Swalwell’s Exit Reveals Democratic Machine Politics

(0:00) Bestie intros: Travis Kalanick joins the show!

(0:42) Mamdani taxes the rich: new pied-à-terre tax coming to NYC

(11:23) OpenAI's identity crisis: Leaked memo, enterprise pivot, Anhropic valuation flip (27:28) Big Tech's compute dominance: How will this impact frontier labs?

(33:53) Allbirds stock up over 400% on AI pivot, and what's behind the datacenter disaster?

(54:37) The Price is Wrong: Name That Overvalued Startup ROUND 1

(59:23) Eric Swalwell drops out of CA governor race and resigns from Congress: Who knew what and when? Impact of the Democratic Machine

(1:10:31) State of the market: Confusing indicators, pricing in Iran peace, AI's mixed results, inflated valuations

(1:26:31) The Price is Wrong: Name That Overvalued Startup ROUND 2

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https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1815080881981190320

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https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/nx-s1-5032737/biden-tells-democrats-stop-speculation