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(0:00) California exodus, asset seizure tax, Besties to Austin?

(12:27) Biggest Political Winner

(17:45) Biggest Political Loser

(32:15) Biggest Business Winner

(40:51) Biggest Business Loser

(49:34) Biggest Business Deal

(56:15) Most Contrarian Belief

(1:03:05) Best Performing Asset

(1:08:02) Worst Performing Asset

(1:15:17) Most Anticipated Trend

(1:21:18) Most Anticipated Media

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(0:00) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells a hilarious Air Force One story

(2:24) Chamath intros Secretary Lutnick

(7:28) Full scope of the Commerce Department

(12:59) How Trump's tariff agenda was planned and executed, how it's going

(19:50) US-Japan trade deal, China's chaos-to-prowess strategy

(36:54) Why the India deal has not yet happened

(43:48) Pharma deals, lowering costs for Americans

(53:28) Focus on fraud, immigration, gold cards

(1:03:48) GDP: Could we see 5 or 6% growth in 2026?

(1:11:49) How the Trump Admin revamped the CHIPS Act, Nvidia deal

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(0:00) Guest intros: Jasons introduces Bob Sternfels (McKinsey) and Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst)

(2:52) The pace of innovation and why VC's are buying hospitals

(9:30) CFOs vs CIOs and unlocking growth

(20:46) The job market and why graduates aren't getting hired

(27:33) Why education is broken

(40:03) Tech time capsule

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(0:00) Bestie intros! Nick Shirley joins the show to discuss his recent investigation on potential daycare fraud in Minnesota

(3:32) Nick's background, how he got into investigative reporting and YouTube, independence, finding this story

(16:36) Why this fraud story is resonating, why the national press initially avoided it

(30:08) Future plans, California, possible Al-Shabaab connection, how high up does Minnesota's fraud go?

(49:15) What the scale of fraud means for America, Minnesota's future, potential patronage scheme

(1:09:06) CA's wealth tax: normalizing the seizure of private property

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(0:00) Intro!

(2:47) Tony Hinchcliffe roasts the Besties

(15:01) Interview: Kill Tony success, MSG rally, origin story, free speech in Europe

(36:03) The Besties play Kill Tony!

(50:14) The 2025 Bestie Awards: Business, Politics, Tech, and more

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(0:00) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins the show

(0:55) Recapping 2025 and the state of the economy

(3:13) Tariffs: Leverage, legal challenges, implementation

(15:20) Affordability: inflation, BLS data, interest rates

(23:00) The Fed: biggest mistakes, how we got a 15 year asset bubble, rate cycle, appetite for US debt, Fed Chair candidates

(42:44) Focus on Main Street, taking equity stakes in American companies

(50:40) Tax cuts, Trump accounts, economic legacy

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(0:19) Bernie Sanders calls for AI datacenter moratorium, how to solve the negative perception of AI

(17:15) Anti-AI astroturfing: Is the AI sentiment manufactured by special interests?

(32:39) Economy: Unemployment, jobs, inflation, are we primed for a "Golden Age" or not?

(51:44) Dog Corner!

(59:56) China's major AI breakthrough: lithography, impact on the AI race?

(1:19:43) Are the rest of the Besties moving to Texas?

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(0:00) Tucker joins the besties!

(4:11) Paramount vs Netflix: bidding war over Warner Bros Discovery

(25:40) What's behind the rise of Nick Fuentes and America First?

(49:13) Understanding the Anti-AI sentiment

(1:21:52) Tucker in 20: Venezuela, Midterm issues, fall of Europe, Qatar, Charlie Kirk investigation, leaving NATO, supporting Israel

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(0:12) OpenAI declares "Code Red" as competitors eat away ChatGPT market share

(28:14) David Sacks vs. New York Times

(51:24) New poverty line, America's slow descent into socialism

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(0:00) Molly Bloom joins the besties live in Las Vegas!

(1:48) Did Jason actually play in "Molly's Game"?

(3:23) Molly's background, starting the game, getting strong-armed by a famous actor, getting stiffed for $250K and losing the game

(16:54) Moving the game to NYC, mob involvement, legal troubles, writing her memoir and making the movie

(31:10) Best celebrity poker players, high-stakes poker archetypes, and more

(34:31) Sales coaching advice

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(1:13) Epstein Files breakdown

(10:06) Biggest Epstein questions: where did his money come from?

(14:44) Tether's booming business

(23:50) Michael Burry vs. Friedberg, Nvidia's blowout quarter and risks for 2026

(35:25) Google's Gemini 3 and TPU breakthrough

(42:51) Investing your own money vs. LP capital, why Friedberg returned as a CEO

(48:57) Alan Keating joins the show to talk poker strategy, thriving in chaos, risk psychology

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(0:00) Michael Burry's big short against AI

(12:00) Why Palantir is so richly valued vs other tech companies

(20:07) Home affordability crisis: Mortgage innovation, building, top priorities to win mid-terms

(36:18) H-1B debate flares up again after Trump's comments on Fox News

(42:37) Science Corner: Solar storms, coronal mass ejection, risks

(51:14) Rich Americans fleeing "the great confiscation"

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(0:00) Brad Gerstner joins the show!

