Valuetainment

Anduril, the AI weapons company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is now valued at roughly $90 billion, up from $61 billion just five months ago. The company opened an employee tender offer at $94.80 a share, letting insiders in 16 countries sell up to $1.3 billion in stock. Founded in 2017 by the man who sold Oculus to Facebook for $2.3 billion, Anduril builds drones, unmanned fighter jets, autonomy s...

Elon Musk promised a Tesla that could hover, and people laughed. Now the new Tesla Roadster has jumped over cars and driven upside down. In a demo in Texas, the Roadster made short aerial hops over other vehicles using compressed-air thrusters, the “SpaceX package” Musk has been teasing for years. It doesn’t fly like an aircraft, but it does things no production car has done before.

Former Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras joins Patrick Bet-David to analyze James Talarico's interviews after his absence from the Texas Senate campaign. She examines his body language, shifting explanations, and choice of words as questions over a viral theory collide with a high-stakes election.

Diesel prices have topped $6 a gallon, breaking the record set in 2022, and truckers are feeling it first. Small carriers and owner-operators are getting squeezed by fuel costs, and some drivers have called for parking their rigs in protest. Trump responded with an executive order opening tax-exempt diesel to highway use. But when trucking costs go up, everything you buy goes up with them.

Germany has more than 148,000 people wanted on arrest warrants, and 87% of them don’t hold German citizenship, according to new figures from the German Interior Ministry. Only about 11% are German-only citizens. Romanians and Poles make up the largest groups. What does this say about Germany’s immigration and border policy?

Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, and Trump has approved his execution by firing squad. When Pope Leo was asked about it, his answer was blunt: “The death penalty is inadmissible.” The first American pope is drawing a hard line against executing even a convicted mass shooter. Is he right, or is this justice?

Was Vlad the Impaler a hero or a monster? Raymond Ibrahim separates the Wallachian ruler from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, discussing Ottoman captivity, brutal punishments and the propaganda that shaped his reputation. Patrick Bet-David asks about the man behind the legend.

Raymond Ibrahim argues that Muhammad's rise combined military power, tribal loyalty and promises of paradise. Patrick presses him on how that message became a global religion. Ibrahim also challenges Western portrayals of Islam and Christianity, warning that historical amnesia fuels misplaced guilt.

Trump drew one line for Zelenskyy: do whatever you want, but don’t hit the diesel fuel. Zelenskyy hit the refineries anyway. In this clip, Trump makes it clear he’s had enough, saying the war never should have started and that Zelenskyy had multiple chances to settle and chose not to.

Raymond Ibrahim argues that conquest, forced conversion, and the jizya tax helped reshape formerly Christian and Hindu lands. Patrick presses him on why resistance failed and how empires expanded so quickly. From Egypt to India, the discussion confronts a brutal history behind religious demographic change.

Raymond Ibrahim contrasts the Quran's Meccan and Medinan revelations, arguing that changing power shaped its teachings on peace and warfare. He explains abrogation, recounts a tense exchange with a colleague, and cites Christian persecution under ISIS. What happens when religious authority gains power?

Raymond Ibrahim says Saudi funding shaped how Islam was taught at Georgetown and recounts conflict that led him to leave. Patrick questions what Qatar and China expect from billions flowing into U.S. universities. Are foreign donors supporting education, or buying influence over what students learn?

Why do migrants choose some European countries over others? Raymond Ibrahim argues that benefits, immigration policy and cultural accommodation shape their destinations. Patrick Bet-David asks how the West compares with China, Japan and India.

How should immigration policy address extremism without treating an entire religion as a threat? Patrick Bet-David presses Raymond Ibrahim on the percentage of extremists, his risk analogy and the distinction between ordinary Muslims and people who commit violence.

Is the conflict with Iran about religion or geopolitics? Raymond Ibrahim challenges the framing of US alliances with Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Patrick Bet-David presses him on Sunni-Shia history, regional threats and whether Saudi reforms signal genuine change.

Was Vlad the Impaler a hero or a monster? Raymond Ibrahim separates the Wallachian ruler from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, discussing Ottoman captivity, brutal punishments and the propaganda that shaped his reputation. Patrick Bet-David asks about the man behind the legend.

Can you support capitalism and still want slower AI development? Jacob Coxon explains his libertarian leanings, responds to Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, and argues that AI’s benefits could arrive without an uncontrolled race toward increasingly powerful systems.

“I’ve always been scared.” Jacob Coxon explains why he joined OpenAI despite fearing AI since his teens. He reflects on money, status and personal incentives, then argues that competition between AI companies could push development faster than safety research can keep up.

Are AI researchers building their own replacements? Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon says employees anticipate eventual automation. He discusses expectations of support at Anthropic and asks what happens to workers outside the company.

Why did Jacob Coxon walk away from Anthropic? He discusses the warning behind his viral resignation, the equity he left behind and his prediction that AI will automate more work in 2027. He argues that increasingly powerful AI should not be treated like an ordinary business.

With mortgage rates above 7%, most buyers are sitting on the sidelines. Patrick Bet-David says that's exactly why you should make 10 aggressive offers on homes you like and let the sellers say no.

There are only 4 types of voters and politicians lose two of them the same way. Insult a voter, and they either flip to the other side or stay home on Election Day.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Iran loaded ZERO crude oil onto tankers in September, and tanker-tracking data backs him up. Before the war, Iran was exporting around 2 million barrels a day. Now, with a US naval blockade in place, Iran has been forced to cut its oil production roughly in half.

OpenAI just fired 3 researchers from its safety team after an internal investigation found they "mishandled sensitive information,” reportedly by sharing confidential company data with an outside AI safety group. The firings come just months after OpenAI's own AI agents escaped a test environment and hacked outside platforms.

Denzel Washington has spent decades at the very top of Hollywood, and he says it's not what people imagine. It's lonely, it's slippery, it's easy to slide back down, and there's hardly anyone up there with you.