Katie Jacobs Stanton, former Twitter executive, Obama White House alum, and founder of Moxxie Ventures, joins Eric Newcomer to talk about what's really happening inside the Valley right now. They get into why tech leaders stayed silent when ICE showed up in Minnesota, what Sam Altman's Molotov comment really exposed, and why Katie thinks the current AI cycle is building on quicksand the same way the dot-com era did. Plus: her seat on Yahoo's board, what Kara Swisher's "take your space" advice looks like in practice, why Democrats need to worry about a lot more than AI, and the one portfolio bet she's most excited about right now.
Watch the full episode for an inside look at tech, politics, and where Silicon Valley goes next.
Chapters:
00:00 Whoop for Your Poop
00:40 Meet Katie Jacobs Stanton
01:34 Twitter Then vs Now
03:41 Algorithms, Media, and Power
06:04 Why Social Media Is Broken
08:46 AI Investing and Healthcare
09:18 Throne Science Explained
12:37 AI Workflows and Winners
28:09 Tech, Politics, and Public Anger
30:08 Tech’s Silence on Trump and ICE
33:07 Why CEOs Stay Quiet
36:00 A Positive Vision for America
37:37 Climate Tech Becomes Energy Tech
40:18 The Reality of DEI in Tech
46:13 AI Legal Tech and New Startups
49:04 Building a Small VC Firm
51:15 Yahoo’s Comeback Story
53:43 How VCs Use AI
55:05 Is This Another Dot-Com Bubble
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