Cheeky Pint
by Stripe
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The company building America’s uranium supply from scratch
The company building America’s uranium supply from scratch
About this podcast
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Episodes
- The company building America’s uranium supply from scratch · 59 min · Episode 40Scott Nolan, Co-Founder and CEO of General Matter, joins John for a pint to discuss the engineering, economics, and geopolitics behind uranium enrichment. Scott breaks down why…
- Why Sam Altman is against a single superintelligence · 53 min · Episode 39Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, joins John to break down how models uncovered critical PHP vulnerabilities, why test-time compute unlocks massive agent swarms, and OpenAI's internal…
- The airline CEO putting Starlink on every plane · 1 h 19 min · Episode 38Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, joins John and Ben Thompson to break down the airline business and United’s contrarian bets shaping commercial aviation. Scott details…
- How Toto Wolff built the most valuable team in F1 · 1 h 11 min · Episode 37Toto Wolff, Team Principal and Co-Owner of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, joins John Collison for a pint to discuss the engineering, management, and economics behind modern…
- The company building underwater drones for $50,000 · 50 min · Episode 36Will O'Brien, founder and CEO of Ulysses, joins John and Chris Sacca for a pint to discuss how underwater autonomous robots are scaling up to solve critical ocean challenges…
- Muse Wonder: Zuckerberg and Wang's $100B AI · 2 h 14 min · Episode 35As Meta scales its AI infrastructure past five gigawatts, Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO, Meta) and Alexandr Wang (Chief AI Officer, Meta Superintelligence Labs) join John for…
- What comes after smartphones, with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel · 1 h 2 min · Episode 34Snap CEO Evan Spiegel joins John at the pub for a deep dive into Snap's "crucible moment" of 2026: the long-awaited consumer launch of Spectacles. Evan explains why he believes…
- The economics and trends of the restaurant industry, with Tony Xu of DoorDash · 1 h 20 min · Episode 33Tony Xu, cofounder and CEO of DoorDash, joins John for a pint to discuss how they won a crowded market by obsessing over retention and the reality of fighting fraud in the…
- The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski of ElevenLabs · 1 h 0 min · Episode 32Mati Staniszewski is the co-founder of ElevenLabs, the research company making audio accessible across languages and voices. He sits down with John to discuss the "voice Turing…
- The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai · 1 h 9 min · Episode 31Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. He sits down with John and Elad Gil to discuss Google’s resurgence in the AI race, managing a massive $180 billion CapEx budget…
- Compliance at scale and why TAM is a distraction with Christina Cacioppo of Vanta · 57 min · Episode 30Christina Cacioppo, founder and CEO of Vanta, joins the pub to discuss building the future of agentic trust. She explains why compliance has a “vitamin vs painkiller” dynamic…
- The 20-year journey to fully autonomous cars with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo · 1 h 2 min · Episode 29Waymo is now doing nearly 500,000 rides a week across 10 cities. Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov came to the pub to discuss how they moved from scientific research to massive global…
- Creating prediction markets (and suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara · 1 h 16 min · Episode 28Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara are the co-founders of Kalshi, the first federally regulated prediction market in the US. They sit down with John and Matt Huang to discuss…
- Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board · 1 h 41 min · Episode 27Bret Taylor, co-founder of Sierra and Chair of the OpenAI board, joins John for a pint to discuss the rapid shift toward an agentic future. In this episode, Bret explains why…
- Garrett Langley of Flock Safety on building technology to solve crime · 1 h 44 min · Episode 26Garrett Langley is the founder and CEO of Flock Safety, a public safety operating system that helps communities and law enforcement eliminate crime. He sits down with John to…
- Reiner Pope of MatX on accelerating AI with transformer-optimized chips · 1 h 13 min · Episode 25Reiner Pope is the co-founder and CEO of MatX, designing specialized chips for Large Language Models. A former Google TPU architect, he joins John to discuss why the current…
- Stripe’s 2025 annual letter · 28 min · Episode 24The internet economy accelerated in 2025. The fastest-growing companies got even faster, agentic commerce and stablecoin payments started to kick into gear, and total payment…
- Ramp founder Eric Glyman on the many ways AI is changing corporate spending · 1 h 11 min · Episode 23Eric Glyman is the cofounder and CEO of Ramp, the finance automation platform that now powers over 2% of all corporate spend in the US. He sits down with John and co-host Alex…
- Ben Thompson from Stratechery on AI ads, the end of SaaS, and the future of media · 1 h 30 min · Episode 22Ben Thompson, the internet’s premier tech analyst, joins John for a wide-ranging conversation on the mechanics of the internet economy. They discuss the origins of Stratechery…
- Elon Musk on Space GPUs, AI, Optimus, and his manufacturing method · 2 h 46 min · Episode 21John Collison and Dwarkesh Patel sit down with Elon Musk to discuss why the future of AI isn’t on Earth, but in the "always sunny" vacuum of space. Between pints, they discuss…
- Julia DeWahl of Antares on building nuclear reactors for the US military · 45 min · Episode 20Julia DeWahl is the cofounder of Antares, a company developing nuclear micro-reactors for the US military and critical infrastructure. She sits down with John to discuss the…
