Chamath Palihapitiya Goes All In on AI, SPACs, IBM, & Politics 7/14/26

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4.2 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Chamath Palihapitiya, host of the All-In Podcast and CEO of both Social Capital and 8090, sits down with Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin for a wide-ranging interview. The founder and investor views AI as a “great leveler,” and he argues that Silicon Valley has an AI marketing problem. A California billionaire himself, Palihapitiya discusses his commitment to the state–and his frustration with the state’s politicians. Once a donor to the Democratic Party, he addresses his shift in politics and his current relationship with President Trump. Plus, where he went wrong on SPACs, and unpacking a warning from IBM that sent the stock plummeting 23%. Stephanie Link - 03:19 Chamath Palihapitiya - 06:32 Robert Frank - 36:06 In this episode: Chamath Palihapitiya, @chamath Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Robert Frank, @robtfrank Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Today on Squawk Pod, we're going all in with Chimoth Polyhapatia.
0:08.6	First, a sea change in technology company's value.
0:12.3	If two or three companies are going to generate two, three, four hundred billion dollars
0:15.8	year and it's doubling and tripling every year, where is the rest of this money going to be made?
0:20.6	The AI optimists versus the doom and gloomers, what Chimoth has to say about Anthropics
0:25.9	Dario Imode. Let him scream in the sandbox about how the sky is falling. Let him do it.
0:31.0	What I and many other people will tell you, after decades of being in this industry, the sky is not
0:35.8	falling. Plus, the evolution of the investor.
0:39.2	The SPAC King admits his incentives were misaligned in the SPAC boom of 2021.
0:44.6	And once a donor to the Democratic Party, Poly Hopatia has had a change of heart and wallet when it comes to President Trump.
0:51.8	He's fantastic.
0:52.9	Great person?
0:53.8	Unbelievable person. Very smart on top of it. to President Trump. He's fantastic. Great person. Unbelievable person.
0:55.3	Very smart on top of it.
0:57.2	Open-minded.
0:58.4	The California billionaire on California billionaires.
1:01.6	Our own Robert Frank joins the conversation.
1:04.2	The total billionaire wealth in California is about $2 trillion.
1:07.8	Six people account for more than half of that.
1:13.1	The state of California will accomplish nothing. It is a very busy Tuesday, July 14th, 2026. A supersized squawk pod begins right now.
1:24.7	Good morning and welcome to Squawk Pox right here on CNBC. We're live at the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:30.6	I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin along with Joe Kernan. Becky is on assignment this morning, but we've got a lot going on this morning.
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