Stock markets had their worst day in months because Chinaâs got a brewing real estate crisis (cue the Lehman Brothers vibes). We noticed that Pelotonâs website has a curious âHotelsâ tab, so we clicked further. And the Emmy awards follow the money: Techâs got the ca$h, legacy media doesnât.Â
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Jul 9
đïž âFake-flation & Dumb Dealsâ â Prime Dayâs shopping tricks. Dishoomâs dice restaurant. H-E-Bâs Texas rescue team.
Londonâs most popular restaurant, Dishoom, has a wild growth hack⊠Roll the dice, get a free meal.Amazon Prime Day is now Prime Week⊠but itâs really a fake deal mind game.One biz is saving flood victims in Texas: H-E-B⊠the $47B grocery chain bigger than Uber.Plus, Ozzy Osborne ... Show More
21m 29s
Mar 2024
E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
(0:00) Bestie intros! (0:55) Elon sues OpenAI: complex structure, tax issues, damages, past comparables (37:06) OpenAI's focus on AGI, different interpretations of AGI in tech (44:46) Groq update with Sunny Madra! (49:53) Have we hit peak Apple?: Losing regulatory battles, iPhone ... Show More
1h 34m
Jun 2024
DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
(0:00) Besties intros! (2:10) Responding to recent media coverage (17:58) DOJ/FTC strike deal to target Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft (32:40) Meme stocks are back: Keith Gill aka Roaring Kitty resurfaces, disclosing nine figure position in GameStop (58:36) Citadel and BlackRock b ... Show More
1h 25m
May 2024
Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI, Nvidia's trillion-dollar problem, the "vibecession," plastic in our balls
(0:00) Bestie intros: Recapping "General AI Hospital" (2:46) Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI (14:37) OpenAI's novel off-boarding agreements, ex-employee equity problem, and safety team resignations (25:35) Nvidia crushes earnings again, but it faces a trillion-dollar problem (40:05 ... Show More
1h 30m
Feb 2024
Capitalism Has Mutated Into Something Worse with Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism has changed. A century ago, capitalists amassed untold wealth by building and manufacturing goods, but today, our economy appears to be dominated by massive tech corporations that don't actually produce anything at all. Instead, these tech giants offer platformsâsuch a ... Show More
1h 8m
Jun 2024
Elon gets paid, Apple's AI pop, OpenAI revenue rip, Macro debate & Inside Trump Fundraiser
(0:00) Bestie intros: bringing up the energy! (8:48) Trump fundraiser recap (23:16) Elon's comp package approved by shareholders (40:12) Apple announces "Apple Intelligence" and ChatGPT deal at WWDC (50:17) OpenAI reportedly hits a $3.4B revenue run rate (1:05:26) Macro debate: S ... Show More
1h 24m
May 2024
Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
(0:00) Bestie Intros: Jason's first show for his new production company (2:15) Why Sacks and Chamath are hosting a Trump fundraiser (18:40) House COVID investigation: findings, cover-up, what's next? (41:36) The Deep State Problem: unelected bureaucrats running three letter agenc ... Show More
1h 47m
Jun 2024
The problem with Trumpâs idea to replace income taxes with tariffs
A new pitch from former President Donald Trump calls for replacing income tax with tariffs. Weâll get into why the math doesnât add up. Plus, chemical hair relaxers are making Black women sick, so why are they still being sold? And, weâll weigh in on Apple entering the AI race, H ... Show More
22m 17s
Mar 2021
Interview: Izabella Kaminska
Welcome to Making Sense. Jeff Snider and I are joined by a very special guest, Izabella Kaminska who has accomplished many accomplished things, including being the editor of FT Alphaville, the Financial Times blog. Though to refer to Alphaville as a mere blog, would be a gross ... Show More
1h 48m