The Pomp Podcast

Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a professor of computer science at the University of Louisville and one of the world's leading AI safety researchers, credited with coining the term "AI safety" over a decade ago. In this conversation, we break down why he believes superintelligence may be fundamentally uncontrollable, and the recent incidents of AI models hacking, lying, and blackmailing their way out of c...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down bitcoin's explosive weekly surge and why this "sigma move" signals a real bull market. We also discuss the collision of AI and crypto, why bitcoin is the purest AI trade, Stripe and Ramp's battle to control AI model routers, and how to think about siz...

Anthony & John Pompliano discuss the state of bitcoin at $64,000, why the price has stabilized, and what it will take to spark the next bull run. They also break down the exploding cost of AI adoption inside businesses, the national debt problem no president seems willing to fix, and where investors should be putting their capital right now. ====================== Arch Public is an agentic tra...

Yoni Assia is the CEO and co-founder of eToro. In this conversation, we break down agentic trading and how AI is reshaping the platform, why bitcoin remains digital gold, eToro's move into tokenized equities, SpaceX IPO, and why eToro trades for less than 10x EBITDA. ==================== Arch Public is an agentic trading platform that automates investment strategies across Stocks, Commodities,...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down why the AI trade already bottomed, how bitcoin fits into the future of markets, and why companies like Figure Technologies are outgrowing legacy banks like JPMorgan. We also discuss inflation, the AI IPO wave with Anthropic and OpenAI, and how AI is r...

George Arison is the CEO of Grindr. In this conversation, we break down how AI has transformed Grindr's engineering team and product roadmap, the real "gay discount" baked into the stock price, and Grindr's fast-growing push into health. We also discuss the app's outsized role in gay relationships and safety risks abroad, and why efficiency — not headcount — is driving the company's next stage of...

Reihan Salam is the President of the Manhattan Institute. In this conversation, we break down what's driving New York City's affordability crisis — from decades of rent control and restrictive zoning to a failing public education system. We also discuss the burnout crisis in law enforcement, immigration and assimilation, the rise of the DSA and socialism among young Americans, and how AI, bitcoin,...

Tristan Thompson is an NBA champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers who's become a hands-on tech investor and operator. In this conversation, we break down how AI and analytics are reshaping professional sports, how he evaluates AI startups without getting caught in the hype, and why he's bullish on bitcoin, SpaceX, and prediction markets. We also dig into financial literacy and building real...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down why the last two weeks may be the most important stretch in bitcoin's history, the US-Japan yen intervention, and a weakening labor market. We also discuss the AI stock rebound, physical AI and Tesla's Terafab, Google's talent exodus, and how to value...

Tillman Holloway is the Co-Founder & CEO of Arch Public, and Andrew Parish is the Co-Founder & COO. In this conversation, we break down the Cold Card hack and what it means for bitcoin self-custody, why bitcoin barely moved despite $100 million in losses, the Leopold hedge fund blowup, and the race between closed and open source AI. We also discuss why Apple could win the AI trade, agentic...

Nancy Beaton is the President of Retail at Uphold. In this conversation, we play devil's advocate on the biggest crypto critiques — from crypto losing its "outside the system" ethos to custodial risk and the Clarity Act. We also discuss tokenized securities, what her users are actually demanding, and where bitcoin and blockchain adoption are headed over the next decade. =============...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down the Leopold Aschenbrenner hedge fund unwind, the market crashes in South Korea and Japan, Kevin Warsh and the Fed's next move, and the case for compute scarcity as AI demand outpaces supply. We also discuss tokenization and why bitcoin remains the...

Darius Dale is the founder and CEO of 42 Macro. In this conversation, we break down what the Fed should do next, how money printing quietly erodes your purchasing power, Kevin Warsh's plan to reshape the Fed, what history says happens to economies as K-shaped as ours, and what gives Darius hope for the future. ==================== Arch Public is an agentic trading platform that automates investmen...