- Satya Nadella describes how lessons from Microsoft’s history apply to today’s boom · 1 h 18 min · Episode 19Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, sits down with John to discuss the diffusion of AI inside the enterprise. He explains why “all your data at your fingertips” is the evergreen…
- Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, on GLP-1s and the business of pharma · 2 h 5 min · Episode 18Dave Ricks, the CEO of Eli Lilly, the world's most valuable pharmaceutical company, sits down with John and Patrick to discuss the complex business of drug development. Dave…
- Stablecoin special: Zach Abrams (Bridge) and Henri Stern (Privy) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 17Zach Abrams, the CEO and cofounder of Bridge, the leading stablecoin orchestration platform, and Henri Stern, CEO and cofounder of Privy, the leading crypto wallet…
- Casey Handmer of Terraform Industries on solar maximalism, hard tech, and reclaiming the Salton Sea · 1 h 16 min · Episode 16Description Casey Handmer is the founder of Terraform Industries, who is developing a machine that makes synthetic natural gas from sunlight and air. He joins the podcast to…
- Dan Sundheim of D1 Capital on the art of public market investing · 1 h 38 min · Episode 15Seasoned public and private investor Dan Sundheim sits down with John to discuss the harrowing GameStop short squeeze, waking up at 3am for the European market open, and the…
- How to build a $16B car company with RJ Scaringe, founder of Rivian · 1 h 8 min · Episode 14RJ Scaringe, founder and CEO of Rivian, sits down for a cheeky pint with John Collison to discuss what it takes to build a car company from scratch, developing the first electric…
- Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later · 1 h 42 min · Episode 13Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins John Collison to discuss the philosophies driving one of the internet’s most foundational companies. Tobi shares his perspective on why…
- Marc Andreessen and Charlie Songhurst on the past, present, and future of Silicon Valley · 2 h 7 min · Episode 12Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz, sits down for a Cheeky Pint with John Collison and Charlie Songhurst to discuss the history of Silicon Valley…
- Des Traynor on reinventing Intercom twice and the “four horsemen” of good AI companies · 1 h 18 min · Episode 11Des Traynor, cofounder of Intercom, sits down for a Cheeky Pint with John Collison to discuss the growth of Fin (Intercom’s AI customer service agent), why selling AI products is…
- Ambrook CEO Mackenzie Burnett on American agriculture, rural resilience, and carrying 50lbs of fresh pork on Amtrak · 55 min · Episode 10Mackenzie Burnett joins John Collison to talk about American agriculture, labor and immigration challenges, building rural resilience, ERPs, and the principle of money movement…
- Zipline CEO Keller Cliffton on air-dropping blood to Rwandan hospitals and getting to 50,000 aircraft per year · 1 h 14 min · Episode 9Keller Cliffton joins John Collison to talk about Zipline’s journey to 115 million miles flown, the lost art of American airplanes, building 50k drones a year in California…
- Cognition CEO Scott Wu on acquiring Windsurf, AI replacing engineers, and the Moneyball-ification of everything · 58 min · Episode 8Scott Wu joins John Collison to talk about Cognition’s AI software engineer, the Moneyball-ification of everything, math competitions with Alexandr Wang in 6th grade, acquiring…
- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on bitcoin going to $1 million, electing a pro-crypto Congress, and Jamie Dimon · 1 h 16 min · Episode 7Brian Armstrong joins John Collison to talk about what’s happening behind the scenes at Coinbase: battling North Korean hackers, war stories from early scaling, confronting…
- Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on tokenizing private companies, changing the SEC, and Frank Slootman · 1 h 5 min · Episode 6Vlad Tenev joins John Collison to discuss Bulgarian hyperinflation, Robinhood Banking, details from the GameStop saga—including advice from Marc Benioff, Mark Zuckerberg, and…
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on designing AGI-pilled products, model economics, and 19th-century vitalism · 1 h 2 min · Episode 5Dario Amodei joins John Collison to talk about Anthropic's growth to ~$5 billion in ARR, how AI models show capitalistic impulses, predictions for an agentic future, the…
- Serial entrepreneur Pieter Levels on building in public and living as a digital nomad · 23 min · Episode 4Pieter Levels joins John Collison to discuss building successful online businesses as a digital nomad, thoughts on European accelerationism, and Pieter’s unconventional methods…
- The Bot Company founder and CEO Kyle Vogt on home robots and why he’ll never sell another company · 23 min · Episode 3The Bot Company founder and CEO Kyle Vogt—who also cofounded Twitch and Cruise—joins John Collison to talk about applying AI to home robots, the similarities between robotics and…
- OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman on the scaling hypothesis and refactoring as a killer AI use case · 32 min · Episode 1Greg Brockman—OpenAI cofounder and Stripe's first engineer—joins John Collison to talk about research-driven product development, an early moment he thought OpenAI was doomed, S…
- Meta CFO Susan Li on headcount vs. GPU allocation, “free cash flow” hats, and almost becoming a PM · 30 min · Episode 2Susan Li of Meta—the youngest chief financial officer of a Fortune 100 company—joins John Collison to talk about capital allocation, managing investors, and how Mark Zuckerberg…
- Cheeky Pint hosted by Stripe cofounder John Collison · 1 minJohn sits down with founders and builders over a pint—Greg Brockman (cofounder of OpenAI), Susan Li (chief financial officer at Meta), Kyle Vogt (founder of The Bot Company and…
