(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 plays into the future of defense pacts
(1:24:31) GPT-4.5, Grok 3 on X, and the Golden Age of language models
(1:33:47) All-In for F1 Miami!
(1:37:34) David Sacks joins Jason to break down the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile
(1:48:30) Sacks addresses clearing all of his crypto-related positions prior to Inauguration Day
(1:57:23) Importance of disclosures and updates on a market structure bill
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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114093526901586124
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(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 investor test, changing accreditation laws
(1:06:57) USPS, Bezos refocuses the WaPo's opinion page
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https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1895195194947183047
https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1895175400160133543
https://x.com/markjeffrey/status/1892735775550406828
https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1895117427480109238
https://x.com/jmover/status/1895129169882661100
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https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/usd-coin
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https://x.com/StealthQE4/status/1894227465616171361
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ttACozP8s
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/US10Y
https://x.com/chamath/status/1888371069322686895
https://x.com/Jason/status/1706067572226244789
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/trump-usps-takeover-dejoy/
(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 embarrassment
(1:00:18) John and Patrick break down the Arc Institute and its new Evo 2 AI model
(1:18:04) Grok 3 takes the LLM lead, lessons learned from Elon's Colossus scale up
(1:30:22) Science Corner: Asteroid update
(1:35:42) Why Stripe hasn't gone public yet, despite great metrics
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https://x.com/Zigmanfreud/status/1890202488596492620
https://www.coworker.org/petitions/professional-dignity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts
https://www.amazon.com/Boyd-Fighter-Pilot-Who-Changed/dp/0316796883
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https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/1891721991444447343
https://www.amazon.com/Henry-J-Kaiser-Builder-American/dp/0292742266
(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
(1:45:09) Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. confirmed
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https://x.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1889349078657716680
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/politics/kamala-harris-foreign-trip/index.html
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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep
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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 Driving: Uber, Waymo, Tesla
(1:38:04) Fed holds rates steady, how DOGE can impact rate cuts
(1:44:17) Fatal DC plane crash
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https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1/blob/main/DeepSeek_R1.pdf
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https://x.com/balajis/status/1884975064283812270
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https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1883192498274873513
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https://x.com/Jason/status/1884671945800573018
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/15/cpi-inflation-december-2024-.html
(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 AI's greatest risk
(1:05:31) Chances of conflict between the US and China
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https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt-to-gdp
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/treasury-confirms-calendar-year-2024-deficit-tops-20-trillion
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61172
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL
https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/outlook/economic-outlook/fed-meeting-september-2024
https://www.chathamfinancial.com/insights/fomc-recap-december-2024
(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 production capacity plays into the global AI race
(1:36:20) Netflix's stock rise correlates with some alarming societal trends
(1:47:40) BREAKING: AI/Crypto Czar David Sacks joins to discuss the President's three new EOs
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https://x.com/dontcallmeraylo/status/1882444994264629402
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions
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https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14
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https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1881830103858172059
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https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/1882081746877063677
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(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
(2:21) Texas vs. California: how to approach building and entrepreneurship
(10:25) Thoughts on immigration, serving in the Senate, over-politicization
(16:55) How to create a bipartisan consensus on immigration, increasing prosperity through opportunity
(23:54) How Sen. Cruz would approach Trump's first two weeks of his second term
(29:02) DOGE's two major challenges, unlimited Congressional terms, ideology over party, the great political flip
(35:22) Trump's strategy on Greenland/Denmark, Panama Canal, and Canada
(42:45) Thoughts on Senate confirmation hearings
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(0:00) The Besties welcome Mark Pincus!
(3:53) Mark's background
(6:02) How Mark got red-pilled for Trump, maintaining friendships despite political differences
(23:21) LA Wildfires update: Newsom's EOs, market impact of price controls
(51:32) Congestion pricing in NYC, fixing broken cities
(1:08:33) TikTok ban: origin and potential outcomes
(1:19:15) MBA hiring downturn
(1:34:37) Conspiracy Corner: Mark's take on UFOs and UAPs!
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https://nypost.com/2024/11/04/us-news/tech-billionaire-mark-pincus-reveals-hes-voting-for-trump
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