Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social & poker.
(0:00) Bestie intros + Vegas recap!
(4:01) Sacks donation strategy, Biden's uncomfortable truth, mental acuity concerns, fantasy picks for president!
(30:43) Debt ceiling agreement, US debt situation…
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(3:03) Sacks goes behind the scenes on the DeSantis Twitter Spaces experience
(28:18) Debt ceiling, government spending, and lack of accountability
(40:44) Ways to force more go…
(0:00) Bestie intros!: Reddit Performance Reviews
(5:14) Quick AIS 2023 update
(6:27) AI Senate hearing: Sam Altman playing chess with regulators, open-source viability
(21:25) Regulatory capture ang…
(0:00) All-In Summit 2023 announcement!
(3:10) Google IO releases, updated Bard demo, fighting the innovator's dilemma
(18:33) AI regulation updates
(23:41) Druckenmiller's warning, macro overview
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(0:00) Bestie intros!
(0:49) Jason and Sacks intro Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
(3:46) Foreign policy: Ukraine / Russia
(17:17) Foreign policy: Taiwan / China
(18:57) Government spending: Fiscal responsibil…
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(1:10) Google's mixed bag, Big tech leaves the growth phase, macro picture
(24:21) AI update: new projects, global enablement, early adoption
(37:38) SF CRE continues to collapse…
(0:00) Antonio Gracias and Gavin Baker join to discuss SpaceX's Starship launch
(28:58) Fox News settles with Dominion Voting Systems, will pay $787M
(40:38) AI update: Reddit to start charging for t…
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(1:49) Understanding AutoGPTs
(23:57) Generative AI's rapid impact on art, images, video, and eventually Hollywood
(37:38) How to regulate AI?
(1:12:35) Bob Lee update, recent S…
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(4:12) Trump indictment
(16:52) De-dollarization: What's real and what's overblown?
(39:35) Debt ceiling vote predictions
(56:36) US investors indirectly backing Chinese AI star…
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(1:31) Joe Manchin calls out Biden on IRA flip-flop
(7:40) Sacks writes GPT-4-powered blog post, OpenAI launches ChatGPT plugins
(26:31) Will generative AI be more important tha…
(0:00) Bestie intro!
(2:58) Fed hikes 25 bps
(32:35) Balaji bets on Bitcoin $1M, predictions for hyperinflation, crypto crackdown in the US
(54:27) Should the commercial real estate sector receive a …
(0:00) Bestie intro!
(1:35) Recapping the events of the past week
(5:39) Understanding the banking crisis
(32:55) Solving the global debt problem, righting the ship
(54:20) VC market update: Founders…
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(1:57) Overview of the SVB collapse and bank run
(17:53) Who or what is to blame? Debating venture debt
(37:11) Contagion risk, second- and third-order effects, government backst…
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(6:47) The VC FOMO frenzy in AI
(25:22) Current LP mindset, VCs leaving boards, startup cram downs and mark downs
(37:23) Macro update: inflation not done, weaker earnings, inte…
(0:00) Bestie intro: Jason's Japan trip!
(1:04) Stripe's precarious situation: Did it miss its window? Breaking down its $4B tax bill, slowing growth curve, enterprise vs SMB customers, scalability i…
(0:00) Bestie intros, poker recap, charity shoutouts!
(8:34) Toxic Ohio train derailment
(25:30) Lina Khan's flawed strategy and rough past few weeks as FTC Chair; rewriting Section 230
(57:27) AI ch…
0:00 Bestie intro!
1:49 Report about US involvement in the destruction of Nordstream pipelines, breaking away from the military-industrial complex
28:26 Bestie refresh!
33:13 The AI Search Wars: Micr…
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(1:15) Macro picture update: 0.25% raise, jobs rip up, wage growth continues to slow
(17:52) Interest rates impact on mega-cap company creation
(33:58) Mass extinction event comi…
(0:00) David Sacks does bestie intros!
(2:49) DOJ sues Google over ads business
(23:09) EU probes Microsoft over Slack complaint based on "bundling" Teams
(40:27) Pfizer CEO grilled at Davos, studies…
(0:00) Bestie intro, who gets credit for the podcast?
(6:27) Top candidates for the Republican nominee in 2024: DeSantis, Youngkin, Haley; major 2024 issues, balancing the budget
(19:13) WEF in Davos…