$SPCX · OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out

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All-In Podcast

OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out

2026-04-17 · 8 company · 5 thematic

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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.

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.

travis kalanick

Former Uber CEO now building Pronto, an 'industrial AI' company that raised $1.7B to deploy full-stack autonomy across mining, food production, and transportation by retrofitting existing heavy machinery.

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“I'm waiting for these IPOs so that I can, to be very honest with you, delever and get some chips off the table. I think that it is crucial that the SpaceX IPO get done ASAP. And then I think it's even more crucial that one of Anthropic and…”

—chamath palihapitiya

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