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Clear all filters- All-In Podcast1h 18m
E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
Biden, Trump, Chamath, Friedberg, Jason, Sacks, David
The hosts analyze the 2020 election as a victory for centrism where Joe Biden's projected win exposes the electoral vulnerability of identity politics and the futility of Donald Trump's legal challenges. Projections suggest a divided government may stabilize markets, though the January Georgia runoffs remain a critical variable that could trigger significant volatility or policy shifts. Beyond the immediate political outcome, the discussion highlights a post-pandemic societal bifurcation, predicting an economic rotation toward cyclicals while warning that fiscal mismanagement and extreme partisanship could lead to long-term urban decay in cities like San Francisco.
- Y Combinator2 min
Ramen VR (S19) - YC Tech Talks: Gaming 2020 (November 9th, 2020)
Co-founders Andy and Lauren are scaling Raman VR to develop Zenith, a massively multiplayer VR world that fuses action-adventure mechanics with an infinitely scalable backend. The company recently secured a major funding and marketing partnership with Oculus following a historic $280,000 Kickstarter, capitalizing on a year where the VR market grew from $300 million to over $1 billion. To support the transition from individual gameplay to a user-generated metaverse platform, Raman VR is actively recruiting environment artists, tech artists, and graphics engineers.
- Y Combinator1 min
Dreamcraft (S18) - YC Tech Talks: Gaming 2020 (November 9th, 2020)
Founded by Tianyin and backed by Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch, the stealth-mode platform DreamCraft allows non-programmers to build and monetize complex games without writing code. Since its 2018 launch, the service has facilitated the creation of games reaching over two million players by simplifying the development workflow to resemble map-making. Despite maintaining a low public profile, the company's founder is actively seeking in-person connections to discuss potential collaborations with interested parties.
- Y Combinator2 min
Volley (W18) - YC Tech Talks: Gaming 2020 (November 9th, 2020)
Volley, a San Francisco-based voice-control-first gaming studio co-founded by Max, has secured the number one spot on Alexa and Google Home for its "Song Quiz" trivia game and recently raised a Series A round to support a team of 25. The company is currently developing a proprietary "Unreal Engine for voice" and an unreleased RPG-style title while actively recruiting engineering, data science, and design talent to pioneer touch-free gaming interfaces. By expanding its portfolio to include interactive storytelling and multi-device accessibility, Volley positions itself as a market leader driving the evolution of voice-centric entertainment.
- Y Combinator1 min
Athlane (S19) - YC Tech Talks, Gaming 2020 (November 9, 2020)
Founded by Ryan Jay, Athlane positions itself as a professional infrastructure platform connecting game streamers with major brands like Reebok and Herman Miller to facilitate full-time creator careers. Backed by endorsements from high-profile investors such as Ninja, the company reports strong market validation through hundreds of daily campaigns and positive reception from both content creators and enterprise clients. As Athlane actively expands its team by hiring engineers and operations specialists, it invites industry professionals to connect regarding its growing opportunities within the creator economy.
- Goldman Sachs1h 23m
Watch Live: 2020 Goldman Sachs Gives Analyst Impact Fund Finals
Eric Lane, Julian Salisbury, David Solomon, Stephen Scher, John Rogers, Asahi Pompei, Anne Black, Mabel, Abe, Olu, Anna Skoglund, Chris Johnson, Kim Posnett, Priyanka Pasi, Gauri, Mina Flynn, Jennifer Yume, Matthew, Av, Anshul Sugabi, Ruchand, Prashant, Khalil Razi, Carlos, Earl Hunt, Sarah Condon, Laura, Kia Williams, Arthur, Carrie Halio, Bridget Martinez, Alistair
The 2020 Analyst Impact Fund Finals engaged 733 Goldman Sachs analysts to evaluate non-profit proposals addressing critical global challenges like healthcare, climate change, and equity through a hybrid virtual and in-person format. Six finalist teams pitched their organizations, with Serum winning the $250,000 first-prize grant and an additional $25,000 "fan favorite" award, while Black Girl Ventures and CHaN secured second and third place respectively. This fifth annual competition has facilitated over $2.1 million in total grants to 69 nonprofits since its inception, serving as a key mechanism for junior talent to drive philanthropic impact and cross-office collaboration.
- Jane Street1h 3m
An Inside Look at Jane Street’s Tech Internship with Jeanne Van Briesen, Matt Else, and Grace Zhang
Jeanne Van Briesen, Matt Else, Grace Zhang, Ron Minsky
Jane Street's internship program recruits diverse candidates without requiring prior OCaml knowledge, grounding them in a boot camp before assigning them to dual-team rotations on production-critical infrastructure. Recent projects by interns such as Grace Yang and Matt Els have directly implemented risk management features and redesigned API systems, while a rigorous code review culture ensures these contributions are safely integrated into live environments. The transition from intern to full-time engineer involves navigating a steep technical learning curve and balancing feedback dynamics within a community that actively pursues demographic diversity across non-traditional feeder schools.
- The Economist14 min
Election 2020: What has President Trump done to America?