(0:49) OpenAI's rough week: Altman's controversial comments on BG2, CFO's "federal backstop" faux pas, clarifications

(18:33) Why Jensen Huang said "China is going to win the AI race."; the need for a federal framework on AI

(30:39) OpenAI's strengths and headwinds: breakout product, trust issues, competition, betting on the AI supercycle

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(39:19) State of the market, consumer is cracking, need for domestic/"main street" wins, is Trump losing the middle class?

(1:05:58) Zohran wins NYC, socialism's rise in America...

(0:00) Introducing Ari Emanuel

(1:03) Ari's background in the content business and Hollywood

(4:14) How infinite distribution is changing Hollywood, the future of podcasting, creators owning advertising products

(9:21) AI's impact: anticipating the 3-day workweek

(12:13) Splitting time between TKO and WME, YouTube vs Netflix for creators, modern IP ownership

(18:20) How he got a fighter's reputation, relationship with Michael Ovitz, how he built on Ovitz's vision

(22:12) Future of sports entertainment: adapting to attention spans, clip culture, going global

(24:21) Ari's relationship with his brothers and Elon Musk

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(0:00) Introducing Tareq Amin

(0:39) Saudi Arabia's evolution, Humain's business

(8:11) How Humain works with foundational model providers

(13:14) Saudi's energy and talent advantages, the AI race in the Middle East

(18:11) Working in the era of MBS, Vision 2030

(21:40) How Saudi manages their relationships with the US and China

(23:51) Sacks on the US-Saudi AI alliance

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(0:00) Introducing Paul "Triple H" Levesque

(0:56) The skills needed to be an effective professional wrestler, understanding the characteristics of President Trump and The Rock

(5:41) The rise of the antihero / heel persona, and why modern wrestling is more morally grey

(8:43) WWE vs UFC: Why they are opposites, star building

(11:21) Physicality of the WWE and how they support wrestlers

(14:13) The business of the WWE: using streaming and social as a funnel for live events, the magic of live WWE

(21:28) Helping America's youth via physical fitness

(23:35) How the internet...

(0:00) Disgraziad Corner: The most disgraceful things of the week!

(3:10) Elon on X's new algorithm, why there has been so much Sydney Sweeney content lately

(11:35) Creating Grokipedia: Wikipedia's failures, the future of information on the internet, confirmation bias

(24:52) Three years of X: Looking back on the Twitter acquisition and how it changed free speech on the internet

(42:49) Tesla vote on Elon's compensation, would he leave Tesla if it doesn't pass?

(47:40) OpenAI lawsuit, for-profit conversion, how much Elon should own, OpenAI's great irony

(56:24) AI power efficiency, Robotaxis, future of...

(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Pete Buttigieg

(1:31) Why the Democrats lost tech

(6:40) Taxes: Federal wealth tax, wealth disparity, billionaires, the role of government in the free market

(23:17) Government efficiency: Democratic DOGE, breaking ranks on debt, his plan to control spending

(33:01) Culture Wars: The costly role of democratic identity politics, navigating a primary with moderate views, the two Democratic Parties

(40:07) Immigration: Trump shutting the border, Biden's failure

(47:38) Working in the Biden Admin: good and bad, gatekeepers, cognitive decline, anointing Kamala Harris vs running a short primary

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(0:00) Friedberg introduces 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado

(4:27) Venezuela before and after Chavez

(15:25) Why María got involved in politics and why she was expelled

(24:33) Why Maduro was chosen and Chavez's successor, China relationship, why people are fleeing

(31:27) Intimidation tactics by the Maduro regime, response to claims of her being a "Western puppet"

(39:30) Presidential run, election fraud, how different US regimes have viewed Venezuela

(54:23) The rise of socialism in the US

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(0:00) David Friedberg intros John Martinis, the 2025 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics

(0:43) John's history, how he got into physics

(4:54) Explainer on quantum mechanics

(22:57) Quantum tunneling and the 1985 paper that led to this Nobel Prize

(30:37) Understanding qubits, the state of quantum computing, and the impact of AI

(40:56) US vs China in quantum, reactions to winning the Nobel Prize

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(0:00) Bestie intros!

(1:02) CA Billionaire Tax

(17:00) Major NBA gambling scandal

(29:51) Amazon's eventful week: AWS outage and leaked robotic automation plans

(49:55) Tesla earnings, Optimus, Elon's pay package, "corporate terrorists"

(1:03:54) Study shows AI bias

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(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Senator Joe Manchin!

(4:20) Blocking Build Back Better, defending the filibuster while dealing with paid protestors and death threats

(19:39) How Biden's staff pushed him to the far left, mental acuity, how he "lost the will to fight," why Obama was an "elusive" president

(28:12) Why socialism is on the rise in America, entitlement culture

(37:06) Importance of term limits in Congress, Joe's favorite current senators, cascading issues from the loss of bipartisanship

(52:25) Breaking the Dem/Rep duopoly by opening up primaries, thoughts on midterms in 2026

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(0:00) Introducing Jan Sramek

(0:51) How California Forever is building America's next great city

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(0:00) Bestie intros! Dreamforce and another interesting conference take the Bay Area

(3:35) State of crime in SF, do they need the National Guard?

