All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social & poker.

Episodes

April 18, 2025 • 98 mins

(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: Mitochondri...

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(0:00) Bestie intros!

(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

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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...

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(0:00) Friedberg and Jason are live from Austin!

(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 Jo...

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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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March 20, 2025 • 104 mins

(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 tho...

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March 18, 2025 • 73 mins

(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...

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March 14, 2025 • 99 mins

(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

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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 ...

(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 investo...

(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 embarras...

(0:00) The Besties intro Naval Ravikant!

(9:07) Naval reflects on his thoughtful tweets and reputation

(14:17) Unique views on parenting

(23:20) Sacks joins to talk AI: JD Vance's speech in Paris, Techno-Optimists vs Doomers

(1:11:06) Tariffs and the US economic experiment

(1:21:15) Thomson Reuters wins first major AI copyright decision on behalf of rights holders

(1:35:35) Chamath's dinner with Bryan Johnson, sleep hacks

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(0:00) The Besties intro Antonio Gracias!

(3:11) DOGE takes on USAID

(31:44) Sacks breaks in to talk USAID

(34:00) Sacks explains what he's working on: Crypto/AI Frameworks

(46:41) The Democratic Party's shrinking base

(52:33) US Sovereign Wealth Fund + Breaking DOGE/Tax News

(1:09:07) Google to spend $75B on AI buildout in 2025, future of work in the age of AI

(1:23:21) Science Corner: GLP-1 macro study

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(0:00) The Besties intro Travis Kalanick!

(2:11) Travis breaks down the future of food and the state of CloudKitchens

(13:34) Sacks breaks in!

(15:38) DeepSeek panic: What's real, training innovation, China, impact on markets and the AI industry

(50:14) US vs China in AI, the Singapore backdoor

(1:01:51) OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise ~$40B with Masa as the lead investor

(1:10:37) DOGE's first 10 days

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January 28, 2025 • 76 mins

(0:00) Ray Dalio joins Friedberg!

(0:50) The current US fiscal situation

(6:23) Breaking down "The Big Debt Cycle," a potential US debt spiral, and the impact on real wealth

(24:54) USD vs other currencies and assets, best hedges against the dollar

(33:20) Portfolio construction, how China increases risk for US AI companies, why this market reminds Ray of 1998-1999

(41:45) How the US can avoid a debt crisis

(53:29) DOGE, Trump, and...

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(0:00) The Besties intro Thomas Laffont!

(6:22) Behind the scenes: Inauguration Weekend recap!

(15:58) Biggest takeaways from DC during the Inauguration

(31:38) Trump Executive Action breakdown

(33:39) TikTok's grace period extended, valuing the business, US new equity strategy?

(57:01) Jan 6th pardons, birthright citizenship

(1:09:49) Stargate: $500B AI investment, is Masa the GOAT?, bull case for OpenAI

(1:23:41) How electricity ...

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(0:00) House Whip Tom Emmer on Trump's political talent, the Biden conspiracy, taking back the Democratic party, immigration, the role of Whip

(33:53) California Rep. Eric Swalwell on where Democrats went wrong, how to rebrand the party, TikTok ban, and more

(1:08:01) California Rep. Ro Khanna on reforming the Democratic party, Bob Iger as LA Mayor, CA Leadership, TikTok ban

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(0:00) Besties intro Senator Ted Cruz; history of the "Come and take it" flag

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(0:00) The Besties welcome Mark Pincus!

(3:53) Mark's background

(6:02) How Mark got red-pilled for Trump, maintaining friendships despite political differences

(23:21) LA Wildfires update: Newsom's EOs, market impact of price controls

(51:32) Congestion pricing in NYC, fixing broken cities

(1:08:33) TikTok ban: origin and potential outcomes

(1:19:15) MBA hiring downturn

(1:34:37) Conspiracy Corner: Mark's take on UFOs and UAPs!

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