Anthony and Polina Pompliano discuss  why socialism — both explicit and implicit — is the biggest threat to investor portfolios, and why the economy feels painful despite the stock market hitting all-time highs. We also discuss bitcoin, the Clarity Act, and Google's AI spending bet. =================== Arch Public is an agentic trading platform that automates investment strategies across Stocks, C...

Dan Ives is the Partner and Senior Managing Director at Yorkville Ives, a new merchant bank he's building. In this conversation, we break down the AI trade—Chinese open-source models, Anthropic's slowing revenue growth, the biggest bottlenecks in chips, memory, and energy, and the political battles over data centers. ====================== Arch Public is an agentic trading platform that au...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down the AI trade — Chinese open-source models catching up, Google's massive CapEx bet, and the memory shortage bottlenecking it all. We also cover Travis Kalanick's stealth robotics empire, what AGI in three years means for jobs and the Fed, and w...

Peter Schiff is the host of The Peter Schiff Show podcast and a longtime economist and gold advocate. In this conversation, we break down real inflation versus the official CPI, the Fed's political motivations, and whether AI and tariffs are inflationary or deflationary. We also cover the Iran war's impact on oil, Social Security's looming collapse, and a five-year bet on bitcoin versu...

Nick Grossman is a General Partner at Union Square Ventures. In this conversation, we break down his "Rebel Alliance" thesis for AI — why he believes the industry is too big for one or two companies to dominate. We also discuss USV's internal multi-agent platform, model routing economics, AI's growing role in venture capital and financial markets, data privacy risks, and what hap...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we break down the AI stock slowdown, why China's new Kimi K3 model is upending the AI trade, and the hidden cultural bias baked into these systems. We also discuss the cooler inflation report, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's early moves, bitcoin's reaction, and...

Ramez Naam is an investor at Planetary VC and a longtime clean energy and AI expert. In this conversation, we break down the energy bottleneck constraining AI growth — from gas turbines and batteries to floating ocean data centers and Elon's orbital data center ambitions. We also cover why bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure, general vs. narrow superintelligence, and the data bottlene...

Stephanie Roth is the Chief Economist at Wolfe Research. In this conversation, we break down whether inflation has peaked, why tariffs, AI chip shortages, and the Iran war are driving short-term prices, and why consumers feel poor despite a resilient economy. We also cover trust in government data, incoming Fed chair Kevin Warsh, the 2026 IPO wave, and the bitcoin and gold debasement trade. ======...

Geoff Woo is the co-founder and managing partner of Anti Fund and a co-founder of Ketone-IQ and Archive. In this conversation, we break down choke points and information asymmetry — how smart money hunts for bottlenecks in AI, semiconductors, tungsten, and power. We also cover defense tech, humanoid robots, biohacking, Trump's aura in the Oval Office, and where bitcoin fits into Geoff's po...

Jordi Visser is a veteran macro investor with 30+ years of experience and the author of the VisserLabs Substack. In this conversation, we discuss why he thinks the AI mid-cycle slowdown is over, why he's turning bullish on bitcoin, tokenization and stablecoins. We also cover the Fed's July rate decision and where he's finding value in gold, silver, and regional banks. ==================== Turn eve...

Kevin Clancy, better known as KFC, is one of the original voices of Barstool Sports and former host of KFC Radio. In this conversation, we break down how technology and AI are quietly reshaping everyday life — from self-driving cars, surveillance camera, Neuralink, humanoid robots, and AI catching medical mistakes doctors missed. We also get into the affordability crisis facing younger generations...

Ankur Nagpal is the GP of USVC, a publicly accessible venture capital fund. In this conversation, we break down how retail investors can now access private markets like OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX for as little as $500, and the controversy around USVC's Anduril investment, portfolio strategy, QSBS, tax alpha, and what it means to build wealth in America.  ==================== Looking for a bette...