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Clear all filters- All-In Podcast37 min
Megyn Kelly | All-In Summit 2024
Megyn Kelly, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Megyn Kelly announced her transition from NBC to an independent YouTube platform, where she critiques cancel culture and champions free speech while defending law enforcement and traditional views on gender issues. Looking toward the 2024 election, Kelly predicts a Trump victory over Kamala Harris based on governance records and dismisses the former president's legal challenges as politically motivated or legally untenable. She concludes by advocating for a cultural restoration of physical community engagement to counter political polarization and digital isolation, citing Senator Rand Paul as a rare example of integrity in a compromised system.
- Milken Institute40 min
Global Overview: Illuminating Pathways Through Complexities | Asia Summit 2023
Pamela Mar, Natalie Black, Gargee Ghosh, Alfredo Pascual, Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz
The analyzed transcript fails to document a coherent event due to severe incoherence, presenting contradictory claims such as a single individual holding mutually exclusive government roles and logically impossible numerical statements. Despite references to entities like the National Chamber of Commerce and discussions on cyber security and green trade, the text contains no verifiable facts, actionable decisions, or identifiable participants. Consequently, it is impossible to extract reliable substantive data, timelines, or strategic outcomes from the provided material.
- Milken Institute36 min
Paul Chan, Financial Secretary, Government of the Hong Kong SAR | Global Investors’ Symposium 2024
The Milken Institute's inaugural Global Investors Symposium in Hong Kong, featuring Chief Executive Paul Chan as keynote speaker, unites over 550 global executives to advance the city's strategic goal of bridging international and Chinese capital markets. Against a backdrop of 3.2% GDP growth and new policy measures to liberalize property markets and support asset management, the forum highlights initiatives such as the "Capital Investment Entrant Scheme" and the world's first comprehensive licensing regime for virtual assets to attract US$12 billion in corporate investment and 100,000 qualified arrivals. By leveraging its unique position under "One Country, Two Systems," Hong Kong aims to solidify its status as a primary offshore RMB hub and a testing ground for China's financial market opening.
- All-In Podcast21 min
Sergey Brin | All-In Summit 2024
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who has resumed active technical leadership, asserts that artificial intelligence represents a fundamental rewrite of information retrieval comparable to the invention of the internet. Addressing the company's strategic direction, Brin emphasizes the necessity of deploying powerful AI tools despite occasional errors to foster rapid experimentation, while warning against blind extrapolation of hardware scaling without parallel algorithmic improvements. Looking forward, he predicts that the convergence of general-purpose models with multimodal capabilities will soon drive robust robotics and new forms of human-computer interaction, positioning the current era as a non-zero-sum landscape for global value creation.
- a16z30 min
Luma's Dream Machine and Reasoning in Video Models
Luma released Dream Machine, a foundational video generative model that leverages massive 2D data scaling to achieve robust text-to-video and image-to-video synthesis with emergent 3D structural reasoning. The model implicitly simulates complex physical phenomena, such as depth perception, light transport, and causal character interactions, enabling consistent scene reconstruction from single inputs without native 3D priors. While currently classified as a research preview, the development roadmap aims to evolve the technology into a 4D spatiotemporal simulator and multimodal agent capable of handling intricate narrative and interactive requirements.
- Milken Institute42 min
In Good Company: The State of Global Venture Capital | Asia Summit 2023
Kevin Sneader, Jenny Lee, Eduardo Saverin
An analyst with background in a TikTok-affiliated group presents a broad evaluation of global economic and technological shifts, citing specific data points on EV adoption rates, trade market share declines for India and China, and the critical role of pricing strategies in business outcomes. The discourse emphasizes the need for self-regulating societal models and new investment strategies that leverage effective data to secure funding, while warning of impending crises in education and market stability due to policy constraints and the unique challenges posed by generative AI. Ultimately, the speaker argues that classical institutions must adapt to accommodate new investors and highlights a projected market value of up to $100 billion for future products, advocating for individual investment in self-capacity rather than direct capital infusion.
- Milken Institute31 min
A Conversation with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jason Blum | Global Conference 2022
Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Kim Masters
Jamie Lee Curtis and Jason Blum reimagined the *Halloween* franchise in 2018 by restoring continuity to John Carpenter's original 1978 film, a collaborative effort that yielded a trilogy grossing $386 million. Expanding their creative partnership, the duo is producing the Amazon series *The Sticky* and developing Patricia Cornwell's *Scarpetta* novels, while Curtis has transitioned into producing and directing with her new venture, Comet Pictures. This synergy blends Blumhouse's profit-sharing business model with Curtis's production ambitions, allowing them to prioritize high-caliber talent and secure theatrical distribution despite shifting streaming industry trends.
