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GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal Sep 4, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:22:03 David Sacks I think if you look at the total amount of reserves, it's something like 300 billion barrels of oil, which is around the same as Saudi Arabia, just a little bigger than Saudi Arabia.

Rahm Emanuel: Trump's Foreign Policy, China, Europe's Decline, Immigration & DSA vs Democrats Aug 12, 2026 · 2 mentions

China Outbuilds America 230-to-1. Saronic Has a Plan Aug 5, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 26:54 Dino Mavrucas On the one side of the Persian Gulf, you have, you know, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Oman.

Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding Jul 15, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:44 Jason Calacanis And the reason people do the, uh, the, the program in their country, we have it in Saudi and in Japan is because it has economic impact.

OpenAI vs Anthropic IPOs, Anthropic $3T, Zuck's Price War, China Ends Open Source?, Trump Accounts Jul 11, 2026 · 1 mention

Trump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El Niño May 15, 2026 · 1 mention

Two Legendary Founders: Travis Kalanick & Michael Dell Live from Austin, Texas Mar 17, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 30:26 David Friedberg Dubai, Qatar, Saudis are kind of going to close up the capital flowing to the US right now, and is that real? 3 times in the scene

They're Opening the Stock Market to Everyone. Here's What That Actually Means Mar 11, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 46:00 Chamath Palihapitiya But then you do see some of these upstart exchanges that are trying to push and innovate in Abu Dhabi and KSA, et cetera.

Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom Mar 7, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 29:18 Jason Calacanis The Gulf monarchies have modernized incredibly, starting with the UAE, Saudi, uh, now the kingdom, and of course, Qatar, uh, as well, modernizing Oman, Kuwait.
  • ▶ 34:12 Jason Calacanis This was something MBS was able to do in Saudi, but not without strong resistance and great risk to himself.

Software Stocks Implode, Claude's Hit List, State of the Union Reactions, Trump's Tariff Pivot Feb 28, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 45:53 Jason Calacanis In Saudi, UAE, these are the folks who built a large portion of those oil refineries, and they are savvy to this, and what are they doing in Saudi, UAE, Qatar, all of these regions? 2 times in the scene

The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026 Jan 25, 2026 · 2 mentions

Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos! Jan 23, 2026 · 1 mention

Europe's Free Speech Failure and the "Censorship Industrial Complex" with Sarah B. Rogers Jan 22, 2026 · 1 mention

Iran's Breaking Point, Trump's Greenland Acquisition, and Solving Energy Costs Jan 17, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:20 Jason Calacanis You know, we've been watching this modernization of the Middle East and just Saudi, UAE, Qatar, everybody having a seat at the table, increasing influence, increasing modernization in those countries.

All-In's 2026 Predictions Jan 10, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 46:33 Jason Calacanis Japan, Saudi, and in America, we're going to help you build companies.
  • ▶ 57:20 David Friedberg So I think that between UAE, Saudi, Qatar, and this fraction in Yemen, and then I don't know if you guys have followed, but there's this kind of emerging independence 2 times in the scene

Does OpenAI Need a Bailout? Mamdani Wins, Socialism Rising, Filibuster Nuclear Option Nov 7, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 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. 3 times in the scene

Inside Saudi Arabia’s AI Ambition: Tareq Amin on Building a New Tech Superpower Nov 4, 2025 · 31 mentions

  • ▶ 0:05 Tareq Amin I felt that this is a great opportunity to really build and enable a country like Saudi Arabia that has an incredible potential and capability to really build a digital champion and a digital hub for the region.
  • ▶ 1:29 Tareq Amin Um, so I moved from Tokyo to Saudi Arabia.
  • ▶ 4:09 Tareq Amin So that was the first opportunity that I saw that we need to address in the country. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 9:20 Tareq Amin So, um, so we launched in Saudi Arabia what we call Humane Chat. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:16 Chamath Palihapitiya You're in Saudi.
  • ▶ 14:19 Tareq Amin So that's where I think Saudi Arabia has a big role to, uh, to participate, and I was bullish enough to tell the world, I said, outside of the United States, outside of China, I really think Saudi Arabia has a good shot to be the third… 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 15:45 Jason Calacanis Talk about the talent that has come back to Saudi and the application level level and golden visas as well. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 18:41 Tareq Amin His responsibility to the citizens of Saudi and the diversification and the transformation initiatives that are happening is second to none. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 21:53 David Friedberg And Saudi Arabia seems to be in this really kind of interesting position as a large energy supplier, as a large partner in capital, and now in building, that could create tension between the rivalry, the global rivalry between the US and… 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:44 Jason Calacanis David Sachs, how important is the American and the Kingdom's relationship globally and for humanity in terms of the President's agenda and his prioritization? 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 28:25 Tareq Amin Five percent of the traffic from Saudi, the rest is from abroad.

