Protein Goals, Cathie Wood, & A Geopolitical Nobel Prize 1/16/26

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump at the White House this week. CNBC’s Robert Frank reports on the proposed billionaire tax in California, including the added penalty stirring up pushback in the state’s tech community. Ark Invest CEO & CIO Cathie Wood, a longtime Tesla and crypto bull, lays out her expectations for investing opportunities in tech in 2026. Plus, in the age of GLP-1s, 2026 nutrition is all about one macro: protein. CEO of David Protein Peter Rahal discusses the wave of interest in protein gains and the technology that makes his products taste less like protein and more like chocolate. Robert Frank - 07:15 Cathie Wood - 15:22 Peter Rahal - 29:16 In this episode: Cathie Wood, @CathieDWood Robert Frank, @robtfrank Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pot.
0:09.4	Tech in 25 in the rearview mirror with Reddit trader favorite Kathy Wood of ArkInvest.
0:15.7	What does last year teach us?
0:17.8	We must assume that valuations are going to compress.
0:21.6	A longtime Tesla bowl, Kathy Wood, is staying optimistic.
0:25.6	The EV sales environment has been challenged, but the market is shifting its focus to the
0:32.6	Robotaxi opportunity.
0:34.6	And New Year, New Diet, the craze over high protein eating, David Protein CEO, Peter
0:40.6	Rahal.
0:41.6	It's the protein of a meal and the calories of the snack is the best way to think of it.
0:44.5	If you have to gag it down, you have to gag it down.
0:48.5	Plus, a potential chips deal with Taiwan, the Nobel Peace Prize comes to the White House.
0:59.8	And the brewing panic over a potential billionaire tax in California are Robert Frank is on the case.
1:05.4	The tech executives I talk to are certain it's going to pass because it's a tax that only applies to 200 people.
1:09.4	It's Friday, January 16th, 2026.
1:12.8	Squawk pod begins right now. Stand Becky by in three, two, one.
1:15.6	Cuel, please.
1:18.0	Good morning, everybody.
1:19.1	Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC.
1:21.4	We're live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
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