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Clear all filters- All-In Podcast1h 17m
How Matt Mahan Thinks He Can Save California
Matt Mahan, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan entered the California gubernatorial race to challenge the state's fiscal dysfunction by contrasting his record of managing local budgets with the revenue-focused strategies of opponents like Eric Swalwell and Tom Steyer. His platform centers on shifting from process-driven spending to outcomes-based governance, proposing zero-based budgeting to address a $35 billion deficit, reforming pension liabilities to curb long-term costs, and implementing supply-side solutions to resolve the housing affordability crisis. Mahan argues that California's high taxes and regulatory environment have failed to improve key metrics in safety and housing, positioning his administration as a pragmatic alternative that utilizes data dashboards and specific operational reforms to restore economic competitiveness.
- a16z54 min
Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z
Shyam Sankar, Katherine Boyle, Erik Torenberg
The speaker, now serving as a senior advisor to the U.S. Army alongside executives from OpenAI and Meta, argues that national security requires a return to FDR-style industrial mobilization to counter the post-Cold War consolidation that has left the defense sector vulnerable to internal cultural decay. By contrasting the historical success of "heretical" innovators like Hyman Rickover with today's financialized monopsony, the presentation advocates for direct government commissions of private-sector talent and a cultural shift toward optimistic storytelling to rebuild American competitive advantage against China. This reform strategy emphasizes co-locating R&D with production and leveraging AI for hardware and infrastructure rather than standardized software to prevent economic "suicide" and restore strategic deterrence.
How Reddit Went From $12M to $2.2B + Cracked Social Media Monetization
Steve Huffman, Molly O'Shea, Rich Barton
In March 2024, Reddit successfully completed its IPO at $34 per share, leveraging a record-breaking Directed Share Program to achieve immediate GAAP profitability despite an initial valuation lower than previous private rounds. CEO Steve Huffman and executive leadership have driven a 69% year-over-year revenue increase to $2.2 billion by capitalizing on the platform's unique "human-first" ad model and its role as a primary data source for AI training. The company's strategy prioritizes community authenticity over algorithmic engagement, a philosophy credited with sustaining 60% growth for five consecutive quarters while navigating challenges from the API controversy and the integration of generative AI tools.
- a16z47 min
The New Media Playbook with Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz
Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg
The firm fundamentally redefines media strategy by replacing the defensive posture of traditional journalism with an offense-oriented approach that prioritizes speed, founder-led personal branding, and content saturation to control narratives within a 24-hour cycle. By treating viral posts as the primary medium and leveraging an OODA loop of rapid observation and action, the organization enables portfolio companies to generate immediate engagement through direct CEO communication rather than abstract corporate messaging. This ecosystem now functions as a comprehensive launch service and talent development pipeline, positioning the firm as the definitive standard for "New Media" roles while advising leaders to embrace controversy as a necessary signal of power in a landscape where old media acts only as a lagging indicator.
- All-In Podcast45 min
John Fetterman: 'I'm the Only Democrat in Congress Saying This'
John Fetterman, David Friedberg
Senator John Fetterman positions himself as a fiscally conservative Democrat who rejects the party's progressive label and current leadership while maintaining full support for recent military strikes against Iran and strict voter ID measures. He argues for prioritizing national security over partisan loyalty, citing concerns over non-citizen voting and the need to counter China's technological rise, though he simultaneously criticizes his party's base for adopting policies that alienate working-class voters. Despite acknowledging internal party dysfunction, Fetterman remains open to a future presidential run as he seeks to bridge ideological divides on issues ranging from immigration enforcement to AI development.
- a16z47 min
Why Scale Will Not Solve AGI | Vishal Misra - The a16z Show
Researchers have mathematically validated that Large Language Models function as "Bayesian wind tunnels," where in-context learning precisely updates token probability distributions in real-time rather than relying solely on statistical correlation. Despite demonstrating this capability through the open-sourced "TokenProbe" tool and reproducing results across transformer architectures, current models remain fundamentally limited by their frozen weights and inability to perform causal reasoning or discard established axioms. Bridging the gap toward Artificial General Intelligence therefore requires a new architectural approach to implement true continual learning and move from association to simulation, as identified in recent work comparing LLM behavior to Judea Pearl's causal hierarchy.
Deel 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Y Combinator53 min
The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces
Science co-founder Max Hodak outlines a biotechnology roadmap centered on the Prima retinal implant, which has already restored form vision to over 40 patients with macular degeneration, and predicts an imminent "takeoff era" that could enable the first 1,000-year lifespans. Beyond vision restoration, his company is developing bio-hybrid neural interfaces that integrate stem-cell-derived neurons into the brain and portable "Vessel" perfusion systems to revolutionize organ preservation and treat severe disabilities like glaucoma. These initiatives aim to shift healthcare from slow drug discovery to precise neural engineering, potentially achieving high-bandwidth human-AI integration within the next two decades.
- All-In Podcast48 min
Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom
Reza Pahlavi, Jason, Prince Reza Pahlavi, Shervin Pishevar
Prince Reza Pahlavi outlines the "Iran Prosperity Project," a 24-month transition framework that rejects personal political ambition in favor of a secular democracy managed by a neutral arbiter to draft a new constitution and hold democratic elections. This strategy leverages reports of the Supreme Leader's elimination and mass military defections to dismantle the regime through unconditional surrender, while promising economic rehabilitation that could generate $1 trillion in US revenue within a decade. The initiative aims to transform Iran into a global innovation hub by restoring historical ties with the West, ensuring territorial integrity, and establishing a clear separation between religion and state.