The Woman Who BEAT Maduro: Venezuela's Next Leader? Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado Oct 28, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:37 unnamed speaker Saudi Arabia is number two at two hundred and sixty six billion, and the US is at forty eight billion.

Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally Oct 10, 2025 · 1 mention

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built Oct 9, 2025 · 1 mention

Biggest LBO Ever, SPAC 2.0, Open Source AI Models, State AI Regulation Frenzy Oct 3, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 2:24 Jason Calacanis Kushner's largest LP and Affinity, as you know, Saudi PIF as well. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:08 Jason Calacanis If, um, you spend any time in the region, I'm going to be in Saudi and Dubai in the first week of November.

Ro Khanna Calls Out Both Parties: Immigration, Tech & Free Speech Oct 2, 2025 · 2 mentions

Senator Rand Paul: Tariffs, Debt, China, and a Warning for America Sep 5, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:58 Rand Paul And all the Saudis are going to invest 20 trillion dollars in our country, and we'll all be rich.

Trump Takes On the Fed, US-Intel Deal, Why Bankruptcies Are Up, OpenAI's Longevity Breakthrough Aug 29, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 51:52 Jason Calacanis But sovereign wealth funds usually come from some natural resource, Norway's, you know, UAE, uh, you know, uh, Saudis.

Winning the AI Race Part 5: President Trump on the AI Action Plan Jul 24, 2025 · 2 mentions

12 Day War, Socialism Wins in NYC, Stocks All-Time High, AI Copyright, Science Corner Jun 28, 2025 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 31:56 Chamath Palihapitiya I think finally putting a nail in the coffin of this Iran nuclear ambition program was not just important for them, but it's critical for Saudi and the UAE. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 35:35 David Friedberg When I look at the region and when you hear about other leaders in that region speaking publicly, the King of Jordan, MBS from Saudi, the Omanis from Bahrain, all of the other leaders in that region, even the Qataris who seem to kind of…
  • ▶ 37:30 Jason Calacanis And would you be okay with Saudi having nuclear bombs? 3 times in the scene

IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate Jun 21, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:14 Chamath Palihapitiya And in the second season that we're doing for Amazon, we did an enormous deal with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Tony Robbins | All-In Live from Miami Jun 19, 2025 · 1 mention

Bond crisis looming? GOP abandons DOGE, Google disrupts Search with AI, OpenAI buys Jony Ive's IO May 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 59:03 Jason Calacanis It seemed like every single person I had met had taken one of these scholarships to go to Oxford, to Harvard, to, you know, Caltech, whatever it was, they all had spent massive amounts of time in the West and then come back to either Saudi

Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro May 17, 2025 · 34 mentions

  • ▶ 8:02 Jason Calacanis He secured a huge investment from the Saudis, six hundred billion dollars, one hundred and forty billion for a defense partnership, and MBS said he wants to make it a trillion. 13 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:54 Jason Calacanis Last couple times I was there, women doing business, dancing, music, and now there's alcohol in the kingdom in some select locations. 12 times in the scene
  • ▶ 30:32 Ben Shapiro And it is my belief that if he'd been reelected in 2020 by February 2021, I think Saudi would have been in the Abraham Accords. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 45:08 Ben Shapiro A kingdom, and that kingdom is very wealthy, and that very wealthy kingdom doesn't have to worry about the next election. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:13:24 Ben Shapiro Uh, and you know, when it comes to America's role in the world, which is the biggest thing here, when it, when we talk about cutting the military budget, that always sounds sexy, but the reality is that undergirding things like, for… 2 times in the scene

The AI Cold War, Signalgate, CoreWeave IPO, Tariff Endgames, El Salvador Deportations Mar 29, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:10 unnamed speaker We don't have free trade right now because if you want to go to Japan or if you want to go to Saudi Arabia or various other countries, it's virtually impossible for an American to do business in those countries.