(20:48) US to impose price floors after China puts export controls on rare earths, can America on-shore a full-stack rare earth industry?

(36:15) State of US-China ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, how we got here, China's elite mercantilism and strong economic history

(52:59) AI PR crisis: Recent datacenters get denied

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(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg welcome Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss his new book, "1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation"

(0:38) Why he chose this time period

(3:22) The setup: what led to the 1929 crash

(19:24) The characters: major players in the 1929 crash; what kind of bubble are we experiencing in 2025?

(26:21) Role of journalist vs market participant; characters of the 2025 market

(30:10) AI's potential 1929-like impact on unemployment

(35:16) Why socialism is flaring up now more than it did post-1929

(40:34) Does the US need a 2025 "...

(0:00) Introducing Orlando Bravo

(1:53) Orlando's history, Puerto Rico origins, how he got into private equity

(7:10) How he runs Thoma Bravo: small team, outward facing, mentorship, patience in fundraising

(9:01) Role of PE in the American economy, public perception, underwriting AI risks

(15:23) Deal pricing philosophy, acquiring Boeing's avionics business

(19:24) Thoma Bravo's operating playbook after acquiring a company

(26:16) Thoughts on taking Thoma Bravo public

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(0:00) Introducing Bryan Johnson

(0:46) Bryan takes the audience through a quick biological age test

(5:53) The single best longevity hack from all of his research

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(0:00) Introducing Cathie Wood

(0:47) Cathie Wood on AI's once in a lifetime opportunity: doubling GDP, deflation, and more

(9:23) Cathie's bull case for Bitcoin $1M

(11:38) Opening up access to innovation for retail

(14:32) Cathie explains Ark's strategies for bull and bear markets

(16:01) Thoughts on Elon's trillion-dollar pay package

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(0:00) Bestie intros: Welcome back Brad Gerstner!

(2:48) Israel-Hamas ceasefire, how Trump and his team got the deal done

(13:27) National Guard sent to Chicago to protect ICE Agents

(44:02) OpenAI's deal with AMD, state of the "AI Bubble"

(1:05:45) Circular AI deals: cause for concern or no big deal?

(1:15:00) What's behind the Gold rally?

(1:20:38) Polymarket receives $2B investment from NYSE owner ICE, future of prediction markets

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(0:00) Introducing Roelof Botha

(1:08) Sequoia's Scout program and its best-performing funds ever

(3:38) State of Venture Capital: Why it's broken, too much capital, not enough great companies

(9:01) Why Sequoia separated from its China business, how they adapt to changing macro landscapes

(13:05) Sequoia's culture, picking partners, investment decision-making, The Sequoia Capital Fund and holding winners

(20:18) What makes a great founder, what Roelof learned from Doug Leone and Michael Moritz

(26:06) Investing in biotech, importance of expertise in VC

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(0:00) Introducing YouTube CEO Neal Mohan

(1:08) YouTube's revenue split with creators

(7:30) How Neal thinks about enabling monoculture and connective threads at YouTube

(11:23) Censorship on YouTube, demonetization decisions, dealing with different regimes and laws globally

(19:58) YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and channel subscriptions

(24:00) Generative AI on YouTube: labeling AI, likeness concerns, possibilities

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(0:00) Introducing Joe Tsai

(0:49) Owning the Nets and Liberty, Caitlin Clark's impact on the WNBA, does the NBA need fixing?

(6:07) Alibaba origins, China's pullback on capitalism

(10:10) US vs China rivalry: the AI race, are we destined for conflict, and what can the US learn from China?

(19:46) AI application in large businesses

(21:52) Managing corporate culture at Alibaba's scale, Nets predictions

(23:17) AI adoption, job anxiety, and AGI views in China

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(0:00) Bestie intros!

(1:53) EA acquired for $55B in biggest LBO ever, why PE is in trouble

(17:42) IPO market, SPAC 2.0

(27:41) The AI rollup opportunity

(36:01) Sacks joins the show!

(38:27) OpenAI and Meta launch short-form video apps: "AI Slop" or the future of content?

(45:04) Open source AI: DeepSeek's new model, pressure on US AI industry

(1:05:11) State AI regulation frenzy: States' rights vs Federal control, overregulation

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(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Rep. Ro Khanna!

(1:10) H-1Bs and immigration

(8:40) Giving Trump credit as a Progressive Democrat, why bipartisanship is broken, future Democratic leaders

(15:08) Tech industry: Can Democrats win back tech?; Economic patriotism, protection vs proliferation of AI

(24:25) Government shutdown, what actually happens?

(30:25) Extreme rhetoric: Importance of dialing this down

(36:29) Censorship and lawfare on both sides

(40:32) Crime issues in major cities, why Democrats are losing on safety, common sense solutions

(47:46) Mamdani's surge: is Zohran the future of the party?

(51:15) Congressional...

