Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
Shownote
Shownote
(0:00) The Besties welcome Brad Gerstner!
(3:48) Economic fallout of the Iran War, escalation scenarios, impact on
midterms
(19:18) Off ramp strategies, Gulf state involvement, the China angle
(27:05) Anthropic and OpenAI scaling revenue faster than any company ever
(46:11) AI's PR disaster, open source's future
(1:07:51) Washington passes "Millionaire Tax," Howard Schultz bails for Miami
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Highlights
Highlights
In this episode, the hosts welcome investor Brad Gerstner for a wide-ranging discussion spanning geopolitics, AI economics, and domestic policy—grounded in real-time developments and data-driven analysis.
Chapters
Chapters
The Besties welcome Brad Gerstner!
00:00Economic fallout of the Iran War, escalation scenarios, impact on midterms
03:48Off ramp strategies, Gulf state involvement, the China angle
19:18Anthropic and OpenAI scaling revenue faster than any company ever
27:05AI's PR disaster, open source's future
46:11Washington passes "Millionaire Tax," Howard Schultz bails for Miami
1:07:51Transcript
Transcript
Jason Calacanis: all right, everybody, welcome back to the number one podcast in the world. Friedberg's out saving the world, creating new potatoes, or, I don't know, quinoa, maybe some brussels sprouts. I'm not sure what he's working on at this point in h...