White House BTS, Google buys Wiz, Treasury vs Fed, Space Rescue Mar 22, 2025 · 2 mentions

Howard Lutnick | All-In DC Mar 20, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:33:18 Howard Lutnick This is, this is electing Joe Biden, head of Saudi Arabia, and he closes the oil wells. 2 times in the scene

DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google's $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s Feb 7, 2025 · 4 mentions

2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics! Jan 4, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 59:32 Gavin Baker I think somebody said Saudi Arabia was offering to host a remake or whatever, a redo, a rematch, a rematch of the fight where the winner would make fifty million and then we'll see what's what. 2 times in the scene

Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris Oct 3, 2024 · 14 mentions

  • ▶ 20:14 Mark Cuban Um, there were hundreds, at least a 100,000 people plus died, and there was a bipartisan resolution to say, we're not selling any more to the Saudis. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:34 David Sacks Yeah, ok, well look, we did, we did support, we did support the Saudis in their war with 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:58 Mark Cuban And so in Yemen, he did a deal with, for his boy in Saudi Arabia and sent them all the weapons in not 2019. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 29:16 Chamath Palihapitiya So my understanding was in 2020, what happened was not that Saudi Arabia and Russia were cooperating to cut prices, but they got into a fight because it wasn't really, it wasn't really Saudi, but it was OPEC, which includes us and OPEC… 5 times in the scene

OpenAI's $150B conversion, Meta's AR glasses, Blue-collar boom, Risk of nuclear war Sep 27, 2024 · 1 mention

Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit Sep 16, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 47:31 unnamed speaker Does that trigger a theater of response, where what is Saudi going to do? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 51:10 John Mearsheimer I think there is virtually no chance of what you described happening, which is if the Israelis were to go on a rampage in the West Bank, similar to what they've done in Gaza, that the Jordanians would come in, or the Egyptians, or the… 2 times in the scene

Kamala surges, Trump at NABJ, recession fears, Middle East escalation, Ackman postpones IPO Aug 2, 2024 · 2 mentions

Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more Jun 29, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:09 David Friedberg The big winner of last night's debate was probably Russia, China, Iran, maybe the Saudis licking their chops, watching the utter dysfunction in the leadership of the party, in the leadership of the country as it stands today.

In conversation with President Trump Jun 20, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 10:27 Donald J. Trump The other day I read where Saudi Arabia is willing to now go in various different currencies instead of the dollar.
  • ▶ 58:05 David Friedberg So much of this is driving, and I'm concerned about, right, driving the Saudis into the arms of the Chinese and, and other foreign adversaries to the United States. 4 times in the scene

Sheryl Sandberg, plus open-source AI gene editing explained May 3, 2024 · 1 mention

E171: DOJ sues Apple, AI arms race, Reddit IPO, Realtor settlement & more Mar 22, 2024 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 48:43 Jason Calacanis In other related news, the Saudis are planning a forty billion dollar AI fund, according to the New York Times reps from the Public Investment Fund in Saudi. 6 times in the scene

E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics Mar 8, 2024 · 1 mention

E161: US strikes Houthis, market instability, Q1 rate cuts in doubt, Carta's major mishap, DEI Jan 13, 2024 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 2:39 Chamath Palihapitiya It's now the U.S., the U.K., Israel, Qatar, UAE, and Saudi 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:27 David Sacks And just so you understand, I mean, the Houthis have already said that if the United States attacks them and uses Saudi or UAE airspace to do it, that they will consider themselves at war with Saudi Arabia and UAE, and that they will try… 3 times in the scene

E160: 2024 Predictions! Markets, tech, politics, and more Jan 6, 2024 · 11 mentions

E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023 Dec 29, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 5:50 Jason Calacanis You gave it to MBS and Saudi that they would have the, your prediction was they would have the most important year in the modern era. 5 times in the scene

