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Clear all filtersElevenLabs CEO/Co-Founder, Mati Staniszewski:The Untold Story of Europe’s Fastest Growing AI Startup
Mati Staniszewski, Harry Stebbings
Eleven Labs has accelerated to $200 million in annual revenue and a 30x revenue multiple valuation by pivoting from a dubbing concept to a proprietary text-to-speech and voice cloning platform that now powers enterprise agentic solutions. The company distinguishes itself through a flat organizational structure, a custom infrastructure strategy that ensures faster execution, and a refusal to sell despite multiple acquisition offers. With a team of 250 distributed globally, the firm continues to close funding rounds quickly while advocating for regulatory alignment to sustain its leadership in voice AI.
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The Little Tech Agenda for AI
The Little Tech Agenda advocates for a distinct regulatory framework protecting startups under fifty employees from compliance burdens that inadvertently favor trillion-dollar incumbents like Microsoft and Google. Led by Colin Matt and Kevin McKinley, the firm opposes ex-ante development restrictions and licensing regimes, arguing instead for enforcing existing laws against AI misuse while establishing a centralized federal resource to support smaller builders. With the launch of the Leading the Future PAC, the initiative seeks to shift policy from reactive safetyism to a "win while keeping people safe" approach that prevents a fractured state patchwork and preserves U.S. innovation leadership.
Ashlee Vance: Stories from Elon, Palmer Luckey, Bryan Johnson & Priscilla Chan
Ashlee Vance, Elon, Palmer Luckey, Bryan Johnson, Priscilla Chan, Molly O'Shea
Host Molly O'Shea and guest Brian Johnson dissect the extreme work ethic and polarizing influence of Elon Musk while contrasting his relentless pace with Johnson's strategic shift from full-time influence to frontier science research. The conversation further explores the host's high-risk personal experiences, ranging from radiation exposure in Soviet nuclear sites to testing unconventional self-driving vehicles, alongside a skeptical analysis of the current realities of quantum computing and fusion energy. Finally, the dialogue outlines future podcast expansions into deep-dive biotech investigations and reflects on the dynamics of corporate travel culture through the lens of the host's record-breaking expense reports at Bloomberg.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 31m
The Sugar Doctor: The Simple Diet That Prevents 80% of Disease!
Dr. Andrew Koutenik, a research scientist with personal experience reversing Type 1 diabetes and obesity, advocates for the ketogenic diet to address the United States' epidemic of metabolic derangement and unregulated glucose levels. Clinical data presented highlights that carbohydrate restriction can normalize blood sugar for over 70% of patients, improve insulin sensitivity, and stabilize brain function through ketone production. Koutenik concludes by urging a shift from population averages to individualized metabolic testing and whole-food nutrition to prevent chronic disease progression.
The CEOs Behind America’s Next Frontier in Air & Sea Travel
Adam Goldstein, Billy Thalheimer, Mitch Lee, Molly O'Shea
Archer Aviation secures a $100 million investment to manufacture the Midnight eVTOL for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, while Regent Defense expands into maritime logistics with Sea Gliders that deliver rapid, low-detection resupply for the U.S. Marine Corps. ARC Boats accelerates the transition to electric watercraft through proprietary battery integration and software-driven automation, achieving zero-to-customer delivery in 24 months with a similar $100 million funding round. These three ventures collectively address critical gaps in urban air mobility, contested maritime supply chains, and sustainable recreational marine transport.
- Milken Institute58 min
Modern Solutions for Parenting and Work-Life Balance | Global Conference 2025
Alex Witt, Jeanette Betancourt, Becky Kennedy, Alexis Ohanian, Eve Rodsky, Maaren Shah
A panel of five experts, including Reddit co-founder Alexis Rohanian and author Eve Rodsky, convened to address the systemic burnout and declining birth rates plaguing modern dual-income households. The discussion emphasized that parenting requires formal education and structural support, urging a shift from vague "helping" to clear ownership of domestic mental loads and advocating for universal paid leave policies. Consensus emerged that achieving true equity involves men transitioning from assistants to owners of household labor, while society must view child-rearing as a collective responsibility rather than an individual burden.
- All-In Podcast1h 7m
Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
Chamath, Friedberg, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks
President Trump convened a dinner with thirty global tech leaders, including Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and Bill Gates, to discuss regulatory alignment and the pro-innovation agenda under his administration. Simultaneously, legal and economic developments shaped the business landscape, as a federal appeals court challenged the administration's tariff authority while a Google antitrust ruling acknowledged the company's monopoly status but rejected structural breakup due to emerging AI competition. The gathering concluded with private Oval Office tours and a chaotic press briefing, reinforcing the administration's focus on infrastructure, tax reform, and shifting market dynamics driven by artificial intelligence.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
"What Faith Means to Me" | Global Conference 2025
Richard Sandler, Sharon Brous, Francis Collins, Michael Dimock, T.D. Jakes
A panel of religious and scientific leaders discussed how the U.S. is experiencing a plateau in religious affiliation alongside a pervasive spiritual identity, noting that pandemic-induced isolation exacerbated health crises and social division. Experts including Dr. Francis Collins, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Rabbi Sharon Brous debated strategies to bridge the gap between faith and science while advocating for a shift from digital algorithms to authentic, in-person community building. The group concluded that overcoming societal polarization requires active listening, a rejection of misinformation, and a deliberate return to local connections to restore social cohesion.
