White House AI Accord, Model Welfare, Ken Griffindor School of Market Wizardry | Ali Golshan, Mike Intrator, Vlad Tenev, Pari Singh, Minna Song, Dev Ittycheria, Daragh Murphy, Noah Friedman

September 30, 2026

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White House AI Accord, Model Welfare Debate, and a Flurry of AI Product Launches

The White House hosted a dinner last night that David Sacks called "the Bretton Woods of superintelligence," bringing together the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, and Nvidia alongside President Trump. The dinner produced a signed accord—the White House Accord on Superintelligence—committing signatories to four pillars: robust internal controls for monitoring model capabilities and alignment during training and deployment, an empowered internal team to ensure those controls operate as intended, partnerships with external auditors for independent assessment, and a designated independent committee of the board to oversee the entire system, effectively creating a safety channel that circumvents the CEO.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:10) **Opening & White House AI Dinner** - The hosts banter about renaming AI to "superintelligence" (SI) and recap a White House dinner for AI leaders.
2 (03:26) **Open Source vs. Cyber Security Debate** - The panel discusses Anthropic's warnings about open-source AI enabling rapid cyber exploits and the difficulty of enforcing a ban.
3 (08:42) **White House Accord on Superintelligence** - The hosts read the four key points of the signed White House Accord and then analyze the signatures of the signatories.
4 (16:17) **Clip Farming at the Summit** - The hosts watch and comment on video clips from the White House event, highlighting Trump's interaction with the CEOs.
5 (21:23) **Cognition vs. Factory Talent War** - The hosts break down the public dispute between AI code gen companies Cognition and Factory over an advisor's move.
6 (32:53) **Elon Musk on Energy, Compute, and GDP** - The hosts discuss a clip from an Elon Musk and Jensen Huang interview about the economic relationship between power consumption and GDP.
7 (43:18) **Mustafa Suleyman's Warning on Model Welfare** - The hosts read from an essay by Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman warning against training AI to believe it is conscious.

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Guests on this episode

Vlad Tenev

Show Notes

(01:26) - Supper Intelligence
(09:00) - White House Accord Signature Tier List
(21:22) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(32:59) - Power, GD, and the AI Boom
(43:21) - A Warning about Model Welfare
(57:28) - Ken Griffindor School of Market Wizardry
(01:08:24) - Ali Golshan, Nvidia’s senior director of AI software and a former Gretel founder, discusses his work on AI security, safety, and infrastructure. He explains how the open-source OpenShell project, formal verification, and hardware-level controls can provide a trusted, full-stack environment for monitoring and containing autonomous AI agents.
(01:20:43) - Mike Intrator, co-founder and CEO of AI cloud provider CoreWeave, discusses the company’s evolution beyond GPU infrastructure into a comprehensive AI cloud platform. He highlights CoreWeave’s new Forge product, the long-term utility of GPUs, potential industry consolidation, and the economics of compute capacity and data-center planning.
(01:36:10) - Vlad Tenev discusses Robinhood’s expansion into AI-powered trading, including autonomous agents, third-party financial data, and safeguards designed to give everyday investors “a hedge fund in their pocket.” The Robinhood co-founder and CEO also covers social investing, prediction markets, new trading products, and AI’s broader impact on financial markets.
(01:54:10) - Pari Singh discusses Flow Engineering’s $50 million fundraise at a $750 million valuation and its plans to invest heavily in AI-powered hardware engineering. He explains how Flow uses AI to continuously verify complex designs, manage regulatory requirements, and accelerate collaboration across engineering teams and suppliers.
(02:04:26) - Minna Song discusses EliseAI’s rapid growth, including raising $350 million, surpassing $200 million in annual recurring revenue, and serving 20% of the U.S. apartment market. The co-founder and CEO explains how the company drives AI adoption and develops shared technology for the large housing and healthcare sectors.
(02:11:00) - Dev Ittycheria discusses returning as MongoDB’s interim president and CEO, the company’s strong outlook, and his journey as a founder, investor, and technology executive. He also shares insights on AI talent wars, open-source business models, corporate governance, and the importance of clear strategy, strong teams, and a candid culture.
(02:32:43) - Daragh Murphy discusses Imprint, the fintech company he co-founded and leads as CEO, which provides co-branded credit cards and payment infrastructure for major brands such as Kroger and Shell. He explains Imprint’s partnership model, credit-card economics, and how AI agents and bank-account payments could challenge traditional card networks and interchange fees.
(02:39:54) - Noah Friedman discusses OuterSignal, his customer-intelligence and personalization platform, following its $22 million Series A. He