(0:00) Introducing Kyle Samani

(1:07) History of modern capital markets

(3:25) What a redesigned capital market structure would look like in 2025

(8:22) Examples of the future of internet capital markets

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(0:00) Introducing Rick Caruso

(1:03) Reflecting on the disastrous LA Wildfires: Karen Bass failure, saving the Palisades Village, failure to rebuild

(11:20) California's incompetence, running for CA Governor vs LA Mayor

(14:21) Attention to detail

(17:04) State of California: What it should be, homelessness, National Guard, policing

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(0:00) Introducing Arm CEO Rene Haas

(1:08) Lessons from working with Jensen Huang

(3:20) Arm's history, understanding Nvidia's dominance in AI, training vs inference, physical AI market size

(10:01) China's AI ecosystem, the US-Intel deal, rare earths, creating a US "national champion"

(15:35) Manufacturing in America: how to create a culture of excellence?

(18:34) US export controls, building in the UK

(23:42) US-China AI arms race

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(0:00) Introducing Cleo Abram

(1:12) Why YouTube has become the best platform for creators, techno-optimism at Huge If True

(8:35) Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko on the James Webb Space Telescope

(23:14) Q&A with Alex Filippenko, Cleo, and Friedberg: The universe, Fermi Paradox, black holes, NIH grants and the "war on science"

(37:37) Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton on the future of drone delivery

(53:29) Q&A with Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Cleo, and Friedberg: Instant delivery explosion, competitors, impact on healthcare

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(0:00) Introducing Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks

(1:43) How Eli Lilly discovered the GLP-1 impact on weight loss, counterfeit products from China

(7:08) GLP-1 pricing and capital allocation after a breakout pharma product

(12:56) Why Biotech VC has plummeted, "patent hacking" in China

(15:32) Dave's health regimen: good sleep, movement, healthy diet, social relationships, reading

(18:32) Unexpected impacts of GLP-1s, helping with addictions, potential mental health use cases

(21:16) Thoughts on RFK Jr, Big Pharma's influence on the media, how AI empowers patients

(25:27) Impact of proposed NIH cuts, explaining the "PBM...

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(2:23) H-1B overhaul: origins and exploitation

(25:26) Autism linked to Tylenol usage during pregnancy

(43:42) Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC: comments and reactions

(59:21) Two major AI papers

(1:09:00) YouTube update

(1:12:53) Alphabet admits to COVID censorship under Biden, new CA online hate speech law

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(0:00) Introducing Eric Schmidt

(1:59) Thoughts on remote work and work-life balance

(3:49) Approaching AI: US vs China

(8:04) Relativity Space, rockets, drones, defense, and more

(17:32) Future role of America, and the decline of the West

(21:51) AGI: boom or bust?

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(0:00) Reacting to Charlie Kirk's death: impact, legacy, and what's wrong in America

(15:27) Assassination culture in America, online radicalization

(30:37) Jimmy Kimmel suspended indefinitely by ABC

(49:11) The Ellison Media Empire: Paramount, Warner Bros Discovery, TikTok

(1:01:09) Besties discover their recent YouTube videos have been flagged as "Restricted"

(1:06:23) All-In Summit recap

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(0:00) Introducing Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko

(0:55) Crypto under Trump vs Biden, stablecoin boom, what it means for US treasuries

(5:56) Traditional exchanges using blockchain vs crypto-native exchanges, how crypto gets mass market

(10:02) Most exciting crypto verticals outside of finance: social, IP rights, real estate, CLARITY Act

(15:57) Quantum computing, AI's impact on crypto

(18:48) Bitcoin: resiliency, market cornering, risks, future

(22:45) Ethereum, Visa/Mastercard

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(0:00) Introducing Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

(0:59) Uber's self-driving business: partnerships, market size, LiDAR vs computer vision, safety, distribution

(8:14) How self-driving impacts Uber's business model over time

(13:30) Other forms of transportation Uber could provide

(16:09) $20B stock buyback plan vs. investing in R&D and acquisitions, future of food

(21:03) Dara's pitch to Elon for bringing Tesla Robotaxis into Uber's network

(22:31) How Uber thinks about driver job displacement from self-driving

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(0:00) Introducing Dartmouth President Sian Beilock and Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons

(1:14) The student loan burden

(8:03) DEI at US universities

(13:56) Administrative bloat

(16:12) Trump vs the Ivy League, viewpoint diversity

(21:56) Impact of K-12 education declining

(25:13) Will AI learning kill higher education?

(29:14) Rising unemployment among recent graduates

(31:35) Role of endowments

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(0:00) Introducing Tulsi Gabbard, US Director of National Intelligence

(1:21) The Russiagate Hoax Conspiracy and the dangers of highly politicized intelligence agencies

(17:31) Russian interference in 2016, cleaning up intelligence agencies, increasing accountability

(25:54) How Tulsi is received in her home state of Hawaii after switching parties, the drastic change of the Democratic Party

(30:16) Thoughts on bombing Iran, what impacts her views on foreign policy and war

(35:15) The impact of designating drug cartels as terrorist orgs, safety at the Southern Border, China

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(0:00) Introducing Vlad Tenev

(0:51) Jason tells his story of investing in Robinhood

(3:17) Tokenizing securities, offering tokenized shares in OpenAI and SpaceX, controversy

(7:29) Operating under Trump vs Biden, why offering tokenized securities for private companies could be revolutionary

(17:01) Criticisms around expanding access to sophisticated financial products

(19:34) Current landscape of financial companies, Robinhood's future, competing with incumbents

(23:28) Harmonic and building mathematical superintelligence

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(7:21) How the IPO market can change to help companies go public faster

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(18:18) State of the stock market, role at the NY Fed, data issues at the Fed

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(15:16) State of the two-party system

(19:24) Introducing Tucker Carlson

(20:01) The fine line between listening and pandering, is Mamdani the Trump of the Left?