- RAISE Summit19 min
Benoît Dageville @ RAISE 2025: Zero to IPO and Beyond. From Startup to Snowfall Building Snowflake
Benoît Dageville, Roxanne Varza
After founding Snowflake in 2012 to decouple data storage and compute, co-founders Benoit Dageville and Thierry Kremer steered the company to the most expensive software IPO in history while rejecting acquisition offers to maintain their independent vision. Today, the enterprise serves thousands of clients including OpenAI and Disney by abstracting infrastructure complexity, a strategy that enables users to reduce processing times from weeks to minutes. The platform now leverages AI to ingest unstructured data and democratize analytics, allowing non-technical employees to access enterprise-grade insights without deep SQL expertise.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Private Markets Reimagined | Global Conference 2025
Yup S. Kim, Bennett Goodman, Jacob Kotzubei, Meranda Ling Miao, Donna Milrod, Yann Robard
Industry leaders project private equity assets will expand to represent 25–35% of global equity within five decades, driven by a 19.9x return record over the past 25 years that significantly outpaces public market benchmarks. Panelists from Blackstone, Platinum Equity, and State Street emphasize that sustained alpha relies on long-term governance structures and AI integration, while acknowledging that tokenization and secondary markets are evolving to resolve liquidity constraints. Despite concerns over GP-LP alignment and the commoditization of deal-sourcing skills, experts maintain that sophisticated risk management and structural innovations will secure the asset class's role as a primary engine for long-term value creation.
- Goldman Sachs10 min
What the Weak Jobs Report Means For Markets
Rich Privorotsky, Chris Hussey, Rich Brovatsky
Following a disappointing U.S. jobs report that highlights labor market slowdowns and supply contractions, the Federal Reserve is expected to implement a 25 basis point rate cut in September rather than a larger adjustment. This data reinforces a strategic shift toward a barbell allocation combining emerging markets, specifically China, and high-quality assets while anticipating a weaker dollar. Despite underlying market fragility from technical oversupply and seasonal headwinds, the outlook remains cautiously optimistic as investors await further inflation data and geopolitical developments.
- Dwarkesh Patel1h 36m
Sarah Paine – How Hitler almost starved Britain
This analysis examines how geographic constraints and industrial capacity dictated World War II outcomes, noting that Allied victories in the Battle of the Atlantic were secured through codebreaking and shipbuilding overmatch rather than superior naval strategy alone. Historical lessons regarding the perils of overextension and the critical need for civil-military coordination are contrasted with modern geopolitical vulnerabilities facing Russia and China, whose lack of secure oceanic access mirrors the strategic weaknesses that doomed the Axis powers. Ultimately, the discussion concludes that while tactical innovations like radar and cryptography were vital, the decisive factor remained the Allies' overwhelming industrial output and the ability to coordinate a global alliance against authoritarian expansionism.
- All-In Podcast1h 8m
Senator Rand Paul: Tariffs, Debt, China, and a Warning for America
Rand Paul, David Friedberg, Senator Rand Paul
Senator Johnson critiques the recent debt ceiling legislation as fiscally unsustainable while arguing for structural Social Security reforms and Federal Reserve changes to reduce interest burdens. He champions a libertarian-conservative coalition to defend free trade against protectionism, warning that tariffs and state intervention threaten long-term economic prosperity. Additionally, Johnson plans to potentially run for president to advocate for technological progress, scientific transparency regarding biological security, and a transactional foreign policy that avoids inevitable conflict with China.
- Milken Institute42 min
AI and the Economy: Transformation and Disruption | Global Conference 2025
Richard Lui, Roger Ferguson, Mark Minevich, Jason Alan Snyder, Lareina Yee
Experts characterize the current AI landscape as an early-stage "supply shock" comparable to the industrial revolution, where technological advancements in agentic systems and compute far outpace the mere 1% of companies achieving maturity. This rapid acceleration has triggered a geopolitical race led by the US and China while exposing critical infrastructure bottlenecks in energy and skilled labor, necessitating a shift toward "Capitalism 3.0" to address widespread job displacement and ethical governance gaps. Ultimately, the event underscores that realizing the projected $200–300 billion in near-term revenue will require synchronized global collaboration on data standards, nuclear power solutions, and new societal frameworks to manage the transition from generative experimentation to autonomous action.
- All-In Podcast14 min
Why Are So Many Companies Going Bankrupt In 2025? - David Friedberg
David Friedberg, Chamath, Jason, Sax, Nick
S&P Global reports a record 446 large corporate bankruptcies through July 2025, a surge Chamath Palihapitiya attributes to the exhaustion of pandemic-era liquidity and rising interest rates that finally forced the liquidation of "zombie" businesses. While this correction disproportionately impacts retail and commercial real estate sectors facing refinancing walls, the event suggests a broader economic strength with Q2 GDP restated at 3.03% despite distressed market conditions. The discussion concludes with a warning that Federal Reserve policies may be delaying necessary adjustments, potentially prolonging the reallocation of capital away from struggling traditional assets toward more efficient sectors like data centers.