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Clear all filters- Milken Institute42 min
A New Era of Military Technology | Global Conference 2025
Rick Newman, Jeff Cole, Matt Markel, Mariam Sorond
This Milken Institute panel brought together defense technology startups Hidden Level, Epirus, and NextNav to demonstrate how agile, non-traditional contractors are closing critical warfare gaps left by legacy primes. Highlighting specific operational successes, the session detailed Hidden Level's passive radar for rapid drone detection, Epirus's high-power microwave systems for cost-effective kinetic disruption, and NextNav's 5G-based terrestrial positioning as a GPS alternative. Executives and strategists concluded that leveraging rapid-acquisition pathways like OTAs is essential to overcoming bureaucratic inertia while securing US technological resilience against global threats.
Keith Rabois: Lessons from PayPal Mafia, $OPEN, & Investing
Keith Rabois, Jerry Garcia, Molly O'Shea
David Sacks emphasizes that successful founders must identify a unique comparative advantage to become irreplaceable, a strategy supported by his own recruitment of key talent like Ian Wong through deep network connections rather than traditional interviews. He argues that building a resilient organizational culture requires an initial phase of heroic, in-person effort to create a system robust enough to function at scale, while also rejecting common myths about stretching and sleep in favor of evidence-based health protocols. Sacks now applies this rigorous, contrarian framework to venture capital, leveraging his exceptional memory and intellectual curiosity to evaluate high-potential startups and mentor the next generation of industry outliers.
- Milken Institute28 min
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz | Global Conference 2025
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz has launched a strategic overhaul targeting an $80 billion annual savings by combating fraud, consolidating fragmented IT systems, and addressing lifestyle-driven chronic illness through the "Make America Healthy Again" initiative. The administration is restructuring federal incentives to support governors, deploying AI for real-time health notifications, and terminating wasteful contractors to fix systemic inefficiencies that currently cost the nation billions in duplicate payments and fraud. Oz warns that without these immediate structural interventions and a shift toward individual health responsibility, the Medicare and Medicaid system faces the risk of catastrophic collapse.
- All-In Podcast25 min
Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Next Era: Quantum, AI, and the Future of Money
Anatoly Yakovenko, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko outlines a transformative financial vision where $1.7 billion institutional tokenization and new regulatory frameworks like the "Genius Act" unlock trillions in stablecoins and real-world assets on Solana as the global execution layer. He predicts that within five years, the internet will surpass China and Japan as the top holder of US treasuries, driven by quantum-resistant cryptography and a synchronized, speed-of-light settlement network. This shift aims to displace traditional banking margins and integrate regulated entities like NASDAQ, provided that legal clarity enables the mass adoption of tokenized securities and uncapped economic utility.
- Goldman Sachs30 min
The Healthcare Outlook: Macro Challenges and Biotech Innovations
Asad Haider, Amit Sinha, Allison Nathan
Following five years of underperformance driven by capital rotation into artificial intelligence and regulatory uncertainty regarding drug pricing, the U.S. healthcare sector is undergoing a structural correction characterized by a declining S&P 500 weighting and a shift in early-stage capital formation toward private markets. Despite these macro headwinds, specific innovation cycles in oral obesity treatments, oncology, and cardiovascular therapeutics are creating idiosyncratic opportunities, particularly within the mid-cap biotech space where investors are beginning to recognize potential for outsized returns on revenue. While large pharmaceutical firms report initial AI-driven cost savings, market participants remain cautious, awaiting tangible earnings improvements before fully re-rating assets in an environment defined by a looming patent cliff and reduced federal research funding.
- All-In Podcast26 min
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on self-driving's future, changing business model, job displacement
Dara Khosrowshahi, Elon, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi outlines a strategy to remove safety drivers from its fleet by the end of the current year while maintaining a hybrid human-AV model to maximize asset utilization across partners like Waymo and Chinese robotics firms. Concurrently, the company plans to deploy its substantial free cash flow into a $20 billion stock buyback and direct AV investments, positioning its network as an essential demand layer for future fleet operators. This approach aims to expand autonomous adoption to 20% of global rides within a decade, creating a transition period where drivers are retained through platform growth and pivoted into new roles like AI data labeling.
- Goldman Sachs38 min
Inside the Olympics: Resilience and the Road to LA 2028
David Solomon, Chuck Aoki, Meghan Duggan, Gene Sykes, Nick
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee highlighted the contrasting yet complementary journeys of Paralympian Chuck Aoki and Olympian Megan Dugan to illustrate the movement's reliance on mental fortitude, community, and a legacy of inspiration. Detailed accounts of their competitive strategies, including the 2018 women's hockey team's visualization tactics and Aoki's resilience against disability, underscore the non-commercial, social enterprise nature of the Olympic and Paralympic movements. Looking toward the future, USOPC Chair Gene Sykes and new CEO Reynolds Hoover are leveraging military-grade planning to orchestrate the record-breaking Los Angeles 2028 Games, aiming to unify diverse global populations while minimizing strain on local infrastructure.
- All-In Podcast21 min
Oval Office Tour with President Trump
Trump, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David Sacks
Recent White House initiatives include extensive Oval Office renovations featuring gold accents and historic artwork, alongside infrastructure projects that transformed the Rose Garden patio and approved construction on a new ballroom. Concurrently, economic policies emphasize artificial intelligence energy independence, manufacturing revival through tariffs, and fiscal adjustments that reportedly shift federal projections from deficit to surplus. These developments are coupled with strong military capabilities demonstrated by B2 bomber operations and aggressive market commentary intended to validate recent economic gains.
