Chamath & Tinder, Threads API, and the Difficulties of Scaling AI Labs

This week, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg discuss a lesser-known Chamath Palihapitiya story, the index rebalancing trade as a postmodern part of finance, AI labs, crypto, and more.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:00:20) Chamath, IAC, and Tinder
(00:16:20) Sponsors: Babbel | Beehiiv
(00:18:54) Chamath continued
(00:18:54) Twitter, Threads
(00:22:40) Twitter, Twitch
(00:24:12) Twitter, API
(00:28:37) Meme coins
(00:32:10) The postmodernity of indexing
(00:35:37) S&P 500 inclusion and exclusion
(00:40:52) Crypto, AI, and the Zeitgeist
(00:42:14) Crypto
(00:46:55) AI Labs
(00:49:35) Why is it money intensive and talent intensive?
(00:53:59) What should people study in college?
(00:59:24) Byrne is hiring an associate!
(01:02:13) Outro
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Threads is like a sanitized version of a Las Vegas pool party. And NO ONE wants that 😂