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David Sacks

Founder of Craft Ventures, Craft Ventures

Search every verified David Sacks interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. David Sacks, founder of Craft Ventures and co-host of the All-In podcast, has been active in public discussions on AI policy and technology. As co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, he has argued against new federal AI regulations, stating that existing laws on fraud, privacy, cybersecurity, and product liability already apply to AI. He has described fears that AI could end humanity as "overly dramatic" and part of a "fear-mongering" campaign, attributing such concerns to political actors and what he calls regulatory capture efforts by frontier AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. Sacks has said these companies should voluntarily slow development if they deem their products unsafe, rather than seek government intervention or antitrust waivers. Sacks has also discussed economic data on the All-In podcast, citing upward revisions to GDP growth and strong job numbers as signs of a robust economy. He participated in a White House summit on superintelligence, crediting President Trump with convening industry leaders to sign an AI safety accord. In other appearances, he discussed open-source AI, arguing that the biggest danger of AI is centralization of power, and interviewed guests including WHOOP CEO Will Ahmed and Elizabeth Holmes' husband Billy Evans. He has described CoreWeave as a "Rube Goldberg financial machine" and expressed views on Anthropic's business prospects, calling it a strong company while criticizing its advocacy for regulation.

Recent appearances

  • Anthropic S-1 Shocker, Greatest Business Ever? Google’s $500B Wipeout, Midterm Predictions

    October 30, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Bestie Intros (3:22) Anthropic S-1 Breakdown: Greatest Business Ever? (32:47) AI's Biggest Problem and Anthropic's Doomer Showdown (1:01:57) Google Sheds $500B Market Cap in Worst Day Ever: What Went Wrong? (1:14:17) Final Midterms Predictions and Scenarios Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram:   / theallinpod   Follow on TikTok:   / allin   Follow on LinkedIn:   / allinpod   Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg In…

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  • WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA Fight

    October 29, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Welcome Will Ahmed, CEO of WHOOP (0:59) WHOOP's $500 Hardware Problem & the Subscription Pivot (6:59) Inside 50 Billion Hours of 24/7 Health Data (19:31) WHOOP's AI Coach, Journal Insights & GLP-1 Tracking (34:57) WHOOP vs. the FDA & Competitor Wearables (44:33) Lightning Round & LeBron James becomes a WHOOP Ambassador Thanks to our partners for making this possible! As wealth grows, complexity compounds. Between investments, tax strategy and estate planning, coordinating it all can feel like a full-time job. Creative Planning can help with the heavy lifting. Learn more at https://Cre…

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  • Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS Collapse

    October 21, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora talk about Quantum Computing’s Threat to Encryption (9:07) Open Weight vs. Frontier AI Models (18:07) AI and Cyber Warfare (21:14) AI Regulation and the Global AI Arms Race (30:32) Vertical Integration and Software Consolidation Follow Nikesh: https://x.com/nikesharora Follow Arvind: https://x.com/ArvindKrishna Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram:   / theallinpod   Follow on TikTok:   / allin   Follow on LinkedIn:…

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  • CoreWeave Crash, AI Trade Cracks, Anthropic IPO Red Flags, Bill Gates Doomer

    October 16, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Ben Horowitz fills in for Friedberg! (2:18) CoreWeave's debt selloff: did the AI bubble just pop? (31:14) AI's deflationary impact: decompiled software (45:44) Anthropic's investor day gets mixed reactions (1:03:45) Psyop Corner: Anthropic warns about self-replicating models on IoT devices (1:22:19) Understanding Bill Gates the Doomer Follow Ben: https://x.com/bhorowitz Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram:   / theallinpod   Follow on TikTok:   / al…

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  • Elizabeth Holmes' Husband Billy Evans: The Trial, Prison & Nathan Fielder’s Documentary

    October 14, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Billy Evans joins Friedberg (3:38) How they met, Elizabeth the person vs the headlines, indictment (11:02) Life on trial, having a child, where she went wrong in fundraising (19:28) Understanding the verdict, sentencing, and the mistake of staying silent (26:09) Elizabeth calls from prison, her life in jail (31:34) Why they did the documentary with Nathan Fielder (35:47) The road home, restitution math, why his new company is not Theranos 2.0 Thanks to our partners for making this possible! IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud platform, delivering data centers, compute and softwar…

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  • Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France Riots

    October 09, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Bestie intros! (2:53) Anthropic believes Claude might be conscious: a new religion? Lobbying the Pope, alignment risks, model welfare (38:28) OpenAI's math breakthroughs and community backlash (1:02:03) Riots in France, Friedberg's socialism metric, bond market (1:21:41) Grok Bot goes headless, OpenAI launches Dots, is IP worthless? Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram:   / theallinpod   Follow on TikTok:   / allin   Follow on LinkedIn:   / allinpod…

