David Sacks and Chamath on the 2026 Midterm Odds
How Polymarket odds, polling bias, and a split Congress could trigger regulatory freezes for founders.
Anthropic S-1 Shocker, Greatest Business Ever? Google’s $500B Wipeout, Midterm Predictions
The All-In hosts analyze Anthropic's landmark S-1 IPO filing, evaluating its revenue trajectory, gross margins, capital efficiency, and systemic capital market implications. They examine Google's $500 billion single-day market cap drop following earnings and shifting search ad auction dynamics. Finally, the besties debate the 2026 midterm elections, assessing polling accuracy, Polymarket odds, economic data, and the regulatory consequences of divided government.
Key takeaways
- Patrick Rafini's review of the last three election cycles shows that 75% of public polls slanted toward Democrats, according to David Sacks. Read more →
- AI hyperscalers will need to issue corporate debt equal to roughly 30% of all projected US Treasury issuance through 2027 to finance their buildouts. Read more →
- One dollar of Nvidia fabrication cost compounds into eighteen dollars of model software revenue as value stacks across hardware, compute clusters, and foundation models. Read more →
- Anthropic leads the industry race toward recursive self-improvement (RSI), using its own models to write algorithmic optimizations for future model generations. Read more →
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AI Debt Will Compete With US Treasuries by 2027
Chamath Palihapitiya warns AI corporate debt will equal 30% of US Treasury issuance by 2027, raising capital costs and inviting compute rationing.
David Friedberg on AI Value Stack Economics
How $1 of Nvidia silicon COGS compounds into $18 of software revenue, and why token margins expand as compute costs fall.
Anthropic Uses Recursive AI to Cut Model Costs to One-Tenth
David Sacks explains why Anthropic races toward recursive self-improvement while building regulatory moats through former White House officials.
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