Meta's aggressive AI approach and stock performance, Tesla's roadmap beyond cars, FTC impact on startups, reminiscing encounters with Steve Jobs, TikTok sale implications, Biden's capital gains and wealth tax proposals

Tech reviewer Marques Brownlee joins the besties to discuss Google firing protestors, chaos at NPR, Humane's AI Pin review, startup tax crisis, and sports betting scandal. Topics also include chess strategies, childhood schemes, and breakthrough prize ceremony highlights.

Hot topics covered include inflation trends, AI disclosure bill impact, drone warfare advancements, and discussions on Nvidia's market position, cloud market state, and urban challenges in Western cities.

Guest Jon Haile is introduced as the new CEO. They discuss FTX depositors not getting full reimbursement, Google's potential bid for HubSpot, fears of AI job loss, and Ukraine joining NATO. Light-hearted banter and movie speculations add a fun touch to the podcast.

RFK Jr.'s VP pick, Nicole Shanahan, is discussed. Topics include SBF's 25-year sentence, Trump's meme stock, Biden's 2025 budget, and the surge in cocoa prices impacting chocolate production. The podcast also explores diverse subjects like political independence, fiscal responsibility, tax codes, and movie discussions.

DOJ sues Apple for monopolizing smartphone markets, Apple in talks with Google for AI features, NAR settlement impact on real estate, Microsoft's acquisition of Inflection AI, $40B investment in AI fund, Reddit IPO speculation, universe expansion, pig kidney transplant in humans, Neuralink advancements

Tech CEOs shifting to more candid communication, OpenAI's slip-up on training data, Vertical AI startups like Cognition launching Devin, TikTok ban debate, Florida considering banning lab-grown meat

Elon Musk suing OpenAI, AGI focus, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin hitting all-time high, and the negative impacts of microplastics in the bloodstream.

Topics include Google's make or break moment, bloated HR departments in companies, Google's licensing deals and Reddit's IPO teardown. Also, discussions on Klarna's AI innovation, Reddit S-1 breakdown, and Apple canceling Project Titan.

Nvidia's impressive earnings, Groq's AI breakthrough, differences between training and inference, Google's AI controversy: is it too woke? Geopolitical analysis on Ukraine war and potential annexation in Moldova.