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In this episode of Leading to Profit, host Kevin Bees and Margaret Graziano talk about insightful resources on culture and the mind, from Dr Hawkinson's The Map of the Consciousness to Marc Andreessen's Race for Technical Supremacy. This episode is a breakdown of leadership, business systems and the consciousness of business owners. Margaret Graziano, “Magi,” is the CEO of KeenAlignment and author of Wall Street Journal's bestseller Ignite Culture. She has dedicated her life to serving owners, executive teams, and established leaders as they transform their culture from the inside out. As a keynote speaker and coach, she helps people unlock their potential. Key Topics The Power and Freedom Line: Magi discusses how Dave Hawkinson's The Map of Consciousness gave her insight into business culture and her book. The SCULPT Process: Stop, Connect, Understand, Listen, Process, Take action The need to cultivate an environment for emergence: Magi discusses the value of businesses to foster an environment where leaders are created and can thrive. “Where am I out of integrity?” Magi asks herself this question to realign her values as a keynote speaker and coach. Resources: Margaret's website: https://www.margaretgraziano.com/ Margaret's Book: Ignite Culture: Empowering and Leading a Healthy, High-Performance Organization from the Inside Out Episodes/References mentioned: Leading to Profit EP 235 Magda Kay Leading to Profit EP 9-10 Daniel H. Pink Part 1 & Part 2 Marc Andreesen's The Battle for Tech Supremacy If you want to create a reliable cash flow for your business, I have some tools and resources that can help. Take the Profit Scorecard (3 minutes) and identify where you are leaking profit now – click here.
In today's episode:Trump projects as 'King of the World' at the Pope's funeralTrump tells The Atlantic that he runs the country and the worldShedeur Sanders and failed False Reality ConstructionTrump will hold a rally to celebrate his first 100 days and then Kamala Harris will read a speech about how bad Trump isThe media says Trump is failing and the proof is in massively skewed fake news pollingThe WHCA journalists give an award for figuring out Biden was past his prime, but take responsibility for not realizing sooner, so now it's on us to forgive themSemafor reports on a Signal chat started by Marc Andreesen where 300 "elites," many of them on "the right," build consensus and then create realityPeter Thiel gets back into political donations and joins Jordan Peterson for an extremely intellectual conversation about very littleKen Griffin, Ron! DeeSantis, and the UnipartyCanadian Ron! DeeSantis is mad that Trump asked for the vote of the Canadian people on his election day.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorLinks, articles, ideas - follow the info stream at t.me/veryreasonableHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comVisit the show's sponsors:Diversify your assets into Bitcoin: https://partner.river.com/reasonableDiversify your assets into precious metals: reasonablegold.comJoin the new information infrastructure - get Starlink: https://www.starlink.com/residential?referral=RC-1975306-67744-74Other ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorDonate btc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Make life more comfortable: mypillow.com/reasonableMerch site:https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/https://cancelcouture.comFollow the podcast info stream: t.me/veryreasonableYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, or Gettr - @imyourmoderator Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're joined by George Sivulka, Founder and CEO of Hebbia, for a conversation on how does the future of white collar work look like with multi-agents. Hebbia is backed by some of the most legendary technology investors of our generation including Peter Thiel (early investor: Paypal, Facebook), Marc Andreesen (early investor: Airbnb, Github, Coinbase), Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO Google), Jerry Yang (Co-founder Yahoo). George's background from Stanford's PhD program, combined with his work at the cutting edge of AI meta-learning, has led him to a bold mission: to build Hebbia into a generationally important company that captures the full power of the AI revolution, not through chatbots, but through entirely new interfaces for serious, complex work. We dive into: What does the future of white collar/knowledge work look like What the future UX/UI of Agentic AI might be (beyond chatbots). How Hebbia uses multi-agent orchestration to tackle tasks like investment research, drug discovery, and complex analysis. How Hebbia solves hallucination by "citing first, generating second." Why George believes AI won't eliminate jobs, but will transform how we work—and why humans will always find new ways to create value. The lessons George has learned from investors like Peter Thiel and Eric Schmidt about building great companies. We also discuss deeper trends like the geography of AI data centers, the future of inference scaling laws, and why the real competitive advantage won't be technology alone — but taste, orchestration, and human-AI collaboration. Key Takeaways from the Episode: 1. Chatbots Are Just the Beginning: George explains why chat is a weak UI for serious work—the future will be spreadsheet-like, matrixed, and human/agent collaborative. 2. Multi-Agent Orchestration is Key: Hebbia focuses on orchestrating many AI agents and humans together to handle truly complex, multi-hop tasks across domains. 3. Hallucination-Free AI: Hebbia flips the model—retrieving and citing information first, then generating outputs—to ensure accuracy and trust in critical workstreams. 4. AI Will Augment, Not Replace Humans: Work will shift from purely human to hybrid models, with humans and AI agents collaborating fluidly rather than one replacing the other. 5. Taste and Human Judgment Will Matter More Than Ever: As software creation becomes ubiquitous, taste, creativity, and judgment will be the new moats for great companies. 6. The Importance of Geopolitics in AI Infrastructure: George highlights why where data centers are located — and who controls compute — will be a defining factor for global AI leadership. 7. Building for the Entire Planet, Not Just One Nation: George's vision for Hebbia is a global platform for all humanity, regardless of geopolitical shifts. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:48) - Why is Hebbia a generationally important company shaping the future of civilization? (04:23) - Is the chatbot interface the wrong path for the future of AI user experiences? (06:45) - What core problem is Hebbia solving that current LLMs and AI tools haven't addressed yet? (09:34) - How does Hebbia tackle AI hallucinations? (13:10) - What will a multi-agent AI future look like for everyday users in the next decade? (15:00) - Will AI replace white-collar jobs first—and what does the future of knowledge work really look like? (19:20) - Is the AI revolution truly different because it introduces general intelligence beyond past technologies? (23:09) - Is the decentralization of knowledge creating a new wave of better scientists outside traditional institutions? (24:11) - Is the rise of no-code and ubiquitous software creation signaling the end of traditional B2B SaaS? (26:54) - How do legendary investors like Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, and Jerry Yang influence Hebbia's strategy and vision? (28:54) - What makes Hebbia stand out as multi-agent AI technology rapidly advances? (30:32) - What AI trend are people not paying enough attention to? (32:31) - How are global shifts in trade and politics shaping the future of AI and company building? (34:25) - How are customers measuring real ROI from their AI investments amid today's AI boom? (36:23) - Is the true value of AI hidden in the new possibilities it unlocks, beyond just faster tasks? (37:19) - Outro Join us for this electrifying conversation with George Sivulka, where we explore the frontier of AI-human collaboration, the future of work, and how to build enduring technology companies. Follow our host on Linkedln to know more or subscribe to our emailing list to get new episodes directly into your inbox.
