Keith Rabois and Jacob Helberg on The US-China Cold War, The Election, and Silicon Valley

Keith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, and Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), senior advisor at Stanford Cyber, adjunct fellow at CSIS, and formerly of Google, join Erik on this episode. They discuss:- Why the US is indeed in a cold war with China.- The roles of DC and Silicon Valley in this new cold war.- The reasons for the foreign policy establishment’s dovishness on China.- How economic foreign policy became decoupled from national foreign policy.- TikTok, and how tech and geopolitics will intersect in the future.- How the election might play out.- SPACs and how going public will change in the next 12-24 months.- The impact of COVID on valuations in public and private markets.- How COVID impacts remote work and Silicon Valley.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.