All-In PodcastWhy the datacenter backlash could cap America's AI lead
Ratepayer groups, doomer activists, and local politicians are blocking permits; Allbirds' AI-pivot stock surge shows how scarce compute has become.
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- April 17, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 30m
- Channel
- All-In Podcast
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
(0:00) Bestie intros: Travis Kalanick joins the show! (0:42) Mamdani taxes the rich: new pied-à-terre tax coming to NYC (11:23) OpenAI's identity crisis: Leaked memo, enterprise pivot, Anthropic valuation flip (27:28) Big Tech's compute dominance: How will this impact frontier labs? (33:53) Allbirds stock up over 400% on AI pivot, and what's behind the datacenter disaster? (54:37) The Price is Wrong: Name That Overvalued Startup ROUND 1 (59:23) Eric Swalwell drops out of CA governor race and resigns from Congress: Who knew what and when? Impact of the Democratic Machine (1:10:31) State of the market: Confusing indicators, pricing in Iran peace, AI's mixed results, inflated valuations (1:26:31) The Price is Wrong: Name That Overvalued Startup ROUND 2 Apply for Summit 2026: https://allin.com/events Follow Travis: https://x.com/travisk 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://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/22/austin-texas-rents-falling https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/openai-touts-amazon-alliance-in-memo-microsoft-limited-our-ability.html https://polymarket.com/event/gpt-5pt5-released-on https://www.ft.com/content/04ac7917-940b-4606-be5f-9eb895a7d982 https://x.com/RihardJarc/status/2044725910566220095 https://x.com/RoundtableSpace/status/2041897604708233650 https://x.com/chamath/status/2043811625967530056 https://x.com/pmarca/status/2042742413098450998 https://www.reuters.com/business/allbirds-shares-jump-over-400-plans-pivot-ai-sneakers-2026-04-15 https://www.wsj.com/business/data-centers-are-a-gold-rush-for-construction-workers-6e3c5ce0 https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2043520934930239860 https://x.com/APompliano/status/2041946174677217733 https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2041589297489305717 https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/13/tmzdc-staff-starts-today https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/eric-swalwell-drops-bid-california-governor-sexual-misconduct-allegati-rcna277009 https://x.com/great_martis/status/2044454944808571015 https://x.com/GlobalMktObserv/status/2044059352466690501 https://x.com/mattcerminaro/status/2044546097230626819 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/influencers-allegations-eric-swalwell-00869517 https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1815080881981190320 https://x.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1815088017847333273 https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/nx-s1-5032737/biden-tells-democrats-stop-speculation #allin #tech #news
SPEAKERS
Jason Calacanis
hostHost of the All-In Podcast and startup investor/entrepreneur.
Chamath Palihapitiya
hostFounder and CEO of Social Capital and venture capitalist.
Travis Kalanick
guestEntrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Uber.
David Sacks
hostGeneral partner at Craft Ventures and former PayPal executive.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya, Why the datacenter backlash could cap America's AI lead explores all-In debates NYC taxes, OpenAI vs Anthropic, datacenters, markets, politics. The panel criticizes New York City’s proposed pied-à-terre tax as targeting the most “elastic” buyers and likely reducing high-end demand, development incentives, and broader city spending.
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