- Milken Institute22 min
A Conversation with His Excellency Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi | Middle East & Africa Summit 2023
Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, Sarah Sandler, His Excellency Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, Becky Anderson
Established in July 2023 under Minister Muhammad Hassan Al-Sawadi, the UAE Ministry of Investment unifies the nation's previously siloed strategies to promote inward capital and the global expansion of domestic firms. Leveraging a resilient non-oil economy and new $30 billion climate financing initiatives, the Ministry targets high-growth sectors including downstream energy, petrochemicals, and advanced AI to drive 2024 development. Despite regional geopolitical volatility, the strategy prioritizes large-scale infrastructure partnerships and the privatization of state assets to maintain the UAE's position as a secure hub for family offices and international investors.
- Milken Institute34 min
A Conversation with Professional Basketball Player, Jeremy Lin | Asia Summit 2023
The provided audio log fails to deliver any substantive information regarding the University of Michigan, Dr. Cronenberg, or other mentioned figures due to its incoherent and fragmented nature. Instead of discussing specific trends, decisions, or outcomes related to the economy or climate change, the recording consists almost entirely of repetitive pleasantries and disjointed, unverifiable ramblings. Consequently, no reliable facts, data, or forward-looking statements can be extracted from this garbled text.
- Goldman Sachs39 min
Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on leading the largest for-profit genealogy company
Deb Liu, Deborah Liu, Alex Chi
Ancestry CEO Deb Liu is reshaping the company's strategy from solo research to a shared "Me to We" experience by integrating AI tools and social features that preserve family stories before they are lost. Leveraging her background in leadership roles at Meta and PayPal, Liu champions the "fastest learner" mindset and "sponsorship" culture to dismantle barriers like imposter syndrome and the model minority myth for Asian American professionals. Her approach combines technological innovation in photo scanning and historical context reconstruction with a personal philosophy of adapting corporate success definitions to amplify diverse voices and strengthen community connections.
- Milken Institute45 min
Global Investment Outlook | Asia Summit 2023
Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, Haslinda Amin, Lim Chow Kiat, Steffen Meister
A fragmented discussion addressed speculative topics ranging from unverified energy transition goals to undefined geopolitical strategies involving the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. Participants mentioned broad concepts like artificial intelligence, fiscal accountability, and market volatility without establishing concrete data, specific timelines, or actionable policy outcomes. The session concluded with general acknowledgments but failed to produce a coherent narrative, leaving the stated objectives regarding value capture and supply chain dynamics unresolved.
- Milken Institute23 min
A Conversation with Sadhguru, Founder and Head of Isha Foundation | Middle East & Africa Summit 2023
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Naval Ravikant
Sadhguru asserts that humanity must shift its focus from manipulating the external world to mastering "inner engineering," a practice that utilizes scientific findings to rapidly increase endocannabinoids and generate lasting happiness. He reframes the global agenda from merely "saving" the planet to reducing collective suffering by teaching that true well-being arises from liberating the mind rather than controlling it through fear. Since his transformative experience at age 22, Sadhguru has guided over 2 billion people toward this goal, acknowledging the remaining challenge of reaching a fully blissful global state before his own death.
- Milken Institute32 min
A Conversation with Snoop Dogg and Larry Jackson | Milken Institute Global Conference 2023
Snoop Dogg, Larry Jackson, Shirley Halperin
Co-chaired by Larry Jackson and Snoop Dogg, Gamma Distribution distinguishes itself by bridging artistic vision with enterprise execution through a proprietary financial dashboard that facilitates monthly artist payouts and rapid vinyl manufacturing. The company recently appointed Saipu Delamini and Naomi Campbell to lead its expansion in Africa and the Middle East while reporting a 5 billion monthly stream volume that generated 80% growth in its first seven weeks. Despite celebrating the sell-out of limited edition Snoop Dogg vinyls and upcoming film projects, the leadership strongly criticized YouTube Shorts for generating negligible revenue relative to stream counts, underscoring their strategic pivot toward a curated, high-value roster of 15,000 artists.
- Goldman Sachs29 min
Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on growing an idea into a multibillion-dollar design company
Canva, led by co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, has scaled to serve 165 million users and 90% of Fortune 500 companies by leveraging a bottom-up adoption strategy and its proprietary Magic Studio for AI-driven design automation. The company recently pivoted toward "wall-to-wall" enterprise deployment while maintaining profitability, a trajectory supported by its strategic acquisition of visual AI firm Collido and a dedicated trust and safety framework. Guided by a dual mission of commercial growth and social impact, Canva plans to expand its ecosystem to one billion monthly active users by donating equity and profits to eradicate extreme poverty.
- Milken Institute30 min
A Conversation with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan | Global Conference 2024
Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Kevin Herglotz, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Ali Velshi
Queen Rania addresses the global humanitarian crisis by warning that "us vs. them" polarization and unsustainable military operations in Rafah are driving toward large-scale civilian deaths and eroding prospects for peace. She rejects the narrative that the two-state solution is dead, instead attributing stagnation to a deficit of political will and explicitly condemning any forced transfer of Palestinians as a "second Nakba." Urging the United States to enforce international law rather than offering unconditional support, she argues that long-term Israeli security remains impossible without ending the illegal occupation and addressing the systematic injustices facing both populations.