Trump's Cabinet, Google's Quantum Chip, Apple's Flop, TikTok, State of VC
- Dec 13, 2024
- 1:28:19
- Full Episode
(0:00) The Besties welcome Keith Rabois! (4:01) Keith explains why he returned to Khosla Ventures, the differences between Founders Fund and Khosla, and his husband Jacob Helberg's role in Trump Admin (13:09) Business acumen of Trump's cabinet and appointees, diversity of opinion (25:59) Google's new quantum chip: potential impact on encryption, cryptography, and more (43:50) Apple developing new server chip for AI inference, iOS flop, why its product culture is failing (54:30) TikTok panics after appeals court upholds the "divest-or-ban" law, with a January 19th deadline (1:03:55) State of Venture Capital, why Stripe is still private, thoughts on crypto
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Brief Summary
The episode covers venture capital trends, TikTok's security risks, and Google's quantum computing advancements.
Key points
- The Christmas Spectacular. The hosts reflect on their holiday experiences and the upcoming ski trip together.
- Jacob's New Role. Jacob joins the administration as chief economic officer, focusing on foreign policy and economic success.
- Google's Quantum Leap. Google's new Quantum chip, Willow, performs computations billions of times faster than traditional computers.
- The Future of Encryption. Quantum computing could potentially crack current encryption standards, posing a significant threat to data security.
- Quantum Computing and the Multiverse. Exploring the idea that quantum computation may exist across parallel universes.
- Apple's Software Struggles. A deep dive into the frustrations users face with Apple's latest software updates.
Episode highlights
- Jacob's New RoleJacob joins the administration as chief economic officer, focusing on foreign policy and economic success.“His job is to build foreign policy from the business standpoint.”12:03Dec 13, 2024
- Google's Quantum LeapGoogle's new Quantum chip, Willow, performs computations billions of times faster than traditional computers.“Willow performed a standard Benchmark computation under five minutes that would have taken today's fastest Supercut 10 septian years.”26:24Dec 13, 2024
- The Future of EncryptionQuantum computing could potentially crack current encryption standards, posing a significant threat to data security.“In a couple of years, theoretically, if Google continues on this track, they could start to run some of these Quantum algorithms.”31:52Dec 13, 2024
- Quantum Computing and the MultiverseExploring the idea that quantum computation may exist across parallel universes.“Quantum computation occurs in many parallel universes.”39:23Dec 13, 2024
- Apple's Software StrugglesA deep dive into the frustrations users face with Apple's latest software updates.“The phone doesn't work!”45:02Dec 13, 2024
- The Decline of Taste at AppleA discussion on how the absence of key figures has affected Apple's product quality.“There's no Arbiter of taste anymore.”51:28Dec 13, 2024
- Tik Tok's National Security ThreatThe discussion centers on Tik Tok's implications for U.S. national security, highlighting data tracking concerns.“Tik Tok is a threat to the National Security of the United States.”55:00Dec 13, 2024
- Bipartisan Vote to Ban Tik TokA surprising bipartisan consensus emerges to ban Tik Tok after intelligence briefings.“Think about how bad something has to be to get a consensus of 352 votes.”59:39Dec 13, 2024
