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Anthropic's Generational Run, OpenAI Panics, AI Moats, Meta Loses Major Lawsuits
- ▶ 42:23 Chamath Palihapitiya To your point, they want, they want to be able to like say, okay, pay this with my Venmo, or use my MX in this situation, or get me that flight in some way, and have all these wonderfully smart agents do all the work behind the scenes.
Software Stocks Implode, Claude's Hit List, State of the Union Reactions, Trump's Tariff Pivot
- ▶ 8:51 Jason Calacanis Amex down eight percent, Capital One down eight percent, MasterCard six percent, Visa four percent, yada yada.
The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
- ▶ 20:52 Jason Calacanis I mean, Amex figured it out. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:52 Jason Calacanis How does American Express, you know, and Bank of America look at Circle and stablecoins in your mind, if you were to.
Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
- ▶ 8:32 Jason Calacanis What the reward program we should think of it like American express points.
Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
- ▶ 49:56 Chamath Palihapitiya So if you're ADP, if you're American Express, if you're Stripe, there's an imperative now for you to contribute the information you have into a broad collection of information so that we have an accurate sense of what the hell is actually…
Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
- ▶ 1:40:24 Chamath Palihapitiya I shat on American Express because I think they're just trash. 4 times in the scene
DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback
- ▶ 13:15 Chamath Palihapitiya but then the second thing it allows you to do is you, you start, you can see a world where now you can have real competition against the traditional rails, specifically Visa, MasterCard, American Express, because when you look at great…
E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
- ▶ 54:18 Chamath Palihapitiya He did mention it once, but he mentioned it in the context of talking positively about Coca-Cola and Amex, and he was lotting these two positions, but just mentioning that they were not as large in comparison to Apple. 2 times in the scene
E84: Markets update, crypto collapse, Russia/Ukraine endgame, state of the podcast
- ▶ 21:57 Chamath Palihapitiya Now, you would have thought that in 2023 or 20 22, what the government would have said to, you know, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, all the payment rails, the banks and Stripe is, send me a feed in the following structured way so that…
E78: VC fund metrics that matter, private market update, recession, student loans, Bill Hwang arrest
- ▶ 1:01:26 Chamath Palihapitiya You don't get an Amex Centurion or Platinum card.
E61: 2022 Predictions! Business, politics, science, tech, crypto, & more
- ▶ 28:52 Chamath Palihapitiya There really is no need today for all of these small businesses to sit on top of Visa, MasterCard, and Amex rails.
E2: Rebooting economy, understanding corporate debt, avoiding a depression & more with David Sacks
- ▶ 53:17 Chamath Palihapitiya And, you know, American Express calling you and saying, Jason, I think the odds of you paying your credit card balance have gone way down, so I'm increasing your interest rate to 24% from 17%.