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Clear all filters- a16z39 min
How Real-Time AI Video Is Changing How Creators Work
Jennifer Li, Gorkem Yurtseven, Batuhan Taskaya
Fal has launched H3 Max Turbo, a post-trained open-weight video model that accelerates generation to 1.5 seconds while cutting costs by an order of magnitude through advanced post-training and system co-design. The platform integrates LLMs with Blender to provide Hollywood studios with 100% controllability over lighting and camera angles, addressing data residency concerns via secure US-based hosting. This combination of real-time performance and enterprise-grade workflows has propelled H3 Max to become Fal's most popular video model, rapidly shifting industry adoption from consumer curiosity to large-scale professional integration.
- All-In Podcast44 min
Meta's Dina Powell McCormick: The Case for Data Centers, Backlash, AI Job Boom & Meta’s Future
Dina Powell McCormick, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, Sheldon, Susan, Zach
Meta Platforms has appointed former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairwoman to spearhead a global AI expansion characterized by massive infrastructure investments and strategic workforce development. A flagship project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, demonstrates this approach by triggering a 260% surge in local tax revenue directed to teacher salaries while launching the America's Workforce Academy to train specialized labor for data center operations. Concurrently, the company navigates a historic $17 billion settlement regarding youth safety and advances its hardware roadmap with new AI-enabled Ray-Ban glasses, all framed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's strategy to rapidly democratize artificial intelligence.
The $100 Heart Scan Brad Gerstner Says Could Save Your Life
Brad Gerstner, Jason Chang, Rob Goldberg, Dave Goldberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Molly
Brad Gerstner and Rob Goldberg launched a mobile calcium CT scanner at the All In Summit to scale screening from 800,000 annual heart disease deaths to 40 million preventative scans, aiming to transform the Calcium Score into a "mammogram for the heart." Driven by Goldberg's personal loss of his brother to undiagnosed disease, the initiative targets a $20 billion cost reduction by advocating for Medicare and Medicaid mandates to bypass the current "stent lobby" barrier. The trailer unit demonstrated immediate efficacy by processing 33 scans in nine hours, while the organization plans to expand access through corporate sponsorships and push for legislative changes that reclassify calcium scoring as a standard of care.
- Milken Institute32 min
A Conversation with the Minister of Finance of Canada | Global Dialogues Toronto 2026
Richard Ditizio, The Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, François-Philippe Champagne
Minister Champagne outlined Canada's $1 trillion five-year investment mobilization strategy, leveraging its AAA credit rating, stable banking system, and unique LLM ecosystem to attract capital into energy, critical minerals, and the digital economy. The government is deploying the $25 billion Canada Strong Fund with arm's-length governance to crowd in private equity while implementing a "one project, one review" framework to accelerate infrastructure deployment and remove interprovincial trade barriers. By offering tax certainty and loan guarantees to Indigenous partners, Canada positions itself as a secure, trusted supplier of choice for global allies seeking to de-risk their supply chains amidst rising geopolitical tensions.
- All-In Podcast28 min
JD Vance on AI, Entitlement Fraud, Iran War, Israel, H-1B Abuse & the Midterms
JD Vance, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, Brad, Elon
Vice President Vance outlines a comprehensive administration strategy focused on reversing illegal immigration, re-industrializing manufacturing, and imposing strict H-1B visa reforms to protect American workers. While inflation has decreased from previous peaks, the administration aims to stabilize the deficit near 3% of GDP through economic growth rather than immediate balancing, all while navigating significant state-level resistance to federal fraud checks. Foreign policy remains grounded in an "America First" doctrine, balancing assertive Middle East actions to prevent energy crises with a transactional approach to the U.S.-Israel relationship that prioritizes diverging from allied leadership when U.S. interests demand it.
- All-In Podcast37 min
Satya Nadella on the AI Doomer Slowdown, Microsoft’s Master Plan & Who Wins AI
Satya Nadella, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlighted the company's $250 billion market capitalization and $175 billion cumulative infrastructure investment while advocating for transparent AI safety protocols and broad global diffusion. He outlined a strategy to combat vendor lock-in by promoting model interoperability and data sovereignty tools, countering aggressive price compression with investments in long-duration assets and a "use all" approach. Furthermore, Nadella emphasized that tangible productivity gains from AI, such as the Daxo healthcare pilot, must drive GDP growth through new job creation, arguing that tech firms earn community trust by delivering concrete local economic benefits rather than relying on industry narratives.
- a16z42 min
The Real Story Behind the Internet's Biggest Wellness Trends
Elena Burger, Ruby Justice Thelot
This analysis explores the convergence of biological optimization and digital culture, highlighting how GLP-1 adoption rates mirror tech trends like crypto while exposing a gap between high brand awareness and actual usage. It traces the historical roots of elite-driven body standards to contemporary "para-content" phenomena on social media, where algorithmic bubbles amplify both genuine health improvements and skeptical narratives. The discussion concludes that as innovation shifts from silicon to the human body, future trajectories will favor individualized biohacking and sleep technology over uniform beauty ideals, even as society grapples with the psychological impacts of constant health quantification.
