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AI Podcasts

November 3, 2025

Sacks, Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Unleash Innovation to Win. America's path to AI supremacy is through deregulation, abundant energy, and aggressive global exports. Over-regulating our own companies simply hands markets and momentum to China.
  2. Fight for an Open AI Ecosystem. The most pressing AI threat is not existential risk but the creation of a centralized, Orwellian control system. This is enabled by regulatory capture and "woke AI" mandates disguised as safety.
  3. Crypto Needs Clarity, Not Chaos. While AI requires a light touch, the crypto industry needs the opposite: clear, stable, and legislated rules. Ending the "regulation by enforcement" era is critical to bringing innovation back onshore and establishing the U.S. as the world's crypto capital.
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November 3, 2025

When AI Agents Start Building the Protocol | Recall Labs

The DCo Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI Skill Markets are the New Talent Pools: Protocols can now create bespoke competitions to source top-tier AI agents for specialized tasks, bypassing traditional R&D cycles and finding the best "minds" for the job.
  2. The Protocol Will Build Itself: Recall's endgame is a self-improving system where AI agents compete to write and enhance the code of the very protocol they operate on, blurring the line between user and creator.
  3. Performance Becomes the Contract: The future of AI work is a meritocracy where competitive arenas are directly tied to real capital and business lines, automatically allocating work to the most capable agents.
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November 3, 2025

Why Humans Are Still Powering AI [Sponsored]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Human data is the critical asset. The most valuable—and least glamorous—layer of the AI stack is human intelligence. Its scale, importance, and economic value will only grow.
  2. The future is human-in-the-loop. The next phase of AI development will be defined by agent-human interaction, where automated systems can call upon verified human experts on demand for review and guidance.
  3. Expertise will be licensed. The economic model is shifting toward a future where human expertise can be licensed, allowing individuals to earn passive income for contributing their knowledge to improve AI, much like Spotify pays artists for their music.
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October 31, 2025

All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special. 🎃🔥BG2 w/ Brad Gerstner

Bg2 Pod

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Power is the New Bottleneck: The critical constraint in the AI race is no longer chips, but energy and the physical infrastructure to deploy them at scale.
  2. Microsoft's Multi-Layered Bet: Microsoft's value from the OpenAI partnership extends far beyond its equity, encompassing exclusive Azure services, massive IP advantages, and a halo effect that pulls enterprise workloads from competitors.
  3. The Golden Age of Margin Expansion: AI will enable a new productivity curve where companies grow revenue far faster than headcount, fundamentally reshaping workflows and corporate economics.
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October 31, 2025

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on the State of AI

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI's creative power is judged against an impossible standard. Focus on its ability to remix and generate at a scale that surpasses 99.9% of human output, which is where the true value lies.
  2. The future of AI is not just software but hardware. The next battleground is robotics, where China's industrial ecosystem provides a massive advantage that could eclipse the US software lead.
  3. The ultimate AI products haven't been invented yet. The biggest opportunities lie not in perfecting today's chatbots but in creating the entirely new user experiences that will define the next decade.
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October 31, 2025

The Fed's Hawkish Cut & The Financial Hunger Games | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **The Fed Is Trapped:** Powell is trying to project strength, but the underlying trend is toward more liquidity. The pivot to buying T-bills is a form of stealth QE designed to keep the system functioning.
  2. **Markets Are A Rigged Game:** Forget fundamentals. Public markets are now a positioning game defined by extreme concentration in Big Tech and speculative retail frenzies, widening the gap between Wall Street and Main Street.
  3. **The AI Boom Is A Double-Edged Sword:** While driving incredible earnings, the AI buildout is transforming Big Tech into a riskier, debt-fueled, capex-heavy industry, making the entire economy dangerously dependent on a handful of stocks.
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October 30, 2025

"Is there an AI bubble?” Gavin Baker and David George

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **It's Not a Bubble, It's a Race.** The AI buildout is a rational, ROI-positive arms race funded by cash-rich giants. Unlike the dot-com era’s "dark fiber," today’s GPUs are fully utilized, generating immediate returns.
  2. **Sacrifice Margins or Die.** SaaS companies must abandon their obsession with 90% gross margins. In the AI era, lower margins signal that customers are actually using your product. Embrace them or become irrelevant.
  3. **The New Outcome Economy is Coming.** Business models will pivot from subscriptions to outcomes. AI will enable services to be priced on measurable results, from resolving a customer support ticket to booking the perfect vacation, squeezing inefficiency out of the market.
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October 30, 2025

What Is Recall Network? The CEO Explains

The DCo Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Verification Is the New Moat.** In a world flooded with AI agents, the ability to prove performance is the most critical bottleneck. Recall’s protocol creates a "proof-of-skill" standard.
  2. **From Hype to Hire.** The platform shifts the paradigm from speculative AI hype to a functional marketplace where businesses can effectively "hire" agents with a proven track record for specific, economically valuable tasks.
  3. **Performance Is the Asset.** By scoring agents based on consistent, real-world results, Recall provides a clear signal for organizations looking to deploy AI and for investors seeking to back top performers.
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October 29, 2025

