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BG2Pod with Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley

BG2Pod with Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley

Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more | BG2

Jun 20, 2025 · 1h 1m

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Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week, they welcome Coatue’s Thomas and Philippe Laffont to discuss the AI Super cycle, Stablecoin and crypto, consumer AI, NVIDIA GPU’s, Macroeconomics, publc markets, VC markets, M&A’s, insights for founders and CEO’s, and more. Enjoy another episode of BG2! Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:36) The AI Super Cycle (07:47) Stablecoin & Cryptocurrency (16:19) Consumer AI & Impact on $GOOG (22:54) GPU Allocation v Cloud Revenue Market Share (28:56) AI Impact on Macro + Debt (35:20) Private Markets, IPO’s, M&A’s (45:59) Golden Age of Margin Expansion (51:48) Jevon’s Paradox…