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(0:52) Behind the scenes of the White House Tech Dinner!

(28:39) Tariff showdown headed to the Supreme Court

(42:44) Other Trump Administration legal battles

(46:58) Weak jobs report: what is the state of the economy?

(57:52) Google avoids worst-case scenario in antitrust case

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(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Senator Rand Paul: background, family, what led him to medicine first

(3:56) Career Change: Medicine to Politics

(7:03) Political Philosophy

(10:55) Trade Policy & Economic Impact

(15:52) Consequences of Tariffs

(20:43) Voting Against the One Big Beautiful Bill

(27:52) AI & the Economy

(35:10) Our Fragile Financial System

(41:22) Government Employment & Appropriate Spending

(48:18) COVID Cover Up & Dangers of Gain-of-function Research

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(1:05:52) Political Future

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(9:45) Trump vs the Federal Reserve: Is the Fed partisan, what should a modern Fed look like?

(36:45) US-Intel Deal: Sustainability, China comparison, could deals like this save Social Security?

(51:37) US Sovereign Wealth Fund

(58:41) Why corporate bankruptcies are trending up in 2025

(1:12:12) OpenAI's novel LLM-based approach to longevity research

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(1:59) What's new with the All-In Summit

(9:02) AI Mania hits the brakes: sign of a bubble or a healthy correction?

(30:49) Meta's AI hiring freeze: are the AI talent wars slowing down?

(39:09) Gavin Newsom is the early favorite to be the 2028 Democratic nominee

(54:03) Russia/Ukraine: Trump's two summits, what endgame to expect?

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(0:00) Sacks and Jason welcome Senator Eric Schmitt

(2:34) Biden v. Missouri, uncovering government censorship as Missouri AG

(6:06) Section 230 and social media, the legacy of Russiagate, big tech censorship in the age of AI

(18:44) Behind the Hunter Biden laptop story and COVID censorship

(30:17) The NGO "Leviathan" and how censorship requests were laundered, Hamilton 68

(36:38) Russiagate and the Obama intel report on the 2016 Election

(47:15) Russia-Ukraine War, possible peace deal, and US foreign policy

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(4:45) AI Psychosis: what it looks like and why it's happening

(20:13) Why the social fabric in America is breaking down

(35:55) Fixing the incentives that created the student debt crisis

(48:52) Trump takes federal control of DC police

(1:05:39) Venture Capital: is it broken and what it will look like in the future?

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(0:00) Bestie intros! Gavin Baker, Ben Shapiro, and Phil Deutch join the show

(7:32) GPT-5 underwhelms, benchmark saturation, OpenAI's product excellence

(18:14) AI's TAM, ROIC, and energy implications

(27:27) China's major advantage and how the US can counter it

(43:46) Political parties picking winners, energy subsidy reversal, how the bureaucratic branch was created and how to fix it

(52:38) Socialism, OBBB impact on energy, does socialism in the US rely on Mamdani in NYC?

(1:10:00) Tariffs update: $125B+ revenue so far, India and Switzerland hit hard, Trump's ad hoc approach

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(1:44) Recapping "Winning the AI Race" in DC: Trump's speech, best moments, key takeaways

(16:39) AI Executive Orders, unbiased AI, spiciest moments

(34:32) Copyright, fair use, and patents in the Age of AI

(56:37) Sam Altman highlights AI chatbot privacy issues

(1:02:48) Hot GDP print, Fed refuses to cut, major US-EU trade deal

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(0:00) President Trump on the AI Agenda

(54:14) Executive Order signing

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(0:00) Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary

(17:44) Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior and Chris Wright, Energy Secretary

(35:11) Howard Lutnick, Commerce Secretary

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(0:00) James Litinsky, MP Materials

(13:32) Lisa Su, AMD

(29:45) Chase Lochmiller, Crusoe

(43:26) Jensen Huang, Nvidia

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(0:00) The Besties welcome JD Vance

(1:24) Immigration

(6:34) AI policy

(9:27) Relationship with China: Technology competition, striking a balance, trade

(12:42) Diplomatic relations when AI is at-scale, operating in a multipolar world

(16:41) AI's impact on jobs

(22:02) Should America facilitate "National Champions" in strategic industries?

(24:09) Working at the White House with Sacks

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(0:00) The besties introduce the day with Jacob Helberg

(9:08) Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

(18:24) Chris Power, Hadrian

(35:15) Jake Loosararian, Gecko Robotics

(44:37) Shyam Sankar, Palantir

(1:00:33) Paul Buchheit, Y Combinator

(1:13:35) Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Gavin Baker!

(1:51) Markets: Pricing in tariffs, Trump vs. Powell, solving the debt crisis

(19:24) The $10 trillion AGI prize, what artificial general intelligence and superintelligence looks like in the economy

(38:33) Sacks and Bo Hines join to discuss the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act passing the House this week, and what it means for crypto in the US

(52:42) AI Infrastructure: $90B in new investments announced, Nvidia H20 export restrictions lifted

(1:06:06) Sacks interviews Senator Bill Hagerty on the passing of the GENIUS Act

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Travis Kalanick and Keith Rabois!

