Why the 2026 Midterms Are a Collision Course for Capital
Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg debate the 2026 midterms, Polymarket odds, and populist threats to $160T in middle-class wealth.
Trump’s Super Intelligence Summit, AI Safety Accord, GDP Beats, Midterm Predictions
The hosts break down Donald Trump's White House Super Intelligence Summit and the newly signed AI safety accord establishing corporate audits and board oversight. They also examine the growing AI cyber defense arms race, recent US economic indicators including GDP revisions and rate risks, predictions for the upcoming midterm elections, and mainstream media coverage of an attempted airline hijacking.
Key takeaways
- Jason Calacanis puts the odds of a Democratic sweep in the 2026 midterm elections at 70% to 80%, pointing to voter frustration over persistent inflation and perceived border inaction. Read more →
- Open-source model proliferation across 197 sovereign nations makes software-level AI bans impossible to enforce globally. Read more →
- Chamath Palihapitiya argues that political factions push AI job destruction narratives as a calculated tactic to win the upcoming midterms and the 2028 election. Read more →
- Donald Trump gathered leaders across the tech stack, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Dario Amodei, to draft the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. Read more →
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Stop Buying AI Panic: Why Fear Is Just a Political Campaign
Chamath Palihapitiya and Jason Calacanis explain why AI doomerism is a tool for regulatory capture, and how America.gov flips the script.
Inside Trump's White House Accord on Super Intelligence
David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya explain how the White House Accord binds frontier AI labs through board D&O liability and compliance audits.
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