All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social & poker.
Episodes
(0:00) The Besties intro Andrew Ross Sorkin
(2:04) Market bump: Trump rally or a Bessent put?
(18:04) Are tariffs damaging the American "brand"? Apple's investment in India
(38:18) Balance of power politics, Ukraine/Russia ceasefire negotiation halted over Crimea
(50:00) Alphabet earnings: Massive resiliency, Google's Gemini Problem
(1:05:40) Tesla jumps on Elon's return, pulling back from DOGE
(1:18:35) Science Corner: China's Tho...
(0:00) The Besties welcome Tim Dillon!
(6:56) Nvidia H20 export controls, the China workaround, plausible deniability by chipmakers selling to China-linked entities
(28:45) Trump vs. Harvard: Why the White House is threatening to take Harvard's tax-exempt status away
(57:04) Hollywood's DEI facade, thoughts on AI, and more
(1:18:06) Celebrity Jeopardy update: Friedberg is heading to the finals!
(1:26:44) Science Corner: Mitochondri...
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(0:58) Reacting to Trump targeting China and postponing all other reciprocal tariffs
(21:21) Measures for success of tariffs, debating the impact of letting China into the WTO
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(0:00) The Besties welcome Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias
(1:54) Why Antonio is helping out and what it's like working with DOGE
(4:56) DOGE's latest findings: illegal immigration, social security, and more
(27:59) Was Biden's open border policy a Dem strategy to expand their voter base?
(39:55) Tariffs: Liberation Day chaos, reactions, strategy
(55:26) Impact, consequences, and risks for the Trump Administration
(1:13:50) How the...
(0:00) Friedberg and Jason are live from Austin!
(2:51) How building an audience has impacted the Besties
(11:15) Colin & Samir join the Besties!
(12:01) Evolution of short-form and long-form content
(22:18) Business models for creatives
(35:04) Advice to up and coming creators
(42:10) Chris Williamson joins the Besties!
(50:17) Making it seem effortless
(57:47) Monetizing content
(1:05:02) Scaling a one-man show
(1:19:15) Bryan Jo...
(0:00) The Besties welcome Gavin Baker back on the show!
(1:20) Nvidia balance sheet questions, CoreWeave IPO, M&A/IPO bounce back
(16:22) US vs China in AI: Manus, China building its own Nvidia, and more
(28:37) The Administration's endgame for tariffs
(53:05) Signalgate: context and fallout
(1:09:42) El Salvador deportations
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(0:00) Welcoming Cyan Banister and David Sacks!
(3:23) Behind the scenes of the Besties in DC: White House, cabinet interviews, and more
(33:00) How M&A will be unleashed, Google buys Wiz for $32B, Tim Walz on Tesla
(49:09) Deep dive on Google/Wiz: breakup fee, impact on VC, ROIC, cloud advantage
(1:00:28) Treasury vs Fed tension, Bond markets, consumers, deregulation
(1:12:57) Space rescue, SpaceX vs China, lunar landing
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(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg welcome Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick!
(1:10) Howard describes his 30+ year relationship with President Trump and his road from business to politics
(14:44) Running Trump's transition team, DOGE origin story, what it's like working for Trump
(38:01) Balancing the budget and fixing GDP
(52:21) Tariff history and strategy, global trade
(1:10:34) Trump Cards, building better government software, AI tho...
(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg describe their adventures in DC and welcome Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent!
(2:12) Scott's background, what drew him to equities, the role of macro investors
(7:22) The legendary trade that broke the Bank of England in 1992, and how it relates to Main Street vs Wall Street today
(21:30) Scott explains the Trump Administration's economic strategy
(32:45) How this administration plans to de-regulate the...
(0:00) The Besties intro Andrew Schulz!
(3:29) Friedberg hits a quick Science Corner on the future of fertility
(9:35) Reacting to Gavin Newsom's new podcast: genius or pandering?
(19:36) Tariff experiment so far: risks, communication issues, and more
(30:44) Why the American Dream is broken and how to fix it: cracking the housing market, social security reform
(55:45) Aligning upside via increased stock market participation
(1:11:...
(0:00) The Besties welcome Joe Lonsdale!
(3:51) Jason recaps an eventful week in Washington
(8:29) Trump's tariffs: endgame, impact, chaos, master plan
(26:25) DOGE, IRA grifting, do campaign contributions need to be capped?
