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39:30ENThree Trillion-Dollar Companies in Five Years. Elad Gil Would Not Bet on a Fleet of Them NextHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilOn a host-only episode of No Priors, Sarah Guo and Elad Gil separate market size from speed, argue that the best new founders are getting too meek, and treat token budgets as the next corporate power law.
38:01ENThe Philippines Gifted America 4,000 Acres. Pax Silica Wants to Make the AI Supply Chain a BusinessHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilUS Under Secretary Jacob Helberg on a 14-country coalition, a diplomatic industrial zone in the Philippines, and why Washington is putting companies—not ministries—in the driver's seat.
31:57ENPeak 700 GW, average 300 GW: Base Power is wiring home batteries into a power plantHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilZach Dell tells Elad Gil how a $1.3 billion raise, a Texas-only retail business, and a Tesla-and-SpaceX hiring bench are meant to cut the cost of moving an electron.
1:00:48ENThe Phrase That Alarms a16z’s AI Policy Chief: “It Only Covers a Handful of Companies”Host Nathan LabenzMatt Perault argues that AI rules should target harmful use, not the science of building models, and that “modest” thresholds can lock in an oligopoly.
27:45ENNasdaq Down 8% and Ghibli Everywhere: AI Is Already in Inning ThreeHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilSarah Guo and Elad Gil on the latest image-gen wow cycle, why public-market panic is mostly noise for software startups, and where specialized models still have room.
37:58ENThe Forest Will Burn. The Only Question Is on Whose Terms.Host Sarah Guo, Elad GilConvective Capital’s Bill Clerico walks through why California’s wildfires reached a crescendo, and which wounds are still self-inflicted enough to fix.
26:08ENFewer Than 3% of Deals Get Investigated. Selling to the Monopolist Is What Triggers the FTC.Host Sarah Guo, Elad GilChair Lina Khan tells No Priors how merger review actually works in AI markets, why open-weight models matter, and why the agency banned most non-competes.
52:45ENA $150 million model, $5 million six months later: Benchmark’s AI investment mathHost Nathan LabenzEric Vishria and Quilter’s Sergiy Nesterenko explain why PCB layout is not a Copilot problem, why human board data would be the wrong training set, and which AI companies look like sugar highs.
1:03:40ENWho Banks the AI Wave: Startups or the Giants Already in Place?Host Nathan LabenzStability AI’s Emad Mostaque and Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin debate whether generative AI is a reshuffler for new companies or an extender for Meta, Google, and Hollywood.
3:46:18ENA Ten-Billion-Dollar Error Bar on Other People's MoneyGuest Coffeezilla · Host Lex FridmanYouTube investigator Coffeezilla walks Lex Fridman through how Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX turned a low-risk story into a customer-asset casino.
2:16:07ENAsk What Could Go Right: Jason Calacanis on Robinhood, Loyalty, and Two Checks for TeslaGuest Jason Calacanis · Host Lex FridmanThe angel investor and All-In co-host walks Lex Fridman from a Palo Alto dive bar to GameStop, Silicon Valley’s war on friction, and a friendship that kept a car company alive for twelve extra days.
1:49:13ENThe Unfair Fight: How Breakthrough Startups Escape the PresentHost Lenny RachitskyMike Maples Jr. explains how breakthrough startups combine inflections, non-consensus insights, and founder-future fit, then act through movements, storytelling, and disagreeableness.
1:24:50ENCrossing the Chasm, Explained by Its Author: Start Small, Win a Segment, Then ScaleGuest Geoffrey Moore · Host Lenny RachitskyGeoffrey Moore walks through the technology adoption lifecycle, the four go-to-market playbooks that fit each stage, and the mistakes that keep B2B startups stuck.
1:19:24ENLoops, Local Maxima and Ambition: Anish Acharya on How AI Rewires Companies and Consumer ProductsHost Lenny Rachitskya16z's Anish Acharya argues that companies will become stacks of AI loops guided by human intuition, and that the biggest consumer prize is a loop that makes people happier.
1:26:35ENThe Low-Heart-Rate Playbook: Sam Lessin on Etiquette Rules Silicon Valley Founders SkipHost Lenny RachitskySlow Ventures partner Sam Lessin walks through introductions, conversation, dress, dining, scheduling, email and meetings, then closes with a contrarian take on seed investing in AI.






