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  1. All-In Podcast24 min

    Adam Foroughi, Applovin CEO: Surviving a 92% Drawdown, Ads as ML 1.0 & the $50B Game Ad Market

    Adam Foroughi, Chamath, Jason, DavidSacks, friedberg, Ben, David

    AppLovin, a mobile gaming advertising platform operating across 100,000 games and serving over a billion daily users, transitioned its deep learning capabilities in 2023 from basic model matching to advanced discovery engines that generate new consumer demand. CEO Adam Perugy led the company through a severe valuation contraction between 2021 and 2022 by executing a $6 billion share buyback program, which successfully restored investor confidence and drove the stock from roughly $80 to a peak of $150. The firm now maintains an industry-leading 84% EBITDA margin by leveraging proprietary algorithms to optimize performance-based ad arbitrage while navigating privacy regulations without sacrificing targeting precision.

  2. All-In Podcast37 min

    Satya Nadella on the AI Doomer Slowdown, Microsoft’s Master Plan & Who Wins AI

    Satya Nadella, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlighted the company's $250 billion market capitalization and $175 billion cumulative infrastructure investment while advocating for transparent AI safety protocols and broad global diffusion. He outlined a strategy to combat vendor lock-in by promoting model interoperability and data sovereignty tools, countering aggressive price compression with investments in long-duration assets and a "use all" approach. Furthermore, Nadella emphasized that tangible productivity gains from AI, such as the Daxo healthcare pilot, must drive GDP growth through new job creation, arguing that tech firms earn community trust by delivering concrete local economic benefits rather than relying on industry narratives.

  3. All-In Podcast47 min

    Jensen Huang: The Doomer Hoax, Superintelligence is Here, and The Future of AI (ft. President Trump)

    Jensen Huang, President Trump, Dario, Elon, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David

    Jensen Huang highlighted NVIDIA's 97% year-over-year revenue growth while positioning the company as the exclusive infrastructure for all major frontier AI models. He rejected extinction-level risk narratives in favor of historical data, arguing that open-source models drive mass innovation despite concerns over supply chain bottlenecks and geopolitical competition from China. The event culminated in a private Oval Office discussion with President Trump, where both parties agreed that AI represents a critical economic engine for re-industrialization and energy infrastructure expansion.

  4. All-In Podcast1h 12m

    Rahm Emanuel: Trump's Foreign Policy, China, Europe's Decline, Immigration & DSA vs Democrats

    Rahm Emanuel, Trump, Jason, Friedberg, Clinton, Obama, Chamath, David

    Former White House Chief of Staff Emanuel outlines a comprehensive strategy addressing U.S. geopolitical stagnation, economic unsustainability, and domestic inequality through the formation of a unified Indo-Pacific economic block and aggressive immigration reform. He critiques current fiscal policies as fundamentally broken, proposing specific measures such as a three-year degree model, a minimum wage increase, and a tax code shift from wealth preservation to creation to combat rising deficits. The discussion further emphasizes the urgent need to modernize the education system and reassert American leadership by isolating China's economic aggression while strengthening alliances with Japan, the EU, and Latin American partners.

  5. All-In Podcast30 min

    Bill Ackman: Here's What the Market is MISSING

    Bill Ackman, Chamath, Jason, David

    Howard Ackman outlines a strategic evolution at Pershing Square toward concentrated long-term holdings in high-quality businesses, leveraging deep board involvement to counteract market short-termism and capitalize on undervalued legacy tech giants amidst AI-driven disruption. His approach extends to late-stage founder-led ventures like SpaceX and XAI, which he values through a venture capital lens of people and opportunity, while simultaneously repurposing the Howard Hughes Corporation into a "Berkshire 2.0" model that utilizes real estate cash flows to fund an insurance float for tax-efficient capital compounding. Ackman further explains how social media dynamics now enable persistent narratives to influence valuations, supporting a three-vehicle investment structure that includes a royalty-based management company, a public discount vehicle, and a transformed real estate holding to deliver sustained growth over decades.

  6. All-In Podcast1h 17m

    How Matt Mahan Thinks He Can Save California

    Matt Mahan, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David

    San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan entered the California gubernatorial race to challenge the state's fiscal dysfunction by contrasting his record of managing local budgets with the revenue-focused strategies of opponents like Eric Swalwell and Tom Steyer. His platform centers on shifting from process-driven spending to outcomes-based governance, proposing zero-based budgeting to address a $35 billion deficit, reforming pension liabilities to curb long-term costs, and implementing supply-side solutions to resolve the housing affordability crisis. Mahan argues that California's high taxes and regulatory environment have failed to improve key metrics in safety and housing, positioning his administration as a pragmatic alternative that utilizes data dashboards and specific operational reforms to restore economic competitiveness.

