Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn and a leading voice in AI innovation. He’s out with a new book, Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future? Hoffman joins Preet to discuss how he thinks AI can help us be more human, why DeepSeek had Silicon Valley in a frenzy, and Hoffman’s latest venture: using AI to cure cancer. 

Plus, Preet breaks down why over a dozen FBI agents are suing the Trump administration, how to be a public servant in the Trump era, and why going to law school is still a good idea.

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Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Editorial Producer: Noa Azulai; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Deputy Editor: Celine Rohr; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producers: Matthew Billy and Nat Weiner.

REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: 

THE INTERVIEW:

• Reid Hoffman, “Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future?,” Authors Equity, 1/28/25
• “Reid Hoffman Raises $24.6 Million for AI Cancer-Research Startup,” WSJ, 1/27/25

Q&A:

• “F.B.I. Agents Ask Court to Bar Trump Team From Disclosing Their Names,” NYT, 2/4/25