(0:00) Antonio Gracias and Gavin Baker join to discuss SpaceX's Starship launch
(28:58) Fox News settles with Dominion Voting Systems, will pay $787M
(40:38) AI update: Reddit to start charging for training data, how the next startup bubble will materialize, navigating the AI "dust storm"
(53:49) Why AI is challenging/exciting to invest in right now, late-stage implosion, pay-to-play rounds
(1:21:26) Is crypto dead in America? Plus DeSantis vs Trump polling update and wrap
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https://twitter.com/GavinSBaker/status/1649107858267439108
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65294084
https://twitter.com/thePrimalSpace/status/1649051677377560578
https://www.wsj.com/articles/spacex-starship-elon-musk-second-launch-attempt-bf932aaf
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1533408313894912001
https://www.reuters.com/technology/fcc-votes-approve-spacex-satellite-plan-official-2021-04-27
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/fox-news-settles-dominion-lawsuit
https://investor.foxcorporation.com/static-files/3b2bdb74-8ebe-4173-9f0f-ac18831ff094
https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1648462770936115202
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merges-ai-focused-groups-deepmind-and-google-research.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/alphabet-merges-ai-focused-groups-deepmind-and-google-research.html
https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1647010187377774596
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal%C3%ADland-
news-shut-down.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/buzzfeed-news-shut-down.html
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/series-c-funding-decline-q1-2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
https://www.wired.com/story/stack-overflow-will-charge-ai-giants-for-training-data
trumps-big-post-indictment-bounce-is-fading-fast-183753992.html"> https://news.yahoo.com/poll-trumps-big-post-indictment-bounce-is-fading-fast-183753992.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/20/desantis-trump-new-hampshire-poll
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(1:49) Understanding AutoGPTs
(23:57) Generative AI's rapid impact on art, images, video, and eventually Hollywood
(37:38) How to regulate AI?
(1:12:35) Bob Lee update, recent SF chaos
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https://www.allinmeetups.io/ep125
https://github.com/Torantulino/Auto-GPT
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03442.pdf
https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1645848531280998400
https://twitter.com/ammaar/status/1645934107304787968
https://research.runwayml.com/gen2
https://twitter.com/wonderdynamics/status/1633627396971827200
https://twitter.com/DavidShowalter_/status/1645150966511988742
https://twitter.com/aloezeus/status/1645141925157060608
decoder.com/chaosgpt-is-the-first-public-attempt-to-destroy-humanity-with-ai"> https://the-decoder.com/chaosgpt-is-the-first-public-attempt-to-destroy-humanity-with-ai
https://twitter.com/mckaywrigley/status/1646596881420783619
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-blockchain-hacking-arrests-93a4cb29
https://twitter.com/activeasian/status/1644547881519681537
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/business/san-francisco-whole-foods-closure/index.html
https://sfstandard.com/business/downtown-san-francisco-whole-foods-market-closing
https://twitter.com/davidsacks/status/1645969773153636352
https://twitter.com/AaronPeskin/status/1645896541893439489
https://sfchamber.com/citybeat-2022-press-release
https://sf.gov/news/mayor-london-breed-proposes-27-million-funding-address-police-staffing-shortages
police-crime-16931399.php"> https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/sf-police-crime-16931399.php
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(4:12) Trump indictment
(16:52) De-dollarization: What's real and what's overblown?
(39:35) Debt ceiling vote predictions
(56:36) US investors indirectly backing Chinese AI startups: should it be allowed? Saudi Arabia discloses VC investments as institutional US LPs cycle out of venture
(1:10:02) RIP Bob Lee, fixing San Francisco
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictment-34-felony-counts-charges-new-york-read
trump-new-york-indictment-bragg-should-not-be-brought.html"> https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/donald-trump-new-york-indictment-bragg-should-not-be-brought.html
https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/youre-being-played-republicans
https://www.barrons.com/news/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade-8ed4e799
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1638957986138959873
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-has-more-pension-debt-than-44-states
security-funds-could-run-120000267.html"> https://www.yahoo.com/now/social-security-funds-could-run-120000267.html
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA188S
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S
https://www.longtermtrends.net/us-debt-to-gdp
https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/Sanabil-Saudi-Arabia-PIF-disclosures
https://twitter.com/rabois/status/1643655946579607565
https://twitter.com/jarvis_best/status/1643667684247371776
https://twitter.com/FrancisSuarez/status/1642862135226126338
chicago-mayor-election-winner-declared-20230405-plratgzcbrewbngbjcsxwmycgi-story.html"> https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-chicago-mayor-election-winner-declared-20230405-plratgzcbrewbngbjcsxwmycgi-story.html
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(1:31) Joe Manchin calls out Biden on IRA flip-flop
(7:40) Sacks writes GPT-4-powered blog post, OpenAI launches ChatGPT plugins
(26:31) Will generative AI be more important than mobile and the internet itself? Making the case for both Google and OpenAI to win generative AI
(50:19) Reaching and containing AGI, AI's impact on job destruction
(1:16:35) RESTRICT Act's bait and switch
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https://sacks.substack.com/p/the-give-to-get-model-for-ai-startups
https://sharegpt.com/c/jGKq34x
https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noogler_Hat.jpg
https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments
https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716822680236032
https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/121lhfq/i_lost_everything_that_made_me_love_my_job
https://reason.com/2023/03/29/could-the-restrict-act-criminalize-the-use-of-vpns
(0:00) Bestie intro!
