Riyadh, every mention
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tap a year for its mentions
every year anyone Jason Calacanis 16Ben Shapiro 2Dean Phillips 1David Sacks 1David Friedberg 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Riyadh comes up
Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
- ▶ 12:09 David Sacks I think something like 70% of Riyadh gets their water from desalination.
Epstein Files Fallout, Nvidia Risks, Burry's Bad Bet, Google's Breakthrough, Tether's Boom
- ▶ 42:07 Jason Calacanis No, actually, I literally just got back from launching Founder University in Riyadh.
Home Affordability Crisis, Palantir's Advantage, Big Short on AI, H-1B Abuse, Solar Storm Hits Earth
- ▶ 52:06 Jason Calacanis Japan, Riyadh, where I've spent the last two weeks, are amongst the top choices.
Does OpenAI Need a Bailout? Mamdani Wins, Socialism Rising, Filibuster Nuclear Option
- ▶ 1:22:08 Jason Calacanis So we did a deal with Sanabl to bring Founder University to Riyadh, and we were going to have 25 companies, and mostly Saudi nationals, and then teach them how to build companies and like the best practices from America.
Inside Saudi Arabia’s AI Ambition: Tareq Amin on Building a New Tech Superpower
- ▶ 0:44 Jason Calacanis It's changing so dramatically, year after year, um, and I'm gonna be announced on the podcast two weeks ago, I'll be doing Founder University in Riyadh on November third, fourth, and fifth, and I'm really excited to partner with such a… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:57 Jason Calacanis And there's a bit of a competition, is there not, between, you know, Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Bahrain.
Biggest LBO Ever, SPAC 2.0, Open Source AI Models, State AI Regulation Frenzy
- ▶ 12:20 Jason Calacanis They will tell you whether you're in Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, we've got six or seven industries we really care about.
Trump Takes On the Fed, US-Intel Deal, Why Bankruptcies Are Up, OpenAI's Longevity Breakthrough
- ▶ 8:12 Jason Calacanis And we decided our first city would be Riyadh.
Bond crisis looming? GOP abandons DOGE, Google disrupts Search with AI, OpenAI buys Jony Ive's IO
- ▶ 58:47 Jason Calacanis To come to Riyadh, to come to UAE, you know, Dubai, Abu Dhabi specifically, so yeah.
Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro
- ▶ 8:46 Jason Calacanis He gave a speech at a Saudi US investment forum in Riyadh, where he powerfully outlined his vision
- ▶ 28:51 Ben Shapiro I know a number of businesses, obviously, that are working in Riyadh and doing wonderful work in Riyadh. 2 times in the scene
DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
- ▶ 27:38 Jason Calacanis And this speaks to this decel versus acceleration movement that we see here in Silicon Valley, and this is what we see in Texas, Florida, UAE, Riyadh, Doha.
E160: 2024 Predictions! Markets, tech, politics, and more
- ▶ 12:39 David Friedberg They're asking assurances that Riyadh will use dollars, not yuan, to price oil sales, assurances that Saudi won't allow China to build military bases in the kingdom, and limitations on Saudi Arabia using technology developed by China.
E158: Global trade disrupted, Adobe/Figma canceled, realtors sued, Trump blocked
- ▶ 26:05 Jason Calacanis To your point, Shamath, I think, you know, I've been meeting with folks in Doha and Riyadh and Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the last six months, and I was talking to people this past weekend. 3 times in the scene
In conversation with Dean Phillips
- ▶ 51:19 Dean Phillips But the settlement policy, the right-wing government, the distraction that the judicial reform initiative has created in that country, is made the conditions ripe, and by the way, having been in Riyadh recently too, you know, it was really…
E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
- ▶ 1:24:50 Jason Calacanis I got to go to Riyadh for the first time.
E123: Trump indictment, de-dollarization, should VCs back Chinese AI? RIP Bob Lee
- ▶ 57:11 Jason Calacanis I was actually asked to keynote the next one in Riyadh, which I'm debating doing.