Eoin Higgins returns to the show to discuss his new book “Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices On the Left.” We talk about how tech and Silicon Valley figures like Peter Thiel, Marc Andreesen and Elon Musk have used their vast wealth and influence to sway the political and ideological leanings of prominent independent writers. You can pre-order the book here. Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers examines DeepSeek and the race for AI. Kylie Robison of the Verge was a great guest and we confirmed that she is, in fact, a gamer. That episode is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-345-what-is-deepseek-ft-kylie This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe
Deze week schuift oud Amerika-correspondent Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal aan in de podcast! Met hem bespreken we, hoe kan het ook anders, de eerste dagen van Trumps presidentschap. Wat levert zijn stapel aan decreten op? En wat gaat hij doen met Oekraïne? En we bespreken natuurlijk ook de groeiende positie van de machtige Amerikaanse techmiljardairs. Ze waren alomtegenwoordig bij de inauguratie van president Trump, verandert Amerika in een oligarchie? En wat kan Europa doen om de politieke macht van bedrijven als X, Meta en Google op eigen bodem te beperken? SHOWNOTES De deal van Marc Andreesen met de Democraten in The Daily (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/podcasts/the-daily/big-techs-trump-andreessen.html) Eelco's interview met Niall Ferguson (https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/video/2552676-europa-moet-trump-eindelijk-serieus-gaan-nemen) Is Donald Trump wel zo'n goede dealmaker als hij zelf zegt? (https://www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b71ff363/) Bureau Buitenland over mogelijke vrede in Oekraïne (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vu7xOSDtGtsmi9hDmjUK3?si=01c44e52ce844d8c) Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths (https://open.spotify.com/track/2OErSh4oVVAUll0vHxdr6p?si=da5d4b33095b43f6)
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with entrepreneur and software pioneer, Marc Andreessen. They discuss the timeline of the woke institutional takeover, the ruinous effects it has had on Western ideology and business, the ways in which AI will shape society, and the immense responsibility we have to instill the future with an ethos and morality that serves human flourishing. Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018. Marc holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marc serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Golden, Honor, OpenGov, Samsara, Simple Things, and TipTop Labs. He is also on the board of Meta. This episode was filmed on December 18th, 2024. | Links | For Marc Andreessen: On X https://x.com/pmarca?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Substack https://pmarca.substack.com/ “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” (Book) https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/
“Software is eating the world.” That was written over 14 years ago, back in 2011 by Marc Andreesen, and it seems like that is growing more true every day. Today we're going to talk about the increasingly digital nature of businesses - all businesses - as well as how the concept of composability, which has been applied effectively in the world of software, might just have applications well beyond technology infrastructure. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Chris Bach, Co-Founder of Netlify. RESOURCES Wix Studio is the ultimate web platform for creative, fast-paced teams at agencies and enterprises—with smart design tools, flexible dev capabilities, full-stack business solutions, multi-site management, advanced AI and fully managed infrastructure. https://www.wix.com/studio Don't miss Medallia Experience 2025, March 24-26 in Las Vegas: Registration is now available: https://cvent.me/AmO1k0 Use code MEDEXP25 for $200 off registration Register now for HumanX 2025. This AI-focused event which brings some of the most forward-thinking minds in technology together. Register now with the code "HX25p_tab" for $250 off the regular price. Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstrom Don't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://www.theagilebrand.show Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems. Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company
“Software is eating the world.” That was written over 14 years ago, back in 2011 by Marc Andreesen, and it seems like that is growing more true every day. Today we're going to talk about the increasingly digital nature of businesses - all businesses - as well as how the concept of composability, which has been applied effectively in the world of software, might just have applications well beyond technology infrastructure. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Chris Bach, Co-Founder of Netlify. RESOURCES Wix Studio is the ultimate web platform for creative, fast-paced teams at agencies and enterprises—with smart design tools, flexible dev capabilities, full-stack business solutions, multi-site management, advanced AI and fully managed infrastructure. https://www.wix.com/studio Don't miss Medallia Experience 2025, March 24-26 in Las Vegas: Registration is now available: https://cvent.me/AmO1k0 Use code MEDEXP25 for $200 off registration Register now for HumanX 2025. This AI-focused event which brings some of the most forward-thinking minds in technology together. Register now with the code "HX25p_tab" for $250 off the regular price. Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstrom Don't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://www.theagilebrand.show Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems. Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company
(2:00) Trump's Medical CabinetPulling back the curtain on Oz (Trump CMS appointment) and how CMS was central to Trump's pandemic briberyTrump on mandates - he's adopted the talking points of the Pro-Trump Never-TrumpersA concerted push against RFKj confirmation — Nobel laureates, polioHow Washington Post twisted, invert and perverted the truth about Samoan vaccines to attack RFKj(31:45) LIVE comments (39:03) A new angle to the Drone GhostRiders in the SkyWhy I don't believe the radioactive "sniffer" explanation, or other implausible nonsense put out by a sheep-dipped CIA shill, passes the sniff testBut is the radioactive narrative, now being parroted by alt-media, a harbinger of something more serious?UFOs over airbase in OhioMore than geofencing — drone pilots speak out about inability to fly near these without losing powerAbout that "bird" that took out the engine of a commercial jetThe hilarious and absurd lies of DHS Mayorkas on drones(1:11:15) LIVE comments (1:16:53) Another shooting at a Christian School by a femaleWhat we know so farWhat the police chief doesn't want to discussThe town was a hot bed of left wing radicalsUK pushes "assisted dying"UK court wil remove life support from a grandmother against her family's wishes(1:31:40) Techno-Christians — Did you know Peter Thiel is now focusing on the Anti-Christ? (2:01:52) The Cult of Death Loves Luigi, Hates GunsLuigi given over $100,000 by people who think he's guilty and love what he didLuigi is the toast of late night leftist audiencesBiden's two new gun-control-by-Executive-Order "rules"(2:10:33) NewsBiden's Latest Green Fiasco — tens of billions more for nothingCNN hoaxed by Syrian torturer, tricked into pushing the story he was a prisoner(2:24:06) AI warningsFormer Google CEO warns about AI, but it's Marc Andreesen that tells us what's going on with AI and the governmentFirst AI hallucinates and falsely accuses you, then it de-persons youThe mania to ID everyone — DoorDash is harassing its drivers with constant ID checks — because "illegal aliens"(2:40:35) Biden's Jobs Lies and Trump's Bitcoin ReserveMore lies about the economy, specifically jobsWill Trump use Bitcoin as a US reserve asset — day one?Will Bitcoin go to $800k? $1M?Bitcoin goes "Santa Claus Mode" - is Santa real?(2:55:31) Trump Declines Inviting Zelensky to Inaugration. Will "Z" come anyway? Will he have anything to wear?If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7 Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
