Sitemap - 2026 - Joe Lonsdale

Ep 165: OPM Director Scott Kupor on Shrinking Government, Bringing Merit Back, and Why America’s Best Minds Should Join the U.S. Tech Force

Ep 164: Inside Anthropic with Sholto Douglas & Nicholas Marwell — AGI, Optimism vs Risks, Regulatory Capture, Open Source & More!

Ep 163: John Jovanovic on Turning Around the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Trump’s $12B Critical Mineral Reserve, and "Revenge of the Physical World"

Ep 162: Brian Chau Built an AI That Uncovers Fraud — It Just Found a $21 Billion Racial Wealth Transfer

Texas Should Shut Down the Education Cartel

Ep 161: Generalist CEO Pete Florence on the Robot Revolution & Bringing General Intelligence to the Physical World

Ep 160: Box CEO Aaron Levie on Silicon Valley's AI Problem, Evidence for AI Job Creation & What Doomers and Accelerationists Get Wrong

Ep 159: Aaron Cannon Is Building the Leading AI Customer Research Platform; It's About to Upend a $140B Industry

Ep 158: Nima Ghamsari on Blend's Comeback & the Power of AI Agents and Infinite Workforce

Dear New Philanthropists

The Case for Private Permitting

Ep 157: Scott Nolan on the AI Energy Crisis & America's Nuclear Renaissance

What America Needs from a New FDA Commissioner

Ep 156: Coleman Hughes Takes on America's Most Contentious Debate: the Legacy of Slavery

Ep 155: Eric Scott on the Biggest Missed Opportunity in Venture Investing

Horseshoe Jacobins

Ep 154: Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age

Ep 153: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Heretics, AI Weapons, and Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy

Ep 152: Ben Black Runs America's $200B Foreign Investment Fund; Here's His Plan to Counter China & Rebuild American Influence

Ep 151: The Myth of Michael Milken with Richard Sandler

Ep 150: How AI Is Transforming Diligence, Decision-Making & the Future of Investing with John Melas-Kyriazi

Ep 149: Will Fry on the Small Business Succession Crisis & New Opportunities in the AI Age

Ep 148: JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & CEO of Joby Aviation — Flying Cars Have Arrived

Ep 147: Scott Wu & Russell Kaplan on the New Era of Software Abundance

Ep 146: Jake Paul & Geoff Woo on Building Anti Fund, the Future of the Creator Economy & How to Change the Culture

Ep 145: SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler on Exposing Billions in Fraud & What AI Means for Small Business

Ep 144: Jared Isaacman's Bold Vision for Moon Bases, Nuclear Power in Space, and Returning NASA to Greatness

Ep 143: JD Ross on the New Invention Era & Building with AI in 2026

Making the Media Great Again

Ep 142: Understanding the AI Wave with 8VC's Alex Kolicich & Jack Moshkovich

Ep 141: AI Hackers Are Here; Cybersecurity Legend Kevin Mandia Is Building the Answer

Ep 140: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Making IPOs Great Again, Crypto's Comeback & New Rules for Retail Investors

Ep 139: Make Government Beautiful & Functional Again with America's Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia

Ep 138: AI, Space-Based Interceptors & the Bleeding Edge of Warfare with Pentagon R&D Chief Emil Michael