Bestie Q&A!: The One Question @Chamath Asks During Every Job Interview

If you want to know whether or not a candidate can contribute to your company, ask them this:

-- take a few minutes to think about something that you are an absolute expert in

-- it does not matter what it

Betting on Fewer Devices and More Social Interaction

Will humans start adopting MORE devices into their every day lives, as the technology improves?

Chamath Palihapitiya is taking the other side of that bet:

'I think humans are getting so sick and tired of only communicating in these very

Is Gaza becoming Israel's 'Vietnam Moment'?

... and if so, will protestors be vindicated in the fullness of time?

David Sacks laid out his case, describing some notable similarities between the two wars:

1) In terms of 'destroying Hamas,' the war is unwinnable

-- Israel faces

chamath is up next for bestie Q&A!

what questions do you have for him?

.Chamath Palihapitiya's conversation with Jonathan Ross as mentioned on e174!

How the Besties Think About Defense Investing

Last week, david friedberg, David Sacks, and Chamath Palihapitiya discussed investing in defense startups:

Both Sacks and Chamath said they would have to think twice about investing in startups that made weapons.

But, both have invested in defense

New Format!: Bestie Q&A

first up, david friedberg answers a question from Dustin Burnham:

'The 'All-In' pod has a contrarian streak.

Do you find a similar mindset useful when investing in early-stage ventures, and when do you think it's better to play it safe?'

reply with questions

Three Potential Outcomes for AI Training Rights, according to David Sacks

last week, Adam Schiff proposed a bill called the 'Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act'

it would force companies or individuals training AI models to disclose any copyrighted data used in training

Pain meds wore off, ready to pod

'have you guys seen udio? it is unbelievable.'

'i think that musicians, artists, and consumers are going to start using these tools in a really prolific way, given how good they are now.'

david friedberg shows off some insane genAI musical demos from udio:

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E174: THREE AMIGOS (get well soon @jason!)

(0:00) bestie intros: j-cal is out this week

(0:57) all-in summit 2024 announcement! apply to attend: summit.allinpodcast.co

(3:10) $NVDA's market position, collapse of western cities, state of the cloud market

(17:30) inflation

Should Google Shareholders be Worried About HubSpot Interest?

david friedberg sums it up:

'when a big company makes a big acquisition offer like this, it's usually a negative signal about organic growth.'

'meaning if I'm a Google shareholder, i should look at this and say, why do

FTX customers are NOT being 'made whole'

there has been a lot of discourse around FTX customers being made whole (including on this podcast!)

*but this statement needs a MAJOR asterisk!*

customers are being paid back in USD at prices pegged to november 11th, 2022

aka the day

Coming Soon: All-In Summit 2024

Should Google Acquire HubSpot?

on friday's episode, the besties covered reports that $GOOG was considering making a bid to purchase $HUBS

Chamath Palihapitiya asked david friedberg, if you were @google, would you rather spend:

-- $50B to acquire HubSpot
-- or $5B to acquire Perplexity?