(2:58) Fed hikes 25 bps
(32:35) Balaji bets on Bitcoin $1M, predictions for hyperinflation, crypto crackdown in the US
(54:27) Should the commercial real estate sector receive a similar treatment as regional banks? Math and solutions on 100% FDIC insurance
(1:16:04) TikTok CEO grilled by US lawmakers: What is TikTok's endgame in the US?
(1:25:46) Relativity Space shoutout and bestie wrap!
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https://twitter.com/scottrechler/status/1638534824808923136
https://www.wsj.com/articles/commercial-property-debt-creates-more-bank-worries-b36184ba
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1636928718173003776
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WGS10YR
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4387676
terminate-SF-office-lease-88-Bluxome-15525421.php"> https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Pinterest-terminate-SF-office-lease-88-Bluxome-15525421.php
https://twitter.com/boazweinstein/status/1638964105917890561
https://twitter.com/mr_derivatives/status/1638772846326583296
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1638957986138959873
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1636797265317867520
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1222921758375927808
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3911036-how-to-escape-the-trap-of-the-clean-debt-ceiling-vote
warned-by-sec-of-potential-securities-charges.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/coinbase-warned-by-sec-of-potential-securities-charges.html
https://www.piratewires.com/p/2023-banking-crisis
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1448455115271143424
https://twitter.com/markgags/status/802597908033966081
https://twitter.com/relativityspace/status/1638753739128315906
(0:00) Bestie intro!
(1:35) Recapping the events of the past week
(5:39) Understanding the banking crisis
(32:55) Solving the global debt problem, righting the ship
(54:20) VC market update: Founders Fund splits its eighth fund in two, Sequoia's reported returns, YC cuts its growth-stage team
(1:08:36) Science corner: Superconductors
(1:24:56) DeSantis update, Ukraine spending run rate, bestie wrap!
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https://seekingalpha.com/article/4565388-svb-financial-blow-up-risk
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/16/world/france-pension-vote#france-pension-vote
https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64968795
https://www.treasurydirect.gov
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/03/founders-fund-slashes-vc-peter-thiel
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/15/stripe-50-billion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiger-global-writes-down-venture-funds-bets-by-33-in-2022-3f9f6ade
https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1633570102326202368
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(1:57) Overview of the SVB collapse and bank run
(17:53) Who or what is to blame? Debating venture debt
(37:11) Contagion risk, second- and third-order effects, government backstops
(1:00:36) What does this mean for the VC industry? Silicon Valley panic cycle, advice for founders
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https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.html
2023-Investor-Letter.FINAL-030823.pdf"> https://s201.q4cdn.com/589201576/files/doc_downloads/2023/03/r/Q1-2023-Investor-Letter.FINAL-030823.pdf
2023-Mid-Quarter-Update-vFINAL3-030823.pdf"> https://s201.q4cdn.com/589201576/files/doc_downloads/2023/03/Q1-2023-Mid-Quarter-Update-vFINAL3-030823.pdf
https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1634260576431136768
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4565388-svb-financial-blow-up-risk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymo6Yzjv_KY
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/janet-yellen-ukraine-treasury-secretary-kyiv-visit-volodymyr-zelenskyy
https://twitter.com/Rippling/status/1634201986894577665
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-losses-push-silicon-valley-bank-parent-to-raise-capital-125e89d4
Orders-Silicon-Valley-Bank-03102023.pdf?emrc=bedc09"> https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/337/2023/03/DFPI-Orders-Silicon-Valley-Bank-03102023.pdf?emrc=bedc09
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(6:47) The VC FOMO frenzy in AI
(25:22) Current LP mindset, VCs leaving boards, startup cram downs and mark downs
(37:23) Macro update: inflation not done, weaker earnings, interest rates
(52:01) Marc Benioff channels his inner Elon Musk, the stock-based compensation boom
(1:11:59) Fox News facing defamation lawsuit over false election fraud claims, TikTok ban heats up, competition with China
(1:34:33) Ukraine update: China's peace proposal, US strategy
(1:46:34) Harvard legacy admissions, Draymond Green on Black History Month
(1:50:01) Stripe chart errata, bestie wrap!
