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Sep 11, 2026
JasonHOST
This is not new, you know, this whole thing of like a plant protein, I don't know, situation.
JasonHOST
In fact, it's very similar to Soylent.
JasonHOST
They started as a protein powder.
JasonHOST
I mean, it's almost like everything's going in reverse.
JasonHOST
Like you start with meat and then you start going backwards.
JasonHOST
Soylent started with like this like concept where all you have to do is drink water.
JasonHOST
They're like a shake.
JasonHOST
You don't need to eat meals anymore.
Darren HupkeHOST
I just knew it was just like a generic snack, you know, but yeah.
MaddieGUEST
Yeah, I mean, it's I guess it kind of compared to something like Soylent.
MaddieGUEST
Like it's just supposed to be like a meal replacement when you don't have time to eat.
Darren HupkeHOST
Mm hmm.
Lucy GuoGUEST
And I figured out how to get free food through these VC funded startups.
Lucy GuoGUEST
You could drink Soylent, don't care how you do it.
Lucy GuoGUEST
But like you can live very cheaply and pivot for a decade, which one company that I did invest in pivoted for a decade.
Lucy GuoGUEST
The
SailaHOST
Yeah, dude.
SailaHOST
Dude, we should get a Soylent sponsorship.
SailaHOST
So, you know,
speaker_0UNKNOWN
actually, we know the guys who created Soylent.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
Do you know that? We should definitely get a
LukasHOST
Soylent sponsorship.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
It's the same guy that did Lucy's.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
John Coogan of TBPN friend friend of the podcast what John yeah John Coogan isn't that crazy though he went from doing Soylent which is like a super left leaning consumer item to doing Lucy's which is like ostensibly a little bit of a right wing you know Zin product to being entrepreneur in residence at Founders Fund to running TBPN so you too can be a podcast host you just have to run two successful businesses and then work at Founders Fund and then you might be you might be qualified to have a podcast you know maybe we'll think about it okay but it really shows you who's on top okay you know this man ran two successful businesses I think he exited Soylent I'm not sure if Lucy's uh I think Lucy's is still the original cap table
Jeremy AuGUEST
You can't eat trash.
Jeremy AuGUEST
Like when I was a startup founder, I was drinking a shitload of like Soylent, which was, I know at the time it was a really hot meal replacement that came as a drink in soy.
Jeremy AuGUEST
And I was like, oh, I'm drinking effectively soy milk, but it contains 100% of my micronutrients.
Jeremy AuGUEST
And then I had no idea that it was like terrible for my health, terrible for my blood sugar levels because it was a very high glycemic load.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
This one.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
Soylent.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
One, this is like a milkshake, which has all the nutrients you absolutely need.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
So you can live your entire life only drinking these things.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
Oh, easy.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
Raw.
Dan LiebermanGUEST
And the second worst was trying to subsist on Soylent.
Jim HillHOST
Okay, Holly, let's do a couple of vulnerability questions.
TaylorHOST
We'll, it's...
TaylorHOST
We're gonna, we're gonna have, uh, standardized protein block chewing breaks, where you get a chance to, you know, take your protein rations, your Soylent, um, get right back to it.
TaylorHOST
Uh, i- it's, it's, it's a, it...
TaylorHOST
I feel motivated to take down Pascal.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Huel is the big one, especially in Europe and increasingly in the US.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Soylent is the American counterpart.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Then you've got Jimmy Joy, which is Dutch, ample, quill, and a long tail of smaller players.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
But Huel and Soylent dominate the mindshare.
CornHOST
And Huel in particular has pushed into the bar format in a way that's relevant to Daniel's question.
CornHOST
Their bars run about 200 calories each.
CornHOST
The powder is 400 calories per serving.
CornHOST
Soylent's powder and ready-to-drink bottles are both 400 calories.
Joe ThomasGUEST
So we ended up building a Chrome extension that enabled you to collect NPS feedback, and then you could offer a discount to users if they ended up responding in a certain way.
Joe ThomasGUEST
So for those that remember Soylent back in the day, they were actually one of our early beta partners and they would offer a 20% discount if a user would give video feedback as to the product overall, or like maybe why they were potentially planning to drop off out of the checkout form.
Joe ThomasGUEST
And then through going and working with five different companies and partners with this product, we actually started getting feedback that, oh, this recording with a Chrome extension And then the camera bubble, which is like fun because we had changed it from a rectangle to a bubble just to make it feel friendlier and nicer.
Joe ThomasGUEST
They're like, can I record a video without having to upload some sort of user feedback on the website? And so we separated out the Chrome extension from the user feedback platform and launched that.
Christabel CaneHOST
Have you heard of Soma before? I'm sure you've heard it before in science fiction, maybe referred to.
Christabel CaneHOST
I always get confused between Soma and Soylent.
Christabel CaneHOST
Soylent being the people food that is literally people food.
Steve CrossHOST
Soma is some sort of drink that makes your body healthy or well or something, isn't it?
Christabel CaneHOST
Yeah.
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