(2:00) Trump's Medical CabinetPulling back the curtain on Oz (Trump CMS appointment) and how CMS was central to Trump's pandemic briberyTrump on mandates - he's adopted the talking points of the Pro-Trump Never-TrumpersA concerted push against RFKj confirmation — Nobel laureates, polioHow Washington Post twisted, invert and perverted the truth about Samoan vaccines to attack RFKj(31:45) LIVE comments (39:03) A new angle to the Drone GhostRiders in the SkyWhy I don't believe the radioactive "sniffer" explanation, or other implausible nonsense put out by a sheep-dipped CIA shill, passes the sniff testBut is the radioactive narrative, now being parroted by alt-media, a harbinger of something more serious?UFOs over airbase in OhioMore than geofencing — drone pilots speak out about inability to fly near these without losing powerAbout that "bird" that took out the engine of a commercial jetThe hilarious and absurd lies of DHS Mayorkas on drones(1:11:15) LIVE comments (1:16:53) Another shooting at a Christian School by a femaleWhat we know so farWhat the police chief doesn't want to discussThe town was a hot bed of left wing radicalsUK pushes "assisted dying"UK court wil remove life support from a grandmother against her family's wishes(1:31:40) Techno-Christians — Did you know Peter Thiel is now focusing on the Anti-Christ? (2:01:52) The Cult of Death Loves Luigi, Hates GunsLuigi given over $100,000 by people who think he's guilty and love what he didLuigi is the toast of late night leftist audiencesBiden's two new gun-control-by-Executive-Order "rules"(2:10:33) NewsBiden's Latest Green Fiasco — tens of billions more for nothingCNN hoaxed by Syrian torturer, tricked into pushing the story he was a prisoner(2:24:06) AI warningsFormer Google CEO warns about AI, but it's Marc Andreesen that tells us what's going on with AI and the governmentFirst AI hallucinates and falsely accuses you, then it de-persons youThe mania to ID everyone — DoorDash is harassing its drivers with constant ID checks — because "illegal aliens"(2:40:35) Biden's Jobs Lies and Trump's Bitcoin ReserveMore lies about the economy, specifically jobsWill Trump use Bitcoin as a US reserve asset — day one?Will Bitcoin go to $800k? $1M?Bitcoin goes "Santa Claus Mode" - is Santa real?(2:55:31) Trump Declines Inviting Zelensky to Inaugration. Will "Z" come anyway? Will he have anything to wear?If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7 Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
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Zachary Bookman is Co-Founder and CEO of OpenGov, the GovTech cloud software leader that was acquired for a staggering $1.8BN earlier this year. Prior to acquisition, Zac raised over $180M from some of the best of the best including Marc Andreesen, Josh Kushner, Joe Lonsdale and Founder Collective to name a few. Zac is also a successful angel investor with investments in Flexport, Flock Safety and Addepar. In Today's Show with Zac Bookman We Discuss: 04:27 Navigating Enterprise Sales and Pricing Strategies 07:49 The Importance of High Gross Retention in SaaS 11:03 Investor Relations and the Power Law in Venture Capital 14:32 WTF is Product Market Fit 18:14 What No One Knows About M&A 20:05 Fundraising Challenges and Lessons Learned 32:51 What Marc Andreesen Taught Me About Boards 34:18 Why Founders and Investors are Misaligned 35:29 The OpenGov Acquisition: Selling for $1.8BN 37:22 What Does It Feel Like to Sell for $1.8BN 43:58 Why Venture Capital is a S*** Asset Class 45:13 Investment Mistakes and Lessons 01:02:05 The Importance of In-Person Collaboration
Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen made headlines for backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election, and now stands to gain new levels of influence with Trump's return to the White House. In a recent interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Andreesen outlined his views on the changing political and media landscape, as well as his outlook for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. On POLITICO Tech, Digital Future Daily author Derek Robertson joins host Steven Overly to talk through the big takeaways and what they reveal about tech's likely influence in Trump's Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's LIVE episode of The Trish Regan Show, Trish reports that Joe Rogan just fired back at The View and has joined the chorus of people suggesting Disney may soon cancel the ABC Show. It this happens, both Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg would likely be fired. Meanwhile, there's already talk of 2028's Presidential race and AOC is considered a top contender, along with Kamala. Do libs never learn? And, the tech community is speaking out; Marc Andreesen recently appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast explaining how many key players in the tech community have been getting “Debanked”… Elon Musk retweeted the commentary. Trish Regan explores the alarming trend. And, with Wicked selling out in theaters across the country, has one of the starts of the new film taken her wokeness a bit too far? We'll explain the new controversy over the film's poster.
Earlier this year I read a book called The End of Reality by the writer Jonathan Taplin. The book is a meditation on the outsize power and influence of four billionaires: Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, and Elon Musk. After the election I rang Jonathan up for a special post election conversation about his book and our new Oligarchy. Also, Radiotopia is running its annual fundraiser right now, we only do this once a year. If you can donate please do! Support this show and indy podcasts.
Last year, the venture capitalist Marc Andreesen published a document he called “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto.” In it, he argued that “everything good is downstream of growth,” government regulation is bad, and that the only way to achieve real progress is through technology.Of course, Silicon Valley has always been driven by libertarian sensibilities and an optimistic view of technology. But the radical techno-optimism of people like Andreesen, and billionaire entrepreneurs like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, has morphed into something more extreme. In their view, technology and government are always at odds with one another.But if that's true, then how do you explain someone like Audrey Tang?Tang, who, until May of this year, was Taiwan's first Minister of Digital Affairs, is unabashedly optimistic about technology. But she's also a fervent believer in the power of democratic government.To many in Silicon Valley, this is an oxymoron. But Tang doesn't see it that way. To her, technology and government are – and have always been – symbiotic.So I wanted to ask her what a technologically enabled democracy might look like – and she has plenty of ideas. At times, our conversation got a little bit wonky. But ultimately, this is a conversation about a better, more inclusive form of democracy. And why she thinks technology will get us there.Just a quick note: we recorded this interview a couple of months ago, while Tang was still the Minister of Digital Affairs.Mentions:“vTaiwan”“Polis”“Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy” by E. Glen Weyl, Audrey Tang and ⿻ Community“Collective Constitutional AI: Aligning a Language Model with Public Input,” AnthropicFurther Reading:“The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws” by Chris Horton“How Taiwan's Unlikely Digital Minister Hacked the Pandemic” by Andrew Leonard
A crash course for founders from Marc Andreesen, Vinod Khosla, Stephen Wolfram, Palmer Luckey, and Aravind Srinivas.Show notes:(0:00) Marc Andreessen's idea maze breakdown (5:29) Vinod Khosla wants you to be internally motivated(6:42) Stephen Wolfram explains how to think (8:47) Palmer Luckey's three tips for young entrepreneurs (13:02) Aravind Srinivas' advice for studentsOther episodes you might enjoy:EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In AmericaEP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI DisasterEP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon ValleyEP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA
