My conversation with Dan Sundheim (
@dsundheim).
He is the founder and CIO of D1 Capital Partners, which manages over $30B across public and private markets.
There's no one as passionate about investing as Dan.
We had a really wide-ranging conversation and discuss:
- Public vs. private markets in 2026
- Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX
- How Dario reminds him of Jeff Bezos
- The future of hyperscalers
- The software selloff and what comes next
- GameStop and the LP dinner that followed
- China vs. US: the risk of Taiwan
Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Public vs. Private Markets
9:10 LLMs as a Business Model
23:23 The Future of Hyperscalers
27:45 AI's Impact on Traditional Software
36:31 Surviving the GameStop Short Squeeze
49:54 Big Private Bets: Rivian and SpaceX
54:26 The Art of Short Selling
1:04:28 Early Career
1:17:11 Geopolitics and the Semiconductor Collision Course
1:22:05 Traits of Great Leadership
1:23:20 The Kindest Thing