Jassy's Shareholder Letter, The Next AI Capability, 𝕏 Timeline Reactions | Saagar Enjeti, Joe Weisenthal, Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran, Brian Manning, Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz, Changpeng Zhao, Tal Hoffman

April 9, 2026

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The AI Horse Race, Data Center Backlash, and the Search for Satoshi

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy released his 2025 shareholder letter this week, and it was the kind of sweeping, long-term strategic document that investors had been waiting for. Jassy used the letter to zoom out on AI, Amazon's place in the ecosystem, and the company's willingness to endure short-term free cash flow pressure for long-term gain. He drew a direct line from the early days of AWS — which launched with just a single instance in one availability zone, Linux only, with no auto scaling, load balancing, or private networking — to the current AI buildout. AWS's AI revenue run rate hit $15 billion in Q1 2026, nearly 260 times larger than AWS's total run rate at the same point in its lifecycle. But Jassy was candid that AWS could be growing faster if not for capacity constraints: the company added 3.9 gigawatts of new power capacity in 2025 and expects to double total power capacity by the end of 2027, yet still has unserved demand. Two large AWS customers asked to buy all of the Graviton instance capacity in 2026, which Jassy said they couldn't agree to given other customers' needs. The letter was a deliberate echo of Jeff Bezos's famous 1997 shareholder letter, emphasizing long-term thinking and willingness to endure short-term free cash flow pressure for durable returns.

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1 (00:00) **Show Open & Fundraising Roundup** - Hosts recap a busy day of fundraises after a slow Monday, including Alorian ($55M seed), Cassava ($38M Series B), a $170M Series C, a $100M Series E, and Enclave's seed.
2 (01:24) **Andy Jassy's 2025 Shareholder Letter** - The hosts break down Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's annual letter, which resets the AI narrative and reflects on AWS's history.
3 (20:29) **Amazon Pharmacy & GLP-1 News** - Amazon Pharmacy will offer Eli Lilly's new GLP-1 pill via same-day delivery.
4 (23:15) **OpenAI Cybersecurity Model & SPUD Confusion** - A debate on the timeline about OpenAI's new cybersecurity product is clarified.
5 (28:48) **Meek Mill on AI Music & Data Center Pushback** - Meek Mill comments on AI's impact on music, noting that 0.2% of songs are commercially relevant.
6 (32:33) **Meta Removes Class Action Attorney Ads** - Meta begins removing ads from attorneys seeking clients for social media harm lawsuits against the company.
7 (35:01) **Spreadsheet Debate & X Link Deboosting** - A debate on the timeline about the future of the spreadsheet paradigm, with a host arguing it is eternal.

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Guests on this episode

Saagar Enjeti Joe Weisenthal Changpeng Zhao

Show Notes

(01:25) - Jassy's Shareholder Letter
(23:24) - AI in CyberSecurity
(27:56) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(40:41) - Saagar Enjeti, an American journalist and political commentator, co-hosts the independent news program "Breaking Points" alongside Krystal Ball. In the conversation, he discusses the significant capital expenditures by companies like Amazon on data centers, highlighting the resulting community pushback due to concerns over energy consumption, environmental impact, and displacement of residents. Enjeti emphasizes the need for a democratic process in approving such projects, advocating for transparency and local input to address the growing animosity toward data center developments.
(01:01:09) - Joe Weisenthal, born September 2, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan, is an American journalist and television presenter, currently serving as the executive editor of news for Bloomberg's digital brands and co-host of the "Odd Lots" podcast. In the conversation, he discusses the New York Times' investigation into the identity of Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, focusing on the claim that Adam Back is Nakamoto. Weisenthal expresses skepticism about the evidence presented, noting that many early cypherpunks shared similar ideas on privacy and internet architecture, which could explain the overlap in writing and ideology.
(01:24:06) - Andrew Dai is the co-founder of Elorian, an AI company building multimodal reasoning models that can understand and interpret the physical world across text, images, and video. He focuses on advancing visual reasoning as a step toward more general intelligence.
(01:31:56) - Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran, co-founder and CEO of Luminai, discusses how his company helps large health systems automate operations and back-office tasks, such as processing patient referrals, by leveraging advanced AI models to handle traditionally manual processes like faxed documents. He highlights the importance of a deep, forward-deployed approach to understand the nuanced workflows of healthcare institutions, noting that while on-premises solutions are offered for data security, most clients prefer cloud-based deployments. Kesava also mentions the significant growth of unstructured data in healthcare and announces Luminai's recent $38 million Series B funding led by Sequoia India, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator.
(01:40:58) - Brian Manning, CEO and co-founder of Xona Space Systems, discusses the launch of their new satellite factory in San Francisco, following a recent $170 million Series C funding round. Xona is developing a network of small satellites positioned 20 times closer to Earth than existing GPS systems, aiming to provide highly accurate and reliable navigation services. Originally focused on supporting autonomous vehicles, the company has expanded its mission to enhance performance for the over 7 billion GPS devices worldwide.
(01:53:14) - Cobi Bl