PodcastAll-In PodcastSeptember 30, 2026
Jake Paul & The Chainsmokers: Turning Fame into Funds, Jake Enters Politics? & Venture Bubble Signs
Celebrity-led funds (Jake Paul's Anti Fund, Chainsmokers' Mantis) are institutionalizing attention-as-capital while flagging 2-3x late-stage markups as a bubble signal.
- Attention as capital: Jake Paul argues fame and followers are a new currency for founders' cap tables, citing his role advising OpenAI's Sora launch and granting his NIL for video generation.
- Anti Fund scaling up: Paul's venture fund with partner Jeff Wu raised a new $100M vehicle (now on 'fund four'), using a barbell strategy from seed to growth stage, backing OpenAI, Cognition, and SpaceX.
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