David Sacks
David Sacks is an All-In co-host, tech founder and investor whose conversations range from startups and markets to AI, crypto and public policy.
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Overview
- Known for
- Co-hosting All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis and David Friedberg.
- Tech beginnings
- Joined PayPal in 1999 as its first product leader, later becoming COO.
- Founder milestone
- Founded Yammer in 2008; Microsoft announced its $1.2 billion acquisition in 2012.
- Education
- BA in economics from Stanford University and JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
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How it started.
Before the microphone, Sacks built software businesses. He entered tech at PayPal in 1999 as its first product leader and later served as COO. In 2008 he founded Yammer, bringing social-network-style communication into the workplace.
Building and investing.
Microsoft announced its $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer in June 2012. Sacks later founded Craft Ventures. His firm’s biography lists early investments in companies including Airbnb, Facebook, SpaceX and Uber.
From poker table to podcast.
All-In began during the pandemic, when four friends could no longer meet for their weekly poker game. Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis and David Friedberg turned those conversations into a show about business, technology and society. The show’s own site calls Sacks “The Rainman.”
Beyond tech.
Sacks also produced Thank You for Smoking, the Jason Reitman film starring Aaron Eckhart. His public work later expanded into federal technology policy, including an AI and crypto advisory role announced in December 2024.
Creditschronological, newest first
Podcasts
- 2020–presentAll-InCo-host
Film
- 2006Thank You for SmokingProducer
Awards
Quotes
We had a vision for how social networking could fundamentally change the way that we work.David Sacks, Microsoft acquisition press conference, June 25, 2012
Discussing the idea behind Yammer. Transcript: https://news.microsoft.com/speeches/steve-ballmer-david-sacks-and-kurt-delbene-press-conference-on-microsofts-acquisition-of-yammer/
Trivia
- All-In grew out of a weekly poker game interrupted by the pandemic.
- The All-In website introduces Sacks as “The Rainman.”
- His film-producing credit appears as David O Sacks.
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