Uncapped with Jack Altman

What Uncapped with Jack Altman Says About Investing

15 episodes about investing

Conversations with people I admire about things I’m genuinely interested in

Key Insights on Investing

Investment matching is crucial - if she's at level 3 and you're acting like level 9, you look anxious and needy

  • FM Investments grew from $0 to $10 billion in assets under management in just over five years by focusing on simple, low-cost Treasury and bond ETFs.
  • FM Investments built an anti-hallucination large language model trained on 1,784 documents to simulate Fed candidate Kevin Warsh's policy positions.
  • Profitability in AI comes from accurately predicting demand rather than underinvesting, with inference margins exceeding 50%
  • The Louisiana Purchase, bought for $340 million in today's money, is now worth at least $60 trillionβ€”a 17,640,000% return on investment
  • Chucky agent acts as an interactive portfolio representative for AI builders, inspired by the job interview scene from Good Will Hunting
  • "First 10 respondents were all no" when asked if they have 25% of crypto portfolio in DeFi after recent hacks
  • Technology earnings up 18% but stocks down 12%, representing 25% multiple compression as AI investments shift companies from asset-light to asset-heavy models

Episodes

Uncapped #49 | Kevin Hartz & Bennett Siegel from A*

Uncapped #49 | Kevin Hartz & Bennett Siegel from A*

Uncapped #48 | Tarek Mansour from Kalshi

Uncapped #48 | Tarek Mansour from Kalshi

Uncapped #45 | Ron Conway from SV Angel

Uncapped #45 | Ron Conway from SV Angel

Uncapped #44 | Max Junestrand from Legora

Uncapped #44 | Max Junestrand from Legora

Uncapped #40 | Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #40 | Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #38 | Ben Horowitz from a16z

Uncapped #38 | Ben Horowitz from a16z

Uncapped #37 | Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners

Uncapped #37 | Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners

Uncapped #36 | Pat Grady & Alfred Lin from Sequoia

Uncapped #36 | Pat Grady & Alfred Lin from Sequoia

Uncapped #35 | Trae Stephens from Founders Fund

Uncapped #35 | Trae Stephens from Founders Fund

Uncapped #34 | Mel Williams from TrueBridge

Uncapped #34 | Mel Williams from TrueBridge

Uncapped #33 | Vlad Tenev from Robinhood

Uncapped #33 | Vlad Tenev from Robinhood

Uncapped #30 | Alex Pall from The Chainsmokers

Uncapped #30 | Alex Pall from The Chainsmokers

Uncapped #27 | Vince Hankes from Thrive Capital

Uncapped #27 | Vince Hankes from Thrive Capital

Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey

Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey

Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan

Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan

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