This episode is sponsored by Command Bar, an embedded AI copilot designed to improve user experience on your web or mobile site. Find them here: https://www.commandbar.com/copilot/ Dwarkesh Patel is on a quest to know everything. He's using LLMs to enhance how he reads, learns, thinks, and conducts interviews. Dwarkesh is a podcaster who's interviewed a wide range of people, like Mark Zuckerberg, Tony Blair, and Marc Andreesen. Before conducting each of these interviews, Dwarkesh learns as much as he can about his guest and their area of expertise—AI hardware, tense geopolitical crises, and the genetics of human origins, to name a few. The most important tool in his learning arsenal? AI—specifically Claude, Claude Projects, and a few custom tools he's built to accelerate his workflow. He does this by researching extensively, and as his knowledge grows, each piece of new information builds upon the last, making it easier and easier to grasp meaningful insights. In this interview, I turn the tables on him to understand how the prolific podcaster uses AI to become a smarter version of himself. We get into: - How he uses LLMs to remember everything - His podcast prep workflow with Claude to understand complex topics - Why it's important to be an early adopter of technology - His taste in books and how he uses LLMs to learn from them - How he thinks about building a worldview - His quick takes on the AI's existential questions—AGI and P(doom) We also use Claude live on the show to help Dwarkesh research for an upcoming podcast recording. This is a must-watch for curious people who want to use AI to become smarter. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here. It's usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: - Subscribe to Every - Follow him on X Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:01:44 - Introduction 00:05:37 - How Dwarkesh uses LLMs to remember everything 00:11:50 - Dwarkesh's taste in books and how he uses AI to learn from them 00:17:58 - Why it's important to be an early adopter of technology 00:20:44 - How Dwarkesh uses Claude to understand complex concepts 00:26:36 - Dwarkesh on how you can compound your intelligence 00:28:21 - Why Dwarkesh is on a quest to know everything 00:39:19 - Dan and Dwarkesh prep for an upcoming interview 01:04:14 - How Dwarkesh uses AI for post-production of his podcast 01:08:51 - Rapid fire on AI's biggest questions—AGI and P(doom) Links to resources mentioned in the episode: - Dwarkesh Patel - Dwarkesh's podcast and newsletter - Dwarkesh's interview with researcher Andy Matuschak on spaced repetition - The book about technology and society that both Dan and Dwarkesh are reading: Medieval Technology and Social Change - Dan's interview with Reid Hoffman - The book by Will Durant that inspires Dwarkesh: Fallen Leaves - One of the most interesting books Dwarkesh has read: The Great Divide - Upcoming guests on Dwarkesh's podcast: David Reich and Daniel Yergin
Listen & subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. I'm Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A. Promote the show: Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community. Little Tech Agenda by Marc Andreesen 7/7 News Eli Lilly, Pfizer, J&J incubating the next big drug in San Diego Liquid Instruments Closes $12 Million Round Huega House Hats nearly doubled its 2023 revenue Aptera monetizes its IP portfolio for $130 Million Sonocharge raises $8.5 Million SD's Artiva plans IPO to fund NK cell therapy's autoimmune trials Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Look for upcoming Community CoWorking Days - Aquillius and SDx July 11 Morning with Aquillius SD Founders Hike - July 12 Do you want this weekly? Let Neal know SDx events
We've made a slight tweak to the news format, only focusing on the most interesting funding and acquisition stories. As always, you can go check out Mike Privette's Return on Security newsletter for the full list of funded and acquired companies every week. This week, we discuss two $100M+ rounds, from Huntress and Semperis. We also discuss NetSPI's acquisition of Hubble, and the future of the CAASM market. We focus on the important of detection engineering, echoing some of Martin Roesch's thoughts from our interview with him just before the news. One story is from the excellent DFIR report, a website and newsletter you should absolutely be subscribed to if detection engineering is important to you. The other story is from Thinkst, and showcases their ability to create file share honeypots with file listings that can now be tailored to specific industries. We discuss the results of some polls that RSnake ran on Twitter, to get feedback from folks on what they think about these models where CISOs are reportedly getting kickbacks for buying products from companies they advise. We also discuss the latest whistleblower insights about Microsoft and the state of security there, and the recent Polyfill.io incident that targeted over 100k websites with malware. Finally, we spend the rest of the news segment discussing the current state of Generative AI, from our own perspectives, but also through the lens of Bruce Schneier's latest blog post, a year old post from Marc Andreesen, and a rage-fueled rant from an angry Aussie. Don't miss the squirrel story - we highly recommend sending it to all your PhD friends (or not, if they're easily insulted and/or likely to hold a grudge). Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-366
We've made a slight tweak to the news format, only focusing on the most interesting funding and acquisition stories. As always, you can go check out Mike Privette's Return on Security newsletter for the full list of funded and acquired companies every week. This week, we discuss two $100M+ rounds, from Huntress and Semperis. We also discuss NetSPI's acquisition of Hubble, and the future of the CAASM market. We focus on the important of detection engineering, echoing some of Martin Roesch's thoughts from our interview with him just before the news. One story is from the excellent DFIR report, a website and newsletter you should absolutely be subscribed to if detection engineering is important to you. The other story is from Thinkst, and showcases their ability to create file share honeypots with file listings that can now be tailored to specific industries. We discuss the results of some polls that RSnake ran on Twitter, to get feedback from folks on what they think about these models where CISOs are reportedly getting kickbacks for buying products from companies they advise. We also discuss the latest whistleblower insights about Microsoft and the state of security there, and the recent Polyfill.io incident that targeted over 100k websites with malware. Finally, we spend the rest of the news segment discussing the current state of Generative AI, from our own perspectives, but also through the lens of Bruce Schneier's latest blog post, a year old post from Marc Andreesen, and a rage-fueled rant from an angry Aussie. Don't miss the squirrel story - we highly recommend sending it to all your PhD friends (or not, if they're easily insulted and/or likely to hold a grudge). Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-366
We all might be a little worn out on this topic, but there's no escaping it. Executives want to adopt GenAI and it is being embedded into nearly every software product we use in both our professional and personal lives. In this interview, Anurag joins us to discuss how his company evaluated and ultimately integrated AI-based technologies into their products. We discuss: What to be aware of when deploying GenAI Key use cases and successes organizations are having with GenAI Some of the risks to be aware of How to prepare employees for GenAI Best practices to prepare for evolving threats For decades, security teams have been focused on preventing and detecting threats, only to find themselves buried so deep in alerts, they can't detect anything at all! We clearly need a different approach, which will be the topic of our conversation today with Marty. We'll be discussing a shift in philosophy and tactics. We'll discuss whether SecOps has a hoarding problem, and possible paths out of the current situation preventing today's teams from successfully detecting attacks. Finally, we'll discuss the impact AI has on all this (if any). Segment Resources: Why It's Time to Evolve from Threat-centric to Compromise-centric Security Evolve from Threat-Centric to Compromise-Centric Security How to Close the Visibility Gaps Across Your Multi-Cloud Environment Defend HPC Data Centers with Frictionless Security & Observability We've made a slight tweak to the news format, only focusing on the most interesting funding and acquisition stories. As always, you can go check out Mike Privette's Return on Security newsletter for the full list of funded and acquired companies every week. This week, we discuss two $100M+ rounds, from Huntress and Semperis. We also discuss NetSPI's acquisition of Hubble, and the future of the CAASM market. We focus on the important of detection engineering, echoing some of Martin Roesch's thoughts from our interview with him just before the news. One story is from the excellent DFIR report, a website and newsletter you should absolutely be subscribed to if detection engineering is important to you. The other story is from Thinkst, and showcases their ability to create file share honeypots with file listings that can now be tailored to specific industries. We discuss the results of some polls that RSnake ran on Twitter, to get feedback from folks on what they think about these models where CISOs are reportedly getting kickbacks for buying products from companies they advise. We also discuss the latest whistleblower insights about Microsoft and the state of security there, and the recent Polyfill.io incident that targeted over 100k websites with malware. Finally, we spend the rest of the news segment discussing the current state of Generative AI, from our own perspectives, but also through the lens of Bruce Schneier's latest blog post, a year old post from Marc Andreesen, and a rage-fueled rant from an angry Aussie. Don't miss the squirrel story - we highly recommend sending it to all your PhD friends (or not, if they're easily insulted and/or likely to hold a grudge). Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-366
