Chamath Palihapitiya worked with Trump transition team on government spending proposals
Chamath Palihapitiya · Tariffs, Trump's Economic Endgame, Market Chaos, Bitcoin Reserve, CoreWeave IPO · Mar 8, 2025 · at 36:51
Chamath Palihapitiya, venture capitalist and All-In co-host, reveals his involvement in advising the incoming Trump administration on public procurement reform.
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“When the administration was getting formed, one of the things that happened, I had an opportunity to work with some of the folks. To write some proposals for what theoretically could happen in some of these bigger government organizations where there's just huge pockets of spend.”
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