Answers from Airbnb, Questions for Upstart

We’re likely to have two trillion dollar IPOs in the next year with Anthropic and OpenAI eyeing the market. And they’ll join Meta, Google, SpaceX, and more in the AI race. But does anyone really have a durable advantage? We discuss that and where we see opportunities in AI. Travi ...  Show more

The US government and governments all over the world have played some active role in the day to day decision making at businesses for years. What we haven’t seen, though, is the US government take active equity stakes in businesses and so directly shape the capital allocation dec ...  Show more

Airbnb (ABNB) Q3 earnings on deck: Focus on bookings amid slow U.S. demand. (00:23) Election buzz: Tesla (TSLA) soars on expectations of green lights for autonomous driving approvals. (02:02) Costco's (COST) October net sales climb 7.2%. (03:10) Episode transcripts seekingalpha.c ...  Show more

Scott answers a question about Google’s dominance in the travel space, and how Airbnb manages to hold its own. He also shares his thoughts on how companies that go public via SPAC are perceived, why real estate is a solid investment, and why opening physical stores can be a power ...  Show more

Over 13 years after its founding, one of the defining startup companies of the past decade finally makes its public debut — and boy was it a big one. But for all the hype (and all the legitimately great things Airbnb has accomplished), this is a company that looks very different ...  Show more

Scott breaks down why Airbnb’s stock fell despite strong earnings, and explains why he’s considering selling some of his largest holding. He then discusses Lyft’s earnings report typo and shares a similar personal story. Finally, he takes a look at Arm’s stock and questions wheth ...  Show more