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▶ 4:56 · $SPCX · SpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer Spike
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All-In Podcast

SpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer Spike

2026-04-24 · 11 company · 6 thematic
sentiment
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speakers
chamath palihapitiya

Founder and CEO of Social Capital and a co-host of the All-In podcast. An early Facebook executive who became a prominent venture and SPAC investor.

jason calacanis

Angel investor, host of This Week in Startups and co-host of the All-In podcast. An early investor in Uber, Robinhood and Calm.

david sacks

Co-founder of Craft Ventures and a co-host of the All-In podcast. Part of the PayPal mafia and founder of Yammer; active on AI and tech policy.

david friedberg

Co-host of the All-In podcast and a serial founder, including The Climate Corporation. Focuses on science, agriculture and deep tech.

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“SpaceX will either buy Cursor by the end of 2026 for $16 billion... Elon has 550,000 GPUs in Colossus. He's scaling up to 1 million... this is incredible for Cursor, who has been compute constrained. So this is peanut butter and chocolate.”
—jason calacanis

episode shorts · 6

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Chamath: Why Donors Should Sue the SPLC

David Sacks: Nonprofits need to manufacture problems in America…

“If I ever do that again, punch me in the face.” - Chamath's de…

David Friedberg on the Nonprofit Scam: 90% Are Bullsh*t

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