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Fed Hesitates on Tariffs, The New Mag 7, Death of VC, Google's Value in a Post-Search World

(0:00) The Besties intro Philippe Laffont! (2:12) Miami F1 Recap! (12:10) Fed holds rates steady on tariff uncertainty (32:47) Google drops after Apple sees fall in search queries on Safari (56:48) Creating a new Mag 7 (1:07:00) Private markets: Is traditional VC dead? Philippe details Coatue's new fund structure and what makes a great investor Follow Philippe Laffont: https://x.com/plaffont Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://polymarket.com/event/fed-decision-in-june/fed-decreases-interest-rates-by-50-bps-after-june-2025-meeting?tid=1746821096114 https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20250507a.htm https://www.mlex.com/mlex/antitrust/articles/2337168/apple-exec-testimony-on-search-volume-drop-hurts-google-stock-price https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/apple-working-to-move-to-ai-search-in-browser-amid-google-fallout https://blog.google/products/search/statement-press-reports-about-search-traffic https://x.com/EconomyApp/status/1915501252420784499 https://x.com/Similarweb/status/1920026287625658628 https://openai.com/index/leadership-expansion-with-fidji-simo https://files.pitchbook.com/website/files/pdf/Q1_2025_PitchBook-NVCA_Venture_Monitor_19001.pdf https://stockanalysis.com/ipos/statistics #allin #tech #news

Jason CalacanishostDavid FriedberghostChamath PalihapitiyahostPhilippe Laffontguest
May 9, 20251h 36mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 9:00

    Miami F1, Fan Stories, and Event Recap

    The besties open with a Miami F1 recap, including a comped dinner at Shiso, poker at Trophy House, and celebrity encounters. They highlight guest appearances at their live show—Sergey Brin, Tony Robbins, Nico Rosberg, Antonio Gracias, and Mayor Suarez—and tease publishing the Sergey segment separately.

  2. 9:00 – 13:00

    All-In Summit Plans and Media Appearances

    They promote the upcoming All-In Summit in Los Angeles, emphasizing escalating spend on the attendee experience and parties. Jason and Chamath also mention a recent appearance on Megyn Kelly and frame the summit’s mission as hosting the world’s most important conversations.

  3. 13:00 – 23:00

    Fed Holds Rates: Data vs. Sentiment and Tariff Uncertainty

    The conversation turns to macro: the Fed holds rates at 4.25–4.5% in 2025, citing solid activity but stagflation risks. Philippe argues the economy is stronger than sentiment suggests, while Chamath and Friedberg dissect liquidity signals, political constraints on Powell, and how new tariff structures will feed into Fed decision-making.

  4. 23:00 – 35:50

    Tariffs, Trade Deals, and ‘4D Chess’ vs. Chaos

    They examine Trump’s tariff strategy, new trade deals (notably with the UK), and how retailers and markets are adapting. Philippe stresses he’s cautious on macro but sees tariffs as a temporary overhang that will eventually be offset by deregulation and tax cuts, at which point AI growth will dominate market narratives.

  5. 35:50 – 45:00

    AI Tokens, Compute Shortages, and the Next Leg of the AI Trade

    Philippe introduces his ‘tokens > tariffs’ thesis using Microsoft’s 100-trillion-token quarter and widespread chip shortages as evidence of explosive AI demand. Friedberg and others expand on AI as a once-in-a-generation lever for management productivity and cross-industry disruption, not just a tech-sector story.

  6. 45:00 – 54:30

    Google’s Search Slowdown and the AI Innovator’s Dilemma

    The panel reacts to Eddy Cue’s testimony that Apple’s search volume fell for the first time in two decades due to AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity. They debate whether Google should panic, given its strong models and diversified revenue, and explore how and where Google must push Gemini to avoid losing the emerging AI interaction layer.

  7. 54:30 – 1:02:00

    From Mag 7 to ‘Mag 25’: Rethinking Market Leadership

    Philippe critiques the simplistic ‘Mag 7’ trade and suggests a future basket of ~25 critical companies, including private giants like SpaceX and Stripe. The group compares Google’s situation to Yellow Pages vs. blue links, raises the question of whether Google becomes the next IBM or reinvents itself, and underscores the importance of founder-led ‘taste’ in navigating inflection points.

  8. 1:02:00 – 1:09:00

    Do Google’s Founders Need to Return? Taste, Courage, and Strategy

    The discussion narrows to governance and leadership at Google: can current management execute the necessary product shifts, or must Larry and Sergey reassert themselves? Jason reports on Sergey’s deep, hands-on involvement with Gemini, while Chamath argues only founders have the moral authority to accept pain in a $1.8T business to reposition for the future.

  9. 1:09:00 – 1:17:00

    Antitrust, M&A Freeze, and the ‘Death of Venture Capital’

    The conversation broadens to structural issues in venture capital and tech ecosystems. They argue Lina Khan’s aggressive antitrust posture has frozen M&A and IPO markets post‑2021, undermining the power-law upside that motivates founders and LPs, and threatening America’s innovation flywheel.

  10. 1:17:00 – 1:26:00

    Interval Funds and a Berkshire-Inspired Model for Tech Investing

    Philippe lays out the rationale and structure for Coatue’s new interval fund, seeded by the Bezos and Dell families. It aims to combine public and private investing, flexible cash levels, and broad investor access, modeled conceptually on Berkshire Hathaway’s permanent-capital approach but focused on building the next generation tech index.

  11. 1:26:00 – 1:36:08

    Pricing Private Hype and Balancing Imagination with Discipline

    They close with a practical discussion on avoiding overpaying in overheated private markets—especially in areas like humanoid robots—and the importance of combining a ‘telescope into the future’ with the valuation discipline of public markets. The episode ends with some lighthearted AI pope-meme jokes featuring Phil Hellmuth.

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