Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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In this recap episode, we highlight the best moments from our 2025 interviews and reflect on the ideas that defined the year.

Featuring:

David Rubenstein (co-founder of Carlyle) - youtube.com/watch?v=6MZaB2pf1Xk

Yamini Rangan (CEO of HubSpot) - youtube.com/watch?v=5IvTK4syq-4

Ben Chestnut (co-founder of Mailchimp) - youtube.com/watch?v=xCmT_XSGyGc

Winston Weinberg (co-founder and CEO of Harvey) - youtube.com/watch?v=GTU2TyoSRLk

Garrett Lord (co-founder of Handshake) - youtube.com/watch?v=CCsrGOUHc9c

Aidan Gomez (co-founder and CEO of Cohere) - youtube.com/watch?v=SGQysDdJUHg

Michelle Zatlyn (co-founder of Cloudflare) - youtube.com/watch?v=guB7_h_NILc

Evan Spiegel (co-founder and CEO of Snap) - youtube.com/watch?v=Xkc5XOpbAq8


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00:00 Intro
00:30 David Rubenstein on Staying Neutral in Politics
04:50 Yamini Rangan on AI Hype and Customer Value
11:17 Ben Chestnut on Rapid Tech Cycles
13:08 Winston Weinberg on AI in Legal
18:19 Garrett Lord on Expert Human Data in AI
23:40 Aidan Gomez on the Rise of Transformers
28:09 Michelle Zatlyn on AI and Web Economics
35:40 Evan Spiegel on How Snap Plans to Win the AR Race