(Real World) Data is the New Oil with 375ai | Harry Dewhirst

Proof of Coverage Media

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Surgical Precision Over Brute Force: 375ai’s model proves that DePIN isn’t just about network size. Strategic placement of high-power hardware can deliver more valuable data with a fraction of the infrastructure.
  2. Go Where the Money Is: Instead of building a demand side from scratch, 375ai is plugging directly into existing data marketplaces, giving them instant access to enterprise giants and a clear path to revenue.
  3. Revenue Directly Fuels the Token: The 80% buy-and-burn mechanism is a powerful flywheel. As data sales grow, so does the direct value accrual to EAT token holders, creating one of the most direct links between utility and tokenomics in the space.
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Crypto Podcasts

November 28, 2025

Klarna Launches A Stablecoin, Hyperliquid Perps & The Prediction Market Wars | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fintech is the New On-Ramp. Giants like Klarna are adopting stablecoins for economic utility, not speculation. This signals a new wave of adoption driven by real-world efficiency gains.
  2. Re-evaluate Your Valuations. The massive valuation gap between a fintech like Klarna and an L1 like Solana forces a critical question: will value accrue to the rails or the businesses that use them to serve hundreds of millions of customers?
  3. Distribution is Undefeated. Robinhood’s move to sideline its partner Kalshi proves that owning the customer relationship is the ultimate moat, a crucial lesson for infrastructure projects reliant on third-party distribution.
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November 27, 2025

Anthony Sassano on Why This Cycle Isn’t Playing Out Like the Last Ones

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Old Playbooks Are Obsolete. This isn't your 2021 bull run. The four-year cycle is broken, institutional flows have altered market dynamics, and historical patterns are no longer reliable predictors of future performance.
  2. Ethereum Is Entering Hyper-Scale. A relentless upgrade cadence is simultaneously scaling both L1 (via gas limit increases) and L2s (via blob scaling), even before the ZK revolution delivers another 100x+ throughput boost to the mainnet.
  3. Adaptability Is the Ultimate Security. Existential threats like quantum computing are moving from science fiction to near-term reality. Ethereum's culture of continuous improvement is its greatest defense, while chains resistant to change face a brewing crisis.
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November 25, 2025

Closed my ETH Short ($578k Profit). What’s Next for Crypto?

Taiki Maeda

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **ETH is Overvalued and Avoidable.** Its fundamentals do not justify its sky-high valuation. View it as a flawed asset, not a mandatory portfolio holding for crypto investors.
  2. **Farm, Don't Trade.** The most reliable retail edge isn't trading, but airdrop farming. It allows you to acquire assets from overvalued launches without providing exit liquidity.
  3. **Cash is a Position.** In a market defined by negative reflexivity and dwindling liquidity, the winning strategy is capital preservation. Avoid the casino, raise cash, and wait for the market to present clear, undervalued opportunities.
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November 24, 2025

How to Trade Crypto Cycles with Raoul Pal

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Stop Obsessing Over the Halving. The four-year cycle is a narrative, not a driver. The real signal is the macro business cycle, driven by debt refinancing and central bank liquidity. Track the ISM index: historically, buying below 50 and selling above 57 has been a winning strategy.
  2. Invest in Networks, Not Spreadsheets. Value crypto protocols based on network effects (active users and transaction value), not discounted cash flows. The long-term bet is on the growth of the network itself, as this is where wealth has compounded most dramatically.
  3. Survive to Compound. Structure your portfolio to withstand volatility. Have external cash flow so you’re never a forced seller, and take "lifestyle chips" off the table during rallies to manage psychological stress. Drawdowns are a feature, not a bug—use them to add to your long-term positions.
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November 24, 2025

The Real Crypto Cycle: What Happens When Global Liquidity Peaks

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **The Trend is Up, The Cycle is Peaking.** Relentless government spending ensures long-term monetary inflation, making assets like Bitcoin and gold essential core holdings. However, the 65-month cycle is nearing its peak, signaling a time to reduce risk and prepare for turbulence.
  2. **Own Both Sides of the Capital War.** The future is a bipolar monetary world. An optimal portfolio holds both Bitcoin (representing the US digital collateral system) and gold (representing China’s hard money strategy) to hedge against persistent inflation from both sides.
  3. **Watch the Repo Market for the Spark.** The immediate flashing red light is in the repo markets, where interest rate spreads are blowing out. An unwind of leveraged positions here could be the catalyst that ends the current cycle, creating a prime buying opportunity for patient, long-term investors.
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November 21, 2025

Market Sell Off, State of Crypto VC & Why Your Coin Isn't Pumping | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fundamentals Are Coming Home to Roost. Valuations for Layer 1s are untethered from reality. Scrutinize value-capture mechanisms and stop treating staking rewards as revenue.
  2. Follow the Smart Money's Feet, Not Their Mouths. While headlines scream adoption, crypto VCs are quietly pivoting to AI and fintech. This "disbelief" phase in venture often precedes a broader market bottom.
  3. Macro Is the Main Character. Crypto is still on the far end of the risk curve. The sell-off is a macro-driven flight to safety, not a crypto-specific crisis. Until liquidity returns, expect continued correlation with traditional markets.
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