We all might be a little worn out on this topic, but there's no escaping it. Executives want to adopt GenAI and it is being embedded into nearly every software product we use in both our professional and personal lives. In this interview, Anurag joins us to discuss how his company evaluated and ultimately integrated AI-based technologies into their products. We discuss: What to be aware of when deploying GenAI Key use cases and successes organizations are having with GenAI Some of the risks to be aware of How to prepare employees for GenAI Best practices to prepare for evolving threats For decades, security teams have been focused on preventing and detecting threats, only to find themselves buried so deep in alerts, they can't detect anything at all! We clearly need a different approach, which will be the topic of our conversation today with Marty. We'll be discussing a shift in philosophy and tactics. We'll discuss whether SecOps has a hoarding problem, and possible paths out of the current situation preventing today's teams from successfully detecting attacks. Finally, we'll discuss the impact AI has on all this (if any). Segment Resources: Why It's Time to Evolve from Threat-centric to Compromise-centric Security Evolve from Threat-Centric to Compromise-Centric Security How to Close the Visibility Gaps Across Your Multi-Cloud Environment Defend HPC Data Centers with Frictionless Security & Observability We've made a slight tweak to the news format, only focusing on the most interesting funding and acquisition stories. As always, you can go check out Mike Privette's Return on Security newsletter for the full list of funded and acquired companies every week. This week, we discuss two $100M+ rounds, from Huntress and Semperis. We also discuss NetSPI's acquisition of Hubble, and the future of the CAASM market. We focus on the important of detection engineering, echoing some of Martin Roesch's thoughts from our interview with him just before the news. One story is from the excellent DFIR report, a website and newsletter you should absolutely be subscribed to if detection engineering is important to you. The other story is from Thinkst, and showcases their ability to create file share honeypots with file listings that can now be tailored to specific industries. We discuss the results of some polls that RSnake ran on Twitter, to get feedback from folks on what they think about these models where CISOs are reportedly getting kickbacks for buying products from companies they advise. We also discuss the latest whistleblower insights about Microsoft and the state of security there, and the recent Polyfill.io incident that targeted over 100k websites with malware. Finally, we spend the rest of the news segment discussing the current state of Generative AI, from our own perspectives, but also through the lens of Bruce Schneier's latest blog post, a year old post from Marc Andreesen, and a rage-fueled rant from an angry Aussie. Don't miss the squirrel story - we highly recommend sending it to all your PhD friends (or not, if they're easily insulted and/or likely to hold a grudge). Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-366
Sohn von Formel 1 Weltmeister Keke Rosberg, Go-Kart Champion als Teenager, Start in der Formel 1 mit 21 und mit 31 dann Formel 1 Weltmeister im Mercedes. Nico Rosberg ist heute zu Gast. Nach seiner Karriere hat Nico angefangen mit Startup-Investing und in diesen Tagen launched er ein großes neues Ding, worüber wir ausführlich sprechen. Wir reden aber auch über Tipps gegen Nervosität, Fitness-Hacks von Nico und natürlich pitchen wir uns gegenseitig jeweils eine Geschäftsidee, die wir machen würden, wenn wir mehr Zeit hätten. Abonnier unseren kostenlosen Newsletter mit noch mehr Geschäftsideen. Inhalte dieser Folge: (00:00) Intro (02:30) Wann Nico wusste, dass er ein richtig guter Rennfahrer werden würde (05:00) Wann hattest du einen Moment: Wow, ich kann ein richtig guter Investor werden? (08:35) Nicos Treffen mit Marc Andreesen und die Zukunft von KI (18:10) Rosberg Ventures: Nicos neues Projekt (31:10) Wie sah damals dein Alltag aus, um dich auf die Rennen vorzubereiten? (34:09) Unterschied zu Zeiten von Michael Schuhmacher (36:20) Was macht Nico jetzt, um sich fit zu halten (45:46) Geschäftsidee von Nico: Coolphone (52:07) Geschäftsidee von Alex: 360 Longevity (56:30) Outro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex2459/message
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Basti Lehmann is the co-founder and former CEO of Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that raised over $900M from the likes of Tiger Global, Founders Fund, Spark Capital and Andreesen Horowitz. Following Uber's $2.65BN acquisition in 2020, Basti founded TipTop, a platform for fast tech sales which Marc Andreesen led the $20M seed round for. In Today's Episode with Basti Lehmann We Discuss: From US Immigrant to Billion Dollar Founder How did Basti start his career hacking AT&T? How did early hardships shape Basti's work ethic? What were Basti's biggest challenges building Postmates? Lessons from Raising $900M How did Basti raise $20M from Marc Andreesen? How does Basti select which VCs to work with? Why does Basti think 99% of VCs are sheep? Why does Basti think great VCs add no value? Why does Basti think having to educate investors is a massive red flag? Selling Postmates for $2.65BN Why did Basti sell Postmates to Uber? How did the acquisition happen? Was there anything Basti would have done differently? What does Basti think makes Dara Khosrowshahi a great CEO? What is Basti's biggest advice to founders on acquisitions? Future of AI: Startups or Incumbents? What does Basti think is the biggest challenge of LLMs today? Why does Basti think inference computing will be the future of AI? Why does Basti think incumbents can be replaced? Why does Basti think the biggest companies are being born today?
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Chris Dixon is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade with investments in Oculus (acquired by Facebook), Coinbase, and many more. Chris also founded and leads a16z crypto, a division of the firm that he has grown from $300 million in 2018 to more than $7 billion of committed capital. Due to his many successes, Chris was named #1 on the Forbes Midas List in 2022. In Today's Episode with Chris Dixon We Discuss: From Founder to Leading GP in Venture: How did Chris make his way into the world of venture and startups? When did he realize investing was his calling? How did Chris Dixon come to co-found Founder Collective with Dave Frankel and Eric Paley? Lessons from 12 years Investing: What are Chris' biggest lessons from working with Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz? Does Chris agree with Doug Leone, “venture has transitioned from a boutique high margin business to a low margin commoditised industry”? What are the two ways to win in venture? Does Chris agree the best founders don't need their VCs? What is Chris' biggest investing miss? How did it impact his mindset? Are Incumbents Too Big To Be Replaced: What is the biggest problem with open-source internet today? Does Chris think incumbents can be replaced? Why does Chris think AI will strengthen incumbents? Does Chris think OpenAI should be open-sourced? Biggest Challenges in Crypto: What is the biggest misconception of crypto today? Does Chris think speculation is bad for crypto? What would Chris most like to change in the world of crypto? How does Chris think Trump will affect crypto?
Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the most influential researchers in the history of AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - HiddenLayer: https://hiddenlayer.com/lex - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial - AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Yann's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ylecun Yann's Facebook: https://facebook.com/yann.lecun Meta AI: https://ai.meta.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (09:10) - Limits of LLMs (20:47) - Bilingualism and thinking (24:39) - Video prediction (31:59) - JEPA (Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture) (35:08) - JEPA vs LLMs (44:24) - DINO and I-JEPA (45:44) - V-JEPA (51:15) - Hierarchical planning (57:33) - Autoregressive LLMs (1:12:59) - AI hallucination (1:18:23) - Reasoning in AI (1:35:55) - Reinforcement learning (1:41:02) - Woke AI (1:50:41) - Open source (1:54:19) - AI and ideology (1:56:50) - Marc Andreesen (2:04:49) - Llama 3 (2:11:13) - AGI (2:15:41) - AI doomers (2:31:31) - Joscha Bach (2:35:44) - Humanoid robots (2:44:52) - Hope for the future
Dwarkesh Patel is a renowned podcaster who has hosted interviews with luminaries like Marc Andreesen, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and Grant Sanderson. He's best known for the extraordinary effort he puts into researching the topics he speaks with his guests about, and for covering an exceptionally wide intellectual ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #92 - When a Man Comes to Himself by Woodrow Wilson w/Libby Unger---00:00 Welcome and Introduction - When a Man Comes to Himself by Woodrow Wilson with Libby Unger.02:00 Woodrow Wilson, Progressivism, and Techno-Optimism.05:41 When a Man Comes to Himself by Woodrow Wilson. 11:46 The Literary Life of Woodrow Wilson.15:35 Woodrow Wilson and the Complications of Political Leadership.21:05 The Personalities of 'Captains of Industry.'26:50 Identity Politics, Marxism and the Intellectual Superiority of Aristocracy.31:46 The Philosophical Challenges to Leadership Proposed by Marc Andreesen.35:00 The Challenges to the Management Beaucracy State from Artificial Intelligence Algorithms.39:02 Woodrow Wilson on the Impact of Christianity on Wealth.45:00 Wealth and Worldview: A Study in Techno-Optimism50:00 Positive View of the World and Technological Success.53:00 Leadership at the End of the Fourth Turning and the 'Doom Cycle.'01:00:00 The Machine of Davros and the World Economic Forum.01:02:00 The Exposure Wrought by the Apocalypse.01:08:39 The Roko Basilik, Accelerationism, and Deaccelerationism. 01:11:20 The Transcendent Forces that Bind People Together Must Not Be Frayed01:18:16 Elon Musk, Zuby, and the West Being "Screwed" Without Christianity.01:23:00 Servant Leadership and the Transcendent.01:10:03 Your Animal Brain, the Seven Deadly Sins, and The Burglar's Christmas.01:32:41 Family, the Tenderloin District, and What Will Make People Whole.01:35:19 Leaders Help People Escape the Shame Cycle with an Exchange of Meaning.01:37:26 The WPA, Welfare-to-Work Programs, and the Role of the State.01:40:00 Staying on the Leadership Path with When a Man Comes to Himself by Woodrow Wilson.Opening theme composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---References:Mike Solano and Pirate Wires - https://www.piratewires.com/The Rise of the Right-Wing Progressives by N.S. Lyons - https://open.substack.com/pub/theupheaval/p/the-rise-of-the-right-wing-progressives.The Techno Optimist Manifesto by Marc Andreessen - https://pmarca.substack.com/p/the-techno-optimist-manifesto.Glenn Beck - https://www.facebook.com/GlennBeck/videos/welcome-to-woodrow-wilsons-progressive-dream-state/2103907989801102/.WHYY - https://whyy.org/articles/president-woodrow-wilsons-legacy-progressive-politics-and-racism/.Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!---Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTlbx.
Why do 700 employees want to follow in Sam Altman and Greg Brockman's footsteps? Kipp and Kieran dive into the new subplots of the chaotic OpenAI saga. Learn more on what does this mean for startups right now, the importance of diversification in AI, why you need to own your story, and how to prepare yourself for paradigm shifts in business. Mentions Tweet from Julian Lehr https://twitter.com/julianlehr/status/1726597518212071494 Tweet from Paul Graham https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1726936672875753952 Tweet from Marc Andreesen https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1726894319255339081 Tweet from Patrick Campbell https://twitter.com/Patticus/status/1726797587875848459 Tweet from Adam D'Angelo https://twitter.com/adamdangelo/status/1717237512077561869 Tweet from Nic Carter https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1726958022424215920 Reply tweet from Brian Halligan https://twitter.com/bhalligan/status/1726705311103484323 Tweet from Chris Bakke https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke/status/1726756262875205678 We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934 If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends. We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.
In The End of Reality¸ Jonathan Taplin provides his perspective into the personal backgrounds and cultural power of these billionaires—Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreesen (“The Four”) —and shows how their tech monopolies have brought middle-class wage stagnation, the hollowing out of many American towns, a radical increase in income inequality, and unbounded public acrimony. Meanwhile, the enormous amount of taxpayer money to be funneled into the dystopian ventures of "The Four," the benefits of which will accrue to billionaires, exacerbate these disturbing trends. Join us when film producer and scholar, Jonathan Taplin shares what he calls - the great con job of the twenty-first century—the metaverse, crypto, space travel, transhumanism—being sold by four billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, Elon Musk), leading to the degeneration and bankruptcy of our society, on this installment
In the late 1960s, Richard Nixon popularized the term "silent majority." Drawing from the pro-Hamas rallies, the mass shooting in Maine and the House Speaker debacle, Bradley updates Nixon with a phenomenon he calls "tyranny of the minority." Plus, Bradley discusses his theory of "minimal viable suffering," assesses the impact of Dean Phillips challenging Biden in the Democratic primaries, reflects on the death of actor Matthew Perry and casts dissenting votes on recent output from Martin Scorsese and Marc Andreesen.This episode was taped at P&T Knitwear at 180 Orchard Street — New York City's only free podcast recording studio.Send us an email with your thoughts on today's episode: info@firewall.media.Subscribe to Bradley's weekly newsletter, follow Bradley on Twitter + Linkedin, and be sure to pre-order his debut novel, OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT.
We're back! And this time just Duncan and James to talk about weird twitter discourse again! Sorry… we promise we'll go back to talking about wonky energy stuff in the next episodes.In this ep, we talk about Duncan's Dad's epic utility pole story, James' other less successful business ventures, announcing the first ever V2R (Vehicle 2 Rave) application at DERvos, Marc Andreesen's manifesto and Sam Altman on Joe Rogan, their (and the e/acc movement's) views on energy and environmentalism, comparing that to MMA environmentalism, the religious quality to all of this, our belief in balance, our hopes for new envrionmentalism, the myopic focus of the discourse on carbon, chaos theory, complexity science, and so much more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dertaskforcenews.substack.com/subscribe
Dr. Robotnik has written a manifesto, and before you ask, yes - it cites Marinetti. We also look into the ongoing mass Labour Party revolt against Starmer and the front bench's support for Israel's attack on Gaza, which if you recall, Starmer backed full-throatedly to impress Nick Ferrari for two minutes. Medical Aid for Palestinians here: www.map.org.uk/ If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepodcast *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo's upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)
Kara and Scott discuss the ongoing House speaker's race, tech leaders dropping out of the Web Summit conference, and Google cutting news division jobs. Then, it's a tough week for Goldman Sachs amidst profit declines. Will David Solomon giving up his DJ hobby help? Plus, X has begun testing out $1 subscriptions. Then, a listener question on Marc Andreesen's “Techno-Optimist Manifesto.” Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial. Follow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
My favorite Colborn and Max episode by far. Digging into Marc Andreesen's (founder of a16z) "The Techno-Optmist Manifesto" leads us to talk about the successes and failures of this very 21st-century philosophy, the dangers of unmitigated technological advance, the very possibility of endless decentralization, the overwhelming importance of love in our lives (and its many forms), and why AI might force us all back into each others' arms.
