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every year anyone Jason Calacanis 186David Sacks 126David Friedberg 104Chamath Palihapitiya 61Elon Musk 37Brad Gerstner 14Senator Eric Schmitt 9Michael Shellenberger 8Balaji Srinivasan 3Antonio Garcia Martinez 3
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Twitter comes up
E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
- ▶ 4:42 Chamath Palihapitiya In front of that Twitter building. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:14 David Sacks So look, I think what's cool about what Elon is doing is he's starting with this mission of restoring Twitter to being 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:07 Jason Calacanis Freeberg, the biggest issue I perceive in the short term for Twitter is going to be what to do with people like Trump and Kanye West or Ye. 7 times in the scene
E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more
- ▶ 2:18 Jason Calacanis If you don't remember, Parler is like a really shitty version of Twitter that never seems to have worked or been stable. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:36 David Friedberg Clearly not happened over the years with Twitter to the degree that people thought it should have.
- ▶ 28:37 Brad Gerstner I mean, last night I read a report, came across Bloomberg, that Elon's talking about 75% reduction at Twitter. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:08 Jason Calacanis Because it does seem if Elon does with Twitter, what seems to have been leaked here correctly, according to all reports,
E100: Reflecting on the first 100 shows, fan questions, nuclear threat, markets, Amazon & more
- ▶ 1:10:09 Jason Calacanis So Elon put out a tweet for and got savage for it.
E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more
- ▶ 1:19:42 David Friedberg I also think that it's a terrible idea for YouTube and Twitter to take stuff down.
E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
- ▶ 7:07 David Sacks Because he explained this like abundantly for the two years he was advocating for this.
E93: Twitter whistleblower, cloud security vulnerabilities, student debt forgiveness & more
- ▶ 1:29 Jason Calacanis Right before, I guess, the big case between Elon and Twitter is about to happen, I guess, in October at some point, a Twitter whistleblower has come forward and dropped a nuke into the middle of what was basically the story of the year in… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:19 Jason Calacanis Twitter was forced by the Indian government to put a government agent on the payroll. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:10 Jason Calacanis Twitter also has one. 2 times in the scene
E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
- ▶ 2:35 Jason Calacanis Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't, every week of the show, I will tweet like, hey, anything you want on the docket, because sometimes people will have good ideas.
#AIS: Joe Lonsdale on the problem with higher education
- ▶ 13:11 Chamath Palihapitiya Do you, um, there's a website, people have tweeted this, uh, I think the website is called whatthefuckhappenedin 1971 dot com.
#AIS: Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets breaks down the state of the US housing market
- ▶ 30:47 Adena Hefets I play the housing long game, as the stock market will jitter, but solving inequality is less flashy than almost buying Twitter.
#AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks
- ▶ 34:46 unnamed speaker Is he gonna buy it? 3 times in the scene
E83: Market slide continues, and how to address Uvalde
- ▶ 1:05:23 Jason Calacanis I mean, Saks made a great tweet. 4 times in the scene
#AIS: Tim Urban on political discourse + Keith Rabois on early-stage investing in 2022
- ▶ 35:19 Jason Calacanis Should Elon buy, should Elon buy Twitter? 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:00 Keith Rabois Like, I bet you, for example, like, you know, if you read the media or you read Twitter, you think this abortion law change in Florida is radical. 2 times in the scene
#AIS: Antonio Garcia Martinez & Glenn Greenwald debate Ukraine, moderated by David Sacks
- ▶ 25:22 Antonio Garcia Martinez No, I, I disagree, and I think, I, I think you've spent too long in Plato's cave of Twitter, and you don't, you don't stare at reality anymore, to be quite honest. 3 times in the scene
Elon Musk: Twitter's bot problem, SpaceX's grand plan, Tesla stories & more
- ▶ 0:55 Elon Musk Um, I guess right now, um, I'm sort of debating the number of bots on Twitter, uh, on Twitter. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:14 Chamath Palihapitiya You tweeted 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:09 Elon Musk I got involved when Twitter, when Tesla was nothing but a piece of paper.
- ▶ 39:35 Elon Musk That's the, uh, and then, and then, you know, go do some, go add to it with, you know, Twitter or something like that.
