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Clear all filtersDeel Hits $1.4B+ in ARR | CEO Alex Bouaziz Shares Growth Playbook
Alex Bouaziz, Molly O'Shea, Shuo Wang, Micky Malka
Deel, co-founded by Alex and Shuo, has grown its annual recurring revenue from $800 million to over $1.4 billion, securing a $17 billion valuation through a funding round led by Rivet Capital. This fully remote organization now serves over 40,000 global clients by providing integrated HR infrastructure across 120 countries while maintaining profitability and raising minimal external capital prior to its Series A. With a strategic focus on IPO readiness, a $100 billion valuation target, and the productization of internal AI tools, the company continues to expand its ecosystem through specialized acquisitions and brand partnerships.
- All-In Podcast1h 16m
Two Legendary Founders: Travis Kalanick & Michael Dell Live from Austin, Texas
Travis Kalanick, Michael Dell, Friedberg, Brad Gerstner
At the All-In Summit, Travis Kalanick officially ended the seven-year stealth phase of his new physical AI venture, Adams, by unveiling a platform that treats atoms like bits to revolutionize food production and mining automation. Concurrently, Michael Dell detailed the explosive growth of his AI infrastructure business and championed the bipartisan Invest America Act, a capital account initiative designed to seed $1,000 for every U.S. child to foster broad-based ownership. Both leaders emphasized a strategic pivot toward Texas as a pro-growth hub for industrial scaling while advocating for aggressive AI integration and open-source collaboration to drive future economic abundance.
Gokul Rajaram on the 8 Moats Companies Need & Why Dropouts are "AI Maxing" the World
Gokul Rajaram, Harry Stebbings
Gokul Rajaram introduces an "Eight Modes" framework to evaluate software defensibility, arguing that companies must transcend single-product models to survive the AI-driven commoditization of basic coding and data portability. He forecasts a market correction driven by the obsolescence of traditional brand moats, urging investors to prioritize net revenue retention and physical or scale-based advantages over mere top-line growth. Rajaram concludes that future winners will emerge from founders with deep industry experience who target non-consumption markets and full-stack operational control rather than relying on incremental software improvements.
- Milken Institute51 min
Advancing Economic Mobility | Future of Finance 2026
Dan Carol, Anna-Lisa Miller, Shil Patel, Rob J. Shapiro, Marcus Shaw
The event outlines a multi-pronged economic strategy combining newborn investment accounts, federal retirement matching for gig workers, and expanded worker ownership to address extreme wealth concentration. Key participants including Ownership Works and Alt Finance demonstrate how equity participation and HBCU talent pipelines generate significant returns for non-c-suite employees and underrepresented communities. By integrating these private sector innovations with policy proposals for mid-career retraining, the initiative aims to mitigate AI-driven displacement risks and secure broad-based long-term economic mobility for millions of Americans.
Elena Verna: How Lovable Launches Product & Hacks Social to Go Viral
Elena Werner, Lovable's head of growth, outlines a strategic pivot from traditional performance marketing to a trust-based model that leverages a "Minimum Lovable Product" culture where every employee ships code to drive rapid innovation and emotional user connection. Operating with over $6.6 billion in valuation and $350 million in ARR, the company prioritizes organic adoption through daily releases and viral social strategies while rejecting rigid payback metrics in favor of a three-month capital efficiency window. This approach enables Lovable to navigate an automating digital landscape by focusing on outcome-based monetization and community-led branding rather than relying on declining paid acquisition channels.
- All-In Podcast1h 20m
Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
Brad Gerstner, Howard Schultz, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks
The discussion centers on a dual strategy of domestic wealth redistribution through direct child equity accounts and geopolitical risk management during a volatile conflict in the Middle East that spiked oil prices and inflation. Industry leaders debate the scalability of AI revenue, contrasting production-ready utility against experimental testing, while simultaneously analyzing how "doomerism" narratives and restrictive regulations threaten data center development and profitability. Finally, the program examines the economic consequences of state-level wealth taxes on migration patterns, warning of capital flight and budget shortfalls while advocating for deregulation as a superior alternative to asset seizure.
Inside a16z Growth: Waymo, Stripe, ElevenLabs, Revolut, Coinbase, Kalshi
a16z's growth fund focuses on market leaders demonstrating extreme velocity and defensibility, exemplified by strategic investments in Waymo's autonomous scaling, 11 Labs' voice AI dominance, and Kalshi's regulatory-first prediction market. While the firm accepts currently compressed gross margins in AI sectors, it prioritizes companies with proprietary data, high retention, and clear paths to $10 billion valuations over generic growth narratives. This approach targets a "productive oligopoly" where top-tier players capture vast market share, with a future outlook projecting multiple trillionaires emerging from AI and fintech sectors within a decade.
Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins? | The Data Center Arms Race | The Ultimate Stock Picks
Jason Lemkin, Rory O'Driscoll, Harry Stebbings
Anthropic has filed federal lawsuits against the U.S. government in California and Washington D.C. to contest its "supply chain risk" designation, challenging the procedural overreach that threatens roughly $200 million in Department of Defense contracts. While analysts predict an immediate legal victory on procedural grounds, the dispute has introduced B2B sales friction and empowered competitors like OpenAI and Google to capitalize on perceived regulatory safety. Ultimately, the company is expected to navigate administrative requirements without halting its $1.5 billion annualized run rate or $1 trillion valuation trajectory.
