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This Is The Point

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News is everywhere. The point is harder to find. Each week, Founder/VC Sheel Mohnot and journalist Alex Kantrowitz break down the biggest stories in technology and business—helping industry leaders understand how to think about the stories shaping our world. Alex Kantrowitz is the founder of Big Technology, a newsletter that goes behind the scenes of Silicon Valley’s most powerful giants. He is the author of Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever. Sheel Mohnot is the co-founder and general partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on fintech. Previously, he founded 500 Fintech and built multiple companies, including FeeFighters, which was acquired by Groupon. His investments include Ramp, Flexport, Albert, Unit, Kin, and Mercury.

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What is This Is The Point about?

News is everywhere. The point is harder to find. Each week, Founder/VC Sheel Mohnot and journalist Alex Kantrowitz break down the biggest stories in technology and business, helping industry leaders understand how to think about the stories shaping our world.

What has This Is The Point covered recently?

Recent episodes include "A Tesla, SpaceX Deal Could Reshape Musk’s Entire Empire" (26 October 2026, 52 minutes), "AI Is Breaking the Entry-Level Career Ladder" (12 October 2026, 40 minutes), and "Trump Asked AI’s Biggest CEOs to Police Themselves" (5 October 2026, 6 minutes).

How often does This Is The Point publish?

This Is The Point publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes.

How hard is it to get booked on This Is The Point?

Booking probability for This Is The Point is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Is The Point requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Is The Point's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch This Is The Point?

The strongest fits for This Is The Point are Libraries, Archives & Web Portals and Investing & Wealth Management. This Is The Point has a business audience.

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This Is The Point is a business podcast.

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Recent episodes

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  • This Is The Point

    A Tesla–SpaceX Deal Could Reshape Musk’s Entire Empire

    Oct 26, 202652 min

    Alex finally got Google CEO Sundar Pichai on his podcast, and asked him why anyone needs the AI frontier. But if Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta all reach superintelligence, does anyone win? Or do we just end up in a...

  • This Is The Point

    AI Is Breaking the Entry-Level Career Ladder

    Oct 12, 202640 min

    An AI agent leaked a tech CEO’s personal financial information to his company Slack. Now he’s cut every AI agent off from his accounts. Alex Kantrowitz and Sheel Mohnot are joined by Shane Mac, CEO and co-founder of...

  • This Is The Point

    Trump Asked AI’s Biggest CEOs to Police Themselves

    Oct 5, 20266 min

    The most powerful people in tech went to the White House to talk about AI safety. They left with a "morally binding" pledge, and the pledge had a typo in "United States." Journalist Alex Kantrowitz and investor Sheel...

  • This Is The Point

    Meta Just Built the AI Agent OpenAI Should Have

    Sep 28, 202647 min

    Meta may have just built the AI agent OpenAI should have. But the bigger story could be what Muse reveals about the economics of AI itself. Journalist Alex Kantrowitz and investor Sheel Mohnot dig into Meta's breakout...

  • This Is The Point

    OpenAI's $1.5 Trillion Plan Depends on Replacing You

    Sep 21, 20261h 13m

    Two AI companies are about to be worth $3.5 trillion. So why does the math only work if AI replaces you? Live from HubSpot's Unbound conference in Boston, journalist Alex Kantrowitz and investor Sheel Mohnot dig into...

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  • This Is The Point

    AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Intelligence. It's Trust.

    Sep 14, 202658 min

    We have the smartest technology ever built — so why hasn't the economy moved? In the first episode of This is the Point, journalist Alex Kantrowitz and investor Sheel Mohnot go head-to-head on the biggest disconnect in...

  • This Is The Point

    The AI Job Apocalypse is Postponed. Here’s Why.

    Sep 11, 20265 min

    The AI job apocalypse was supposed to be here by now. It isn't. In this first clip from "This Is The Point", tech journalist Alex Kantrowitz and VC Sheel Mohnot dig into the numbers everyone expected to show mass...

  • This Is The Point

    Introducing... This Is The Point

    Sep 8, 20261 min

    News is everywhere. The point is harder to find. Each week, Founder/VC Sheel Mohnot and journalist Alex Kantrowitz break down the biggest stories in technology and business—helping industry leaders understand how to...

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