E80: Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risks, Tiger Global, predictions and more
- ▶ 23:33 Chamath Palihapitiya So there was a article in Bloomberg that came out that said, instead of Elon taking margin loans to fund his acquisition of Twitter, there is an idea being floated by Morgan Stanley to use convertible debt.
E78: VC fund metrics that matter, private market update, recession, student loans, Bill Hwang arrest
- ▶ 1:30:29 Chamath Palihapitiya I think people misunderstand Elon's incentives for buying Twitter. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:37:17 David Friedberg So, there's a scientific paper that says, this drug doesn't cure COVID, and then someone goes on Twitter and says, take this drug, it cures COVID. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:49:10 Jason Calacanis You have to make your own decisions in these cases, and you know, like, it's great to have smart friends to have a dialogue with, and Twitter should be dialogue.
E77: Tech work culture, crypto regulation, stablecoins, $NFLX & more w/ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
- ▶ 22:04 David Sacks I think Elon wants to make free speech restore its place back in Twitter's mission.
E76.5: Food shortage, China's grand plan, inflation, French election plus an All-In Summit preview
- ▶ 0:17 Jason Calacanis That's Elon and Twitter.
- ▶ 9:30 Jason Calacanis We set a record that seemed to have gotten lost in the haze of Twitter.
E76: Elon vs. Twitter
- ▶ 11:30 David Friedberg They've all been working on quarterly plans, strategic plans, etc, with the current CEO, and as a board for Twitter, 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:53 David Sacks We know Twitter has enormous cultural power. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:34 Chamath Palihapitiya Because if you look at the tenure of all these folks, you know, the last sea change that happened on the Twitter board was when Elliot pushed to add, I think two or three directors. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:36 David Sacks And particularly in this case, we have to look at the track record of this management team, which it barely exists, but also this culture at Twitter, okay? 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:30 David Sacks Hold on, there are big limits on the ability of Elon to go on the open market and just keep buying up all of Twitter, and now with this poison pill, 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:20 David Sacks Of Twitter as a free speech platform. 3 times in the scene
E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more
- ▶ 41:51 Jason Calacanis Alright, moving on, and speaking of boards, Elon bought a chunk of Twitter last week, a nine percent stake, and he's joining the board. 13 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:09 David Friedberg Facebook, Twitter, even Google all acquiesced to significant external pressure over the years. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:29 David Friedberg If they choose like Pinterest and Twitter and YouTube and Facebook and Google to change how their platform operates Saks, I actually think that's a commercial decision made by a private company. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:03:13 David Sacks It's like, look, if you don't like, if you don't like the, the free speech that's happening on Twitter, go create your own social network, because that's what they were saying.
E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more
- ▶ 1:16:56 Jason Calacanis They already banned Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in their country. 2 times in the scene
E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
- ▶ 0:53 Jason Calacanis He's bitter on Twitter.
- ▶ 5:05 Brad Gerstner I said on Twitter that the rate path last week became a lot more certain.
- ▶ 1:25:54 Brad Gerstner I tweeted a few weeks ago, the feds probably behind the curve on recession, not inflation, right? 2 times in the scene
E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
- ▶ 4:31 Chamath Palihapitiya That's the, that's the, that's what I saw on Twitter.
- ▶ 1:13:21 Chamath Palihapitiya There was this clip on Twitter, um, when the mask mandate was lifted in Nevada, and it was a clip of kids in, like, grade two or three, and they went crazy, ok?
- ▶ 1:16:10 Chamath Palihapitiya Um, under Democratic and Republican, uh, presidents that, to me, when I saw this on the ACLU Twitter feed yesterday was shocking. 2 times in the scene
E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
- ▶ 23:40 Ryan Petersen So I tweeted about this and the, the city of Long Beach actually responded. 2 times in the scene
E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more
- ▶ 1:06:31 Chamath Palihapitiya And then all of these folks had to come out on Twitter and lambast them.
E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
- ▶ 2:58 David Friedberg Yeah, so I said, um, I, I just wanted to, I was gonna actually send this out on Twitter, and I decided it was better just to address it on the pod.
- ▶ 7:02 David Sacks And everyone gets to basically go on Twitter and virtue signal and say what great people they are because Chamath is a bad person.
