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Clear all filters- All-In Podcast53 min
Jake Paul & The Chainsmokers: Turning Fame into Funds, Jake Enters Politics? & Venture Bubble Signs
Jake Paul, Chamath, Drew Taggart, Alex Pall, Nick, Jason, Friedberg
Jake Paul and The Chainsmokers discussed their strategic transitions from media icons to serious investors, highlighting Paul's plan to disrupt the boxing and venture capital industries while The Chainsmokers leverage their marketing expertise to build a deep-tech portfolio. Both parties emphasized a shift away from celebrity fluff toward operational rigor, with Paul targeting a billion-dollar exit through his PFL merger and an "anti-fund" model, while The Chainsmokers admitted past investment errors like missing Robinhood to justify their current focus on revenue-generating companies. The discussion concluded by predicting a future where social media-native leaders dominate politics and business, driven by a collective need to navigate an increasingly saturated digital economy.
- All-In Podcast18 min
Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine
Blake Scholl, Jason, Chamath, Friedberg
Boom Supersonic founder Blake Scholl aims to democratize supersonic travel by producing the Overture aircraft, which currently holds 130 airline orders and targets a $3,500 transatlantic fare. The company is rapidly vertically integrating its supply chain to manufacture its own jet engines and leverage "boomless cruise" technology that mitigates sonic booms over land. Supporting this aviation vision, Boom is simultaneously developing gigawatt-scale data center power solutions using turbine technology to fund operations ahead of projected 2030 passenger flights.
- All-In Podcast39 min
Jared Isaacman: A New Era for NASA and American Space Exploration
Jared Isaacman, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has restructured the agency toward "extreme ownership" to accelerate a strategic "second space race" against China, prioritizing the rapid return of core competencies in-house. Under this new framework, the Artemis program targets a 2027 lunar landing followed by sustained operations using a near-monthly launch cadence, nuclear power initiatives like the SR-1 Freedom reactor, and a focused shift toward high-risk deep space missions such as Titan and Europa exploration. By leveraging commercial partners for routine services while retaining ownership of near-impossible technologies, the agency aims to establish a permanent human presence at the lunar south pole before China's 2030 deadline.
- All-In Podcast44 min
Meta's Dina Powell McCormick: The Case for Data Centers, Backlash, AI Job Boom & Meta’s Future
Dina Powell McCormick, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, Sheldon, Susan, Zach
Meta Platforms has appointed former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairwoman to spearhead a global AI expansion characterized by massive infrastructure investments and strategic workforce development. A flagship project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, demonstrates this approach by triggering a 260% surge in local tax revenue directed to teacher salaries while launching the America's Workforce Academy to train specialized labor for data center operations. Concurrently, the company navigates a historic $17 billion settlement regarding youth safety and advances its hardware roadmap with new AI-enabled Ray-Ban glasses, all framed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's strategy to rapidly democratize artificial intelligence.
- All-In Podcast18 min
Brad Gerstner: No AI Bubble, Semis Eat the Nasdaq & AI's Take Off Problem
Brad Gerstner, Chamath, Jason, DavidSacks, friedberg
Current market gains are driven by a narrow AI infrastructure supercycle where semiconductor earnings have surged despite contracting valuations, raising questions about whether revenue can justify trillions in capital expenditure. While top AI labs project massive revenue growth to sustain this build-out, the speaker warns that permitting delays, power grid constraints, and potential interest rate hikes create significant risks to the 2026 capacity forecasts. Consequently, the investment strategy has shifted from a broad supercycle bet to a conditional stance that adjusts exposure based on actual lab revenue execution and macroeconomic stability.
- All-In Podcast40 min
Why Secondary Markets Are Eating the IPO | All-In Liquidity Secondary Markets Panel
Brad Gerstner, Gavin Baker, Kelly Rodriques, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, Naval, Thomas Lafont, Keller
In Q1 2025, the private market established secondary trading as a primary exit mechanism for late-stage companies like Anduril and SpaceX, with employee transactions accounting for 31% of primary venture activity as shares shifted to a premium valuation. Institutional players such as Schwab and Vanguard are democratizing access through regulated interval funds, prompting a structural shift where venture capital firms actively manage capital recycling to return liquidity to limited partners. While panelists identify AI infrastructure and space logistics as key investment areas within a "parabolic" but fundamentally sound market, they also warn of emerging regulatory pressures and the risks of retail investors lacking the discipline to navigate cyclical drawdowns.
- All-In Podcast1h 21m
OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude, Elon vs Sam Trial, Big Hyperscaler Beats, Peptide Craze
Elon, Sam, Friedberg, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya
OpenAI faces mounting structural tensions as it misses 2025 revenue and user targets while CEO Sam Altman pushes for an IPO against CFO Sarah Fryer's caution amidst $600 billion in future compute commitments. The company currently maintains a compute advantage over rivals like Anthropic through excess data center capacity, even as the broader AI sector grapples with power grid bottlenecks and a record $725 billion in hyperscaler capital expenditures for 2026. Concurrently, Elon Musk pursues a $150 billion lawsuit alleging a breach of charitable trust following internal documents revealing plans to remove him before the entity's conversion to for-profit status.
- 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.