- RAISE Summit30 min
RAISE Summit 2025: The AI Evolution Open Source, Fast Inference, and the Agentic Revolution
Tony Kim, Thomas Wolf, Rodrigo Liang, Arjun Kharpal
The AI sector is rapidly pivoting from foundational model development to agentic inference and production, driven by a strategic race for full-stack superiority where proprietary models currently retain a six-to-twelve-month performance lead. Enterprises are increasingly adopting open-source alternatives to ensure data privacy and cost efficiency, prompting a hardware shift focused on energy-efficient inference rather than raw training power. While consumer assistants and automated SaaS applications are expected to mature within two years, the industry faces critical bottlenecks regarding gigawatt-scale energy demands and the potential for data security breaches.
- All-In Podcast37 min
The College Crisis: Heads of Dartmouth & Berkeley Debate the Decline of US Universities
Sian Beilock, Rich Lyons, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Dartmouth President Sion Bylock and UC Berkeley President Rich Lyons addressed the critical financial sustainability of higher education amidst record student debt, highlighting strategic pivots toward industry partnerships and robust financial aid models that eliminate loans for lower-income families. Confronting crises in K-12 preparedness and declining ROI for non-elite institutions, the leaders advocated for institutional reforms focused on critical thinking, viewpoint diversity, and the unique value of residential learning to foster human agency in an AI-driven economy. Ultimately, both presidents emphasized that maintaining endowments to bridge research gaps and ensuring economic mobility for students are essential for preserving the future viability of American universities.
- RAISE Summit42 min
RAISE Panel 2025: The AGI Ascent Climbing Toward Superhuman Intelligence
Chase Lockmiller, Ilya, Peter, Sarah, Biang, Dario
A diverse panel of industry leaders and researchers analyzed the trajectory of artificial general intelligence, identifying energy scarcity and data quality as primary constraints while debating the future of centralized versus decentralized model architectures. Discussion highlighted a strategic shift toward massive test-time compute and human-AI collaboration, contrasting fears of cognitive atrophy with the potential for AI to automate outcome-based tasks while preserving process-driven human uniqueness. Experts concluded that regulatory frameworks must evolve alongside technological speed, with the consensus that AGI remains a moving target defined by the symbiotic relationship between human creativity and machine capabilities.
- RAISE Summit20 min
Clara Chappaz - French Minister Delegate: Can France Overtake AI? Inside the French Vision
Building on eight years of pro-business reforms and a strategic focus on nuclear-powered compute infrastructure, France has secured its position as a global fifth in AI capability while launching the "Dare AI" initiative to bridge the gap between scientific excellence and public adoption. This €109 billion investment supports frugal model development and open-source principles, aiming to train 15 million citizens and equip 125 SMEs across sectors like healthcare and agriculture to overcome current deployment barriers. With key players including Mistral AI and OVH Cloud driving the ecosystem, the government is positioning the nation to define the next 24 months of the AI race through inclusive talent acquisition and targeted sector-specific innovation.
- All-In Podcast42 min
Tulsi Gabbard on Russiagate Hoax Evidence and How She’s Reforming Politicized Intelligence Agencies
Tulsi Gabbard, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Representative Tulsi Gabbard characterizes the "Russiagate" investigation as a politically manufactured narrative used to undermine President Trump, citing suppressed intelligence that initially found no Russian interference in the 2016 election. Her administration has initiated structural reforms within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to purge politicized elements and referred documented misconduct to the Department of Justice for legal accountability. Additionally, Gabbard supports targeted strikes against Iran's nuclear infrastructure and the designation of cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations to counter drug-fueled violence, while framing her political realignment as a return to constitutional fidelity and working-class advocacy.
Keith Rabois on Opendoor ($OPEN) Activist Turnaround
Keith Rabois, Kaz Nejatian, Eric Jackson, Molly O'Shea
Amidst a stagnant real estate market plagued by high failure rates and rigid cost structures, Opendoor has installed a new leadership team led by former Shopify executive Kaz to execute a radical turnaround strategy. Activist investors and co-founder Eric Rue are driving a massive restructuring that aims to slash the workforce from 1,400 to roughly 200 employees while deploying artificial intelligence and novel financing tools to automate valuations and lower transaction barriers. This aggressive pivot seeks to transform the company into an instant home-buying platform capable of competing with automotive trade-in models, positioning the firm to capitalize on a market where only 3% of the sector has seen innovation in decades.
- All-In Podcast26 min
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on tokenizing stocks, expanding access to private shares, fintech's future
Robinhood is capitalizing on a 400% market cap surge and record subscriber growth by pioneering the tokenization of private assets like OpenAI and SpaceX shares for European retail investors while expanding its prediction markets. CEO Vlad Tenev is leveraging a collaborative U.S. regulatory environment and the impending $130 trillion wealth transfer to advocate for relaxed accreditation standards that would allow broader access to sophisticated financial instruments. Simultaneously, Tenev leads Harmonic, an AI subsidiary achieving gold medal-level performance on the International Mathematical Olympiad, to solve critical software engineering issues regarding precision and verification.