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Brad Gerstner T1 🟢 STANDBY

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Stance

Green. Politics only; nothing on holdings.

Signals timelinenewest first · dashed = secondary / unverified

  • On Oct 28, Gerstner posted, “NO on Prop 40. YES on 42..” Source: X
  • On Oct 27, Gerstner posted: recruited Scott Kirby to United in 2016. Source: X
  • On Oct 26, X News reported, unverified, that the Anthropic IPO lock-up allows early sales. Source: X News
  • On Oct 26, Gerstner said cheap US models compete with Chinese tokens. Source: X
  • On Oct 26, Gerstner said Altimeter plans major participation in the Anthropic IPO. Source: X
  • On Oct 24, Gerstner posted about Invest America and 2M kids in New York City. Source: X
  • On Oct 23, Gerstner posted a note headed “Friday night fake news.” Source: X
  • On Oct 23, Gerstner posted about ownership from birth. Source: X
  • On Oct 22, Gerstner posted about Arda and US manufacturing. Source: X
  • On Oct 22, Gerstner said Jensen Huang does NOT support Prop 40. Source: X
  • On Oct 21, Gerstner appeared on CNBC to discuss SpaceX earnings and the Tesla/SpaceX merger. Source: X
  • On Oct 19, Gerstner called Musk's SPCX gift the “largest philanthropic gift in history.” Source: X

Key quotes & findings

  • On Oct 19, Gerstner posted on X: “Incredible Elon! This will be the largest philanthropic gift in history!” Source
  • On Oct 19, Gerstner posted on X: “Huge announcements in the wings. The ownership society is on the march!” Source
  • On Oct 16, BG2Pod said: “Can the AI labs keep 2x to 3x-ing revenue? Jensen: take AI out entirely and a third of NVIDIA’s business is still there.” Source
  • On Oct 16, BG2Pod said: “Who do you place a $100B order on, sight unseen? “We’re literally the only one.” Source
  • On Oct 15, A post on X said: “Pod up! Some good nuggets on lab revs, Nvidia supply unlock, AI capex & millions of Nvidia agents to employees as we enter the singularity & recursive flywheel starts spinning.” Source
  • On Oct 15, BG2Pod said: “BG2 w/ @JensenHuang. Does AI Revenue Justify Capex, ‘27 AI Bottlenecks, Singularity, Open vs Closed & more.” Source
  • On Oct 15, A post on X said: “I remain very bullish on AI - but the job in public markets is to recognize that sometimes the market gets ahead of itself. The next leg higher will likely occur when AI revs re-accelerate.” Source
  • On Oct 13, A post on X said: “Banger dropping Thursday.🔥@BG2Pod” Source
  • On Oct 28, Gerstner posted against California's Prop 40: 'Vote to save the American Dream. Reject France. NO on Prop 40. YES on 42.' Nothing on holdings or Alphabet's results.
  • No new podcast, CNBC hit or letter on hyperscaler capex, cloud spend or software moats in window. The latest public BG2 episode is listed Jun 11.

What to watch next

  • Still open: the “Huge announcements” Gerstner teased on Trump Accounts.
  • Still open: the next BG2 episode and any Gerstner comment on AI capex.

All sources19 links · open in a new tab · dashed = secondary / unverified

Overview quick notes
  • On Oct 28, Gerstner posted against California's Prop 40: 'Vote to save the American Dream. Reject France. NO on Prop 40. YES on 42.' Nothing on holdings or Alphabet's results.

Why (overview note)

Quiet night; his Anthropic IPO notes from earlier this week still stand.

Next

Next up for Gerstner: Anthropic's pricing date, the next BG2 episode and Altimeter's 13F filing.

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