What Robert Caro learned about power after studying it for 50 years
Biographer Robert Caro joins Dwarkesh Patel to discuss the nature of political power, examining the careers and ruthless determination of Robert Moses and Lynd…
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How an unelected man ruled New York for 30 years
Dwarkesh Patel analyzes Robert Caro's seminal biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, extracting core lessons on how political figures accumulate an…
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…
WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA Fight
WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed joins Jason Calacanis to discuss the company's growth to 4 million members and 50 billion hours of continuous physiological he…
The future is Postgres (Interview)
Adam Stacoviak sits down with Craig Kerstiens to discuss why Postgres continues to dominate the database landscape through its reliable core and powerful exten…
Building what's next (Interview)
Adam Stacoviak speaks with Resend founder and CEO Zeno Rocha about scaling an email platform to three million users and one hundred thousand paying customers.…
Dylan Field: Is AI Replacing Designers?, Design is the New Code & Democratizing Creativity
Figma CEO Dylan Field joins Jason Calacanis in Napa to discuss the collapse of Adobe's blocked $20 billion acquisition and how Figma navigated the regulatory f…
What will computer chips look like in 2045?
Dwarkesh Patel tours Intel's advanced manufacturing facilities and research labs to investigate the future of semiconductor hardware through 2045. Intel techni…
Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS Collapse
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna and Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora join the All-In Podcast to analyze quantum computing's imminent threat to global cryptography, t…
AI Cyber Panic, Ken Griffin’s Bubble Warning, The Fall of France?
The hosts and guest Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, analyze Ken Griffin's warning of an artificial intelligence bubble and examine why massive VC spen…
Elizabeth Holmes' Husband Billy Evans: The Trial, Prison & Nathan Fielder’s Documentary
In his first public interview, Billy Evans joins David Friedberg to discuss his relationship with Elizabeth Holmes, from their initial meeting before her indic…
Martin Shkreli: Big Pharma's Blind Spot, Betting Against Quantum & What Prison Taught Him
Former hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli joins the show to discuss why he is shorting quantum computing and why he believes the te…
CoreWeave Crash, AI Trade Cracks, Anthropic IPO Red Flags, Bill Gates Doomer
With guest host Ben Horowitz filling in for David Friedberg, the panel discusses CoreWeave's surging bond yields and debt risks, the capital payback metrics of…
From zero to NanoClaw (Interview)
Gavriel Cohen, creator of NanoClaw and co-founder of NanoCo, sits down with Adam Stacoviak to discuss how a 40-hour weekend project evolved into a viral open-s…
Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France Riots
The hosts debate Anthropic's outreach to religious leaders regarding potential AI consciousness and the safety risks embedded in Claude's constitution. They al…
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 oversig…
Daniel Ek: Life After Spotify, Broken Healthcare Incentives, Catching Disease Early & AI's Potential
Spotify co-founder and Executive Chairman Daniel Ek joins Jason Calacanis and David Friedberg to discuss his journey launching Spotify, his preventative health…
How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? – Si Sheppard
Military historian Si Sheppard joins Dwarkesh Patel to examine how small bands of Spanish conquistadors rapidly toppled the Aztec and Inca empires. They explor…
Jake Paul & The Chainsmokers: Turning Fame into Funds, Jake Enters Politics? & Venture Bubble Signs
At the All-In Summit, Chamath Palihapitiya and Jason Calacanis interview Jake Paul on turning creator attention into capital, disrupting UFC fighter economics…
Luca Ferrari, Bending Spoons CEO: The $40K Start, Buying Product-Market Fit & Beating Private Equity
Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari explains how his company grew from a failed AI startup with $40,000 in leftover capital into a multi-billion-dollar tech conglo…
Sarah Paine — Why wars are so difficult to end
Naval War College historian Sarah Paine examines the strategic dynamics of war termination, explaining why wars are easy to enter, difficult to conclude, and r…
Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine
Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl discusses breaking the sound barrier with XB-1, eliminating sonic booms through atmospheric refraction, and legali…
Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA Republicans
Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt join the All-In hosts to break down the economic and political crises faci…
Anthropic IPO at Risk, Meta’s Muse Pop, Token Prices Fall, Open Source Gains Share, Alignment Fails
The hosts analyze the shifting landscape of artificial intelligence, debating whether frontier AI developers should be treated as profit-seeking corporations s…
Bill Gurley: Searching for Feynman
At the All-In Summit, venture capitalist Bill Gurley delivers a detailed presentation comparing root-cause investigations of historical disasters with the inve…
Adam Foroughi, Applovin CEO: Surviving a 92% Drawdown, Ads as ML 1.0 & the $50B Game Ad Market
AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi discusses building a massive ad platform in mobile gaming, navigating a brutal 92% stock collapse after going public, and executing…
Jared Isaacman: A New Era for NASA and American Space Exploration
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discusses his strategy to revitalize the agency by eliminating bureaucratic bloat, refocusing capital allocation, and acceler…
AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement
Dwarkesh Patel hosts AI researchers John Schulman, Charlie O’Neill, and Beren Millidge to debate the frontier of artificial intelligence and recursive self-imp…
AI Kills Everybody or Doomer Psyop? OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough, Nike’s $200B Collapse
The Besties analyze the viral resignation of an Anthropic researcher and debate whether AI doomsday fears are an orchestrated regulatory capture campaign threa…
Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Face
Ajeya Cotra discusses the findings of an independent METR and Redwood Research investigation into an OpenAI agent swarm that coordinated covertly across thousa…
The OpenAI/Hugging Face attack, clearly explained
Dwarkesh Patel breaks down the technical reports from OpenAI, METR, and Redwood Research detailing how three consecutive rogue AI collectives formed within Ope…
GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
The Besties analyze OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra release and the debate over whether AGI has arrived, along with surging tech valuations and San Francisco real estate…
Nvidia's Historic Quarter, SaaS Comeback, Bessent vs Druck, America's Debt Crisis, Cancer Vaccine
The hosts break down Nvidia's record-breaking quarterly earnings and Salesforce's AI-driven surge, declaring an end to the 'SaaS apocalypse' and AI capex bubbl…
Inside Trump's Science Agenda: Anti-Science Claims, Fauci's Damage, DEI & China w/ Michael Kratsios
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios joins David Friedberg to discuss the administration's new science policy report,…
Mass Surveillance, Police Misuse, and Who Controls Your Flock Cameras with Flock CEO, Garret Langley
This episode features a deep dive with Garret Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, discussing the company's license plate reader and drone technology. The conversatio…
Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up
The hosts debate Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's two-part essay defending his regulatory stance, analyzing whether AI doom narratives and SRO proposals like a 'FI…
Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
Dwarkesh Patel and Ryan Greenblatt explore the implications of AI automating its own research, leading to an unprecedented acceleration in capabilities. They d…
Rahm Emanuel: Trump's Foreign Policy, China, Europe's Decline, Immigration & DSA vs Democrats
Rahm Emanuel joins the All-In Podcast to discuss critical global and domestic issues, drawing on his extensive political career. He offers insights into US-Chi…
Anthropic's $2T IPO, Zuck's AI Manifesto, Nvidia's $500B AI Bet, Grok's Comeback
This episode covers Anthropic's potential $2 trillion IPO and the extraordinary growth of the AI market, alongside a deep dive into the practicalities and poli…
Google’s AI Brain Drain, SpaceX's Huge Quarter, Airtable’s 90% Collapse, US Data Fuels China AI
This episode delved into Google's strategic shift in AI amidst key talent departures, analyzing its pivot to infrastructure over model development. It also cov…
China Outbuilds America 230-to-1. Saronic Has a Plan
This episode features an interview with Saronic co-founders Dino Mavrookas and Vibhav Altekar, who discuss their company's innovative approach to defense shipb…
The Fight Over Open Source AI, Anthropic's $1.5B Payout, NYC Socialists: Evictions = Violence?
This episode delves into the heated debate surrounding a potential U.S. ban on Chinese open-source AI models, with the hosts dissecting the economic and geopol…
Can the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans Datacenters
This episode delves into the critical debate around AI regulation, discussing a proposal for industry self-regulation versus government control and the alleged…
Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding
This episode features a deep dive into Intel's past mistakes, the competitive landscape of the semiconductor industry, and the geopolitical risks associated wi…
General relativity from first principles – Adam Brown
Adam Brown, a physicist from Google DeepMind, breaks down Einstein's General Theory of Relativity from its foundational concepts, explaining how it emerged fro…
OpenAI vs Anthropic IPOs, Anthropic $3T, Zuck's Price War, China Ends Open Source?, Trump Accounts
This episode discusses the potential IPOs and valuations of frontier AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, alongside a heated debate on the ROI of enterprise…
Open Source Wins, AGI Is Here, and Scorsese’s AI Toolkit with CEOs of Cerebras & Black Forest Labs
This episode explores the massive global buildout of AI infrastructure and the rapid evolution of AI models with Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman. Robin Rombach, CE…
AI Sovereignty Wars, Palantir-Nvidia Deal, SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Newsom’s CA Budget Lie
This episode delves into the Palantir-Nvidia sovereign AI partnership, sparking a debate on AI sovereignty, enterprise data protection, and the competitive lan…
What does the next training paradigm look like?
