Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist

Autor: Joe Lonsdale

American Optimist, hosted by Joe Lonsdale: entrepreneur, investor, and founder of four multi-billion dollar companies and other mission-driven organizations. American Optimist is an alternative to the fear, cynicism, and zero-sum thinking in mainstream media. Learn from the innovators and leaders who are solving our nation’s most pressing challenges, and doing it in a way that will lift everyone up. Hope should dominate our discourse, and American Optimist will show you why. blog.joelonsdale.com

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Ep 168: Sky Harbour CEO Tal Keinan on Why America Stopped Building Airports, the AI Wealth Wave & Private Jet Boom – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 167: The Company That Evaluates the AI Labs — Vals AI CEO Rayan Krishnan on Measuring Frontier Models & the Race to Recursive Self-Improvement – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 166: Eric Glyman on Ramp's Meteoric Growth, Selling Outcomes vs Products, and the Future of White-Collar Work – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 165: OPM Director Scott Kupor on Shrinking Government, Bringing Merit Back, and Why America’s Best Minds Should Join the U.S. Tech Force – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 164: Inside Anthropic with Sholto Douglas & Nicholas Marwell — AGI, Optimism vs Risks, Regulatory Capture, Open Source & More! – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 163: John Jovanovic on Turning Around the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Trump’s $12B Critical Mineral Reserve, and "Revenge of the Physical World" – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 162: Brian Chau Built an AI That Uncovers Fraud — It Just Found a $21 Billion Racial Wealth Transfer – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 161: Generalist CEO Pete Florence on the Robot Revolution & Bringing General Intelligence to the Physical World – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 160: Box CEO Aaron Levie on Silicon Valley's AI Problem, Evidence for AI Job Creation & What Doomers and Accelerationists Get Wrong – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 159: Aaron Cannon Is Building the Leading AI Customer Research Platform; It's About to Upend a $140B Industry – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 158: Nima Ghamsari on Blend's Comeback & the Power of AI Agents and Infinite Workforce – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 157: Scott Nolan on the AI Energy Crisis & America's Nuclear Renaissance – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 156: Coleman Hughes Takes on America's Most Contentious Debate: the Legacy of Slavery – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 155: Eric Scott on the Biggest Missed Opportunity in Venture Investing – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 154: Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 153: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Heretics, AI Weapons, and Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 152: Ben Black Runs America's $200B Foreign Investment Fund; Here's His Plan to Counter China & Rebuild American Influence – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 151: The Myth of Michael Milken with Richard Sandler – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 150: How AI Is Transforming Diligence, Decision-Making & the Future of Investing with John Melas-Kyriazi – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 149: Will Fry on the Small Business Succession Crisis & New Opportunities in the AI Age – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 148: JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & CEO of Joby Aviation — Flying Cars Have Arrived – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 147: Scott Wu & Russell Kaplan on the New Era of Software Abundance – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 146: Jake Paul & Geoff Woo on Building Anti Fund, the Future of the Creator Economy & How to Change the Culture – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 145: SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler on Exposing Billions in Fraud & What AI Means for Small Business – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 144: Jared Isaacman's Bold Vision for Moon Bases, Nuclear Power in Space, and Returning NASA to Greatness – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 143: JD Ross on the New Invention Era & Building with AI in 2026 – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 142: Understanding the AI Wave with 8VC's Alex Kolicich & Jack Moshkovich – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 141: AI Hackers Are Here; Cybersecurity Legend Kevin Mandia Is Building the Answer – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 140: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Making IPOs Great Again, Crypto's Comeback & New Rules for Retail Investors – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
Ep 139: Make Government Beautiful & Functional Again with America's Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia – Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist