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Ed Elson speaks with Alex Kantrowitz about what Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI could mean for the startup’s hardware and IPO ambitions. Then, Luke Kawa returns to the show to break down South Korea’s leveraged ETF problem. Finally, Ed gives an update on Trump’s latest Strait of Hormuz strategy.

Alex Kantrowitz is the author of the Big Technology newsletter and podcast. Luke Kawa is the Head of Markets at Sherwood News.

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Patrick Boyle, professor at King’s College London and portfolio manager, fills in for Scott. He and Ed discuss how SpaceX’s stock has traded over the past couple weeks. They break down the price targets that analysts have issued and explain why they’re concerned about potential conflicts of interest in equity research. Then, they discuss why crypto bros don’t find crypto exciting anymore and have moved onto AI. Finally, they explore why the housing market is showing new signs of strain and what it would take to get home prices back to a reasonable place.

Patrick Boyle is a professor at King’s College London and a portfolio manager with more than 20 years of experience at hedge funds, investment banks and private wealth management firms. He’s also the author of several books on finance and hosts the podcast, Patrick Boyle On Finance.

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Ed Elson sits down with Sebastian Mallaby to discuss why he believes there's a real chance OpenAI runs out of money within the next 18 months, and what that would mean for the broader AI industry. He also explains why he doesn't necessarily see Meta's decision to sell excess compute capacity as a bear signal, why he was encouraged by the Trump administration's new AI policy, and how he expects the AI race to unfold over the coming years.

Sebastian Mallaby is a prominent journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book is The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence.

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Ed Elson is joined by Brian Katulis to break down the latest attacks in the Iran War and how he thinks diplomacy will play out over the next several months. Then, Casey Mock joins the show to discuss what the Meta lawsuits mean for investors. Finally, Ed gives his take on Trump’s Iran strategy.

Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. Casey Mock is the Senior Policy Director for the Anxious Generation Movement.

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Ed Elson is joined by Steve Feldstein to break down why countries are pouring so much money into defense and what that says about the future stability of the world. Then, Zed Francis joins the show to break down why chip stocks are selling off despite strong earnings from Samsung. Finally, Ed is joined by Ara Kharazian to dig into his paper which showed that the biggest AI spenders are actually hiring more than non-adopters.

Steve Feldstein is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Zed Francis is the CIO & Co-Founder at Convexitas. Ara Kharazian is the Lead Economist at Ramp.

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