The Pentagon

also referred to as: pentagon

8 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 26, 2023 by David Friedberg · said 59 times in 34 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Sacks (28), Jason Calacanis (6), Elon Musk (6), Chamath Palihapitiya (4), Jon Stewart (3), Palmer Luckey (2), Steve Bannon (1), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1)

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2026 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode

War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 · 3 mentions · from 41:23
All-In's 2026 Predictions Jan 10, 2026 · 2 mentions · from 1:19:04
Rahm Emanuel: Trump's Foreign Policy, China, Europe's Decline, Immigration & DSA vs Democrats Aug 12, 2026 · 1 mention · from 17:32
Socialists Sweep NYC, China Catches Up in Coding, AI Memory Crunch, Micron's Blowout Quarter Jun 27, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:12:33
World's First Trillionaire, Anthropic Fable Banned, The New Oligarchs, Iran Peace Deal Jun 19, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:03:57
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2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

Winning the AI Race Part 3: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, James Litinsky, Chase Lochmiller Jul 23, 2025 · 1 mention · from 11:19
The Stablecoin Future, Milei's Memecoin, DOGE for the DoD, Grok 3, Why Stripe Stays Private Feb 22, 2025 · 1 mention · from 34:42
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2024 13 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode

Elon Musk | All-In Summit 2024 Sep 10, 2024 · 4 mentions · from 15:43
E164: Zuck’s Senate apology, Elon's comp package voided, crony capitalism, Reddit IPO, drone attack Feb 2, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 1:28:12
2024 Election Night Livestream with the Besties! Nov 6, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:35:32
OpenAI's $150B conversion, Meta's AR glasses, Blue-collar boom, Risk of nuclear war Sep 27, 2024 · 1 mention · from 36:48
Big Fed rate cuts, AI killing call centers, $50B govt boondoggle, VC's rough years, Trump/Kamala Sep 20, 2024 · 1 mention · from 38:24
Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit Sep 16, 2024 · 1 mention · from 5:08
Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction? May 31, 2024 · 1 mention · from 32:23
E174: Inflation stays hot, AI disclosure bill, Drone warfare, defense startups & more Apr 12, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:13:17
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2023 21 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode

In conversation with Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 · 8 mentions · from 12:30
E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health Jul 9, 2023 · 3 mentions · from 1:22:49
E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more May 26, 2023 · 3 mentions · from 38:06
In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 7:07
In conversation with Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:06:30
All-In Summit: In conversation with Graham Allison Sep 20, 2023 · 1 mention · from 27:03
E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth Jul 14, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:10:29
E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more Jun 24, 2023 · 1 mention · from 29:22
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2022 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode

#AIS: Palmer Luckey on Anduril Jun 23, 2022 · 2 mentions · from 14:50
Elon Musk: Twitter's bot problem, SpaceX's grand plan, Tesla stories & more May 16, 2022 · 2 mentions · from 57:27
E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more Oct 29, 2022 · 1 mention · from 1:25:54
E90: Twitter subpoenas, market overview, Pelosi's Taiwan visit & more Aug 5, 2022 · 1 mention · from 39:43
#AIS: Opening chat with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Jun 3, 2022 · 1 mention · from 7:19
#AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks May 28, 2022 · 1 mention · from 21:32
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2021 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap! Aug 28, 2021 · 5 mentions · from 13:54
E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more Sep 18, 2021 · 1 mention · from 1:04:46
E30: Ramifications of Biden's proposed capital gains tax hike, founder psychology & more Apr 23, 2021 · 1 mention · from 24:56
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Everything said about The Pentagon, oldest first

May 26, 2023 negative

Assertion Supported

Friedberg: The Pentagon has never successfully passed a financial audit

“The Pentagon's never passed an audit, and it's accepted.”

David Friedberg May 26, 2023 ▶ 38:57 E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more

Jul 9, 2023 neutral

Assertion Supported

Sacks: Pentagon confirms Chinese balloon collected no US intelligence

“Pentagon Presbytery Brigadier General Pat Ryder said the balloon not only did not transmit data back to China and never collected any. And he said, we're aware that it had intelligence collection capabilities, but it has been our assessment now that it did not…”

David Sacks Jul 9, 2023 ▶ 1:22:49 E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health

Apr 12, 2024 neutral

Insight

Chamath: Defense startups need years of DoD engagement for armed products

“Because in order to even be legitimately considered for some kind of like armed unmanned product, you have to be deep inside of the bowels of the DoD and Pentagon and have been working with them for years to even be taken seriously.”

Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 12, 2024 ▶ 1:13:17 E174: Inflation stays hot, AI disclosure bill, Drone warfare, defense startups & more

Mar 6, 2026 negative

Disclosure

Michael: Defense contractors are banned from using Anthropic for fighter jets

“Boeing wants to use it to build fighter jets. I can't have that because I don't trust what the outputs may be because they're so wedded to their own policy preferences.”

Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 58:20 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael

Mar 6, 2026 bearish

Prediction Held up

Emil Michael: Anthropic will be excluded from Pentagon AI contracts under current posture

“And Throbic's not going to be one of them if they continue sort of with their sort of posture.”

Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 1:05:49 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael

Mar 6, 2026 negative

Disclosure

Michael: Pentagon feared Anthropic would shut off military systems during crises

“It was really the, you worry, I worried about them shutting off our system at a moment of need or them messing with our system at a moment of need. Those were, we were scared.”

Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 59:18 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael

Mar 6, 2026

Assertion Supported

Calacanis: Pentagon designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk is historically unprecedented

“This has never happened to an American company.”

Jason Calacanis Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 41:27 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael

Apr 3, 2026

Assertion Partly supported

Calacanis: U.S.-Iran war cost $70B so far, Pentagon requests $200B more

“War has cost seventy billion dollars so far. That's assuming two billion dollars a day, which there seems to be consensus on via the Department of War. Pentagon has asked Congress For another two hundred billion dollars.”

Jason Calacanis Apr 3, 2026 ▶ 37:56 SpaceX IPO, Iran War Fallout, Quantum Bitcoin Hack, The Space Opportunity

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