- All-In Podcast1h 6m
Dr. Mehmet Oz on Fixing American Healthcare + Fraud | Live from Davos
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Oz, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Dr. Mehmet Oz's summary outlines a Trump administration strategy to overhaul U.S. healthcare by bypassing legislative gridlock through administrative rulemaking and leveraging AI to boost clinical efficiency while enforcing strict fraud detection. Central to this approach is a radical reduction in drug costs via direct negotiations with manufacturers like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, alongside a $50 billion rural transformation fund deploying telemedicine and autonomous technology. The administration projects these measures will eliminate billions in waste, stabilize Medicare sustainability, and fundamentally reshape the system by prioritizing subject-matter expertise over traditional political staffing.
- All-In Podcast1h 30m
Supercharging a New FDA: Marty Makary on Science, Power & Patients
Marty Makary, Friedberg, Chamath, Jason, Dave
FDA Commissioner Marty McCary has implemented 42 major reforms within his first 10 months to accelerate drug approvals, reduce clinical trial timelines, and restore public trust by ending paternalistic mandates. The agency is reshaping its workforce, shifting research priorities toward environmental and microbiome factors, and challenging China's biotech dominance by streamlining U.S. regulatory infrastructure and adopting AI-driven decision tools. These aggressive changes include converting pivotal trial requirements, eliminating unnecessary animal studies, and reforming food and vaccine policies to lower costs and address chronic disease roots.
- All-In Podcast1h 0m
Live Poker Match!: The Besties Vs. Phil Hellmuth, Alan Keating, and Jason Koon
Phil Hellmuth, Alan Keating, Jason Koon, Chamath, Friedberg, Molly Bloom
Hosted at The Venetian in Las Vegas, the inaugural "All-In Bestie Invitational Tournament" featured high-stakes professionals Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Kuhn, and Phil Hellmuth competing in a chaotic, five-minute turbo format. Alan Keating dominated the rapid blind structures to eliminate Hellmuth first and secure victory in the high-variance event. The gathering also served as a catalyst for industry reform discussions, with participants advocating for experience-based poker models and honoring legends like Stu Ungar while socializing with guests such as Molly Bloom.
- All-In Podcast1h 2m
Epstein Files Fallout, Nvidia Risks, Burry's Bad Bet, Google's Breakthrough, Tether's Boom
Burry, Friedberg, Alan Keating, Chamath, David, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Kuhn, Matthew
A near-unanimous congressional vote has triggered the release of Jeffrey Epstein's files, prompting speculation regarding intelligence ties and financial anomalies while prompting a detailed examination of Tether's massive US Treasury holdings and NVIDIA's record-breaking financials amidst emerging accounting disputes. The discussion further explores David Friedberg's strategic pivot from venture capital to operating a breakout company, alongside a profile of high-stakes poker champion Alan Keating, whose psychological mastery and chaos-based decision-making strategies outperform algorithmic solvers in live games. Collectively, these segments analyze significant developments in government transparency, cryptocurrency stability, semiconductor market dynamics, and the nuanced psychology of professional gambling under extreme pressure.
- All-In Podcast27 min
AI, Attention, and Ownership: Ari Emanuel Explains the Next Era of Entertainment
Ari Emanuel, Michael Ovitz, Elon Musk, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg
Following the 2019 restructuring of Endeavor into TKO Group Holdings, Ari Emanuel has pivoted the organization from traditional representation to owning high-value sports assets like the UFC and WWE while launching a standalone live events division to capitalize on the scarcity of human connection in the AI era. Emanuel predicts that the content landscape will shift toward creator-owned equity and syndication models, driving demand for global expansion in markets like China and Brazil alongside a compressed workweek that fuels entertainment consumption. With the company now prioritizing operational efficiency over public market valuation, this strategy aims to leverage platform neutrality and cross-border distribution to generate sustainable growth independent of traditional studio or team acquisitions.
- All-In Podcast26 min
Triple H on How WWE Evolved: Trump, The Rock, and the Rise of the Antihero
Triple H, Trump, The Rock, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, Jason, David, Chamath, Friedberg
WWE Chief Creative Officer Triple H outlines a strategic pivot where storytelling and charisma drive a business model that rivals the Marvel Cinematic Universe, securing major streaming partnerships with Netflix and ESPN while prioritizing live stadium attendance. The organization has diversified its talent acquisition to include college athletes and leverages the entertainment value of its performers to draw a family-friendly demographic that is 40% female. This approach integrates robust medical screening and a "partnership" creative process to sustain performer health while navigating geopolitical sensitivities and evolving character archetypes for a global audience.
- All-In Podcast12 min
The Next Bubble Is Already Here - Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason, Friedberg, Nick
Speakers warn that the private equity sector, having grown to $5 trillion through artificial borrowing, faces a structural collapse driven by mismanagement and stagnant distributions as capital migrates toward a new bubble in private credit. To address the dysfunction of traditional IPOs and flawed SPAC structures, the Raptor 2 initiative has secured backing from 98.7% of blue-chip institutional investors to introduce a transparent, performance-aligned model for high-growth companies. Future iterations, Raptor 3, propose a "pre-baked IPO" using pure common stock to eliminate conversion risk and ensure fair pricing for public shareholders.