David Sacks

South African-American entrepreneur and investor

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Anthropic is running a sophisticated regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering. It is principally responsible for the regulatory frenzy that is damaging the startup ecosystem,
Only President Trump could convene all the leaders of the top companies developing chips, data centers and frontier models for Super Intelligence,
  • Mr. Sacks wrote later on social media, adopting Mr. Trump’s term for the technology, an attempt to rebrand it to sound more powerful, yet more under human control
    The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…
The last time we had media-generated panics like this (with Russiagate and Covid), social media companies created ‘trust & safety’ teams to censor conservative and dissident voices,
I think the starting point for talking about AI regulation is to realize the regulations that we already have,
We have a highly regulated administrative state, and we already have a lot of laws and regulations that pertain to AI. And we have a lot of administrative agencies that promulgate regulations related to AI,
Stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission … stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process. … Most of all, stop pretending the motivation to slow down is purely altruistic.”

Earlier

Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today?

The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…

One could condemn critics of such commitments as cynics…were American history not littered with examples of how corporations willingly and knowingly acted in woefully immoral ways in pursuit of their own interests, and to enrich themselves and their shareholders—usually at the public's expense

Newsweeknewsweek.com/trump/ai…

Washington balks at giving AI firms waiver to create safety standard

The Hillthehill.com/policy/technology…

After White House artificial intelligence adviser David Sacks got President Trump to scrap a planned executive order in May that would subject AI models to an extended government review, senior administration officials including Scott Bessent and Susie Wiles were caught off guard and unhappy

Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…

Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents

TechCrunchtechcrunch.com/2026/09…

In response to former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon’s resignation announcement on X, Parker Thayer, an investigative researcher at Capital Research Center in Washington D.C., went viral as he raised questions about whether the resignation was part of a broader network that aims to influence lawmakers and AI policy

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New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate

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Dario Amodei outlined a plan for companies like his and governments around the world to ensure that increasingly capable AI models remain aligned with the commands and values of responsible people days after two former Anthropic safety researchers publicly aired concerns that the existential threats AI might pose to humanity were receiving too little attention

The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/ceo…

Kiwi investors offered a slice of Finn Pulowski’s new AI play

National Business Reviewnbr.co.nz/tech/kiwi…

The company, 8090 Labs, closed a $135 million round led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, David Sacks’ Craft Ventures, fellow All-In hosts and “besties” David Friedberg’s The Production Board and Jason Calacanis’ Launch, as well angel investors like Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo

TechCrunchtechcrunch.com/2026/06…