Jason Calacanis is the host of the popular technology podcast "All-In," entreprenuer, angel investor, and author. He is the founder of Weblogs, a publishing company that was acquired by AOL in 2005, and was an early investor in Uber, Robinhood, Trello, and Wealthfront.

Dave Rubin is a political commentator and the creator and host of The Rubin Report, a political talk show on YouTube and on the network BlazeTV.

Joe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded companies including Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and OpenGov, and co-founded and serves as the managing partner at the technology investment firm 8VC.

Jeff Yass is the co-founder and managing director of the Philadelphia-based trading firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and is currently the 25th wealthiest person in the world. He is a registered Libertarian who gives money to conservative super-PACs including Club for Growth Action and the Protect Freedom Political Action Committee.

Jacob Hornstein is a writer and political philosophy student at the University of Austin. His words have been featured in National Review, The Hill, WSJ, Tablet, NY Sun, and in his substack, Virtú & Variant, which focuses on politics, genetics, and history.

Clara E. Mattei is an Italian economist and academic, specializing in the history of capitalism and the interplay between economic theories and technocratic policymaking. Since February 2025, she has served as Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Phillip Magness is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy. He has served as Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and as Academic Program Director at the Institute for Humane Studies and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. from George Mason University’s School of Public Policy.

Peter Boghossian is an American philosopher and college professor. He was an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University for ten years, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism, and the Socratic method. He is the author of "A Manual for Creating Atheists", and (with James A. Lindsay) of "How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide."

McKenna Conlin is the Vice President of the Austin Union and a member of the University of Austin’s inaugural class. She was a former follower of the New Atheism movement and has facilitated Boghossian’s Spectrum Street Epistemology for students at the Union. She studies political science and data science.

Edward Luttwak is a strategist and historian famous for books including Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook and The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy. He has previously served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Michael Doran is senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute. He previously served as a senior director in the National Security Council and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.

Curtis Yarvin is a philosopher and founder of the Neo-Reactionary Movement (NRx). He has been cited as an influence by major figures including Vice President J.D. Vance, Venture Capitalist Marc Andreessen and political strategist Steve Bannon.

Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. He has previously written for publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, National Review, and Newsweek, and has filed more than five hundred amicus curiae briefs before the Supreme Court.

Jordan ("DJ Swivel") Young is a Grammy award winning producer, mixer, and songwriter. He has previously worked with artists including Beyonce, the Chainsmokers, Jay Z, and Rihanna. He is the founder and CEO of Hooky, an AI-powered music startup.

Ben Crocker is University Dean at UATX, a musician and conductor. Ben has lectured and guest conducted at the University of Sydney and recorded for nationwide radio broadcast at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His columns have been published by The Spectator, The Federalist, and Australia’s Quadrant magazine.

Jack Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. He founded and edits the blog Balkinization, and has written for publications including The New York Times, the Washington Post, the New England Journal of Medicine, the American Prospect, the Atlantic, Washington Monthly, the New Republic, and Slate.

Akhil Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. He clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer and has written for publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and The Atlantic. Copies of his latest book, The Words That Made Us, will be made available to attendees.