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Ep 159: Aaron Cannon Is Building the Leading AI Customer Research Platform; It's About to Upend a $140B Industry
Listen now | Aaron Cannon is applying AI to solve one of the oldest and most important challenges in business: understanding exactly what customers want…
 • Joe Lonsdale
39:01
Ep 158: Nima Ghamsari on Blend's Comeback & the Power of AI Agents and Infinite Workforce
Listen now | Nima Ghamsari was a top talent at Palantir before founding Blend Labs to digitize the mortgage process.
 • Joe Lonsdale
The Case for Private Permitting
Governments are terrible at approving new construction. Luckily, we have much better options.
 • Joe Lonsdale and Judge Glock
39:40
Ep 157: Scott Nolan on the AI Energy Crisis & America's Nuclear Renaissance
Listen now | In 2010, the U.S. and China were at parity in electricity generation. Today, China boasts triple our capacity. We’re at the vanguard of the…
 • Joe Lonsdale
49:38
Ep 156: Coleman Hughes Takes on America's Most Contentious Debate: the Legacy of Slavery
Listen now | Is America’s national wealth built on slavery? Are disparities between races today attributable to past injustices? Will we ever overcome…
 • Joe Lonsdale
30:25
Ep 155: Eric Scott on the Biggest Missed Opportunity in Venture Investing
Listen now | As a former Principal at Founders Fund, Founding Partner at SciFi VC, and 8VC advisor, Eric Scott has invested in and helped build numerous…
 • Joe Lonsdale
33:52
Ep 154: Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age
Listen now | Jacob Helberg is leading the State Department's efforts to secure critical supply chains and win the global AI race.
 • Joe Lonsdale
44:04
Ep 153: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Heretics, AI Weapons, and Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy
Listen now | Shyam Sankar is one of my favorite American innovators. As CTO of Palantir, he's been a key leader for over 20 years and built much of what…
 • Joe Lonsdale
38:32
Ep 152: Ben Black Runs America's $200B Foreign Investment Fund; Here's His Plan to Counter China & Rebuild American Influence
Listen now | Ben Black is the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Backed by a $205 billion budget, his mandate is to…
 • Joe Lonsdale
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Ep 160: Box CEO Aaron Levie on Silicon Valley's AI Problem, Evidence for AI Job Creation & What Doomers and Accelerationists Get Wrong
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