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Clear all filtersVibe Coding, AI Valuations & the Supercycle | Navin Chaddha, Mayfield
The 2025 venture capital landscape is dominated by artificial intelligence, which absorbed 67% of global funding and created a 30.9% valuation premium for AI-native companies while leaving non-AI startups struggling to raise capital. Investors now prioritize founders with high emotional intelligence and proven execution over concepts, demanding consumption-based pricing models and "painkiller" solutions that deliver recurring revenue rather than relying on unsustainable hype. This shift is accelerating a projected $3 to $6 trillion automation opportunity in the knowledge worker sector, with market value migration moving from current infrastructure dominance toward applied AI and agentic technologies over the next decade.
- Goldman Sachs9 min
Hidden Volatility
Despite a S&P 500 rally driven by retail call-option activity that has inverted standard volatility skew, market strategists are utilizing inverted skew arbitrage and protective put strategies to navigate heightened single-stock risks amid potential government shutdown impacts. Although the October "boogeyman" is historically muted outside of major crises, the concentration of mega-cap tech names and upcoming AI catalysts are expected to be the primary drivers of volatility. With immediate shutdown concerns already factored into a modest market gain, attention is shifting toward Federal Reserve minutes and the delayed Non-Farm Payrolls report to guide the near-term economic outlook.
- Milken Institute30 min
A Conversation with Saweetie: Harnessing Philanthropy to Build Financial Futures | Asia Summit 2025
Saweetie, Diamonté "Saweetie" Harper, Richard Lui
Multi-platinum rapper and entrepreneur Sweetie discusses her trajectory from baking cookies as a child to securing high-profile partnerships with brands like McDonald's and Calvin Klein while maintaining an authentic leadership style. She details the founding of the I See Baby Foundation, which aims to instill financial literacy in underrepresented youth by leveraging her personal financial lessons and her grandmother's advice. The conversation concludes with her strategic vision to build a decade-long infrastructure that teaches communities how to live educated, self-determined lives through a diverse, women-led team.
- a16z43 min
The Person Who Runs HR For 2 Million Federal Workers
Katherine Boyle, Scott Kupor, Greg Barbaccia
The administration is executing a sweeping overhaul of the federal workforce to secure national leadership in the AI race, projecting a reduction of 300,000 civilian employees while dismantling 43 years of hiring barriers to mandate technical skill testing. This strategy shifts performance evaluations toward a forced distribution model and replaces risk-averse culture with outcome-based efficiency, targeting a critical talent gap by recruiting early-career professionals and private sector executives for short-term secondments. Key initiatives include centralizing citizen data through a "One Government" portal, deploying generative AI tools like ChatGPT on government desktops, and restructuring contractor oversight to prevent cost sprawls driven by non-technical management.
- All-In Podcast54 min
Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech
U.S. Representative Rohit "Roe" Khanna detailed his vision for immigration reform, border security, and economic patriotism during a fifth podcast appearance, advocating for skilled talent pathways while rejecting blanket visa fees and the zeroing out of asylum claims. The Representative criticized the Democratic Party for alienating the tech industry and emphasized the need for a forward-looking agenda focused on domestic revitalization, AI innovation, and bipartisan crime solutions rather than constant opposition to the Trump administration. Khanna also addressed immediate legislative crises, including the government shutdown caused by constitutional disputes over funding freezes, while reaffirming his commitment to banning congressional stock trading and warning against political violence fueled by an attention-driven media ecosystem.
- All-In Podcast14 min
Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets
At the All In Summit, Multicoin Capital founder Kyle Simani argued that the convergence of scalable blockchain infrastructure and pro-crypto executive orders under the Trump administration is creating a historic inflection point for global capital markets in 2025. New legislative frameworks like the Genius Act and SEC Chair Paul Atkins' directive to update antiquated rules are expected to unify trading, settlement, and media into borderless "super apps" that eliminate legacy intermediaries. Simani predicts this regulatory and technological shift will not merely adapt the existing financial system but will consume its functions, replacing traditional TV analysts with social finance platforms and embedding trading directly into everyday digital behaviors.
- Milken Institute29 min
Singapore Defence Minister & Coordinating Minister for Public Services, Chan Chun Sing | Asia Summit
Chan Chun Sing, Laura Deal Lacey
Amidst global economic stagnation and rising political fragmentation mirroring the pre-World War II era, this event examines strategies to counteract protectionism through deliberate cooperation between governments and the private sector. Singapore's leaders outline four enduring competitive advantages—long-term policy consistency, progressive rule of law, strategic partnerships, and the SkillsFuture initiative—to demonstrate how investment in human capital can maintain social cohesion. The presentation concludes with a call for industry leaders to advocate for integrated global rules and prioritize workforce upskilling, ensuring that technological progress translates into shared prosperity rather than nativist backlash.
- Milken Institute47 min
The State of Global Capital Markets and the Future of Finance | Asia Summit 2025
Richard Lui, David Chua, Michael Goosay, Hisham Hamdan, Noriko Honda Chen
A panel of investment experts analyzed the diverging returns between emerging and developed markets, highlighting Asia's undervalued status despite its dominance in global GDP and growth. The discussion identified a strategic shift toward a "third wave" centered on India and Japan, driven by regulatory reforms, demographic trends, and the need for active management to overcome state-owned enterprise inefficiencies. Participants concluded that navigating liquidity risks, deglobalization, and the AI boom requires skilled investors to capitalize on structural transitions while balancing commercial returns with evolving social mandates.
