David Sacks
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David Sacks is a South African-American entrepreneur, investor, and co-host of the 'All-In' podcast. He was the founding COO of PayPal and the founder and CEO of Yammer, and currently serves as a general partner at Craft Ventures.
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Mentions of David Sacks per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, politics & world.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 | 0.19‰ | 2 |
| Sep 9 | 0.11‰ | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 0.79‰ | 7 |
| Sep 15 | 1.65‰ | 9 |
| Sep 16 | 2.01‰ | 5 |
| Sep 18 | 2.30‰ | 3 |
| Sep 21 | 1.72‰ | 2 |
| Sep 22 | 1.07‰ | 2 |
| Sep 23 | 0.83‰ | 2 |
| Sep 24 | 0.91‰ | 1 |
| Sep 28 | 1.00‰ | 6 |
| Sep 29 | 0.92‰ | 1 |
| Sep 30 | 0.81‰ | 1 |
| Oct 1 | 0.83‰ | 1 |
| Oct 2 | 1.04‰ | 2 |
| Oct 7 | 0.46‰ | 2 |
Why is it trending?· Last 30 days
Sacks is central to the fight over AI safety, regulation, and China
Today, Explained presents David Sacks as a major Trump AI adviser whose influence helped shape the administration’s decision to allow chip sales abroad despite national-security concerns.[1][2]
Across several shows, Sacks’s argument is described as opposing AI safety warnings and regulation that he says would entrench OpenAI and Anthropic’s market power.[3][4][5]
Critics on Pod Save America and All the Wrong Moves argue that dismissing existential-risk warnings while demanding an AI race against China is contradictory.[6][7]
Pivot portrays Sacks and individual technology executives as able to shift Trump toward less regulation, while Kara Swisher says the competing views make the debate difficult to trust.[8][9]
Other coverage focuses on possible conflicts around his government role and technology investments, with The Bulwark Daily and Pod Save the World linking his influence to access and financial interests.[10][11]
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- 1.Today, Explained · Our AI Cold WarSean Rameswaram · Sep 28 · Listen at 3:10 ↗
“And you recently wrote for our Yellow website that a lot of this is On account of, because of a podcast host named David Sacks. Who is David Sacks?”
- 2.Today, Explained · Our AI Cold WarAndrew Prokop · Sep 28 · Listen at 11:39 ↗
“say that is a serious concern. They believe that maintaining America's AI lead over China is crucial. So they were baffled by Trump's decision to, to basically bless these chip sales abroad. And Sachs is a big reason why that happened. Offi”
- 3.Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · 9/29/26: OpenAI Pulls Model Over Safety Concerns, Morning Joe Admits Bibi Knew Oct 7 Was Coming, DraftKings VIP For Undercover AddictsSaagar Enjeti · Sep 29 · Listen at 11:28 ↗
“So let me get you to respond specifically to David Sacks on this point, who's tying together, you know, he wants to knock down the existential risk claims and he's also trying to knock down the unemployment, the obsoleting claims. Let's go”
- 4.Morning Wire · AI Developers Sound Alarms & Did We Know 9/11 Would Happen? | 9.14.26Cabot Phillips · Sep 14 · Listen at 7:08 ↗
“through cash as well. Critics say that they've started to hit a wall when it comes to scaling, and right now that they're using safety concerns as a bigger excuse to pump the brakes and, more broadly, again, avoid going public, which obviou”
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