(3:02) Travis on Pony.ai / Uber rumors and the state of Cloud Kitchens

(18:51) xAI launches Grok 4, learning "The Bitter Lesson" in AI

(40:36) How Grok can catch ChatGPT in usage, OpenAI's product excellence

(46:27) Perplexity and OpenAI building AI-native browsers and taking on Chrome

(58:01) Elon's "America Party": is now the right time for a third party, and could he make an impact in 2026?

(1:13:12) SCOTUS backs Trump over federal government RIF plans

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(2:58) Big Beautiful Bill: Senate revision, AI regulation moratorium killed

(14:10) Clean energy subsidies phased out: What this means for energy production in the US

(25:12) Elon/Trump; US fiscal picture post-BBB

(43:26) US dollar down over 10% in 2025

(53:51) Harvard's money problems: bleeding $1B/year in fight against Trump, potential investigation over bond offerings

(1:09:13) Figma IPO, Grammarly acquires Superhuman, future of SaaS in the age of AI

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(0:00) Bestie intros: The Core Four is back!

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(7:01) 12 Day War ends in US-led ceasefire: what it means for the future of the region

(29:48) How markets digested the last few weeks in the Middle East, crucial role of energy independence

(39:58) Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani upsets Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Primary for NYC Mayor

(1:06:02) Science Corner: Stem cell-driven aging reversal out of China

(1:18:09) Market at all-time highs after huge turnaround: bull and bear cases; Next Fed chair?

(1:32:49) AI Copyright: Anthropic and Meta receive favorable...

(0:00) The Besties welcome Thomas Laffont!

(3:26) State of LA, Hollywood's decline, positivity around GDP growth and AI productivity

(10:19) Zuck on tilt over AI: $100M offers, Scale AI deal, hiring spree

(23:58) Mag 7 AI Showdown: Ranking the most likely AI winners, biggest stock divergences, and more

(42:41) Why Apple is fumbling AI and how they can fix it?

(57:02) IPOs and M&A heating up in 2025

(1:16:18) State of liquidity: SPACs, Direct Listings, and more

(1:25:40) Amazon's "kingmaker" position, job displacement

(1:37:47) Sacks joins to discuss the GENIUS Act passing the...

(0:00) The Besties welcome Tony Robbins!

(0:23) Tony's background and how it led to his career

(8:19) Why progress correlates to happiness, state of the younger generation, biochemistry studies

(21:53) SSRIs, psychedelics, importance of personal moonshots

(31:49) Maintaining focus while managing multiple businesses

(36:37) Thoughts on longevity

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Tucker Carlson!

(4:25) ICE raids, LA riots, immigration debate

(46:08) Strong macro data: inflation, tariff revenue, GDP, jobs

(1:14:00) Big, Beautiful Bill update: State of the bill, Senate math, how Trump should handle dissent in Congress

(1:29:15) War with Iran?

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(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Jared Isaacman

(1:10) Jared's background: billion-dollar founder, pilot, commercial astronaut

(7:15) Relationship with Elon Musk, road to becoming a commercial astronaut

(16:37) Becoming Trump's nominee to lead NASA, the major issues at NASA and his plan to fix things

(31:52) Breaking down NASA's proposed budget cuts, the space race against China, private vs public space industry

(48:31) The truth behind Jared's nomination being withdrawn by President Trump

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Mayor Francis Suarez!

(0:23) How Miami significantly decreased homelessness and homicides

(5:17) Formula for turning Miami into America's happiest and healthiest city

(10:32) Addressing overregulation at the local level

(17:05) Ambitions for his post-Mayor career

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(0:00) Bestie intros!

(1:25) The AI Doomer Ecosystem: goals, astroturfing, Biden connections, effective altruist rebrand, global AI regulation

(25:17) Doom vs Boom in AI: Job Destruction or Abundance?

(52:44) Big, Beautiful Bill cleanup and upside: DOGE angle, CBO issues

(1:17:14) US Steel/Nippon Steel deal: national champions and golden votes

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Nico Rosberg!

(0:27) Nico's history with F1, what makes a great driver

(6:24) The business of F1

(10:05) Teammate rivalries, why "Drive to Survive" works, future growth

(16:48) Post-F1 career, best angel investments, becoming a VC

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(0:00) Friedberg and Chamath welcome Senator Ron Johnson

(2:30) The Reconciliation Bill process, how much the Big, Beautiful Bill will add to the national debt

(14:33) Problems with growing our way out of debt, why elected officials are avoiding the fiscal reality

(24:53) Energy rescissions, future of DOGE

(32:09) How Senator Johnson will force a real review of the Big, Beautiful Bill; future of MAGA and the Conservative movement

(54:15) Next steps if the Big, Beautiful Bill passes

(58:35) Post-interview recap

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(0:00) Today's topics and bestie intros!

(2:49) Bond market chaos, GOP abandons DOGE, Trump's big, beautiful bill passes the House

(38:15) Google's big week: AI in search, roadmap to diversifying revenue

(46:49) OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's design startup for $6.5B

(57:09) AI Diplomacy: Sacks breaks down his trip to the Middle East and the datacenter deals

(1:15:25) Science Corner: CRISPR breakthrough!