- All-In Podcast23 min
Rick Caruso on California’s Collapse: Broken Leadership, LA Wildfire Failures & the Fix
Rick Caruso, Karen Bass, Chamath, Jason
In the wake of the Palisades fires, developer Rick Caruso contrasts his private sector emergency preparations against the city's failures, blaming incompetent governance under Mayor Karen Bass for the destruction of 90% of the homes. Caruso argues that ideological politics have paralyzed local authorities, leading him to propose a competency-based administration that enforces zero tolerance for street encampments while simultaneously securing federal aid and infrastructure upgrades for rebuilding. As he evaluates potential political bids, Caruso emphasizes that California must prioritize practical solutions over political maneuvering to reverse systemic decay and restore the state's status as a national leader.
- All-In Podcast25 min
Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI: Nvidia Lessons, Intel’s Decline and the US-China Chip War
Rene Haas, Jensen Huang, David, Jason
Following a landmark September IPO that vaulted its valuation to $150 billion, Arm is leveraging its foundational IP to transition from a smartphone architecture provider into a strategic partner for Nvidia and a supplier for the emerging "Physical AI" robotics market. Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas is aggressively reshaping the company's global culture and engineering focus to accelerate speed-to-market, while explicitly navigating complex geopolitical frictions and supply chain constraints to maintain a unified global ecosystem. With its architecture underpinning critical advances in both data center training chips and energy-efficient endpoint inference, Arm is positioning itself to dominate a diverging semiconductor landscape where specialized hardware will define future AI capabilities.
- The Economist9 min
Will President Trump’s Gaza peace plan work?
Trump, Gregg Carlstrom, Rosie Blau, Rosie Bloor
Donald Trump unveiled a comprehensive 20-point plan for Gaza that mandates Hamas to release all hostages and disarm in exchange for an international peacekeeping force and a Board of Peace co-led by the former president. While the proposal includes immediate humanitarian aid and a long-term governance framework, it faces significant friction due to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition to Palestinian Authority involvement and divergent views on establishing a Palestinian state. The initiative places direct pressure on both Hamas to accept terms before facing potential unilateral action by Israel and on the Israeli government to adhere to the stipulated governance structure despite internal disagreements.
- a16z52 min
Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture
Anjney Midha, Liam Fedus, Ekin Dogus Cubuk
Founded by co-creators of ChatGPT and DeepMind physicists, Periodic Labs operates a frontier AI research facility dedicated to advancing physical science by coupling Large Language Models with automated high-throughput experimentation. The organization deploys a unique "mid-training" methodology and physically grounded reward functions to overcome the epistemic limits of current models, specifically targeting the discovery of high-temperature superconductors exceeding 200 Kelvin. By integrating ML scientists, experimentalists, and simulators into a unified workflow, the company aims to replace theoretical predictions with real-world data loops, eventually expanding its "AI physicist" capabilities to serve aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries.
- RAISE Summit19 min
Alok Sama & Nikesh Arora: AI, Cybersecurity, and Bold Leadership
The event outlines a systemic shift toward the democratization of intelligence, where agentic AI transforms search, disrupts traditional ride-sharing economics through autonomous fleets, and expands cybersecurity threats into state-sponsored warfare. Parallel to these technological shifts, the discussion contrasts high-risk investment strategies at SoftBank with Palo Alto Networks' disciplined acquisition model of retaining founders to build unified security platforms. The presentation concludes by warning of an imminent quantum computing vulnerability that threatens current encryption standards before defenders can establish quantum-safe protocols.
- RAISE Summit20 min
Dr. Uri Yerushalmi, Co-Founder&CAIO, Fetcherr: How AI Driven Decision Maximizes Business Performance
Dr. Uri Yerushalmi, Uri Arushalmi
Uri Arushalmi, Chief AI Officer of Fetcher, presents Large Market Models as a quantitative evolution beyond current generative AI, utilizing deep learning on complex market data to simulate probabilistic dynamics rather than just processing text. These systems integrate internal and external data to run computational simulations that select policies maximizing revenue, successfully generating statistically significant revenue uplifts exceeding 10% in A/B testing. By enabling proactive anticipation of market shifts instead of reactive responses, this approach allows organizations to define competitive outcomes through structural market access rather than traditional operational metrics.
- RAISE Summit18 min
Mike Mattacola, CBO of CoreWeave: Building the Next Generation of Cloud in Europe
CoreWeave announced an all-stock acquisition of Core Scientific to secure over 1.3 gigawatts of U.S. power capacity, while its revenue surged from $15.8 million to nearly $2 billion driven by strategic partnerships with major AI firms like Mistral and NVIDIA. The company is aggressively expanding European infrastructure with €1 billion in investments across six data centers and a seventh pipeline, utilizing a global supply chain strategy to mitigate local capital and talent shortages. Looking ahead, CoreWeave aims to lead industry consolidation by focusing on rapid capacity deployment and talent acquisition rather than active mergers, positioning its Blackwell and future Rubin hardware to support the next generation of high-performance computing.