Episodes featuring Joe Lonsdale
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Joe Lonsdale interviews John Melas-Kyriazi, CEO of Standard Metrics, about how AI tools are changing venture capital workflows, from due diligence to portfolio management.
Scott Wu and Russell Kaplan from Cognition join Joe Lonsdale to discuss how fast AI capabilities are growing and what founders and small teams should do about it over the next three years.
JoeBen Bevirt, CEO of Joby Aviation, talks with Joe Lonsdale about electric air taxis that fly at up to 200 mph and could launch commercially across 12 US states by late 2026.
Joe Lonsdale talks with Cognition founders Scott Wu and Russell Kaplan about how AI agents are changing software engineering and delivering 6 to 12 times productivity gains.
Joe Lonsdale talks with Jake Paul and business partner Jeff Woo about building brands, boxing, and why attention is the most valuable asset in an AI-driven world.
Joe Lonsdale interviews NASA administrator Jared Isaacman about the race to return humans to the moon by 2028 and build a permanent lunar base before rivals get there.
Joe Lonsdale, Alex Kolicich, and Jack Moshkovich walk through a six-level framework for understanding where value sits in AI investing, from energy to end-user apps.
Kelly Loeffler, head of the SBA, talks with Joe Lonsdale about using Palantir to uncover billions in COVID-era small business fraud and efforts to rebuild U.S. manufacturing.
Joe Lonsdale interviews the former Crown Prince of Iran about why the Islamic Republic must be replaced by a democratic system driven by the Iranian people, not outside military force.
Joe Lonsdale interviews new NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman about his plans to return to the moon, build a lunar base, and eventually send humans to Mars.
Christopher Zuk interviews Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on how AI, defense tech and energy fit together for investors, arguing AI is an industrial revolution rather than a god and that America must rebuild...
Joe Lonsdale interviews Opendoor founder JD Ross about how to build and run companies using AI tools in 2026, covering engineering workflows, strategy, and opportunity.
Joe Lonsdale and his 8VC partners argue the current AI wave is 10x bigger than SaaS, with organizational structure now the main barrier to adoption, not technology.
Joe Lonsdale explores how tribal, low-quality thinking threatens humanity's ability to handle AI and other civilization-scale challenges, and what higher-order reasoning looks like.