- ▶ 21:06 Jason Calacanis Well, to be going through that, and then also like monitoring Twitter and inbound, your phone must have been blowing up.
E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move
- ▶ 8:31 Jason Calacanis Uh, it was an eventful week on Twitter.
- ▶ 27:44 Jason Calacanis And Elon, um, has a Twitter handle, um, with some followers and he responded. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:56 Chamath Palihapitiya Exactly that Jessica Chastain published to Twitter because Aaron, Aaron Sorkin doesn't have.
- ▶ 1:01:13 Chamath Palihapitiya There are these meme stocks that follow Nancy Pelosi stock trading account or pretend to that were, you know, recently, by the way, banned by Twitter, right?
E58: November's CPI, preparing for a downturn, macro outlook, Better.com's botched layoffs & more
- ▶ 1:16:10 Jason Calacanis I don't want to comment on a Twitter.
E57: Understanding Omicron, tech stocks plummet, VC's great resignation, Jack Dorsey's departure
- ▶ 59:50 Jason Calacanis Do we want to talk about Jack leaving Twitter?
- ▶ 1:00:14 David Sacks You had another example of that this week with Jack leaving Twitter.
- ▶ 1:14:32 David Friedberg Don't you think the biggest winner, the biggest winner here is going to be TikTok because if Twitter does go forward with the standing. 3 times in the scene
E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
- ▶ 9:22 Chamath Palihapitiya Noncommittal when we did the pod is that I really don't like this culture that's emerged via Twitter mostly where 2 times in the scene
E54: Spread trading big tech, capital allocation, Zillow's misfire, Progressives suffer losses
- ▶ 36:47 Jason Calacanis The anecdotal stories that are breaking on Twitter and other forums with real estate brokers are they would look at a home.
E52: Trump's SPAC, peak venture liquidity, tech as an economic ladder, Dems overplaying their hand
- ▶ 25:27 David Sacks A la Twitter. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:33 Jason Calacanis Maybe if they stop tweeting and complaining and just learn some skills, like, if your skill is complaining on Twitter. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:43 Jason Calacanis He talked about his friendship with a trans person who was a comedian, and how he and she had these incredible discussions, and learned a lot from each other, and how she was dragged on Twitter, and a lot of tragic outcomes, and I'll leave…
E51: Supply Chain Shortages, Inflation, DeSantis, Ted Sarandos Netflix Memo, Cancel Culture, Fan Q&A
- ▶ 18:55 Chamath Palihapitiya There was this really interesting tweet that I saw on Twitter.
E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
- ▶ 30:19 Chamath Palihapitiya You know, I saw a tweet today. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:12:30 David Sacks You know, one of the ironic things about these warning labels, I've noticed they've sort of become a badge of honor where, you know, if, if the, if the hall monitors at Twitter are trying to label your tweet as, as, uh, you know, being…
Balaji Srinivasan: role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more
- ▶ 51:25 Balaji Srinivasan For how many likes and RTs it gets on Twitter. 3 times in the scene
E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
- ▶ 1:31:45 Jason Calacanis So another word- Warning, uh, liberals and socialists at Twitter don't agree with this tweet.
E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
- ▶ 48:02 Jason Calacanis That have caused so much chaos here in the United States with Facebook and Twitter and YouTube.
E41: Vaccine policy, Big Tech, DeepMind's latest breakthrough, wealth creation, opportunity & more
- ▶ 53:17 Jason Calacanis If you were president, and there, there was an account on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, that was saying there was a microchip from Bill Gates.
E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race & more
- ▶ 7:31 David Sacks So, pretty much, and Jason, you've tweeted this. 3 times in the scene
E38: Bestie brawl, Robinhood's $70M fine & S-1, Delta variant, next gen candidates & more
- ▶ 0:34 Chamath Palihapitiya If you'd like to skip the bestie Twitter drama and get right into the episode, jump to 20 minutes and 48 seconds.
- ▶ 1:02:34 Jason Calacanis No Twitter account. 2 times in the scene
E37: NYC rejects far-left candidates, new developments in lab leak theory, App Store breakup & more
- ▶ 46:08 Jason Calacanis The, I just want to go back to the thing that I wanted to define bifurcation, you're saying two different markets, but what if there is, hey, we're going to sanction, we're not going to send Disney movies, or they're not going to let…
E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more
- ▶ 2:17 Jason Calacanis Ok, there is a Twitter account done.