  7. All-In Podcast57 min

    Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving Affordability in 2026

    Scott Bessent, Chamath, Jason, Friedberg, David

    Secretary Bessent outlines a fiscal strategy projecting a 2025 deficit contraction to the mid-5% of GDP range, aiming to reach a 3% target by the end of the Trump presidency through a shift from revenue-focused tariffs to national security leverage. The administration attributes current affordability challenges to historical price levels rather than present inflation, while criticizing the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing policies as drivers of inequality that necessitate a balance sheet reduction and return to traditional rate-setting. Future growth is anticipated to follow the July completion of tax cuts and the launch of "Trump Accounts," a universal child savings initiative designed to expand equity ownership and stimulate a CapEx-led employment boom in 2026.

  8. The Economist10 min

    Is China the new superpower?

    Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, Ant, David, Ed, Alice

    The analysis examines the People's Liberation Army's advanced regional military capabilities and manufacturing dominance while highlighting severe internal economic stagnation, including three years of deflation and rising youth unemployment. Although China lacks the global projection power of the United States, its strategic focus on national security and superior hypersonic technology positions it to dominate the Indo-Pacific region. Experts conclude that while Beijing will achieve significant geopolitical strength, its long-term stability faces challenges from domestic discontent and an overreliance on foreign markets that it cannot fully control.

  9. 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.

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    Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen: Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We're Fixing It)

    Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, Palmer Luckey, Katherine Boyle, David, Erik

    Following a significant cultural rift between Silicon Valley and Washington, Andreessen Horowitz launched its "American Dynamism" fund in late 2021 to integrate hard-tech innovation with national security by targeting defense, aerospace, and energy sectors. The investment thesis leverages current geopolitical tensions to capitalize on a renewed market for autonomous systems, nuclear power, and specialized space capabilities while rejecting central planning in favor of free-market iteration. This strategy aims to secure U.S. technological superiority over adversaries like China by supporting founders with deep military expertise and fostering a new era of domestic manufacturing.

  11. 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.

  12. All-In Podcast29 min

    Inside Orlando Bravo’s Private Equity Playbook: How to Build a Top Firm

    Orlando Bravo, David, Chamath, Jason

    Toma Bravo, a $179 billion asset manager founded by Orlando Bravo, executes a specialized software buyout strategy that targets high-growth leaders to improve EBITDA margins from 25% to over 50% through immediate operational overhauls and disciplined add-on acquisitions. The firm leverages a lean 230-person team to manage a portfolio of roughly 500 companies, recently executing major transactions like the $12.5 billion Dayforce deal while navigating AI-driven market shifts that are reshaping enterprise software valuation models. By maintaining a private structure focused on deep portfolio involvement rather than public liquidity, Bravo aims to counter traditional private equity criticisms and consistently deliver returns by transforming first-in-class innovators into scalable, highly profitable enterprises.

  13. 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.

  14. The Economist41 min

    Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel

    Jim Tucker, Shane Haynes, Bill Tucker, David, Su Lin Wong, Zannie Minton-Beddoes, Karina, Evan, Edgar, Sam Colbert, Alizé Jean-Baptiste, Weidong Lin, Darren Ng, Claire Reid, Rosie Blore, Heidi Pett, John Shields

    In July 2023, Elkhart, Kansas, Heartland Tri-State Bank collapsed after CEO Shane Haynes transferred $47.1 million to the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken following a sophisticated "pig butchering" scam. Despite the board's secret meeting and unanimous rejection of a recovery plan, federal regulators seized the bank, dissolving its charter and costing local shareholders millions while depositors remained insured. This incident exemplifies the rise of global criminal networks that exploit professional relationships to generate tens of billions in annual losses for victims worldwide.

  15. Goldman Sachs30 min

    2025 outlook: Will tailwinds trump tariffs?

    Jan Hatzius, Dominic Wilson, Yann, Dom, Tom, David, Alec, Dami, Yuan

    Forecasts project U.S. real GDP growth at 2.5% for 2025, driven by real wage gains and moderate financial conditions, while maintaining a 15% recession probability. The outlook hinges on tariff scenarios, where base case assumptions assume limited trade barriers, though a full across-the-board tariff risk could reduce growth by one percentage point and raise inflation toward 3%. Consequently, investors are advised to hedge equity concentration risks with non-U.S. bonds and options while anticipating Federal Reserve rate cuts that target a federal funds range of 3.25% to 3.5% by late 2025.