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Bill Ackman: Investment Strategy, What the Market is Missing, How AI Breaks Businesses

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(0:00) Bill Ackman joins the show! (0:30) Evolving investment philosophy: What's changed over 20 years? (4:40) AI: Greatest time to build a business, and a major threat to portfolios (7:50) Predicting market moves, the "rubber band effect" (16:00) Owning founder-led companies (19:30) Building the next Berkshire Hathaway Thanks to our partners for making this possible! EY - Agentic AI is introducing a new investment discipline. As AI shifts to consumption-based models, EY connects spend to enterprise value. https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/ai/agentic-ai-token-costs?WT.mc_id=3501318&AA.tsrc=sponsorship [https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/ai/agentic-ai-token-costs?WT.mc_id=3501318&AA.tsrc=sponsorship] NYSE - Thank you to our partner, the New York Stock Exchange - a modern marketplace and exchange for building the future. It all happens at the NYSE. https://www.nyse.com [https://www.nyse.com] Plaud - Never miss a moment. Plaud, our official wearable AI note-taking partner at All-In Liquidity Summit, captured every insight. https://www.plaud.ai [https://www.plaud.ai] Follow Bill Ackman: https://x.com/BillAckman [https://x.com/BillAckman] Apply for Summit 2026: ⁠https://allin.com/events⁠ Follow the besties: ⁠https://x.com/chamath⁠ ⁠https://x.com/Jason⁠ ⁠https://x.com/DavidSacks⁠ ⁠https://x.com/friedberg⁠ Follow on X: ⁠https://x.com/theallinpod⁠ Follow on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod⁠ Follow on TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod⁠ Follow on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod⁠ Intro Music Credit: ⁠https://rb.gy/tppkzl⁠ ⁠https://x.com/yung_spielburg

Highlights

Bill Ackman shares his investment philosophy and market outlook, discussing his approach to founder-led companies and his ambition to build a long-term compounding machine. He also addresses the dual nature of AI as both a business opportunity and a portfolio threat.
00:31
Long-term business quality and durable growth
04:42
Platform companies like Microsoft are more defensible
12:59
Most enterprise AI initiatives fail.
16:01
Founders have greater authority and long-term incentives
19:30
Combining insurance float with investment talent

Chapters

Bill Ackman joins the show!
00:00
Evolving investment philosophy: What's changed over 20 years?
00:30
AI: Greatest time to build a business, and a major threat to portfolios
04:40
Predicting market moves, the "rubber band effect"
07:50
Owning founder-led companies
16:00
Building the next Berkshire Hathaway
19:30

Transcript

Bill Ackman: One of the most provocative and interesting investors in the country. Chamath Palihapitiya: A legendary activist investor. David Sacks: Pershing Square CEO and founder, Bill Ackman. Bill Ackman: Taking a short position and going public with...