Katie Jacobs Stanton on Elon, Trump & Why Silicon Valley Won’t Speak Up
About this episode
Katie Jacobs Stanton discusses the silence of Silicon Valley leaders on pressing social issues and the implications of the current AI cycle.
Silicon Valley has more power than ever, so why won't it speak up? 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.
Topics covered
- Silicon Valley
- tech leadership
- politics
- AI
- social issues
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- Silicon Valley
- Katie Jacobs Stanton
- AI
- politics
- tech leaders
- Sam Altman
- Moxxie Ventures
- Kara Swisher
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