Andrew Cuomo & White House AI Czar David Sacks 7/24/25

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

After the hosts of the All In Podcast invited tech and government leaders to an AI summit in DC, President Trump signed three executive orders on artificial intelligence. White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks discusses the President’s AI agenda and the roles regulation and energy infrastructure play in American AI dominance. Plus, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is running for NYC Mayor as an Independent. In an extended conversation, Cuomo admits his mistakes in the primary, discusses his competitors in sitting Mayor Eric Adams and Zohran Mamdani, and lays out his plan for success in the general election. Plus, CNBC’s Phil LeBeau discusses Tesla’s stock plunge after the company’s quarterly report. Phil LeBeau - 03:48 Andrew Cuomo - 20:28 Eamon Javers - 41:04 David Sacks - 45:35 In this episode: Phil LeBeau, @Lebeaucarnews Eamon Javers, @EamonJavers Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Andrew Cuomo, the former New York Governor now running for mayor as an independent.
0:14.0	Frankly, in the primary, I made some strategic mistakes.
0:18.0	I had a big lead, so I basically played prevent defense.
0:22.8	On his missteps and his role in a crowded race that is shaking traditional democratic
0:27.7	politics to its core. With President Trump, you've had this far right movement, and now you
0:32.7	have this corresponding extreme left movement. I don't think either are productive, frankly.
0:38.5	David Sacks, the venture capitalist, turned White House AI czar.
0:42.7	We have to drill, baby, drill. We have to build, baby, build.
0:45.4	Sachs and his All-In podcast co-hosts were center stage at President Trump's
0:49.8	rollout of an AI action plan that will drive policy.
0:53.4	The most important technology speech by an American president
0:56.0	since President Kennedy declared that we had to win the space race.
0:59.0	Plus, Tesla stumbles and the president's trip to his Washington neighbor, the Federal Reserve.
1:06.0	Knowing him, he's going to look at the tile on the floor or the toilet and say,
1:10.0	where they pay for that.
1:12.4	It's Thursday, July 24th, SquawkPod begins right now.
1:17.4	Stand Becky by in three, two, one.
1:20.3	Cure, please.
1:22.6	Good morning, everybody.
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