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Ep 162: Brian Chau Built an AI That Uncovers Fraud — It Just Found a $21 Billion Racial Wealth Transfer
Listen now (45 mins) | Brian Chau is an investigative journalist using AI to uncover widespread corruption and billions in fraud.
 • Joe Lonsdale
36:37
Ep 161: Generalist CEO Pete Florence on the Robot Revolution & Bringing General Intelligence to the Physical World
Listen now | Until recently, robots were constrained to narrow, specific tasks. Think assembly lines, medical devices, or household vacuum cleaners. But…
 • Joe Lonsdale
43:10
Ep 160: Box CEO Aaron Levie on Silicon Valley's AI Problem, Evidence for AI Job Creation & What Doomers and Accelerationists Get Wrong
Listen now | Aaron Levie has spent two decades building Box into a cloud storage leader — and he's never been more excited for the future.
 • Joe Lonsdale
39:48
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
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