Ari Emanuel on the Future of Entertainment: Hollywood, AI, Creator Economy, YouTube vs Netflix
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
All-In Podcast, LLC
4.2 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
(0:00) Introducing Ari Emanuel
(1:03) Ari's background in the content business and Hollywood
(4:14) How infinite distribution is changing Hollywood, the future of podcasting, creators owning advertising products
(9:21) AI's impact: anticipating the 3-day workweek
(12:13) Splitting time between TKO and WME, YouTube vs Netflix for creators, modern IP ownership
(18:20) How he got a fighter's reputation, relationship with Michael Ovitz, how he built on Ovitz's vision
(22:12) Future of sports entertainment: adapting to attention spans, clip culture, going global
(24:21) Ari's relationship with his brothers and Elon Musk
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| 0:00.0 | Ari Emanuel, the newest kingpin of combat sports. |
| 0:07.0 | One of Hollywood's biggest power brokers. |
| 0:09.0 | It's everywhere from the boardroom to, you know, even politics. |
| 0:13.0 | There was another figure named Ari Gold that many people thought was named after you. |
| 0:17.0 | The straight-talking deal maker has a reputation for getting what he wants. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm back and you're fired. Emmanuel has worked tirelessly to transform endeavor into a multi-billion |
| 0:27.0 | dollar behemoth. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ari Emanuel. |
| 0:40.3 | Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. |
| 0:41.3 | When's the last time we saw each other at that dinner? |
| 0:44.3 | Exactly. |
| 0:45.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.3 | Did you see that panel? |
| 0:47.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.3 | You know Alex? |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah, I know Alan. |
| 0:52.3 | I think he's great. I love this book. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, the book is incredible, yeah. |
| 0:57.0 | So what's your take? |
| 0:58.0 | There's a lot to cover there on my tape. |
| 1:02.0 | Well, let's start at the beginning. |
| 1:05.0 | Ari, you have had an incredible arc. |
| 1:08.0 | You've built an incredible business. |
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