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Referenced in the show:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-shares-definition-of-woke-during-jake-tapper-cnn-interview
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/doug-leone-lessons-from-a-titan/id1154105909?i=1000602027979
https://openai.com/blog/introducing-chatgpt-and-whisper-apis
https://twitter.com/heykahn/status/1628453782177865728
https://www.ft.com/content/21420ce2-92a1-43a0-a153-04ac7c872466
https://www.wsj.com/articles/instacart-sees-revenue-profit-boost-ahead-of-public-listing-1d7891d
https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/21023.jpeg
https://www.barrons.com/articles/home-prices-dropping-redfin-fac43ede
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/CRM:NYSE
Q4-FY23-Earnings-Press-Release-w-financials.pdf"> https://s23.q4cdn.com/574569502/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/CRM-Q4-FY23-Earnings-Press-Release-w-financials.pdf
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4583622-salesforce-inc-crm-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript
https://twitter.com/altcap/status/1631361678582611970
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/06/fas123r.asp
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-committee-lays-out-case-for-china-threat-ad62c611
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1496886759665586177
https://twitter.com/deloreshandy/status/1629516350602264582
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26316/w26316.pdf
https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/01/draymond-green-calls-end-black-history-month-celebrate-all-year
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/how-the-biggest-fraud-in-german-history-unravelled
(0:00) Bestie intro: Jason's Japan trip!
(1:04) Stripe's precarious situation: Did it miss its window? Breaking down its $4B tax bill, slowing growth curve, enterprise vs SMB customers, scalability issues, and more
(23:07) Lessons for founders: How ZIRP can skew CAC and LTV calculations, burn multiple
(29:40) VC market update: ZIRP mistakes, VC as a "must-have" asset class for LPs, how the 2021 vintage can be saved
(39:05) AI's outsized impact on SaaS and real-world businesses
(55:16) Advice from Steve Jobs on customer-first product development, Section 230 update
(1:00:29) Trump's savvy visit to East Palestine and 2024 strategy, Biden's visit to Ukraine, China's position
(1:14:24) Tinfoil hat corner
(1:23:25) Bestie wrap up!
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Referenced in the show:
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-stripes-55-billion-pitch-to-investors
https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/11/zuckerberg-says-he-was-too-afraid-of-taking-facebook-public
https://sacks.substack.com/p/the-burn-multiple-51a7e43cb200
https://twitter.com/tylertringas/status/1627449217294958592
https://chamathreads.substack.com/p/higher-rates-will-lead-to-the-next
https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1628851245644644352
https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3497-you-know-one-of-the-things-that-really-hurt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/20/secrecy-security-biden-trip-to-kyiv
biden-makes-surprise-visit-095627966.html"> https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-makes-surprise-visit-095627966.html
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1626984889449959430
ukraine-geopolitics.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/23/world/russia-ukraine-geopolitics.html
(0:00) Bestie intros, poker recap, charity shoutouts!
(8:34) Toxic Ohio train derailment
(25:30) Lina Khan's flawed strategy and rough past few weeks as FTC Chair; rewriting Section 230
(57:27) AI chatbot bias and problems: Bing Chat's strange answers, jailbreaking ChatGPT, and more
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Referenced in the show:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/10/mrbeasts-blindness-video-puts-systemic-ableism-on-display
https://doomberg.substack.com/p/railroaded
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6320573959112
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/gonzalez-google-and-section-230-all-on-the-same-side
https://www.investopedia.com/section-230-definition-5207317
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1626097497109311495
https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1626091654120894464
https://politiquerepublic.substack.com/p/chatgpt-is-democrat-propoganda
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35902104
chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html
https://www.history.com/news/josef-stalin-great-purge-photo-retouching
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ec-funds-france-build-google-106934
quaero24.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/technology/21iht-quaero24.html
Breaking out of the Trump driven world that so many of my favorites were drawn into and delighted to find this starting with episode 18. In depth knowledge, quick wits, willing to speak their minds and still listen to each other. Got an education about GameStop, venture capital, California recall, click-bait destruction of traditional media, even Draymond Green on the NBA in just three episodes. Those can sound pretty guy-heavy to my ear and I'd like to hear women in the mix, but maybe that's there in other episodes. It's a keeper for now.