
145 episodes

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg Jason Calacanis
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Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social & poker.
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E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more
(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, is USD dominance in trouble?
(1:11:34) Book banning follow-up
(1:19:10) Nvidia going for a vertically integrated monopoly in AI hardware
(1:26:31) Biden's fall, populism in both parties
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Referenced in the show:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/politics/biden-public-appearances-media.html
https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/biden-cheat-sheet-shows-he-had-advance-knowledge-of-journalists-question
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-31/jpmorgan-s-jamie-dimon-says-maybe-one-day-i-ll-serve-my-country
https://twitter.com/billackman/status/1663959113703751720
https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-house-votes-9375cce9b7526b2d0a5728f8d4a18a0a
https://apnews.com/article/debt-ceiling-deal-food-aid-student-loans-3c284b01d95f8e193bca8d873386400e
https://www.onceinaspecies.com/p/643-april-2023-market-update-on-bitcoin
https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/exit-liquidity-3052309e6bfa
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2021/05/05/blog-us-dollar-share-of-global-foreign-exchange-reserves-drops-to-25-year-low
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541
https://www.barrons.com/news/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade-8ed4e799
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/15/does-chinas-role-in-saudi-iran-rapprochement-represent-a-new-order-.html
https://www.barrons.com/articles/dollar-china-petro-yuan-saudi-b0b6e48f
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-30/brazil-takes-steps-to-transact-in-yuan-as-ties-with-china-grow
https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-economy-fx/yuan-tops-euro-as-brazils-second-currency-in-foreign-reserves-idUSL1N3632DU
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-24/brics-draws-membership-requests-from-19-nations-before-summit
https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022
https://www.newsweek.com/kill-mockingbird-other-books-banned-california-schools-over-racism-concerns-1547241
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/james-bond-ian-fleming-books-rewritten-b2289747.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/20/roald-dahl-books-rewrites-criticism-language-altered
https://twitter.com/mdcps/status/1661194749821218818
https://resources.nvidia.com/en-us-grace-cpu/nvidia-grace-hopper
https://twitter.com/jacobkschneider/status/1664343681321541636
https://youtu.be/CwJaSa335mE -
E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more
(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 government accountability, who really wins from higher taxes
(57:46) Nvidia up 30% due to massive Q2 guidance, rebuilding and upgrading cloud infrastructure, understanding phases of value creation in technology
(1:06:20) Adobe's new AI product, why they might have overpaid for Figma
(1:11:43) State of Silicon Valley, VC, and startups; dealing with failure
(1:33:36) Bestie wrap!
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Intro Music Credit:
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Intro Video Credit:
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Referenced in the show:
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal
https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1661496322980028423
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-twitter-announcement-ead63b25
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/25/iowa-voters-dont-think-desantis-twitter-failure-is-real-life-00098777
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/ron-desantis-elon-musk-2024-announcement
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/fitch-puts-us-negative-credit-watch-2023-05-24/
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/slimmed-down-us-debt-ceiling-deal-takes-shape-sources-2023-05-25
https://youtu.be/50MusF365U0
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/pentagon-can-t-account-for-thousands-of-f-35-parts-the-gao-says
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA188S
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001
https://twitter.com/friedberg/status/1658163970979823616
https://www.270towin.com/1980_Election
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-financial-results-for-first-quarter-fiscal-2024
https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1661761614918426624
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang%27s_law
https://twitter.com/scottbelsky/status/1660992735040663553
https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1661467059341914112
https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/05/15/2669326/0/en/Rumble-Acquires-Podcasting-and-Live-Streaming-Platform-CallIn.html
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/RUM:NASDAQ -
E129: Sam Altman plays chess with regulators, AI's "nuclear" potential, big pharma bundling & more
(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 angle, "preemptive regulation," how AI relates to nuclear, insider insights from the White House's AI summit
(43:33) Elon hires new Twitter CEO
(48:46) Lina Khan moves to block Amgen's $27.8B acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics
(1:02:30) Apple's AR goggles are reportedly being unveiled at WWDC in early June, platform shift potential, how it deviates from Apple's prior launch strategies
(1:07:45) Residential and commercial real estate headwinds
(1:15:29) Unrest in SF and NYC after two recent tragic incidents ended in death
(1:24:20) Soros political motivations for backing progressive DAs
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Intro Music Credit:
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https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect
Referenced in the show:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/psst-gary-marcus-is-happy-to-help-regulate-ai-on-behalf-of-the-u-s-government/
https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1658913074106236931
https://www.mosaicml.com/blog/mpt-7b
https://huggingface.co/spaces/HuggingFaceH4/open_llm_leaderboard
https://artificialintelligenceact.eu
https://futurism.com/the-byte/warren-buffett-ai-atom-bomb
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/12/nbcuniversal-ad-chief-yaccarino-resigns-as-sources-say-shes-in-talks-to-be-twitter-ceo.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftc-poised-to-block-amgens-27-8-billion-deal-for-horizon-therapeutics-a9c1b499
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2310037amgenhorizoncomplainttropi.pdf
https://www.benefitspro.com/2023/05/12/pbms-the-brokers-who-control-drug-prices-finally-get-washingtons-attention
https://sharegpt.com/c/O6OKM9D
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-mixed-reality-headset-9213ac1b
https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1657828947877560323
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1658955195450286081
https://www.foxnews.com/us/witness-jordan-neely-chokehold-death-calls-daniel-penny-hero
https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1njfls/try_to_stay_away_from_the_michael_jackson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels
https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/03/26/in-the-shadows-with-nycs-self-styled-guardian-angels
https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/media-falsely-representing-jordan-neely-10-year-old-photos-crucial-information
https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1655716240500080640
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-soros-son-visited-white-house-dozen-times-since-biden-took-office-records-show -
E128: Google enters AI wars, Druck’s warning, Trump crushes CNN & more
(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
(40:22) RFK Jr. feedback, pushback, conspiracy accusations
(49:52) Trump dominates CNN "Town Hall," Trump vs. Biden potential
(1:10:24) Jason reflects on his trip to the Middle East, and the besties wrap the show!