(1:23:02) How increased energy production could solve America's fiscal problems

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Antonio Gracias!

(0:30) DOGE updates: Government complexity worse than imagined, how to fix it

(9:00) Talent acquisition: How Elon attracted 10x engineers for DOGE, a better model for civil service

(15:54) Voter fraud findings: illegal immigrants voting in elections, building a zero-defect voting system

(22:12) Fixing immigration in the US

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Sergey Brin!

(0:40) Sergey on his return to Google, and how an OpenAI employee played a role!

(5:58) AI's true superpower and the next jump

(12:23) AI robotics: humanoids and other form factors

(17:07) Future of foundational models and open-source

(19:59) Human-computer interaction in the age of AI

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Ben Shapiro!

(1:53) A Bestie apology to Phil Hellmuth, All-In Poker Tournament

(7:58) Trump's majorly consequential Middle East trip: Saudi, Qatar, Iran, and his vision for a "New Middle East"

(35:18) US-China deal: is the tide turning on tariffs?

(46:33) GOP divided over "Big, Beautiful Bill" due to its impact on our debt spiral

(1:18:48) Science Corner: Montana bans cell-based meat, joining Florida and others

(1:24:31) Trump's EO on pharma prices: role of PBMs, is this too much government intervention?

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(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai

(2:58) Will AI kill search?: Google disrupting itself, evolving search to follow the user

(15:32) Infrastructure advantage, foundational model differentiation

(25:08) Future of human-computer interaction, hardware, competitive landscape in AI

(35:29) Energy constraints in AI

(41:20) Google's progress in quantum computing and robotics

(47:56) Culture, coddling, and talent recruitment in the age of AI

(56:50) Does he consider Alphabet a holding company searching for Google's next $100B business?

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(0:00) The Besties intro Philippe Laffont!

(2:12) Miami F1 Recap!

(12:10) Fed holds rates steady on tariff uncertainty

(32:47) Google drops after Apple sees fall in search queries on Safari

(56:48) Creating a new Mag 7

(1:07:00) Private markets: Is traditional VC dead? Philippe details Coatue's new fund structure and what makes a great investor

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(0:00) David Friedberg introduces Secretary Doug Burgum

(2:11) Burgum's background and how it led to his role in the administration

(10:56) The state of American energy and how we got here

(22:32) America's energy emergency: AI, unlocking potential, China, increasing national risk tolerance

(34:22) Burgum's National Balance Sheet idea: How it could help reduce national debt

(42:25) Mining, overseeing the EPA, aligning agencies with outcomes

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(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins!

(1:32) How she ended up in Trump's two administrations, history of the USDA

(16:56) Trump's first 100 days, what needs to be reformed in the USDA

(21:31) SNAP's massive impact on USDA budget: soda, obesity, health challenges; how being DC outsiders helps the Trump Administration

(30:48) How she reconciles running a department with a lot of government intervention after coming from a free market background

(34:33) State of US farming in 2025, labor costs, opening up new markets, and more

(42:11) Working with DOGE, Farm Bill negotiation, stance o...

(0:00) The Besties welcome Box's Aaron Levie and Flexport's Ryan Petersen!

(4:05) Is Sacks back?

(8:19) Reflecting on Trump's first 100 days

(28:16) Global trade disruption, how businesses are dealing with tariffs

(49:14) Amazon flip-flops on its tariff pricing feature, national security issues

(1:04:13) AI agents, 1,000,000X'ing AI, and more

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(0:00) The Besties intro Andrew Ross Sorkin

(2:04) Market bump: Trump rally or a Bessent put?

(18:04) Are tariffs damaging the American "brand"? Apple's investment in India

(38:18) Balance of power politics, Ukraine/Russia ceasefire negotiation halted over Crimea

(50:00) Alphabet earnings: Massive resiliency, Google's Gemini Problem

(1:05:40) Tesla jumps on Elon's return, pulling back from DOGE

(1:18:35) Science Corner: China's Thorium Breakthrough

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Tim Dillon!

(6:56) Nvidia H20 export controls, the China workaround, plausible deniability by chipmakers selling to China-linked entities

(28:45) Trump vs. Harvard: Why the White House is threatening to take Harvard's tax-exempt status away

(57:04) Hollywood's DEI facade, thoughts on AI, and more

(1:18:06) Celebrity Jeopardy update: Friedberg is heading to the finals!

(1:26:44) Science Corner: Mitochondrial Therapy

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(0:58) Reacting to Trump targeting China and postponing all other reciprocal tariffs

(21:21) Measures for success of tariffs, debating the impact of letting China into the WTO

(46:14) Is the US being exploited on trade? Was free trade a mistake?

(1:02:01) Recession chances, How the Trump administration gathers information

(1:19:39) Future of the Democratic Party, Abundance agenda, DOGE

(1:51:00) The Besties recap the debate and Chamath recaps the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias

(1:54) Why Antonio is helping out and what it's like working with DOGE

(4:56) DOGE's latest findings: illegal immigration, social security, and more

(27:59) Was Biden's open border policy a Dem strategy to expand their voter base?

