On episode 142 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Packy McCormick, founder of Not Boring, to discuss: the AI space, tech spending, the venture capital landscape, defense tech, what's next for Sam Bankman-Fried, and much more!

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