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Clear all filters- All-In Podcast45 min
Tony Robbins | All-In Live from Miami
Tony Robbins, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David Sacks
Tony Robbins leverages a synthesis of clinical research, physiological optimization, and strategic leadership frameworks to help individuals and organizations rewire unhelpful patterns and achieve sustainable high performance. His methods, which include the Stanford-validated "Date with Destiny" program and the RPM strategy, have demonstrated significant reductions in depression symptoms and a return to pre-pandemic corporate engagement levels. Beyond personal development, Robbins channels this expertise into large-scale philanthropic "moon shots," including a global commitment to feed 100 billion people and eliminate human trafficking, while personally managing his own longevity through advanced regenerative medicine.
- a16z15 min
Inside a Billion Dollar Company Using AI to Supercharge Marketing & Sales
Vanta illustrates a go-to-market evolution where tightly integrated sales and marketing teams leverage specialized AI tools to enrich data and drive real-time, personalized engagement across dynamic web experiences. By replacing monolithic platforms with orchestrated multi-tool ecosystems, the company utilizes conversational AI and proprietary data strategies to enhance speed while maintaining the human trust essential for long-term defensibility. This approach projects a future workforce where CMOs act as system orchestrators and deep specialists replace generalists, ensuring high-stakes workflows retain necessary human oversight amidst rising automation.
Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever?
Rory O'Driscoll, Jason Lemkin, Harry Stebbings, Garrett
Meta paid $14.8 billion to acquire 49% non-voting control of Scale AI while returning nearly the full amount to existing investors via a special dividend, effectively allowing CEO Alex Wang to move to Meta and shifting the competitive landscape for rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. The transaction, viewed primarily as a strategic talent acquisition and market signal, leaves Scale AI with diminished assets while triggering immediate demand surges as competitors seek alternative data providers. Concurrently, the deal highlights broader trends in the AI sector, including OpenAI's new Pentagon contract and rising forecasts for Chinese model dominance, all occurring amidst a resurgent IPO market featuring successful listings like Chime and imminent filings from Databricks.
- The Diary Of A CEO2h 28m
DEBATE: Feminist Women Vs Non-Feminist Women
Deborah Frances-White, Louise Perry, Erica Komisar
Panelists including Erica Komisar, Louise O'Connell, and Deborah critique modern feminism for promoting hedonism and institutional daycare, arguing these trends have triggered a mental health crisis, collapsing birth rates, and the alienation of young men into the "Manosphere." The discussion contrasts "maternal feminism," which elevates motherhood, against second-wave ideologies that devalued traditional caregiving, highlighting biological needs for consistent attachment in early childhood and the harmful effects of the sexual revolution's illusion of consequence-free intimacy. To address these divergences, the speakers propose policy shifts such as single-income family subsidies and educational reforms that respect neurodevelopmental differences, warning that continued demographic decline could empower conservative rivals while urging progressives to avoid fueling anti-feminist narratives.
- Milken Institute49 min
Author Talk: Kevin Kwan, "Lies and Weddings" | Global Conference 2025
Kevin Kwan, Curtis S. Chin, Chris Tucker, Tiana, John Panatti
Author Kevin Kwan returns to the Milken Institute Global Conference to discuss his latest novel, *Lies in Weddings*, which uses a family drama format to critique intergenerational wealth inequality and racial stereotypes. Kwan outlines the stalled progress of the *Crazy Rich Asians* film sequels while detailing the active development of an HBO Max series, a Broadway musical, and new film adaptations of his other works. He concludes by advocating for underrepresented creators to own production infrastructure to sustain diverse storytelling and shares insights on his upcoming film projects and new literary directions.
- Milken Institute21 min
Part 1: A Conversation with The Carlyle Group's David M. Rubenstein | Global Conference 2025
David M. Rubenstein, Melissa Stevens
Jefferson Exchange co-founder Jeffrey Rubenstein addresses the critical threats facing U.S. philanthropy, including politicized historical preservation, potential tax policy changes, and declining civic literacy. He advocates for redefining the sector by honoring the percentage of wealth given rather than absolute sums, promoting in-person historical engagement to counter a crisis where nearly all states fail citizenship tests. Furthermore, Rubenstein highlights the strategic value of soft power assets like pandas while emphasizing that the upcoming 250th anniversary should prioritize deep constitutional understanding over superficial celebration.
- Sequoia Capital49 min
The Breakthroughs Needed for AGI Have Already Been Made: OpenAI Former Research Head Bob McGrew
Bob McGrew, Stephanie Zhan, Sonya Huang
Bob McGrew defines 2025 as the "year of reasoning," a pivotal shift where immediate compute utilization and tool-augmented chain-of-thought capabilities drive rapid progress toward AGI while pre-training faces diminishing returns. This paradigm reframes post-training as a behavioral challenge and positions AI agents to democratize intelligence by pricing services at compute costs rather than professional market rates. Consequently, economic value accrues to application layers requiring proprietary enterprise context, while sectors ranging from robotics to software engineering transition to hybrid human-agent workflows that leverage these new efficiency gains.
