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Why AI Creators Keep Panicking (They're Wrong)
- ▶ 1:36 Aaron Levie Uh, I mean, obviously, um, I think Austin's having a moment, and obviously, broadly, Texas.
SpaceX’s Secret, Nuclear's Rebirth, and the AI Power Crisis · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 31:17 Scott Nolan Here in Austin, you guys have seen it firsthand.
Trump’s Plan for AI Dominance · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 1:51 Joe Lonsdale It's good to have you here in Austin.
Palantir CTO: We Need More Heretics · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 1:53 Joe Lonsdale Uh, you have an awesome new book out, Mobilize, uh, which, uh, I think you're in town in Austin here.
How 200mph Flying Taxis Will End Traffic Jams
- ▶ 13:28 Joe Lonsdale In, uh, in Austin, we have all these places like east towards Bastrop, where Elon's built all this stuff.
- ▶ 13:39 Joe Lonsdale Maybe we do one of the early Austin flights.
Jake Paul on Endorsing Trump & the AI Economy · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 20:37 Joe Lonsdale There's, like, an old one, unfortunately, tearing down in Austin.
Investing in 2026: What You Need to Know (SEC Chairman) · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 1:56 Paul Atkins So, um, ah, and we're here in Austin, we had a roundtable, so decided to get out of Washington and, and go to the heartland and talk about, ah, issues around, ah, trading, ah, rules in the stock markets, basically the equity markets.
The Secret Team Fixing America's Broken Systems · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 1:49 Joe Lonsdale We love seeing you in Austin, of course, for basketball and otherwise.
- ▶ 10:12 Joe Gebbia Well, I got a flight tomorrow back to Austin, but why not?
- ▶ 25:30 Joe Gebbia I've given six months commitment to fix retirement, and then I'm gonna go back to Austin.
What Steve Jobs Knew About Innovation That You Don't · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 12:16 Matt Ridley I'm going, I'm here in Austin and I'm very excited to be here in Austin already blown away by some of the things I've seen. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:25 Matt Ridley I've just had lunch here in Austin. 2 times in the scene
Secret Tech Billionaire Is Betting $1B on This · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 5:11 Joe Lonsdale I think, you know, Austin, Austin, Texas here, there's really you and Michael Dell who brought in just like tons of people. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:15 Joe Liemandt And I very much viewed Alpha and McKinsey School as that way, which is great for my kids, great for the other kids in Austin who do it.
- ▶ 20:55 Joe Liemandt We need, and you know, we have one alpha, one GT school here in Austin.
- ▶ 39:48 Joe Liemandt So they're walking around downtown Austin, getting, you know, businesses to fund them.
- ▶ 51:48 Joe Liemandt In that, you know, we're in Austin and there's robo taxis and, you know, uh, Waymo's and everything.
How this Governor is Proving Trump Right · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 13:49 Joe Lonsdale So one idea we like, it just comes from here in Austin.
- ▶ 24:26 Joe Lonsdale Like I'm afraid for my kids to go downtown right now, even here in Austin, Texas.
What Happens When AI Can Do Every Job? · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 0:29 Zachary Levi They're not able to look beyond that, is why I moved to Austin, to build a new type of Hollywood.
- ▶ 1:19 Joe Lonsdale He's building a new studio that represents his values here in Austin, Texas.
- ▶ 20:15 Zachary Levi Is truly, and this is what I have been actively trying to do, is why I moved to Austin, to build a new type of Hollywood.
The One Thing AI Will Never Replace · Joe Lonsdale
How AI Agents Are Transforming Logistics · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 20:27 Harish Abbott Like I give an example to people and saying, if you're a truck driver with home base in Austin and you've been out of Austin for last three weeks and now you're in Chicago and you want to get back into Austin and you tell everybody that,… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 41:41 Harish Abbott You know, we're starting to see in Austin now, um,
How AI Robots Are Taking Over Construction · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 10:23 Boris Sofman ML is the inverse, where the further you go, the better competency you've gathered, uh, and you end up, uh, um, using data to explain whatever gaps you have, and those gaps are less and less the further you go, and so the system from San…
- ▶ 37:28 Boris Sofman I think it's my home state where you're, you're doing a lot of a facility outside of Austin.
