All-In PodcastTrump Takes On the Fed, US-Intel Deal, Why Bankruptcies Are Up, OpenAI's Longevity Breakthrough
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- August 29, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 31m
- Channel
- All-In Podcast
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
(0:00) Bestie intros: The Moose is loose at J-Cal Ranch! (0:46) All-In Summit updates, Jason's new program (9:45) Trump vs the Federal Reserve: Is the Fed partisan, what should a modern Fed look like? (36:45) US-Intel Deal: Sustainability, China comparison, could deals like this save Social Security? (51:37) US Sovereign Wealth Fund (58:41) Why corporate bankruptcies are trending up in 2025 (1:12:12) OpenAI's novel LLM-based approach to longevity research 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.mena.launch.co https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/25/trump-says-hes-firing-federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-00523841 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/lisa-cook-trump-fed-lawsuit.html https://www.housingwire.com/articles/pulte-cook-new-criminal-referral-mortgage-fraud https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115092130707196133 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/us-puts-gdp-data-on-the-blockchain-in-trump-crypto-push https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/10/cpi-may-2021.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-05/yellen-sees-recent-inflation-as-transitory-rather-than-permanent https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20210827a.htm https://www.npr.org/2021/11/22/1052741845/biden-reappoints-jerome-powell-as-federal-reserve https://blockworks.co/news/powell-we-can-retire-the-term-transitory-inflation https://www.statista.com/chart/28437/interest-rate-hikes-in-past-tightening-cycles https://www.firstlinks.com.au/druckenmiller-biggest-mistake-history-fed https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/u-s-inflation-at-9-1-percent-a-record-high https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/futures-slip-last-trading-day-torrid-year-2022-12-30 https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/warren_hickenlooper_whitehouse_letter_to_fed_re_september_rate_cut.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/22/trump-says-intel-ceo-agreed-give-us-government-10-billion https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114987288040725570 https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/08/08/time-for-a-pledge-to-control-government-spending https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/8/july-us-corporate-bankruptcy-filings-hit-highest-monthly-total-in-5-years-91873904 https://x.com/Pavel_Asparagus/status/1960369680457113764 https://demo.trypicnic.com https://seekingalpha.com/news/4490024-q2-gdp-growth-revised-higher-to-33-pce-increase-revised-lower-to-20 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/the-bill-is-coming-due-on-a-record-amount-of-commercial-real-estate-debt-451ec8cb https://openai.com/index/accelerating-life-sciences-research-with-retro-biosciences #allin #tech #news
SPEAKERS
Chamath Palihapitiya
hostJason Calacanis
hostDavid Friedberg
hostNarrator
other
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring Chamath Palihapitiya and Jason Calacanis, Trump Takes On the Fed, US-Intel Deal, Why Bankruptcies Are Up, OpenAI's Longevity Breakthrough explores trump Battles Fed, Buys Into Intel, AI Rewrites Human Longevity Playbook The episode ranges from light banter about the All-In Summit to deep debates on the politicization and future role of the Federal Reserve, Trump’s battle with Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and the appropriateness of presidential influence over monetary policy. The besties then dissect the U.S. government’s surprise 10% stake in Intel, contrasting it with China’s state-capitalism model and debating whether America should build a sovereign wealth fund tied to strategic investments and Social Security. Rising corporate bankruptcies are framed less as a tariff shock and more as long-delayed fallout from a decade of zero-interest-rate policy and blocked M&A, alongside mounting CRE and refinancing stress. The show closes with a detailed discussion of OpenAI’s protein-design breakthrough on Yamanaka factors, its implications for reversing aging, and how specialized AI models may transform biotech and therapeutics within the next decade.
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