Dino Mavrookas: America Needs to Build Ships Again
Saronic, a defense startup founded by former Navy SEAL Dino, has raised $2.6 billion from prominent investors to accelerate the development of autonomous vessels like the hypersonic-armed Marauder. This initiative aims to counter China's 230-to-1 commercial shipbuilding dominance by leveraging private capital to bypass sluggish government acquisition processes and rebuild the U.S. industrial base. With a current valuation exceeding $9 billion and a projected $160 billion economic impact from its Texas port facility, the company is positioning unmanned maritime platforms as a critical solution to the Navy's shrinking fleet size and infrastructure gaps.
Inside the Factory Building America’s Autonomous Navy
Austin-based maritime autonomy firm Ceronic is deploying a $3.2 billion capital injection to construct Port Alpha in Brownsville, Texas, a massive new shipyard designed to scale U.S. shipbuilding capacity from 100,000 to over 2 million gross tons. Backed by a total valuation of $9.25 billion and a recent $392 million U.S. Navy contract, the company aims to create over 10,000 jobs while deploying its proven Corsair and Mirage autonomous vessels for critical defense operations. This strategic expansion leverages a "hardware-software co-design" philosophy to address the nation's shipbuilding deficit and replicate production capabilities across allied nations.
- a16z44 min
Why World Models Could Change Robotics, 3D, and Creativity
Fei-Fei Li, Justin Johnson, Ben Mildenhall, Martin Casado
World Labs has unveiled Atlas, a unified spatial intelligence model that uniquely combines generative video with sparse 3D reconstruction to create high-fidelity simulations from as few as three input views. This architectural breakthrough enables "AI-complete" new view prediction and robotic real-to-sim transfer while reducing data capture requirements by up to 100 times compared to traditional dense methods. By treating 3D poses as native inputs, the system delivers consistent, dynamically stable environments that eliminate the unpredictability of standard generative video for applications ranging from industrial design to autonomous robot training.
- Goldman Sachs40 min
Dipan Patel on Permira’s ‘Artisanal’ Approach to Private Equity
Dipan Patel co-manages Premier, a $100 billion private partnership that integrates AI intelligence layers into mid-market businesses to drive bottom-line growth across consumer, healthcare, services, and technology sectors. The firm differentiates itself through an artisanal leadership model that prioritizes collective investment decisions, an anti-fragile risk culture, and a distribution target of 20–25% while aligning its philanthropic foundation directly with fund performance. By focusing on deep specialization over broad scaling, Premier seeks to capitalize on structural trends in energy transition and medical advancement while avoiding the pitfalls of market disruption that plague commodity-focused competitors.
- Y Combinator21 min
Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Founders
Paul Graham delivered his 47th Y Combinator batch talk, highlighting a shift toward high-seriousness ventures in logistics and cancer research while defining founder ambition through the "formidable" archetype of those who consistently achieve their goals. Graham analyzed the current AI landscape, noting its uneven "jagged frontier" and the economic reality that token costs now eclipse salaries despite rapid price declines. He concluded that Y Combinator's ecosystem remains vital for peer collaboration and that the next trillion-dollar company will emerge not from a specific idea but from formidable founders capable of adapting to shifting market conditions.
- a16z39 min
Inside Moderna’s Biggest mRNA Test Since COVID
Moderna and Merck announced that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, Intismoran, successfully met primary and secondary endpoints in a Phase 3 melanoma trial, demonstrating superior recurrence-free survival compared to the current standard of care. This breakthrough treatment combines a patient-specific mRNA vaccine with Merck's Keytruda to target unique tumor antigens, offering a synthetic manufacturing solution that can produce individualized doses within approximately 42 days. Building on these results, the companies plan to file for FDA approval with the goal of patient availability by 2027 while expanding clinical trials to lung, kidney, and bladder cancers.
Inside Rocket Lab: How Sir Peter Beck Is Building Neutron’s Engines | Tour 02
Sir Peter Beck, Peter Beck, Molly O'Shea
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck detailed the company's strategic expansion following the $16 million acquisition of the former Virgin Orbit facility, which secured over $100 million in assets to accelerate Neutron production. The firm reported 93 successful Electron launches and outlined its transition to methane-fueled Archimedes engines manufactured via in-house 3D printing to achieve rapid reusability. Additionally, Beck highlighted an acquisition pipeline of distressed space firms and a vertical integration strategy that encompasses hardware manufacturing, satellite communications through Iridium, and a focus on long-term industry breakthroughs.
- a16z39 min
Inside Cursor: The Anatomy of a Generational Startup
Martin Casado, Sarah Wang, Matt Bornstein, Michael
Cursor revolutionized software development by prioritizing a natural language interface over proprietary model creation, allowing the founders to rapidly iterate from an IDE to a full-scale agent and model platform. The company executed a disciplined "backdoor strategy" that secured massive user adoption and enterprise traction before transitioning to a sales-driven model and integrating acquired talent into leadership roles. This approach enabled Cursor to capture over 50 Fortune 500 customers and establish a dominant position in the coding landscape despite intense competition from incumbents like Microsoft Copilot.