Today we have Dee and Anand in the studio for another jam-packed episode of Group Chat News. The guys talked about the Chargers fan conspiracy, A.C.T. test scores dropping, the Marc Andreesen manifesto, how household net worths surged after the pandemic, Tesla and Netflix earnings, X's new service fee, and the reason behind the new cost, Florida's move up to the 2nd most valuable residential real estate in the country and of course Winners, Losers, and Content. Timeline of What Was Discussed: Everyone gets mad about everything. (0:00) Making the argument to update the standardized testing format to get into college. (7:49) Universities are in a BIG pickle. (13:42) Breaking down Marc Andreessen's ‘Techo-Optimist Manifesto'. (19:04) Why the economy is NOT soft. (35:31) It's Earning Season! The latest news on Tesla and Netflix. (39:15) Everyone has $1 to spare if you want to be in the conversation. (41:54) Florida passes New York to become the 2nd most valuable residential real estate in the US. (44:30) Winners, Losers, and Content. (48:25) Group Chat ‘Kathy' Shout Outs. (55:16) Related Links/Products Mentioned Who is Merrianne the Chargers fan? Mom behind viral 'Monday Night Football' meme insists LA fandom isn't fake ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low - NPR Big money donors are slamming Ivy League universities and pulling funding over their responses to the Israel-Hamas war Marc Andreessen just dropped a ‘Techno-Optimist Manifesto' Household Net Worth Surged After the Pandemic Hit Tesla CEO Elon Musk sounds pessimistic note about economy on earnings call Netflix stock surges 13% as profit beats expectations, ad-tier subscriptions rise X Is Testing $1 Annual Fee in New Zealand, Philippines to Fight Spam BREAKING: Florida officially passes New York to become the 2nd most valuable residential real estate market in the US. AirAsia CEO slammed for sharing photo of getting shirtless massage during meeting Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content We're @groupchatpod on Snapchat
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In Jonathan Taplin's new book, “The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars and Crypto," the internet innovation expert delves into activities of the gang-of-four powerful oligarchs: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Andreesen, breaking down their increasing profits and infinite ambitions to control and influence domestic and global affairs while sending our technology innovation in a profit-driven, dystopian direction, corrupting both sides of the political aisle. Host Robert Scheer's question: “Wait a minute, what else is new” in capitalism?”
Get the entire update in 20 min! Unveiling the Clash of US and Chinese AI, Tech Power Struggles, and the Rise of Cryptocurrencies in a World of Shifting Careers Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape and a leading figure in the tech industry, takes center stage as we delve into his insights on the ever-evolving landscape of digital transformation. From the early days of the internet to the current trends shaping our digital lives, Andreessen provides a captivating glimpse into the tech universe. We explore the power of software, the impact of AI and automation, and the potential of cryptocurrencies to reshape economies. Discover Andreessen's perspectives on entrepreneurship, disruption, and the boundless opportunities that lie ahead in a tech-driven world. Cited Full Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3EWIFUOpaM9s7Pmei0r2C3?si=hzy1hQUoR4SKO9yTTIb-KA Support this show and give love to our sponsor below: Burly Brandz Use the code fast15 - to get 15% off | www.burlybrandz.com/ Connect with Zach: Twitter | https://twitter.com/z_nix_?s=11&t=yAFtZJcxm29lxslu7pwseA Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/zachnx/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/zach.nx Connect with Noah: Twitter | https://twitter.com/noahreeves315?s=11&t=yAFtZJcxm29lxslu7pwseA Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/noah.reeves96/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/noah.reeves Subscribe to The Big Chew Podcast Twitter | https://twitter.com/thebigchewpod?s=11&t=yAFtZJcxm29lxslu7pwseA Instagram Meme Page | the_big_chew_memes https://instagram.com/the_big_chew_memes?igshid=Y2I2MzMwZWM3ZA== Instagram | the.big.chew.podcast https://instagram.com/the.big.chew.podcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Popular ways to listen Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-chew/id1608218162 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/show/4hsYkpfaJdBCYa8qmTmNq3?si=8d2922dc71ba4cdc #MarcAndreessen #JoeRoganExperience #TechInnovation #DigitalTransformation #TechVisionary #Entrepreneurship #FutureTech #AIandAutomation #CryptocurrencyInsights #DigitalAge #InnovationJourney #TechThoughtLeadership #BusinessDisruption #ExploringTheTechFrontier #FutureofTechnology --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigchew/message
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Vinod Khosla is the Founder of Khosla Ventures, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade with investments in OpenAI, Stripe, DoorDash, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and many more. Prior to founding Khosla, Vinod was a co-founder of Daisy Systems and founding CEO of Sun Microsystems. In Today's Episode with Vinod Khosla We Discuss: 1. The State of AI Today: Does Vinod believe we are in a bubble or is the excitement justified based on technological development? What are the single biggest lessons that Vinod has from prior bubbles? What is different about this time? What is Vinod concerned about with this AI bubble? 2. The Future of Healthcare and Music: How does Vinod evaluate the impact AI will have on the future of healthcare? How does Vinod analyse the impact AI will have on the future of music and content creation? Does Vinod believe that humans will resist these advancements? Who will be the laggards, slow to embrace it and who will be the early adopters? 3. Solving Income Inequality: Does Vinod believe AI does more to harm or to hurt income inequality? What mechanisms can be put in place to ensure that AI does not further concentrate wealth into the hands of the few? Does Vinod believe in universal basic income? What does everyone get wrong with UBI? 4. The Future of Energy, Climate and Politics: Why is forcing non-economic solutions the wrong approach to climate? What is the right approach? Why is Vinod so bullish on fusion and geothermal? How does fusion bankrupt entire industries? How does the advancements in energy and resource creation change global politics? Does Vinod believe Larry Summers was right; "China is a prison, Japan is a nursing home and Europe is a museum"? 5. Vinod Khosla: AMA: What is Vinod's single biggest investing miss? What does Vinod know now that he wishes he had known when he started investing? Why did the Taylor Swift concert have such a profound impact on him? What was Marc Andreesen like when he backed him with Netscape in 1996?
Featured Guests: Brian S. Raymond, founder and CEO, Unstructured | Sam Smith-Eppsteiner, partner, Innovation Endeavors The largest AI companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI make commitments to the White House that they will implement measures to make the tech safer, foreign companies are the biggest winners under America's climate tech law, and Marc Andreesen shares about his son's relationship with ChatGPT.
This week James and Daniel talk to Eric Franchi Eric Franchi is the General Partner at AperiamVentures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on transformative ad tech and mar tech companies. AperiamVentures is an investor in Market as well as companies including tvScientific, Iris.tv, ID5, Rembrand, and Kevel (listen to James' interview with Kevel's CEO). Prior to founding AperiamVentures, Eric founded Undertone, which was a leading digital ad network and tech company. Eric built that business to over $100M in revenue before being acquired by publicly traded Perion Network. Eric is also co-host of the Marketecture podcast, which covers the latest developments in ad tech and marketing. You can find Eric @ericfranchi and on LinkedIn Website: https://www.aperiam.vc/ Link to Marc Andreesen's take on the Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg fight: https://www.thefp.com/p/marc-andreessen-musk-zuckerberg-cage-fight
Jathan and Ed from This Machine Kills (@machinekillspod) join the gang to discuss the long, terrible essay by Marc Andreesen about why AI will save the world. Part of his argument is that Marx was wrong because Elon Musk SELLS cars rather than hoarding them for himself. It's... well, it's something? Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dr-robotniks-84608248 *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepodcast *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo's upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows and check out a recording of Milo's special PINDOS available on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRI7uwTPJtg *ROME ALERT* Milo and Phoebe have teamed up with friend of the show Patrick Wyman to finally put their classical education to good use and discuss every episode of season 1 of Rome. You can download the 12 episode series from Bandcamp here (1st episode is free): https://romepodcast.bandcamp.com/album/rome-season-1 Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)
Christian Ward, Chief Data Officer of Yext, not only has his finger on the pulse of AI, but was talking about generative AI long before it became the latest tech topic du jour. Join the lively back & forth between Ward and host Mike Boland – two fast-talking tech geeks that speculate what's around the corner for AI & search. What sits at the intersection of AI and Search as Google, Microsoft and others race to integrate it? And as the search king, is Google saddled with a natural innovator's dilemma when it comes to infusing AI. Spoiler alert: Ward wouldn't bet against Google. This Week in Local is brought to you by Localogy. To learn more, please visit Localogy.com. Christian's Reference to Marc Andreesen's editorial “Why AI Will Save the World” can be seen here.
