Epstein Files: Trump Unscathed, Larry Summers' Dating Advice Revealed

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People Mentioned

• Larry Summers (Friend of the pod, former Harvard President) - Mentioned in connection to the Epstein files, communicating with Epstein until 2019, and stepping down from roles at OpenAI and Harvard.
• Clay Higgins (Republican, Louisiana Congressman, former sheriff and army staff sergeant) - Abstained from the vote to release Epstein files, arguing it would harm innocent people and abandon criminal justice procedure.
• Ghislaine Maxwell - Her ongoing legal case was cited as a reason for not releasing Epstein files sooner.
• Donald Trump - Mentioned in relation to the Epstein files, specifically whether the files contained anything salacious or accusatory about him, and his reversal to sign the bill releasing the files.
• Marvin Minsky (MIT) - Scientist who Epstein was donating to and getting close to.
• Joi Ito - Scientist who Epstein was seeking to get close to.
• Reed Hoffman - Mentioned as someone who was trying to get Epstein's money.
• Leon Black (Founder of Apollo) - Paid Epstein $168 million for tax advice, which led to Black's resignation from Apollo.
• Peter Thiel - Met with Epstein for tax advice, known for his Roth IRA strategies.
• Jensen Huang (CEO of Nvidia) - Friend of the pod, mentioned in relation to Nvidia's blowout quarter and product demand.
• Michael Burry - Investor who has a short position on Nvidia and Palantir, believing major tech companies are "cooking the books" with depreciation schedules.
• Roxana Martinez - Creator of the "Accounting Corner" jingle for the podcast.
• Paulo Ardoino (CEO & Founder of Tether) - Discussed the business model and global impact of Tether stablecoin.
• Jeremy Lair (Circle) - Mentioned as a viable competitor to Tether in the stablecoin market.
• Alex Honnold - Free solo climber, mentioned as an analogy for Keating's poker style.
• Phil Hellmuth - Professional poker player, friend of the pod, known for his live reads and non-traditional style.
• Doug Polk - Professional poker player, mentioned in the context of a famous hand where Alan Keating bluffed him.
• Jason Koon - Professional poker player, mentioned as one of the besties playing poker.
• Jack Dorsey - Mentioned in passing about one of his companies.
• Sam Altman - Mentioned in passing about OpenAI.
• Eric Schmidt - Mentioned in the context of venture studio investment, offering a large investment in a company.
• Robert Oppenheimer - Subject of the movie "Oppenheimer" which inspired Friedberg to become CEO of Holo.

Organizations & Institutions

• The Venetian - The hotel and casino hosting the podcast recording, noted for its studio, poker room, and content.
• OpenAI - Larry Summers stepped down from a public-facing role here; also mentioned in comparison to Google's AI advancements and as a competitor in the LLM market.
• Harvard - Larry Summers was put on leave from here.
• MIT - Marvin Minsky, a scientist Epstein was associated with, was from MIT.
• Apollo - Leon Black, its founder, resigned due to his payments to Epstein.
• Microsoft - Mentioned as a company whose executives Epstein gave tax advice to; also has its own AI silicon.
• Google - Released Gemini 3, regaining lead in LLM benchmarks, and defending its search franchise. Has its own TPUs for AI training.
• Coinbase - Mentioned in the context of stablecoin issuance and revenue sharing.
• JP Morgan - Example of a traditional bank mentioned in the context of stablecoin legislation and net interest margin.
• Citibank - Example of a traditional bank mentioned in the context of stablecoin legislation and net interest margin.
• Circle - A stablecoin provider mentioned as a competitor to Tether.
• World Liberty Financial - A stablecoin provider mentioned alongside Tether and Circle.
• Nvidia - Had a blowout quarter with high revenue and net income; its H100 chipsets are central to the discussion about depreciation and AI chips.
• Palantir - Michael Burry is shorting this company due to its price-to-sales ratio.
• Facebook - Mentioned as potentially spinning up its own AI silicon.
• Amazon - Has its own AI silicon (Inferentia).
• Anthropic - Mentioned as crushing it on the enterprise side of the AI market and as a trusted alternative to OpenAI for startups.
• Huawei - Predicted to be a "black swan" challenger to Nvidia in chip manufacturing by 2026-2027.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering - An LP in Chamath's fund.
• Mayo Clinic - An LP in Chamath's fund.
• Climate Corp - Friedberg's former company.
• Metromile - A company Friedberg started and invested in.
• Eatsa - A robotic fast-food restaurant Friedberg started.
• Holo - Friedberg's current company, which he runs as CEO.

Movies & TV Shows

• "Oppenheimer" - The movie Friedberg watched in IMAX, which inspired him to become CEO of Holo.
• High Stakes Poker - TV show where Alan Keating is known for playing.

Websites & Online Resources

• YouTube (Venetian's channel) - Where the Venetian posts poker content.
• Twitter - Where Friedberg discussed his interactions with Epstein; also where Michael Burry posts his short theses.
• edge.org - Website where pictures of "billionaire dinners" with notable tech figures can be found.
• Polymarket - Alan Keating was a seed investor in this company.
• launch.co - Website for Jason Calacanis's Launch fund.
• jason@allin.com - Email address for sending jingles to Jason.

Other Resources

• JFK Files - Mentioned as another example of government files that the public wants released.
• Martin Luther King (killing files) - Mentioned as another example of government files that the public wants released.
• Amelia Earhart files - Mentioned as another example of government files that the public wants released.
• UFO files - Mentioned as another example of government files that the public wants released.
• Clarity Bill - Legislation meandering through the House and Senate regarding stablecoin market structure.
• Gemini 3 - Google's latest LLM.
• Grok - An LLM mentioned as a competitor to OpenAI.
• Inferentia - Amazon's AI silicon.
• Deep Seek - An open-source AI model.