- a16z24 min
AI is Revolutionizing Web Security - Bots, Agents, & Real-Time Defense
David Mytton, Joel de la Garza
As automated bot traffic approaches 50% of global internet activity, security experts are transitioning from coarse network-level blocking to granular, application-aware filtering that distinguishes between malicious actors and legitimate AI agents. This evolution leverages advanced fingerprinting, digital signatures, and local edge inference to identify specific bot behaviors, such as training crawlers versus real-time task executors, without inadvertently rejecting revenue-generating discovery traffic. Consequently, the industry anticipates reduced click spam and improved site discoverability as AI-driven agents increasingly adhere to standardized protocols over the coming 18 months.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Strengthening Communities: Corporate Philanthropy, Social Capital, & Resilience | Global Conference
Melissa Stevens, Nicole Anderson, Lynette Bell, Mary Culler, C.D. Glin, Jean Oelwang
Representatives from PepsiCo, Truist, AT&T, Ford, and Virgin Unite convened at the Milken Institute's "Toward a Flourishing Future" conference to outline strategies for strengthening community resilience against a surge in global disasters and deepening social fractures. These leaders detailed a shift toward enterprise-wide mobilization that leverages corporate assets, data analytics, and long-term pre-competitive partnerships to address food insecurity, disaster recovery, and the digital divide. The panel emphasized that sustainable impact requires multi-year funding horizons, internal employee alignment, and the repositioning of trust as essential infrastructure for systemic change.
Larry Aschebrook, Founder & MP @GSquared: How We Lost Money on Uber and Made Millions on Lyft
Larry Aschebrook, Harry Stebbings
G Squared founder Larry Ashbrook leveraged a concentrated, "productively paranoid" strategy to generate $800 million in returns from Coursera and establish a top-ten stake in Spotify before a 2021 pivot revealed significant capital erosion from overpaying for assets like Getir and 23andMe. Following these missteps, which included a personal $2–3 million loss on Theranos and an estimated $500 million total value decline, the firm restructured its 2020 vintage to prioritize DPI metrics, IRR hurdles, and disciplined guardrails over traditional valuation multiples. Now navigating a tough fundraising climate for its $1.2 billion 2022 vintage, the firm has shifted focus toward AI infrastructure and high-frequency micro-transactions to rebuild capital efficiency while maintaining a portfolio concentrated in only ten high-conviction companies.
- Goldman Sachs9 min
Staying long US assets
Economic analysts project a benign inflation trajectory toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target and a low probability of recession, supported by a resilient labor market and the current absence of significant tariff-driven price spikes. While market returns are expected to moderate from recent highs, the outlook remains anchored in a 65-70% allocation to US assets driven by hyperscaler competitiveness, complemented by a balanced approach to global currencies and fixed income within a stable 4.5% to 4.6% Treasury yield environment. Investors are advised to monitor upcoming budget reconciliation data for potential shifts in trade or deficit narratives, though current volatility is viewed as temporary as risk premiums gravitate toward a sensible baseline.
- Milken Institute27 min
Rebuilding Communities After Disaster with José Andrés & Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Global Conference
José Andrés, Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Following the Los Angeles fires, World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés bypassed bureaucratic hurdles to deploy local restaurants and volunteers, providing immediate nourishment and childcare while revitalizing the affected community's economy. Beyond immediate relief, the organization critiques federal policy gaps by advocating for universal school meals and a dedicated national food security advisor to address long-term hunger and rural instability. This response positions California's integrated disaster model as a blueprint for national resilience, emphasizing that food policy must be central to building a society capable of self-sufficiency.
- Milken Institute18 min
Better in Bed: Sleep Smarter Tonight with The Sleep Doctor | Global Conference 2025
Dr. Michael Breus, Rachel Goldstein, Dr. Michael Bruce
Dr. Michael Bruce clarifies the distinction between clinical sleep doctors and researchers while outlining diagnostic innovations like home sleep tests and non-CPAP therapies for sleep apnea and insomnia. He details behavioral protocols for nighttime waking, including the 4-7-8 breathing technique to lower heart rates for unconsciousness and the benefits of Non-Sleep Deep Rest as a sleep alternative. The discussion concludes by linking genetic chronotypes to daily scheduling and highlighting the specific hormonal balance required for successful intimacy, noting that current common habits often conflict with biological optimization.
- Goldman Sachs25 min
How to win: Steve Cohen on markets and the Mets
Steve Cohen, Tony Pasquariello
Steve Cohen, founder of Point72, discusses the firm's strategic pivot toward a conservative multi-strategy model and the integration of AI to generate alpha amidst declining market efficiency. While ceasing personal trading to focus on mentoring portfolio managers and managing the New York Mets, Cohen outlines his vision for expanding the firm's private credit pillar and developing a major resort complex in Queens. He further details his leadership philosophy, emphasizing direct communication and the creation of internal talent pipelines over external acquisitions to sustain long-term performance.
- a16z1h 30m
Adam Neumann: This is How You Build Iconic Companies
Adam Neumann, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg
Following WeWork's 2019 collapse, former founder Adam Neumann formed a strategic partnership with investors Ben Horowitz and Mark Pincus to launch Flow, a vertically integrated real estate platform designed to resolve modern housing isolation and workforce fragmentation. The venture employs an asset-heavy model centered on proprietary technology and a "citizen-centric" approach, evidenced by a successful $300 million Saudi Arabia pilot that achieved over 90% occupancy within 60 days. By aligning risk and rewards immediately between Neumann and his backers, Flow aims to scale its ecosystem of managed physical communities globally to serve as a holistic alternative to traditional remote work and fragmented housing markets.