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Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare

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(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 Follow Brad: https://x.com/altcap [https://x.com/altcap] Take the survey: https://allin.com/survey [https://allin.com/survey] Apply for Liquidity: https://allinliquidity.com [https://allinliquidity.com] Apply for Summit: https://theallinsummit.com [https://theallinsummit.com] Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath [https://x.com/chamath] https://x.com/Jason [https://x.com/Jason] https://x.com/DavidSacks [https://x.com/DavidSacks] https://x.com/friedberg [https://x.com/friedberg] Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod [https://x.com/theallinpod] Follow on Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod [https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod] 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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.
00:00
Over 100,000 kids are signing up for Trump accounts daily, with millions already claiming theirs
09:39
IEA's 400-million-barrel petroleum release—activated March 11—signals the worst may be over and it's time to find an off-ramp
22:10
China doesn’t defend Iran, needs oil from Venezuela and Iran, and has high youth unemployment
37:51
Coding assistance is the breakout enterprise use case, driven by software engineer shortages
1:00:27
EA-funded 'doomer think tanks' like the Future of Life Institute spread FUD about data centers, funding negative journalism and contributing to canceled projects and $120B in lost revenue
1:16:09
A national wealth tax is expected to become part of the Democratic platform by 2028

Chapters

The Besties welcome Brad Gerstner!
00:00
Economic fallout of the Iran War, escalation scenarios, impact on midterms
03:48
Off ramp strategies, Gulf state involvement, the China angle
19:18
Anthropic and OpenAI scaling revenue faster than any company ever
27:05
AI's PR disaster, open source's future
46:11
Washington passes "Millionaire Tax," Howard Schultz bails for Miami
1:07:51

Transcript

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