BlackRock

4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 20, 2023 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 35 times in 21 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (9), David Sacks (7), Chamath Palihapitiya (7), David Friedberg (4), Brian Armstrong (3), Vivek Ramaswamy (2), Jeremy Allaire (2), Philippe Laffont (1)

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2026 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos! Jan 23, 2026 · 3 mentions · from 1:55
Anthropic's $2T IPO, Zuck's AI Manifesto, Nvidia's $500B AI Bet, Grok's Comeback Aug 13, 2026 · 2 mentions · from 58:18
The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026 Jan 25, 2026 · 2 mentions · from 9:01
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2025 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Next Era: Quantum, AI, and the Future of Money Sep 18, 2025 · 1 mention · from 0:13
Fed Hesitates on Tariffs, The New Mag 7, Death of VC, Google's Value in a Post-Search World May 9, 2025 · 1 mention · from 1:18:27
DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google's $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s Feb 7, 2025 · 1 mention · from 58:24
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2024 9 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode

Elon gets paid, Apple's AI pop, OpenAI revenue rip, Macro debate & Inside Trump Fundraiser Jun 14, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 31:45
DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market Jun 7, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 58:49
E172: SBF gets 25 years, Trump's meme stock, RFK Jr picks VP, Biden's 2025 budget & more Mar 29, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 1:07:43
Hurricane fallout, AlphaFold, Google breakup, Trump surge, VC giveback, TikTok survey Oct 11, 2024 · 1 mention · from 27:11
Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more Jun 29, 2024 · 1 mention · from 51:45
E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics Mar 8, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:21:46
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2023 10 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode

E119: Silicon Valley Bank implodes: startup extinction event, contagion risk, culpability, and more Mar 11, 2023 · 4 mentions · from 38:05
E111: Microsoft to invest $10B in OpenAI, generative AI hype, America's over-classification problem Jan 13, 2023 · 3 mentions · from 28:15
In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 10:14
E150: Israel/Gaza escalating or not? EU censorship regime, Penn donors revolt, GLP-1 hype cycle Oct 20, 2023 · 1 mention · from 45:16
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2022 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more Sep 23, 2022 · 1 mention · from 15:29
E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more Jul 22, 2022 · 1 mention · from 1:16:09
E84: Markets update, crypto collapse, Russia/Ukraine endgame, state of the podcast Jun 24, 2022 · 1 mention · from 1:17:42
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2021 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more Jun 13, 2021 · 2 mentions · from 1:01:17
E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay & more Aug 6, 2021 · 1 mention · from 7:19
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Oct 20, 2023 negative

Opinion

Chamath: Elite universities operate more like BlackRock than schools

“I think these elite universities are essentially asset management businesses that have an education, the fake leaf of education wrapped around them. So they're more like BlackRock than they are like a school.”

Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 20, 2023 ▶ 45:06 E150: Israel/Gaza escalating or not? EU censorship regime, Penn donors revolt, GLP-1 hype cycle

Mar 8, 2024 positive

Assertion Supported

Calacanis: BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF is fastest ever to $10B assets

“BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF became the fastest ETF to ever reach ten billion in assets.”

Jason Calacanis Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 1:21:46 E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics

Jan 23, 2026 bullish

Assertion Partly supported

Armstrong: BlackRock and Apollo publicly stated plans to tokenize all products

“BlackRock, Apollo, like these, the top funds in the world are putting, they've come out publicly and said they want to tokenize every single one of their products.”

Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 21:32 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!

Aug 13, 2026 bullish

Assertion Supported

Calacanis: Nvidia partnering with Goldman and BlackRock for $500B financing

“NVIDIA is partnering with Goldman, BlackRock, and others to raise five hundred billion in AI compute.”

Jason Calacanis Aug 13, 2026 ▶ 58:18 Anthropic's $2T IPO, Zuck's AI Manifesto, Nvidia's $500B AI Bet, Grok's Comeback

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