E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Release Date: 07/14/2023
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
(0:00) The Besties intro Philippe Laffont! (2:12) Miami F1 Recap! (12:10) Fed holds rates steady on tariff uncertainty (32:47) Google drops after Apple sees fall in search queries on Safari (56:48) Creating a new Mag 7 (1:07:00) Private markets: Is traditional VC dead? Philippe details Coatue's new fund structure and what makes a great investor Follow Philippe Laffont: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: Follow on LinkedIn: Intro Music Credit: Intro Video Credit: Referenced in the show:
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(0:00) David Friedberg introduces Secretary Doug Burgum (2:11) Burgum's background and how it led to his role in the administration (10:56) The state of American energy and how we got here (22:32) America's energy emergency: AI, unlocking potential, China, increasing national risk tolerance (34:22) Burgum's National Balance Sheet idea: How it could help reduce national debt (42:25) Mining, overseeing the EPA, aligning agencies with outcomes Follow Secretary Burgum: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: Follow on LinkedIn: Intro Music Credit: Intro...
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(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins! (1:32) How she ended up in Trump's two administrations, history of the USDA (16:56) Trump's first 100 days, what needs to be reformed in the USDA (21:31) SNAP's massive impact on USDA budget: soda, obesity, health challenges; how being DC outsiders helps the Trump Administration (30:48) How she reconciles running a department with a lot of government intervention after coming from a free market background (34:33) State of US farming in 2025, labor costs, opening up new markets, and more (42:11) Working with DOGE, Farm...
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(0:00) The Besties welcome Box's Aaron Levie and Flexport's Ryan Petersen! (4:05) Is Sacks back? (8:19) Reflecting on Trump's first 100 days (28:16) Global trade disruption, how businesses are dealing with tariffs (49:14) Amazon flip-flops on its tariff pricing feature, national security issues (1:04:13) AI agents, 1,000,000X'ing AI, and more Follow Aaron Levie: Follow Ryan Petersen: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: Follow on LinkedIn: Intro Music Credit: Intro Video Credit: Referenced in the show:
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(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 Thorium Breakthrough Follow Andrew: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: Follow on LinkedIn: Intro Music Credit: ...
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(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: Mitochondrial Therapy Follow Tim: Check out Tim's new special: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: Follow on LinkedIn: Intro Music...
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(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 (46:14) Is the US being exploited on trade? Was free trade a mistake? (1:02:01) Recession chances, How the Trump administration gathers information (1:19:39) Future of the Democratic Party, Abundance agenda, DOGE (1:51:00) The Besties recap the debate and Chamath recaps the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony Follow Larry: Follow Ezra: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on...
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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 US can thrive in a high-tariff world (1:31:33) Future US political landscape if the tariff strategy fails (1:42:27) Chamath recaps his best-performing asset of 2025...
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(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 Johnson joins the Besties! (1:20:13) Spotify’s move to video (1:21:21) Bryan’s Ketamine experience (1:28:03) Creators and value props (1:36:52) Issues with the...
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(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 Follow Gavin: Follow the besties: Follow on X: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: Follow on LinkedIn: Intro Music Credit: Intro Video Credit: Referenced in the show:
info_outline(0:00) Addressing the podcast hack
(2:55) Macro picture: inflation cools, what happens to rates, market sentiment, soft landing, tech run-up
(20:34) Consumer sentiment: demand crash coming?
(30:31) BREAKING: Ripple gets big win in SEC case, token rips
(36:33) Lina Khan's losing streak, "spray and pray" strategy, overzealous regulators
(51:08) EV supply/demand mismatch
(1:04:58) Fraught NATO summit, ammo crisis, Sweden joins NATO
(1:18:52) Science Corner: New paper on reversing cellular aging
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Referenced in the show:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/consumer-price-index-report-june-inflation-ede7f4b1
https://fortune.com/2023/06/05/larry-summers-floats-idea-half-point-interest-rate-hike-july
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-inflation-goes-down-soft-landing-odds-improve-5166e6af
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-world-crowds-universal-studios-florida-36b0a579
https://www.statista.com/statistics/290673/auto-loan-rates-usa
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/used-cars-prices-us-economy
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DIS/disney/revenue
https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-ftc-hearing-d42675f1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/ftc-openai-chatgpt-sam-altman-lina-khan
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1678526061154295808
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/unsold-electric-cars-are-piling-up-on-dealer-lots
https://mdevelopers.com/blog/technology-adoption-curve-everything-that-you-need-to-know
https://www.investing.com/analysis/brics-countries-planning-new-goldbacked-currency-200639843
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/05/24/more-than-30-countries-want-to-join-the-brics
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BTC-USD
https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1679141703603703808
https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1679114154756669441
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sweden-races-to-secure-turkish-support-for-nato-bid-2452c14f
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1679229577732792320
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/11/zelensky-nato-ukraine-membership-timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/world/europe/uk-ukraine-ben-wallace.html
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1678463164864667658
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/07/politics/joe-biden-cluster-munitions-ukraine/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nato-countries-maps-list-membership-requirements
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/29/russia-condemns-nato-invitation-finland-sweden