From ChatGPT to Billions of Robots: Marc Andreessen’s Prediction · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 9:19 Marc Andreessen Um, you know, and by the way, the good news of that transition is the transition to knowledge work has worked really well, and, you know, we live and work in places like Silicon Valley and Austin and others that have,
- ▶ 22:45 Marc Andreessen It's gonna, it's gonna make San Francisco and LA and New York much better off and Austin much better off, but it's still not gonna answer this question of what happens in the countryside.
Tucker, Shapiro & The New Right—Dave Rubin Calls for an Honest Debate · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 40:56 Dave Rubin People like you guys are here in Austin, and the people that I now see are the craziest, reddest.
Tariffs, DOGE & Fixing America: Peter Thiel's Skeptic Solutions · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 0:34 Peter Thiel If Austin can be fixed, you'll, you'll be the one to fix it.
- ▶ 2:07 Joe Lonsdale Well, you're in Austin for a special lecture series at UATX.
- ▶ 36:33 Peter Thiel Then this is where, you know, this is where, this is where I would be deeply skeptical even of a place like Austin, Texas.
- ▶ 37:59 Peter Thiel Anyway, this is where, this is where I would push back where, you know, just walking around Austin the last few days, it seems like there are a lot of homeless people. 6 times in the scene
Ex-Bud Light President: The Truth Behind the Brand’s Collapse · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 26:33 Anson Frerichs Austin, Texas, and all over.
How AI Might Solve the Alien Mystery: Thought Leader's Paradox · Joe Lonsdale
$2B Gov Tech CEO's Warning for DOGE · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 48:42 Zach Bookman And it's going on in not just Austin and not just in New York and Seattle, but it's going on all over the country.
The Terrifying Truth AI Researchers Don’t Understand · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 5:39 Brendan McCord Yeah, yeah, and then after that, it was, you know, we were thinking about what to do in insurance, and it didn't make sense to buy a company, so I started two from scratch here in Austin,
- ▶ 45:23 Brendan McCord And I also think there's an Oxford Austin axis that I have to work on because what I like about Austin is it's entrepreneurs that are unafraid to build outside of the Silicon Valley orthodoxy. 4 times in the scene
Secrets Of Investing Early – Lessons From A Billion-Dollar Investor · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 43:30 Joe Lonsdale We do have a lot of land around Austin.
Turning $25K Into $3 Billion: The Hard Truths Of Jimmy John's Success · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 14:10 Jimmy John Liautaud It doesn't matter whether it's local judges or what, whatever it is, it all matters, and I would, so I would tell anybody that's, young people, uh, I was, I came here with my son Fred today to fly to Austin to see you, and I was with Fred,…
This AI Sea Drone Could Destroy A Submarine? · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 24:26 Joe Lonsdale And you're building the company right here in Austin, Texas.
- ▶ 24:55 Dino Mavrucas It was Austin, Texas or Southern California. 6 times in the scene
He Predicted Putin's Invasion. Now He Predicts When China Will Invade Taiwan. · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 39:56 Dmitri Alperovitch I don't have to tell you the power of innovation, what we can do in the Valley, in a place like Austin, really across the country.
Ep 87: Dr. Cliff Winston — Deregulate Lawyers, Deregulate Airlines & Let Markets Correct Themselves · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 32:14 Joe Lonsdale We are here in Austin, Texas.
Ep 86: How to Teach STEM for the 21st Century with Dr. David Ruth · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 16:54 Dr. David Ruth So, uh, one is just asking them and taking, uh, some of our curriculum is directly, uh, an output of talking to folks in Austin that are saying, these are the things that are really important for kids to know. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:11 Dr. David Ruth Yeah, so, um, we're gonna, every year or two, we're gonna add a new program so that by the time we get to, say, the ten-year point or so, we're gonna have a full suite of engineering opportunities, and as we continue to grow, we're gonna…
Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 33:33 Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi For instance, let's say if, if a family living in Seattle or Austin or London or Stockholm wants to sponsor a family of workers in Iran to be able to
Ep 82: Rising Inflation? Looming Recession? The State of the Economy with Whitney Baker · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 13:36 Joe Lonsdale You were just teaching, uh, some of the business leaders in Austin at lunch with me, uh, some of these things.
Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Business Compete With Amazon · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 6:01 Joe Lonsdale Matt's here in Austin these days, you know, what are some of the lessons you brought with you from Palantir to, to, to saltpox?
Ep 78: Emil Michael — the Master Dealmaker Behind Uber's Global Dominance · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 5:59 Joe Lonsdale You know, we're building a new university in Austin. 2 times in the scene
Ep 74: Niall Ferguson & Pano Kanelos on Building the University of Austin · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 17:37 Joe Lonsdale For example, SpaceX and Boring Company setting up here in Austin is Steve Davis, who is a key leader at SpaceX, CEO of Boring Company.
- ▶ 18:33 Pano Kanelos We've, we started in Austin.
Ep 69: How a Teenager Set Out to Rid the Ocean of Plastic; Boyan Slat & the Ocean Cleanup · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 3:26 Joe Lonsdale I'm building one here in Austin, but agree with you.
Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 1:10 Brad Gerstner Good to be in Austin, Joe.
Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 0:59 Joe Lonsdale He's built this soccer stadium in Austin. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:15 Joe Lonsdale You've been an entrepreneur for a long time, starting in Mexico as well as in Austin.
- ▶ 11:45 Joe Lonsdale You're bullish on Austin. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:06 Joe Lonsdale Like what's the hardest thing about starting a, starting a soccer club like this at Austin? 6 times in the scene
Ep 62: Ben Rubenstein Says Resumes Are Useless; Here's How to Find the Best Salespeople · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 23:34 Joe Lonsdale Um, everything was going way up in Austin, and now it's probably falling a little bit. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:08 Joe Lonsdale So what's the best kosher deli here in Austin?
Ep 61: High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Startup; the Story of Guillermo Rauch & Vercel · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 33:38 Joe Lonsdale And how does the area of remote work and new tech hubs like Austin, Miami?
- ▶ 38:16 Guillermo Rauch To your point about Austin and hybrid and remote work, how are people collaborating today?
Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 57:46 Balaji Srinivasan Or Delaware to Austin.
Ep 53: Joe Gebbia Changed the World with Airbnb. Here's What He's Building Next. · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 6:03 Joe Lonsdale That's good, because I hear there's some tech guys who moved in Austin, Texas.
Ep 52: Yitz Applbaum and a Modern Middle East Renaissance · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 12:59 Yitz Applbaum Yeah, cyber I can buy from Palo Alto, and don't get me wrong, cyber is very, or from Austin, sorry.
Ep 50: Troy Carter on Discovering Lady Gaga, Future of Music, and Speaking Out on School Choice · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 16:54 Joe Lonsdale He's doing pretty well now, he's in Austin too, you know. 2 times in the scene
This New Startup Is Disrupting Healthcare As We Know It · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 3:28 Dr. Clay Johnston I mean, I would say it's easy to stick with the evidence and that's where, you know, you can always be pretty comfortable, but even in stating the evidence, it became such a politicized issue, particularly in Austin, 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:32 Dr. Clay Johnston So we're starting here in Austin. 3 times in the scene
Ryan Holiday: How Stoicism Changed the World · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 19:24 Ryan Holiday Uh, there's a great book by Tom Ricks, who actually lives in Austin, called The First Principles, and he was looking at, like, the founders and what books they were reading when they founded America, and they were deeply steeped in, uh,…
Zach Latta: Founding Hack Club & Inspiring the Next Generation of Builders · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 12:17 Joe Lonsdale You know, it's, uh, I think Austin's not too bad yet at this time of day.
- ▶ 18:52 Joe Lonsdale Are you, in Austin, I hear we have 2700 administrators for 5500 teachers.