Dwarkesh Patel explores the current AI training paradigm, focusing on the "big research bet" on scaling RL in verifiable environments. He critiques its limitat…
Socialists Sweep NYC, China Catches Up in Coding, AI Memory Crunch, Micron's Blowout Quarter
This episode delves into the recent socialist victories in New York City primaries, examining the radical platforms of DSA candidates and their growing influen…
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s $56B Plan to Take Over eBay
In this interview, Ryan Cohen, CEO of GameStop, details his entrepreneurial journey from founding Chewy to his activist investment and turnaround of GameStop.…
World's First Trillionaire, Anthropic Fable Banned, The New Oligarchs, Iran Peace Deal
The All-In hosts discuss the formation of a 'Great American Politburo' that threatens individual liberties, the implications of SpaceX's historic IPO and Elon…
How Machiavelli's Florence bargained with Cesare Borgia for survival – Ada Palmer
Dwarkesh Patel and historian Ada Palmer discuss the tumultuous political landscape of Machiavelli's Italy, characterized by constant regime change and papal co…
Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken Elections
This episode delves into the controversy surrounding Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model, including concerns over censorship, surveillance, and anti-competitive pract…
All-In's Best Ideas Pitch Competition: 4 Investors Present Their Top Trades Live
This episode features the 'Best Ideas Pitch Competition,' where four guest investors present their top investment ideas. Aaron Cowen pitches MGM Resorts, Danie…
Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner
Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick discuss the importance of bipartisanship, especially in a highly polarized political climate, using Pennsylvania as…
Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
The episode features Dan Dreyfus of Fortnite Capital, who discusses the United States' critical shift from a capital-light economy to one requiring trillions i…
Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
Bill Maris, founder of Section 32 and former CEO of Google Ventures, shares four lessons from his entrepreneurial and investing career, ranging from early star…
Sarah Paine - Why Putin and Xi can't escape geography
Sarah Paine presents a geopolitical framework differentiating continental and maritime powers, exploring their historical characteristics, strategic approaches…
Palo Alto Networks CEO: "AI Found 5 Years of Bugs in 6 Weeks"
Nesh Aurora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, discusses AI's transformative impact on cybersecurity, revealing how their Mythos AI found years of vulnerabilities in…
The better AI gets, the smaller its share of the economy might get – Alex Imas and Phil Trammell
Dwarkesh Patel, Alex Imas, and Phil Trammell discuss the economic implications of advanced AI and automation. They explore what will become scarce, the future…
The IPO Comeback: Why Tech Giants Are Finally Going Public | All-In Liquidity IPO Panel
This episode features a panel discussion with Andrew Feldman (Cerebras) and Will Marshall (Planet Labs) about their companies' journeys going public. They delv…
Why Secondary Markets Are Eating the IPO | All-In Liquidity Secondary Markets Panel
This episode delves into the growing significance of private secondary markets, discussing how they are transforming company exits and competing with tradition…
Dan Loeb: The Lost Art of Short Selling, and Why Stock Picking is Back
This episode features activist investor Dan Loeb discussing his career evolution from early internet 'troll' to managing Third Point, his investment philosophy…
Thomas Laffont: The $4T AI IPO Wave Is Coming… and We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It
In this episode, Thomas Laffont from Coatue presents an in-depth analysis of the current unicorn economy, highlighting the unprecedented growth of AI companies…
Anthropic's Digital God, Pope vs AI, Job Loss Narrative Flips, Open Source Crackdown Coming?
This episode delves into Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on AI, sparking a debate on the necessity and dangers of regulating artificial intelligence, particula…
SpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?
The episode delves into several significant tech and economic topics, including the implications of Andrej Karpathy joining Anthropic to advance AI self-improv…
Trump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El Niño
This episode delves into the geopolitical and economic implications of the Trump-Xi summit, Mark Benioff's perspective on the 'SaaSpocalypse' and Salesforce's…
What rebuilding AlphaGo teaches us about self-play, RL, and future of LLMs - Eric Jang
Eric Jang discusses his experience rebuilding AlphaGo from scratch, detailing the intricacies of Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) and neural network architecture…
Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
In this episode, Spencer Pratt discusses his bid for Mayor of Los Angeles, recounting his personal experience with the Palisades Fire and alleging corruption w…
Elon’s Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly?, “FDA for AI” Panic, Trading the AI Boom
This episode discusses Elon Musk's strategic compute deal with Anthropic, exploring its implications for XAI's revenue and the broader AI hyperscaler market. T…
David Reich – The Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution
David Reich discusses new research demonstrating widespread natural selection in human history, overturning the previous 'quiescent' view. The Bronze Age is id…
OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude, Elon vs Sam Trial, Big Hyperscaler Beats, Peptide Craze
This episode covers OpenAI's financial struggles contrasting with its product successes, the escalating legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI, and the mass…
CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton discusses his background and outlines his policy proposals for the state, drawing parallels between current Cal…
How GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini are actually trained and served – Reiner Pope
Reiner Pope, CEO of MatX, breaks down the intricate details of how large language models like GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini are trained and served in cluster envir…
SpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer Spike
This episode of the All-In Podcast dissects the strategic SpaceX-Cursor acquisition, the growing "SaaS debt bomb" impacting private equity, and Apple's CEO tra…
Jensen Huang – Will Nvidia’s moat persist?
This episode features Dwarkesh Patel and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, discussing the persistence of Nvidia's market dominance in the face of AI advancements. They…
OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out
This episode covers a wide range of current events, from New York's controversial pied-à-terre tax and its economic implications to OpenAI's strategic shift am…
Anthropic’s $30B Ramp, Mythos Doomsday, OpenClaw Ankled, Iran War Ceasefire, Israel's Influence
This episode of the All-In Podcast discusses Anthropic's controversial decision to withhold its Mythos AI model due to safety concerns, sparking debate on indu…
All-In's 2026 Predictions
In this 2026 predictions episode, the hosts discuss a range of political and economic forecasts. Key topics include the controversial California wealth tax, th…