding onto top talent, plus much more!

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