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May 22 2026 Gavin Baker joins instead of Sacks Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic Early OpenAI founder Tesla AI/Self Driving Learning and Education autoresearch andrej-karpathy-skills Might be doing pre-training at Anthropic He is similar to Google Fellows at Google who were there at every important wave This is a big hire Anthropic might have their first positive quarter soon (according to WSJ story) Clear proof that these companies are doing very well There is a lot of AI hate Story about father who is curing his daughter’s disease is a great example Lots of reasons People think tech gives leverage to smaller set of people - AI is extreme example of that There is some level of foreign influence operation of course AI is not very human - similar to what happened with the Copernican revolution and Heliocentricity - people don’t react well to it If we do try and slow down AI, then we lose balance if China wins - similar to nuclear arms race which was necessary for b...

May 15 2026 Marc Benioff joins the show! Trump - Xi summit First visit to China since 2017 7th face to face meeting with Trump and Xi China agreed Strait of Hormuz should remain open and Iran should not have a nuclear weapon China warned on Taiwan - asked US to basically stay away Xi committed to buy 200 Boeing jets, more soybeans, etc Trump was effusive in his praise for Xi Maybe both societies can avoid conflict given world should become less resource constrained Maybe good for Trump to take so many CEOs with him for the summit so that we can center the partnership around the economy These CEOs are our best salesmen in each category Xi has asked for a wider door Trump and Xi have a good relationship Salesforce is deployed in China through Alibaba - unique for them Elon is the only one who pulled it off that his cars are their directly Americans don’t care about China relationship right now but might care about second order effects such as job growth and economy US...

May 12 2026 (from NotebookLM) Company Overview and Historical Growth Massive Scale and Expansion: Since the 1960s, Koch Industries has grown from 300 employees to over 130,000 across 60 countries, multiplying its value by 9,000 times. If it were publicly traded, its revenue would easily place it in the top 25 of the Fortune 500. Early Days: Founded in 1940 by Fred Koch, the company originally focused on crude oil gathering systems and designing fractionating trays. Charles Koch’s Entry: Charles joined full-time in 1961 at age 25 after his father presented an ultimatum to either run the struggling company or have it sold. Despite having three engineering degrees from MIT, Charles felt he lacked practical engineering skills and instead focused on finding and applying business principles. Initial Turnaround: Charles immediately overhauled the management approach by replacing a top-down, bureaucratic president, focusing on creating customer value, empowering employees, and build...

May 10 2026 (from NotebookLM) Opening: The Debate and Strategy Fact-Based Debating: Pratt reflects on his recent mayoral debate performance, stating his strategy is simply to use facts and the truth to counter opponents like Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman, whom he describes as "pathological liars". Legal Counsel: He attributes his calm demeanor to advice from his lawyer, who told him that having the truth is the best way to stay calm when arguing. The Catalyst: Surviving the Palisades Fire Lack of Warning: Pratt explains that his family received no official emergency alerts or sirens about the January 7th fire. Mismanaged Resources: He details multiple city failures: the LADWP had quietly drained a 5-million-gallon wildfire-protection reservoir next to his home, and Mayor Bass (who was in Africa) failed to call in fixed-wing air support. The Trauma: He watched his house burn down on his phone's security cameras while stuck in gridlock traff...

May 8 2026 BG back in for Friedberg LA Mayor Election Spencer Pratt team is working hard Elon leased all of Colossus 1 to Anthropic Chamath called this out just a few days ago on the Pod EWS = Elon Web Services 😛 It is clear that Anthropic and OpenAI’s revenue is not limited by demand - if they had infinite compute/power they would have even more revenue As Shaun Maguire said in a tweet, SpaceX is 5 layer cake Layer1 - Launch, Layer2 - Connectivity, Layer3 - Compute/Hyperscaler, Layer4 - Applications/Models, Layer5 - Other bets (Terafab, Moon, point to point, etc) This partnership with Anthropic derisks Layer 3 Amazing to see Elon and Anthropic working together This might be an acknowledgement that Anthropic has won AI (at least at this stage) Their acceleration is going crazy - they might be the most valuable tech company in history - they might be as much as the rest of the Mag 7 put together Unless something about their trajectory changes, they m...

April 8 2026 First Quarter: Tip-Off and The PA Playbook The interview tips off with some lighthearted banter as the host rolls an old VHS tape of Governor Josh Shapiro playing basketball in the 1990s, followed by some immediate trash talk about the Knicks and 76ers. The host quickly pivots to policy, attempting to set up a rivalry by contrasting Shapiro's success in Pennsylvania against Gavin Newsom's struggles in California. Shapiro politely declines the comparison to focus on his own stats: Pennsylvania has cut taxes seven times and boasts an unemployment rate below the national average . Shapiro outlines his signature "Get Stuff Done" (GSD) strategy, heavily emphasizing his "money-back guarantee" on building permits . He notes that out of 40 million permits issued, the state has only had to refund five, and he scores a major point by explaining how cutting the wait time for a barber's license from 20 days to a single day puts thousands of dollars d...