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

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

(53:19) Insights for Founders and CEOs

Show Notes:

Coatue EMW 2025 Slides

Produced by Benny Beausoleil

Music by Yung Spielberg

Available on Apple, Spotify, www.bg2pod.com

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