Chamath on why young people need more agency, risk, and adventure

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Today's show:

*It's another All Star Summer, as we welcome back some of our favorite guests from throughout "This Week in Startups" history.

Chamath Palihapitiya's development platform 8090 just raised $135 million, and he's using it to go after a $4 trillion market: the software maintenance, migration, and middleware spending that's currently "pure waste" for enterprises.

Find out why the All-In Podcast bestie says every company should use AI to build custom software the way that Google, Facebook, and Meta already do, then go inside Software Factory, the "system on a chip" organizational model, and why Chamath believes AI will allow every human on Earth to start their own company.

Guest:

Chamath on X: x.com/chamath

8090: 8090.ai

Learn With Me on Substack: chamath.substack.com/p/learn-with-me

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All-In Podcast: allin.com

Social Capital: socialcapital.com

Relevant Links:

8090 Series A announcement: x.com/chamath/status/2071571183665881515

Salesforce Ventures: salesforceventures.com

Craft Ventures: craftventures.com

The Production Board: tpb.co

WNDR: wndr.vc

LAUNCH: launch.co

Coatue Management: coatue.com

Jack Dorsey: "From Hierarchy to Intelligence": block.xyz/inside/from-hierarchy-to-intelligence

Thomas Keller's The French Laundry: thomaskeller.com/tfl

Timestamps:

0:00 It's TWiST All-Star Summer!

1:22 Plaud: If your work depends on conversations — interviews, meetings, calls — you need a Plaud NotePin. You can check it out at Plaud.ai/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off!

3:21 Chamath's origin story

7:54 Tom Sawyer entrepreneurship

11:29 Shopify - Turn those What If's into sales with the ecommerce platform powering millions of businesses. Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at shopify.com/twist

16:25 The $5 trillion software market

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25:00 Building "a co-founder for every human"

31:51 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at northwestregisteredagent.com/twist

35:00 How product development lost its way

45:00 Regulated industries are the beachhead

50:00 Raising the $135M Series A

55:00 8090's "System on a Chip" model

1:04:44 What to tell your kids about AI

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