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  • Trump’s Super Intelligence Summit, AI Safety Accord, GDP Beats, Midterm Predictions

    October 02, 2026 · 📺 All-In Podcast

    (0:00) Bestie intros! (2:01) Trump’s Super Intelligence Summit: Behind the scenes and how the accord was created and signed (17:57) Cybersecurity arms race, data center national security, America.gov, coordinated doomer messaging (45:22) Recent economic data: GDP, jobs, diesel, inflation, rates, manufacturing, poverty, and more (1:00:24) Midterm predictions, 2028 look ahead (1:09:28) Media coverage of attempted terrorist hijacking Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on I…

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  • David Sacks talks AI 'fearmongering', Trump administration's policy approach and more

    September 16, 2026 · 📺 POLITICO

    David Sacks, former Trump AI czar and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, says that growing fears about artificial intelligence are being driven by a “fear-mongering playbook." In an interview with Dasha Burns at POLITICO's Decoded Summit, Sacks argues that AI developers should be responsible for ensuring their products are safe -- and could be held liable if those systems cause harm. He also pushes back on calls for new federal regulations, saying the U.S. already has laws to address risks including fraud, privacy violations and cybersecurity threats.…

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  • David Sacks on AI regulation

    September 16, 2026 · 📺 C-SPAN

    Presidential science and tech adviser David Sacks on lawmakers calling for regulation on AI: "It's hard to have that conversation when you have this fear mongering going on...there has been, you could say, an animosity towards the tech industry." Watch more here: https://www.c-span.org/ Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Dona…

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  • Extended interview: Trump AI adviser David Sacks on tech leaders' AI fears

    September 14, 2026 · 📺 CBS News and CBS Mornings

    David Sacks, a key adviser to President Trump on technology, believes fears that AI could threaten humanity are overblown. In an exclusive interview with CBS News' Jo Ling Kent, Sacks delivers a message to tech leaders including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, argues that a "pause" on AI development could cause the U.S. to fall behind China in the AI race, and discusses more about the importance of tech. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations that is available free to everyone with access to the internet and is the destination for breaking news, li…

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  • David Sacks: Anthropic, OpenAI Should Slow AI If Deemed Necessary

    September 14, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Tech

    David Sacks, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, says Anthropic and OpenAI should slow development of their most advanced AI models if they believe the technology poses serious risks, but argues they don’t need new regulation to do it. He pushes back against calls for antitrust exemptions and a broader regulatory framework, saying today’s frontier AI labs are setting the frontier themselves and do not need "anyone else's permission." He also underlines that any approach must account for competition with China, which is unlikely to join a global agreement to…

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  • A Conversation with David Sacks on the Future of Open-Source AI

    September 11, 2026 · 📺 Presidio Bitcoin

    At the Open Source AI Summit, David Sacks joined Steve Lee for a conversation on the future of open-source AI, regulation, and ...

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“I think the biggest risk factor to Anthropic, I do think it is some version of the open-source models, maybe not catching them, but sort of saturating intelligence at a low price point for certain... Commoditizing it for things like coding or, you know, where there is a big chunk of the market. That is still a risk. I would say sort of a second-order risk is that in order for Anthropic to stay ahead and to keep makin”

“I think this is probably going to be the biggest venture outcome of all time. Especially given the time in which this was created. I mean, this is only a 6-year-old company. The exit here is going to be on par with SpaceX's IPO, but SpaceX has been around for like 20-something years. So, this is probably the fastest value creation of any venture-backed company in history. And I don't know if you saw, but there was a ”

“Let's just call it what it is. You may not want to say it, but I can. They make their money on advertising, and Apple's a pretty good steward of data, I'll give them that, but, you know, they make it on really expensive hardware. So you are unique in both cases in terms of business model. You're in our corner, which I love.”

“I generally think that Anthropic is a strong business. I understand that there are some risks to it. It's not like it's completely risk-free, but it's a pretty young business, so you'd expect that. But overall, I think it is set up to have a strong IPO. And look, wearing my hat as an investor, I think it's a very impressive company, which is all the more reason why I find their attempts to kneecap open source through”

“The first thing to understand is these businesses like CoreWeave, as Chamath kind of went through some of it, but they're Rube Goldberg financial machines. They're exceptionally complex. So you know, we talked about, okay, GPU contracts and this, but he's got data center contracts, how long are those? And then there's, he's got to buy memory, like, and there's memory shortage and this and that. So it is really comple”

“One of the most remarkable things for me was when I went to visit in prison. That when you send money for commissary to her, 70% gets taken away because how much does she owe to the victims of the financial fraud? So, originally her sentence without these additional investors that she was never convicted of, that she was never proven guilty of having done anything to them, but they're arbitrarily added on. They can't”

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