(39:55) Tariffs: Liberation Day chaos, reactions, strategy

(55:26) Impact, consequences, and risks for the Trump Administration

(1:13:50) How the US can thrive in a high-tariff world

(1:31:33) Future US political landscape if the tariff strategy fails

(1:42:27) Chamath recaps his best-performing asset of 2025 + wrap

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(2:51) How building an audience has impacted the Besties

(11:15) Colin & Samir join the Besties!

(12:01) Evolution of short-form and long-form content

(22:18) Business models for creatives

(35:04) Advice to up and coming creators

(42:10) Chris Williamson joins the Besties!

(50:17) Making it seem effortless

(57:47) Monetizing content

(1:05:02) Scaling a one-man show

(1:19:15) Bryan Johnson joins the Besties!

(1:20:13) Spotify's move to video

(1:21:21) Bryan's Ketamine experience

(1:28:03) Creators and value props

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Gavin Baker back on the show!

(1:20) Nvidia balance sheet questions, CoreWeave IPO, M&A/IPO bounce back

(16:22) US vs China in AI: Manus, China building its own Nvidia, and more

(28:37) The Administration's endgame for tariffs

(53:05) Signalgate: context and fallout

(1:09:42) El Salvador deportations

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(0:00) Welcoming Cyan Banister and David Sacks!

(3:23) Behind the scenes of the Besties in DC: White House, cabinet interviews, and more

(33:00) How M&A will be unleashed, Google buys Wiz for $32B, Tim Walz on Tesla

(49:09) Deep dive on Google/Wiz: breakup fee, impact on VC, ROIC, cloud advantage

(1:00:28) Treasury vs Fed tension, Bond markets, consumers, deregulation

(1:12:57) Space rescue, SpaceX vs China, lunar landing

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(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg welcome Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick!

(1:10) Howard describes his 30+ year relationship with President Trump and his road from business to politics

(14:44) Running Trump's transition team, DOGE origin story, what it's like working for Trump

(38:01) Balancing the budget and fixing GDP

(52:21) Tariff history and strategy, global trade

(1:10:34) Trump Cards, building better government software, AI thoughts

(1:22:49) Sovereign Wealth Fund strategy

(1:37:16) How his family reacted to his new role

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(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg describe their adventures in DC and welcome Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent!

(2:12) Scott's background, what drew him to equities, the role of macro investors

(7:22) The legendary trade that broke the Bank of England in 1992, and how it relates to Main Street vs Wall Street today

(21:30) Scott explains the Trump Administration's economic strategy

(32:45) How this administration plans to de-regulate the economy, Fed relationship, re-financing debt

(42:06) DOGE, DC grifts, shakeup at the IRS

(50:51) Re-engineering social security through the US SWF, how energy factors in

(1:00:02) Surprises...

(0:00) The Besties intro Andrew Schulz!

(3:29) Friedberg hits a quick Science Corner on the future of fertility

(9:35) Reacting to Gavin Newsom's new podcast: genius or pandering?

(19:36) Tariff experiment so far: risks, communication issues, and more

(30:44) Why the American Dream is broken and how to fix it: cracking the housing market, social security reform

(55:45) Aligning upside via increased stock market participation

(1:11:23) How Andrew blew up in comedy, going direct via YouTube, building a cancel-proof following

(1:22:25) State of America, conspiracy obsession, thoughts on Trump and DOGE

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Joe Lonsdale!

(3:51) Jason recaps an eventful week in Washington

(8:29) Trump's tariffs: endgame, impact, chaos, master plan

(26:25) DOGE, IRA grifting, do campaign contributions need to be capped?

(53:42) CoreWeave IPO

(1:03:36) Trump 2.0 favoring Main Street over Wall Street, bond market breakdown, re-balancing the economy

(1:14:19) State of Ukraine/Russia, the Western alliance, and how techno-optimism plays into the future of defense pacts

(1:24:31) GPT-4.5, Grok 3 on X, and the Golden Age of language models

(1:33:47) All-In for F1 Miami!

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(0:00) Bestie intros

(1:41) Epstein files first release underwhelms

(4:40) Friedberg recaps his experience on Celebrity Jeopardy!

(14:22) State of autonomous robots

(21:06) Comparing annual reports from Stripe and Adyen; Stripe's network effects, stablecoin infra, and the pace of AI company building

(29:12) State of the market: stocks, tariffs, spending bill, the "great reset"

(49:07) Trump's Gold Card

(56:19) Sophisticated investor test, changing accreditation laws

(1:06:57) USPS, Bezos refocuses the WaPo's opinion page

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(0:00) The Besties welcome John and Patrick Collison!

(4:28) Stripe's business evolution: $1T in volume/year, stablecoins, challenging the Visa/Mastercard duopoly, publishing economic indicators

(20:31) Jamie Dimon's leaked rant on remote work and bureaucracy

(34:22) DOGE for Defense: Trump ordered the Pentagon to look at cutting the defense budget by 8%/year over the next five years

(43:51) Crypto Corner: Milei's Memecoin embarrassment

(1:00:18) John and Patrick break down the Arc Institute and its new Evo 2 AI model

(1:18:04) Grok 3 takes the LLM lead, lessons learned from Elon's Colossus scale up

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