The Trump administration's term was defined by aggressive domestic policy shifts, including major tax cuts, the withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, and the appointment of 217 federal judges that solidified conservative judicial control. Internationally, the "America First" strategy dismantled NAFTA, initiated a trade war with China, and drastically reduced refugee admissions while relying on executive orders to enforce strict immigration borders. These actions collectively accelerated political polarization and rewrote institutional norms in ways that analysts project will constrain future Democratic ambitions and persist beyond the administration's tenure.
- Goldman Sachs10 min
Jean Hynes, Managing Partner of Wellington Management
Jean Hines assumes the role of CEO at Wellington Management in July 2021, leveraging her expertise as a leading healthcare portfolio manager to guide the firm's $1.2 trillion asset portfolio across 50 distinct investment boutiques. Hines outlines critical long-term investment drivers, including global population aging and biomedical innovation, while emphasizing an "open collaborative platform" that grants portfolio managers autonomy within a unified research framework. Her leadership transition reflects a strategic shift toward integrating forward-looking regulatory and macroeconomic analysis, a methodology refined through her own career experiences and a commitment to cultivating deep, continuous learning for future investors.
- Jane Street1h 4m
Building a Functional Email Server with Dominick LoBraico
Faced with the security risks and operational rigidity of a legacy mail server, Jane Street engineers replaced the system with MailCore, a homegrown server implemented in OCaml where configuration is expressed as composable code. To ensure safety during the one-year migration, the team deployed a parallel shadow instance that continuously diffed outputs against the legacy system, effectively reverse-engineering implicit knowledge while eliminating memory-safety bugs common in C-based alternatives. This architectural shift transformed email management into a software culture practice, allowing generalist engineers to safely modify routing and filtering logic using standard OCaml tools rather than relying on specialized knowledge of opaque custom domains.
- Dwarkesh Patel1h 52m
Charles Murray - Human Accomplishment and the Future of Liberty | The Lunar Society #10
Charles Murray outlines his five-year research project *Human Accomplishment*, which utilizes historiometric data to demonstrate that elite human achievement is driven by a left-skewed distribution of work, fanatical work ethic, and historical cultural incentives rather than mere talent or eccentricity. The work argues that Western dominance in knowledge creation stemmed from specific theological and technical shifts, while contemporary societal decline is attributed to regulatory sclerosis, cultural decadence, and the erosion of free speech in social sciences. Murray concludes with a dual strategy for future progress: advocating for civil disobedience to dismantle the regulatory state and urging young professionals to cultivate a "carving for the eye of God" mentality to achieve genuine, non-derivative success.
- The Economist11 min
Covid-19: how to fix the economy
The pandemic triggered an unprecedented synchronized global economic shock, forcing governments in the US, UK, and Europe to deploy trillions in stimulus and innovative income support to mitigate record unemployment and prevent social instability. This crisis has accelerated structural shifts toward remote work, digital adoption, and supply chain protectionism, challenging policymakers to balance immediate fiscal relief with long-term sustainability while avoiding the austerity errors of the past decade. Ultimately, the scale of government intervention offers a critical window to reform the relationship between the state and citizens, though success depends on managing rising debt burdens and emerging populist tensions.
- Milken Institute1h 7m
Technology and the Opening of Trade
Eugene Cornelius, Marianne Jason, Mary Yang, Kevin Smith-Ramos, Fred Hogberg
A panel of experts from the OECD, Canada, Mexico, and the US Ex-Im Bank emphasized that modernizing trade agreements like USMCA and reforming the WTO are critical to helping SMEs overcome financing barriers and digital divides. The discussion highlighted a divergence in national strategies, contrasting the US's fragmented agency approach with Canada's consolidated model while stressing the need for domestic policies to bolster workforce readiness alongside international market access. Ultimately, participants agreed that sustainable global growth requires addressing social inequities and leveraging digital tools to democratize trade participation for smaller enterprises and developing economies.
- Milken Institute1h 20m
Part 1: A Conversation with US Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia | Part 2: The Future of W
Eugene Scalia, Jane Oates, Milo Ortiz-Oakley, Vivian Ming, Steve Isak, Sarita Gupta
A U.S. administration official outlines a post-pandemic economic strategy centered on revitalizing growth through apprenticeship expansion, tax incentives, and the reclassification of broadband as critical infrastructure. Concurrently, experts from the aerospace, education, and philanthropy sectors highlight persistent challenges regarding workforce equity, racial bias in technology, and the urgent need to shift higher education toward inclusive, competency-based models. These coordinated efforts aim to address structural labor market shifts while ensuring that underrepresented groups benefit from renewed economic opportunities.
- Jane Street1h 8m
Language Design with Leo White
Jane Street compiler team member Leo White discusses OCaml's unique design philosophy, which balances pure mathematical type theory with practical modularity to optimize for compiler construction. He outlines current limitations in memory layout and dependent types that hinder systems programming, while highlighting upcoming features like modular implicits and algebraic effects aimed at resolving compositionality issues without sacrificing safety. The conversation further details Jane Street's collaborative upstream strategy, which uses internal forks to experiment with risky innovations while maintaining rigorous backward compatibility for the broader open-source community.