(53:42) CoreWeave IPO
(1:03:36) Trump 2.0 favoring Main Street over Wall Street, bond market breakdown, re-balancing the economy
(1:14:19) State of Ukraine/Russia, the Western alliance, and how techno-optimism ...
Epstein Files Flop, State of the Market, Autonomous Robots, Trump's Gold Card, Friedberg on Jeopardy
(0:00) Bestie intros
(1:41) Epstein files first release underwhelms
(4:40) Friedberg recaps his experience on Celebrity Jeopardy!
(14:22) State of autonomous robots
(21:06) Comparing annual reports from Stripe and Adyen; Stripe's network effects, stablecoin infra, and the pace of AI company building
(29:12) State of the market: stocks, tariffs, spending bill, the "great reset"
(49:07) Trump's Gold Card
(56:19) Sophisticated investo...
(0:00) The Besties welcome John and Patrick Collison!
(4:28) Stripe's business evolution: $1T in volume/year, stablecoins, challenging the Visa/Mastercard duopoly, publishing economic indicators
(20:31) Jamie Dimon's leaked rant on remote work and bureaucracy
(34:22) DOGE for Defense: Trump ordered the Pentagon to look at cutting the defense budget by 8%/year over the next five years
(43:51) Crypto Corner: Milei's Memecoin embarras...
(0:00) The Besties intro Naval Ravikant!
(9:07) Naval reflects on his thoughtful tweets and reputation
(14:17) Unique views on parenting
(23:20) Sacks joins to talk AI: JD Vance's speech in Paris, Techno-Optimists vs Doomers
(1:11:06) Tariffs and the US economic experiment
(1:21:15) Thomson Reuters wins first major AI copyright decision on behalf of rights holders
(1:35:35) Chamath's dinner with Bryan Johnson, sleep hacks
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(0:00) The Besties intro Antonio Gracias!
(3:11) DOGE takes on USAID
(31:44) Sacks breaks in to talk USAID
(34:00) Sacks explains what he's working on: Crypto/AI Frameworks
(46:41) The Democratic Party's shrinking base
(52:33) US Sovereign Wealth Fund + Breaking DOGE/Tax News
(1:09:07) Google to spend $75B on AI buildout in 2025, future of work in the age of AI
(1:23:21) Science Corner: GLP-1 macro study
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(0:00) The Besties intro Travis Kalanick!
(2:11) Travis breaks down the future of food and the state of CloudKitchens
(13:34) Sacks breaks in!
(15:38) DeepSeek panic: What's real, training innovation, China, impact on markets and the AI industry
(50:14) US vs China in AI, the Singapore backdoor
(1:01:51) OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise ~$40B with Masa as the lead investor
(1:10:37) DOGE's first 10 days
(1:25:13) Future of Self ...
(0:00) Ray Dalio joins Friedberg!
(0:50) The current US fiscal situation
(6:23) Breaking down "The Big Debt Cycle," a potential US debt spiral, and the impact on real wealth
(24:54) USD vs other currencies and assets, best hedges against the dollar
(33:20) Portfolio construction, how China increases risk for US AI companies, why this market reminds Ray of 1998-1999
(41:45) How the US can avoid a debt crisis
(53:29) DOGE, Trump, and...
(0:00) The Besties intro Thomas Laffont!
(6:22) Behind the scenes: Inauguration Weekend recap!
(15:58) Biggest takeaways from DC during the Inauguration
(31:38) Trump Executive Action breakdown
(33:39) TikTok's grace period extended, valuing the business, US new equity strategy?
(57:01) Jan 6th pardons, birthright citizenship
(1:09:49) Stargate: $500B AI investment, is Masa the GOAT?, bull case for OpenAI
(1:23:41) How electricity ...
(0:00) House Whip Tom Emmer on Trump's political talent, the Biden conspiracy, taking back the Democratic party, immigration, the role of Whip
(33:53) California Rep. Eric Swalwell on where Democrats went wrong, how to rebrand the party, TikTok ban, and more
(1:08:01) California Rep. Ro Khanna on reforming the Democratic party, Bob Iger as LA Mayor, CA Leadership, TikTok ban
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(0:00) Besties intro Senator Ted Cruz; history of the "Come and take it" flag
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