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Intro Music Credit:
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https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg
Intro Video Credit:
https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect
Referenced in the show:
https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-palm-2-ai-large-language-model
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-modernization/introducing-duet-ai-for-google-cloud
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GOOGL:NASDAQ
https://hedgefollow.com/funds/Duquesne+Family+Office
https://twitter.com/joincolossus/status/1656258955780456448
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/04/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-promote-responsible-ai-innovation-that-protects-americans-rights-and-safety
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/opinion/ai-lina-khan-ftc-technology.html
https://uscmarshallweb.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/uploads/s1/files/keynote_speech_of_stan_druckenmiller_at_the_37th_usc_marshall_center_for_investment_studies_annual_meeting_may_1_2023_hdmqn6eb4m.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/10/business/cpi-inflation-fed
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/comer-bank-records-biden-family-members-payments-foreign-entities/index.html
https://twitter.com/JoshWalkos/status/1655748898357477379
https://nypost.com/2023/05/07/ex-cia-chief-michael-morell-misled-signers-of-hunter-biden-spy-letter-by-saying-hed-clear-it-with-agency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrjL_TSOFrI
https://twitter.com/PodiumDotPage/status/1656315157952200704 -
E127: Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in conversation with the Besties
(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 responsibility, where to cut budget, debt ceiling
(33:22) US Govt Intelligence Agencies: "Deep State," increasing accountability, "agency capture"
(46:04) COVID: mishandling, more "agency capture," vaccine policy
(55:10) Broader thoughts on vaccines in general
(1:05:54) Energy policy: thoughts on nuclear
(1:15:29) Culture wars: trans issues, CRT in schools, public vs charter schools
(1:23:09) Media: declining trust, misaligned incentives, conflict of interest with large advertisers
(1:30:07) Mainstream media coverage, ABC News debacle, evolving with new information, money in politics
(1:40:37) The Besties do a post-interview debrief
(1:57:30) Announcing All-In Summit 2023!
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E126: Big Tech blow-out, Powell’s recession warning, lab-grown meat, RFK Jr shakes up race & more
(0:00) Bestie intro!
(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, Gotham City update
(47:52) Lab-grown meat: possibilities, potential impact, and major constraints
(1:06:47) Quick earnings button and RFK Jr's presidential bid
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Intro Music Credit:
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https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect
Referenced in the show:
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GOOG:NASDAQ
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/25/google-authorizes-70-billion-buyback.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/25/googles-cloud-business-turns-profitable-for-the-first-time-on-record.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/alphabet-merges-ai-focused-groups-deepmind-and-google-research.html
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/in-google-founders-shadow-ceo-pichai-discovered-the-limits-of-his-power
https://abc.xyz/investor/static/pdf/2023Q1_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf?cache=0924cc
https://thehill.com/business/3975838-fed-chief-duped-into-fake-interview-with-russians-posing-as-zelensky
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART
https://www.lawnext.com/2023/04/harvey-ai-raises-21m-in-a-series-a-round-led-by-sequoia.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pricewaterhousecoopers-to-pour-1-billion-into-generative-ai-cac2cedd
https://twitter.com/friedberg/status/1651371655774584832
https://twitter.com/mckaywrigley/status/1651291367224807424
https://www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-commercial-real-estate-office-buildings-471742ea
https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1650974906916671493
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/ex-san-francisco-fire-commissioner-attacked-homeless-people-with-bear-spray-attorneys-say
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-struggle-to-make-lab-grown-meat-12cf46ab
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/27/amazon-amzn-q1-earnings-report-2023.html
https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1649190840198209537