Hosts Gavin Purcell & Kevin Pereira are back with another entertaining dive into the world of AI news, breakthroughs, and applications. We're here to make artificial intelligence digestible and relatable for everyone. In this week's stunt, we're doing something nobody has done before! We're taking Gash, our AI sidekick, on a series of speed dates with some of the biggest names in AI - Anthropic's Claude, Bing Chat, and Google's Bard. Will sparks fly in this AI-on-AI interaction? Tune in for a unique exploration into AI communication. (Segment starts at 40:20) We also share our "Dumb Thing We Did With AI This Week". Kevin's adventure involved experimenting with Bing Chat on Microsoft Edge, while Gavin put ChatGPT to the test by rewriting the lyrics of "One Week" to reflect our podcast, AI For Humans. On to THE NEWS: Apple's Vision Pro's release, surprisingly, didn't highlight its AI features. Marc Andreesen shares his perspective in his piece, "AI Will Save Us". Japan is making significant strides in integrating AI, which could have worldwide implications. Stay tuned for these stories and much more about AI technology, its impact, and its potential. Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AIForHumansShow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AIForHumansShow And leave us a voicemail or an email on our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Marty Cagan is one of the OGs of Product and Product Management as the Founder of Silicon Valley Product Group. Before founding SVPG, Marty served as an executive responsible for defining and building products for some of the most successful companies in the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Netscape Communications, and eBay. He worked directly alongside Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz at Netscape and Pierre Omidyar at eBay. In Today's Episode with Marty Cagan We Discuss: 1. Entry into the World of Product From Engineering: How Marty first made his way into the world of product, having started life as an engineer? What does Marty know now that he wishes he had known when he started in product? What are Marty's biggest tips to anyone making the move from engineering to product? 2. Lessons from Marc and Ben at Netscape and Pierre @ eBay: What are the single biggest lessons Marty took from working side by side on product with Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreesen? What did Netscape do right? What did they do wrong? With hindsight, what would Marty have done differently? How did Marty break all of his rules by working with Pierre Omidyar? 3. Hiring a World Class Early Product Team: When is the right time to make your first product hire as a startup? What is the right profile for that first product hire? Senior or junior? If you go for the junior hire, how do you structure the rest of the team? If you go for the Senior hire, how do you structure the rest of the team? What are the single biggest mistakes startups make when hiring their first in product? Does Marty prefer someone with or without expertise in the domain you are in? 4. Mastering the Onboarding Process: What is the optimal onboarding process for all new product hires? How can leaders ensure that product hires see and understand all areas of the business? What can product leaders do to proactively impress in the first 30-60 days? What are clear red flags that a new product hire is not working out? How long do we give them?
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Martin Casado is a General Partner @ a16z where he focuses on enterprise investing. At a16z, Martin has led investments and serves on the board of dbt Labs, Fivetran, Material Security, Ambient AI and many more incredible companies. Before venture, Martin was previously the Co-Founder and CTO at Nicira, acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion in 2012. While at VMware, Martin served as Senior VP and General Manager of the Networking and Security Business Unit, which he scaled to a $600 million revenue run-rate business. In Today's Episode with Martin Casado We Discuss: 1. From $1.26BN Founder to Leading Enterprise Investing for a16z: How did Martin make his way into the world of VC and come to lead enterprise investing for a16z? What does Martin know now that he wishes he had known when he started investing? What have been some of his biggest investing lessons from Marc and Ben? 2. The VC Model is Broken and Why: Why does Martin believe that the current model for venture is broken? Why does Martin believe that VCs are not oracles and they were not gifted with picking ability? How will asset allocation more broadly fundamentally change over the next decade? Why will Silicon Valley take over and run Wall St? Why does Wall St not care about innovation and true technological development? Who will be the winners and who will be the losers in the next 10 years of venture? 3. Surviving a Crash - What Founders Need To Know: Layoffs: What is Martin's advice to founders on doing layoffs today? How much is the right amount to cut? Should it be done in one go? How should this be communicated to investors and the board? Scenario Planning: What three scenario plans should all founders be creating right now? How should they know which one is the right one to execute against? Comparisons: How should founders use and look to public company performance and market cap to determine which plan they should choose? Hiring Freeze: Why does Martin believe the biggest companies in the world make massive mistakes by freezing hiring? What should they do instead? 4. The Changing Guard at a16z: What have been the single best and worst changes a16z have made over the last 24 months? What are the first things to break when a firm scales as fast as a16z has done? Does Martin agree a16z returns will reduce with the scaling of their funds larger than ever? How does Martin look to train and educate his junior team? How does he advise them on surviving a downturn? What should they do? What should they not do? 5.) The Makings of a Great Board: What are the three types of board members? What is the best? What is the worst? What does Martin believe makes the truly great boards? What is the biggest advice Martin gives to young board members today? How has Martin changed as a board member over time? What does he need to improve? Items Mentioned in Today's Episode: Martin's Fave Book: The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Brian Armstrong is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Coinbase, the easiest place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Over the last 10 years, Brian has led Coinbase to today, a public company with over 3,500 employees and revenues of over $7.5BN in 2021. Brian also raised venture funding before going public from some of the best including Fred Wilson @ USV, Micky Malka @ Ribbit, Marc Andreesen @ a16z and Garry and Alexis at Initialized. Prior to founding Coinbase, Brian was a Product Manager @ Airbnb. In Today's Episode with Brian Armstrong We Discuss: 1.) Founding Coinbase: How did Brian make his way from PM @ Airbnb to founding Coinbase? What is Brian running from in his past? What is he running toward in his future? What does Brian know now that he wishes he had known at the start of Coinbase? 2.) Brian Armstrong: The Leader: What does "high performance" mean to Brian in leadership? How does Brian think about stepping off the treadmill for a second and appreciating what has been achieved? How does one celebrate as a team without creating laziness or arrogance? How has Brian most changed as a leader over the last 10 years? On reflection, what does Brian believe are his biggest weaknesses today? 3.) Crucible Moments in the Coinbase Journey: What does Brian mean when he says, "you need to be able to differentiate between a real emergency and a fame emergency?" What is the difference? When Brian made the speech to the Coinbase team on political views in the company, was that a real or fake emergency? What happened? What would he have done differently? Is the failed NFT launch, a real or fake emergency? What big mistakes were made? What are Coinbase doing to correct and improve them? "Bankrupt Coinbase" campaign on social earlier this year, real or fake emergency? What has been Brian's biggest lessons on how to deal with fake news? 4.) Crypto and The Ultimate Mission for Coinbase: What is different about this crypto winter from all other crypto winters? Why did Brian ban discussion on the market cap from employees within Coinbase? How does Brian maintain morale internally when everyone sees the stock at all-time lows? How does the Coinbase mission extend far beyond financial freedom for the world? What does Brian want Coinbase to be in 10 years?