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Mar 2025
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NVDA GTC, M&A Wiz / Goog $32 B Deal, Apr...

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Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week they discuss market uncertainty, globalism and tariffs, M&A, Wiz and GOOG, NVDA GTC, consumer AI demand, AI unit economics, & more. Enjoy another episode of BG2!


Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(02:21) Market Uncertainty

(07:28) Globalism and Tariff Policies

(25:07) $GOOG Acquisition of Wiz + M&A Environment 

(40:33) $NVDA Market Position

(55:37) Government Regulations & Impact on AI

(1:04:45) Consumer AI Demand

(1:10:33) AI Unit Economics


Produced by Benny Beausoleil

Music by Yung Spielberg


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