- Sequoia Capital1h 3m
The Most Founder Mode CEO Working Today Isn’t the Founder: Opendoor’s Kaz Nejatian
Kaz Nejatian executes a "refounding" of Opendoor by securing a private financing deal with his entire net worth, replacing the incumbent board to prioritize outcomes over processes, and adopting aggressive AI integration strategies that default all operations to automated tools. Distinguishing himself from traditional executives, he rejects short-term market distractions and quarterly metrics in favor of a binary time horizon, while restructuring compensation to align exclusively with long-term shareholder value through performance stock units. This approach marks a deliberate shift from "management mode" to "founder mode," leveraging his immigrant entrepreneur thesis to rebuild the company's core business on high-margin services rather than its original logistics model.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 29m
The Iran War Expert: I Simulated The Iran War for 20 Years. Here’s What Happens Next
Robert Pape, Professor Robert Pape, Stephen
Four decades of military strategy research by Professor Robert Pape warns that the ongoing conflict with Iran has already progressed to a strategic failure, where the dispersal of nuclear materials has removed guardrails against proliferation and increased the risk of a ground deployment triggering direct retaliation. The analysis highlights that U.S. depletion of precision munitions and the acceleration of Chinese hegemony are compounded by a volatile domestic political landscape that Pape predicts will see a surge in internal violence. To avert catastrophic escalation and geopolitical loss, Pape advocates for the immediate reinstatement of the previously rejected diplomatic deal to freeze Iran's nuclear program rather than pursuing regime change through force.
- All-In Podcast1h 0m
They're Opening the Stock Market to Everyone. Here's What That Actually Means
Jason, Paul Atkins, Michael Selig, Chamath Palihapitiya
SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC regulators outlined a comprehensive agenda to reverse the decline of public capital markets by slashing compliance burdens, redefining accredited investor status, and reducing quarterly reporting requirements. The agencies are simultaneously drafting a harmonized framework for digital assets and AI trading agents to foster innovation while establishing strict guardrails against systemic risk and predatory speculation. These reforms aim to preserve U.S. global competitiveness by balancing reduced regulatory friction for companies with enhanced protections for retail investors against emerging market hazards.
- 80,000 Hours1h 13m
Will AI End Mutual Assured Destruction?
Nikita Lalwani, Sam Winter-Levy
This analysis evaluates how artificial intelligence could theoretically threaten nuclear stability by enhancing capabilities for first strikes, disrupting command networks, and improving missile defense discrimination. Despite these potential technological advantages, the presentation argues that physical constraints, the economics of decoys, and the inherent need for near-perfect certainty in targeting decisions prevent AI from reliably undermining the secure second-strike capabilities essential to deterrence. Consequently, the text recommends establishing cross-disciplinary dialogue and maintaining robust crisis communication channels to mitigate risks associated with rapid AI advancements outpacing defensive adaptations.
- All-In Podcast1h 3m
“This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War
Graham Allison, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, Scott Besant
Graham Allison analyzes the current geopolitical landscape by characterizing the escalating Iran conflict as a high-risk campaign driven by Prime Minister Netanyahu's ambitions rather than imminent U.S. threats, while warning that premature regime change could trigger a chaotic power vacuum. Parallel to these Middle East dynamics, Allison assesses a low probability of immediate Chinese aggression on Taiwan due to strategic ambiguity and internal PRC vulnerabilities, even as he identifies extreme domestic wealth inequality in the United States as a primary driver of rising populist instability. The discussion further highlights the critical fragility of the non-proliferation regime and suggests that long-term security for the U.S. and its allies depends on maintaining this status quo rather than pursuing aggressive expansionist maneuvers in the Arctic or elsewhere.
- a16z51 min
Andrew Huberman: Peptides, Sleep Tech, and the End of Obesity
Professor Andrew Huberman outlined a major shift in consumer health toward proactive management driven by the pandemic, highlighting the transformative impact of GLP-1 drugs and non-GLP peptides on obesity treatment and tissue repair. The discussion detailed critical nutritional and circadian interventions, such as strategic carbohydrate timing and core-body cooling, alongside emerging AI diagnostics and "write-to-biology" technologies aimed at extending human lifespan toward one hundred years. Huberman further emphasized the need for scientific literacy amidst political polarization while predicting rapid adoption of sleep optimization devices and real-time biomarker monitoring within the next five years.
"Cursor is Dead" is Total BS: Here is Why | Miles Clements
Miles Clements, Harry Stebbings
Excel Ventures articulates a disciplined investment philosophy centered on high-conviction "singles and doubles" rather than chasing late-stage momentum, focusing on multi-stage strategies that distinguish between durable AI platforms and transient tools. The firm highlights its successful early bet on Cursor, which scaled to $2 billion ARR from a $9.5 million valuation, while candidly discussing missed opportunities like 11 Labs and Service Titan to illustrate the importance of founder access and flexible valuation thresholds. Looking forward, Excel maintains optimism for the generative AI flywheel and emphasizes the necessity of participating in "mega outcomes" to generate fund returns, all while prioritizing founder-led governance over traditional financial pressures.