He Built Tesla's FIRST Roadster Battery. Find Out What He's Building Next! · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 3:35 Joe Lonsdale I was just at the, at the factory in Austin last week, and they, for some of us, they gave us like a tour.
- ▶ 15:01 Joe Lonsdale We're pushing Elon and Austin to try to get that forward.
Dr. Mark Esper: Lessons from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 19:43 Dr. Mark Esper I stood up Army Futures Command here in Austin, Texas to get after that.
- ▶ 20:53 Dr. Mark Esper One of the reasons why when we stood up Futures Command, we wanted to put it here in Austin, Texas, is we wanted to get it away from those traditional hubs.
Free Housing Won't Solve the Homeless Crisis. Here's What Will. · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 14:11 Joe Lonsdale You know, for the University of Austin, we're planning on doing it probably just east of the county that has Austin in it, because
- ▶ 16:06 Joe Lonsdale One of the big things for me was just living here in Austin and seeing, you know, and seeing how, I guess, the mayor was very progressive, and he actually went to San Francisco and L.A., and he copied some of their policies, and, ah, and,… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:23 Judge Glock Uh, when cities like Austin or San Francisco or Denver voted on, say, camping bans, overwhelmingly passed in some of these most liberal cities in America.
- ▶ 33:37 Joe Lonsdale We could try to run better people maybe in Austin. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:04 Judge Glock I mean, there, there's a million good people working on great stuff out there in homelessness, and I've been astounded in my, my work on the issue, uh, the number of them, uh, you know, two of the ones that, the one we feature in the, in…
How Hayes Barnard Is Transforming Solar Tech & Green Housing · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 19:37 Hayes Barnard And so we manufacture them here in Austin, Texas.
Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cowen · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 0:52 Joe Lonsdale And thanks for coming down to Austin, Texas, and for chatting with us.
- ▶ 5:52 Tyler Cowen And Austin is great for this. 4 times in the scene
Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 4:20 Rep. Ro Khanna We cannot have a nation where a few places, Silicon Valley, Austin, Seattle, uh, Boston, are driving the modern wealth generation, are driving the job opportunities. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:50 Rep. Ro Khanna For people in places outside Silicon Valley or Austin or Seattle to thrive. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:11 Joe Lonsdale You probably heard where some of my friends and I with Neil Ferguson and Barry Weiss are trying to create a competitor to Stanford now in Austin here.
Texas State Technical College: The School With a Money-Back Guarantee · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 2:02 Michael Bettersworth No, so I've, I've, I came to the college from, uh, from Austin, from a place called IC squared, uh, innovation, creativity, and capitalism.
How to Fix Dysfunctional Government with Esper CEO Maleka Momand · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 28:36 Joe Lonsdale And you're based in Austin, Texas. 2 times in the scene
Whole Foods Co-Founder & CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism and Repairing America's Division · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 0:41 Joe Lonsdale So John, you started Whole Foods in 1978 right here in Austin.
- ▶ 3:38 Joe Lonsdale And not really in Austin at that time.
- ▶ 34:06 Joe Lonsdale I feel like Austin's a little better on that score. 2 times in the scene
Jake Kloberdanz: Cause-Centric Commerce and the Art of Award-Winning Winemaking · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 20:40 Jake Kloberdanz And certainly there's little pockets in Austin and New York and other places where you can compete.
Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 43:07 Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n I'm bullish on what you're doing in Austin. 3 times in the scene
Billion Dollar Wins -- and Losses · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 33:25 Joe Lonsdale This is why I'm very bullish on Austin, Texas, because it's very easy to zone and build there right now.
Bari Weiss: Defending Western Civilization and Building New Institutions · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 21:15 Joe Lonsdale My wife and I talk about this for our daughters, for what synagogue we're going to here and how to protect ourselves, even here in Austin, because we're very nervous about that.
Kimbal Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, The Kitchen, and Launching His First Company with Elon · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 21:22 Kimbal Musk Uh, but we're going to open the factory in Austin. 4 times in the scene