E158: Global trade disrupted, Adobe/Figma canceled, realtors sued, Trump blocked Dec 23, 2023 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 14:56 David Sacks They didn't make it. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 25:43 David Sacks By the way, the Houthis have said that if the US attacks Yemen, they will light the Saudi oil fields on fire. 2 times in the scene

In conversation with Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 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…

Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI Nov 11, 2023 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 28:48 Jared Kushner Cause they basically said, wait, this guy, if he's going to take over Kuwait, he could come for Saudi Arabia. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 33:56 Jared Kushner Uh, one of the things that President Trump did when he went to Saudi Arabia in 2017, uh, the reason we went there was that the Middle East was basically on fire. 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 58:49 Jared Kushner And the final deal we did was between Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain. 2 times in the scene

E152: Real estate chaos, WeWork bankruptcy, Biden regulates AI, Ukraine's “Cronkite Moment” & more Nov 3, 2023 · 1 mention

E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more Oct 27, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 33:33 Jason Calacanis We've had, uh, Qatar and Saudi and a number in the United States obviously doing some pretty hardcore diplomacy, and we've had some hostages released.
  • ▶ 1:25:17 Jason Calacanis And I'm going to start teaching entrepreneurs here in the region, Egypt, Saudi, UAE, Qatar, anybody, Jordan, who wants to learn how to build a company, I'm going to be teaching startups in the region. 4 times in the scene

E150: Israel/Gaza escalating or not? EU censorship regime, Penn donors revolt, GLP-1 hype cycle Oct 20, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 34:50 David Sacks There were three or four deals that were signed between Israel and the Gulf Arab states bringing about normal relations, and Saudi Arabia was on the table as being the next one. 3 times in the scene

E149: Hamas terror attacks in Israel: fallout, reaction, next steps Oct 13, 2023 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 17:55 David Sacks The big news that, you know, it's been going on in the last few months is that supposedly Israel and Saudi Arabia were close to
  • ▶ 19:27 Chamath Palihapitiya I think the, my hope is that instead of pushing Saudi away, this actually pulls Saudi closer and says, okay, this is a chance to really normalize. 3 times in the scene

E144: Biden targets Elon, BRICS challenges the West, Tiger hit piece & more Sep 1, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 28:11 Jason Calacanis Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and the UAE.
  • ▶ 28:39 David Sacks Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 47:22 Jason Calacanis It's kind of hard to put Saudi Arabia and to put UAE in this because they don't share the democratic principles of the rest of the G seven, but we should be trying to any democracy that's in the bricks.
  • ▶ 52:00 Jason Calacanis Cheap oil, Russian oil, Saudis, UAE, all participating in BRICS, and then if you look at nuclear, we just had a bunch of, I think it was senators signing a bill, I think you might have tweeted it, Chamath, of support of nuclear.

E141: State of Series A's, VC dry powder, IPO window opens + more with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner Aug 11, 2023 · 1 mention

In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:05:38 Jason Calacanis Well, since we're on grifters, what do you think of Jared Kushner getting, taking down two billion from the Saudis after he walked out of the White House?

E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more Jun 24, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 44:43 Jason Calacanis And we see, uh, when you and I made our trip to the UAE and then we see the Saudis, you know, bringing movies back.

E132: SEC goes after crypto giants, Sequoia splits, LIV/PGA, Messi's deal + LIVE Q&A! Jun 10, 2023 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 42:40 David Friedberg So Saudi Arabia's public investment fund, and this is what I think is one of the more interesting aspects of this story, and maybe speaks to a broader kind of 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 47:09 Chamath Palihapitiya I mean, the messy thing is so incredible because Cristiano Ronaldo went to a team in Saudi to play in the August of his career, the last two or three years. 2 times in the scene

E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more Jun 2, 2023 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 48:21 David Sacks I don't think anyone's disputing the fact that China and Saudi Arabia and China and Brazil are doing energy transactions in RMB. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 50:28 David Sacks There is a major trend in the world right now where, again, the BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and you can put Saudi Arabia in that bucket and a lot of other countries. 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 56:38 David Sacks China is seeking to pay Saudi Arabia and Brazil. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:10:58 Jason Calacanis I think that the Saudi China trade, if this happens and oil is sold in one, is the beginning of, I think, the end of the assumption that the US dollar is a global reserve.
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