All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Podbit · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding

Explore episode Jul 15, 2026
Technology
Quantum Computing: Real Results Before 2030

Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable … · Jul 15, 2026 Technology

Quantum has been '5 years away' for 25 years — but Gelsinger says this time is different. We now know how to build qubits, error-correct them, and write algorithms against them. Multiple modalities (trapped ions, photonic, spin) are all showing results. Engineering scale is the only remaining challenge, and he expects quantum supremacy across multiple industries before 2030, with encryption-breaking Q-Day around 2032–2033.

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Why a Taiwan Blockade Would Cripple the US Economy

At 22:40 · chapter starts 15:19

Jason challenges Gelsinger on whether the AI buildout is a bubble, pointing to eye-watering valuations and potential overcapacity. Gelsinger's answer is structural: nobody builds a data center without energy, and global energy capacity is only growing at 4–5% per year after a decade of US stagnation. That constraint is the natural ceiling on how hyped the market can get. Beyond the supply side, he argues the value of intelligence is nearly infinite — better logistics, finance, healthcare, and labor productivity all accrue from cheaper tokens — and cites Jevons' Paradox as evidence that lower token costs drive more usage, not less. He foresees periodic SaaS-style 'apocalypses' as industries get disrupted, but views these as healthy corrections rather than a bursting bubble. The conversation then shifts to quantum computing, where Gelsinger breaks from 25 years of perpetually-delayed predictions and sets a hard deadline: meaningful results across multiple industries before 2030. He cites proven qubit construction, error correction, and algorithms across multiple hardware modalities — trapped ions, photonic, spin — as evidence that engineering scale is the only remaining challenge. He flags encryption-breaking Q-Day implications arriving around 2032–2033.

Government
Taiwan's 3-Week Energy Cliff: No Shots Required

Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable … · Jul 15, 2026 Government

Taiwan has less than three weeks of energy reserves. A Chinese blockade — no military engagement, just cutting off oil and LNG — would brown out the island. Fabs take 90 days to restart once shut down. The global economic impact would exceed the Great Depression. This isn't hypothetical: China has blockaded the Taiwan Straits 7 times in the last 4 years.

2 min
Technology
AI Is a Decades-Long Build, Not a Bubble

Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable … · Jul 15, 2026 Technology

The AI buildout has a natural circuit breaker: energy. Nobody builds data centers without power, and global energy capacity is expanding at just 4–5% per year. That constraint limits how overheated the market can get. Meanwhile the value of a token — a unit of intelligence — is nearly infinite if it improves logistics, finance, and labor. Gelsinger sees two decades of growth, not years.

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