- ▶ 41:00 Chamath Palihapitiya Um, if you make an anonymous post on Twitter, will you be tracked down?
- ▶ 1:06:03 Jason Calacanis To the public on YouTube or Twitter about, ah, what was the drug that Trump kept promoting?
E33: Apple’s hypocrisy, America fails math, crypto’s regulatory correction, Clubhouse, UFOs & more
- ▶ 51:53 David Sacks Well, they got a, they got an acquisition offer from Twitter for four billion, and they, they turned, they did this. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:19:30 David Sacks Nick pulled up the tweet, so, you know, I've been basically, because look, there, there have been. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:27:31 Jason Calacanis I just saw some tweet.
E31: Post-vaccination virtue signaling, pandemic lessons, immigration, Caitlyn Jenner for CA & more
- ▶ 2:50 Jason Calacanis Another great, great tweet for me to copy and adapt to steal your deal flow, but I love this tweet that you had where you said, early in the pandemic, explain the tweet, or maybe read the tweet. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:49 David Sacks Remember, I have all these people on Twitter telling me every time I tweet about this, why don't you just listen to the experts, right?
E30: Ramifications of Biden's proposed capital gains tax hike, founder psychology & more
- ▶ 43:16 Chamath Palihapitiya And then, you know, LeBron tweeted something out and then LeBron had to basically delete the tweet because it was causing people to go absolutely crazy.
E27: The Great Inflation Debate, Amazon gets spicy on Twitter, rethinking supply chains & more
- ▶ 22:12 Jason Calacanis And some other companies, Twitter, Google, just not being allowed to even operate in China.
E25: Biden's vaccine mandate, "equity" in distribution, NFT speculation, impact of inflation & more
- ▶ 4:53 David Friedberg If we can get two hundred million shots in arms, this goes back to, I think, this tweet I sent in early January, December, we get two million shots in arms, we can be done with the pandemic based on, you know, how many the efficacy of…
- ▶ 7:00 Chamath Palihapitiya I tweeted out there's this bot that now scrapes and and by the way, before I tweeted out this thing about this bot, which is I think, uh, yeah, I sent it to you. 2 times in the scene
E23: Radical DAs, breaking down FB/Google vs. Australia, sustained fear post-vaccine & fan questions
- ▶ 0:04 Jason Calacanis Everybody, I'm getting my Twitter handle back next week.
E21: Media misalignment, subjects controlling narratives & more with bestie guestie Draymond Green
- ▶ 1:06:54 Jason Calacanis Uh, you're, you're on Twitter, I understand. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:10:02 Jason Calacanis If Twitter offered two blue chuck marks, you'd have three.
E20: Robinhood wrap up, Insiders vs. Outsiders, California's failing report card & how to fix it
- ▶ 13:44 Chamath Palihapitiya At the other end of the example, you know, we have things that have happened like on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat, which is like, hey, all of a sudden, like, you know, certain kinds of content or certain things happened…
- ▶ 25:31 Jason Calacanis There are people speculating on Twitter that the Wall Street Bets crew, and I have no knowledge of this, or other hedge funds came in and saw this mess, and that what we've seen the last couple of days were other people shorting at 300, or…
E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more
- ▶ 42:45 Jason Calacanis Adding to this, uh, outgoing Secretary of Pompeo in his, the day before the inauguration, uh, tweeted, I have determined that the People's Republic of China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity, uh, in China targeting, uh,…
- ▶ 1:22:15 Jason Calacanis And I'll redirect to my Twitter handle.
E17: Big Tech bans Trump, ramifications for the First Amendment & the open Internet
- ▶ 27:25 David Sacks You know, the, the Twitter employees who sent that letter to Jack, who've been demanding this for years, have finally gotten their way. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:47 David Sacks You also had the deep platforming of parlor, which is sort of the Twitter alternative by Google and Apple at the same time and in Amazon. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:29 David Friedberg Is because, as you pointed out, I think it was, Sokka put it on Twitter, and Jason, you've talked about this, but talent is everything in Silicon Valley, and if your employees tell you they're gonna quit, um, working for you, or they're… 3 times in the scene