The Minutes of David Sacks on china https://minutesof.com/david-sacks/on/china/ Everything David Sacks has said on China: 6 verbatim quotes between May 2020 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:13 +0000 Sacks recounts Dario's argument that having thousands of AI agents versus China's dozens would ensure US domin https://minutesof.com/q/2b83c415-855e-4002-9764-5328191bb619/ https://minutesof.com/q/2b83c415-855e-4002-9764-5328191bb619/ “And if we have thousands or millions of those and China has only dozens or a 100, whatever, then we're going to win everything.” — All-In Podcast Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:30:25 +0000 china Sacks says people would have been surprised a Chinese company released the second reasoning model after OpenAI https://minutesof.com/q/62b103f6-6774-4c42-9053-300c3f5ea97c/ https://minutesof.com/q/62b103f6-6774-4c42-9053-300c3f5ea97c/ “if you had said to people a few weeks ago that the second company to release a reasoning model along the lines of o one would be a Chinese company, I think people would have been surprised by that.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:52:00 +0000 china Sacks says DeepSeek moved perceptions of China's AI lag from six-to-twelve months to three-to-six months. https://minutesof.com/q/46422149-e63f-4853-92d5-12d0d475bfb0/ https://minutesof.com/q/46422149-e63f-4853-92d5-12d0d475bfb0/ “if you had asked most people in the industry a few weeks ago how far behind is China on AI models, they would say six to twelve months.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:52:00 +0000 china Sacks argues open-sourcing makes strategic sense for DeepSeek as a Chinese company trying to catch up. https://minutesof.com/q/9fa7ca82-6d26-4877-b86a-cb19e2e279d5/ https://minutesof.com/q/9fa7ca82-6d26-4877-b86a-cb19e2e279d5/ “And so if you're if you're behind and you're trying to catch up, then open source is a strategy that actually really makes sense for you.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:52:00 +0000 china Sacks predicts China decoupling will become a bipartisan issue in the 2020 election. https://minutesof.com/q/2794d0c8-58ec-4ba7-b168-a7693229ea3e/ https://minutesof.com/q/2794d0c8-58ec-4ba7-b168-a7693229ea3e/ “Decoupling from China is gonna be a bipartisan issue now. I think both candidates now will be well, Trump is gonna is gonna run blaming China for for what happened,” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:17:29 +0000 china Sacks argues the US should not depend on China for antibiotics, medicines, or PPE critical to survival. https://minutesof.com/q/f416bfb9-09c1-4837-a356-39fe7d021aac/ https://minutesof.com/q/f416bfb9-09c1-4837-a356-39fe7d021aac/ “It doesn't really make sense for us to be dependent on China for our antibiotics, for our medicines, for our PPE, for any of these products that are important for national survival.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:17:29 +0000 china