E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more

May 26, 2023

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(3:03) Sacks goes behind the scenes on the DeSantis Twitter Spaces experience

(28:18) Debt ceiling, government spending, and lack of accountability

(40:44) Ways to force more government accountability, who really wins from higher taxes

(57:46) Nvidia up 30% due to massive Q2 guidance, rebuilding and upgrading cloud infrastructure, understanding phases of value creation in technology

(1:06:20) Adobe's new AI product, why they might have overpaid for Figma

(1:11:43) State of Silicon Valley, VC, and startups; dealing with failure

(1:33:36) Bestie wrap!

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Referenced in the show:

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal

https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1661496322980028423

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-twitter-announcement-ead63b25

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/25/iowa-voters-dont-think-desantis-twitter-failure-is-real-life-00098777

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/ron-desantis-elon-musk-2024-announcement

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/fitch-puts-us-negative-credit-watch-2023-05-24/

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/slimmed-down-us-debt-ceiling-deal-takes-shape-sources-2023-05-25

https://youtu.be/50MusF365U0

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/pentagon-can-t-account-for-thousands-of-f-35-parts-the-gao-says

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA188S

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001

https://twitter.com/friedberg/status/1658163970979823616

https://www.270towin.com/1980_Election

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-financial-results-for-first-quarter-fiscal-2024

https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1661761614918426624

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang%27s_law

https://twitter.com/scottbelsky/status/1660992735040663553

https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1661467059341914112

https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/05/15/2669326/0/en/Rumble-Acquires-Podcasting-and-Live-Streaming-Platform-CallIn.html

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/RUM:NASDAQ