Grasshopper Bank on This Week in Startups

This Week in StartupsJune 5, 2026

Anthropic wants to slow AI down and Bernie wants 50%: JCal Reacts | E2297

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Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis
June 5, 2026
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When you're a founder and you're moving fast and you wanna close a big deal, a traditional bank can kill your momentum. Long approval processes, clunky outdated systems, not intuitive. I mean, some of these systems look like they were made in the nineteen seventies and have never been updated. Not all banks are designed to work for starters. We all know that. And that's exactly why Grasshopper Bank was created. Grasshopper is a real federally charted bank, but with the kind of financial tech stack that you'd build for yourself. They're going to open your new account in just minutes, not days. That's a key pain point, an integration friendly platform with real time transfers and AI tools that are going to value twist listener, Grasshopper will drop a $500 cash bonus into your account when you use the promo code twist, t w I s t.

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This Week in Startups
Anthropic wants to slow AI down and Bernie wants 50%: JCal Reacts | E2297
Host: Jason Calacanis
Publisher: Jason Calacanis