In this episode, Cathie Wood, CEO and founder of ARK Investment Management joins The Bull of Wall Street to explain why today’s innovation cycle is very different from the late-1990s tech bubble. She breaks down why the reality of technologies like AI, robotics, energy storage, multi-omics, and blockchain is here now, even as investors remain scarred by past manias. Cathie also dives into enterprise AI, Palantir’s role in transforming organizations, how ARK navigates drawdowns by concentrating into highest-conviction names, and what the world could look like in 10 years with autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots, and a fully financialized digital world.

What you’ll learn:

• Why the late-1990s tech bubble “came too early” and why this time the tech is actually ready
• How AWS, deep learning, and transformer models set the stage for today’s AI wave
• Why Cathie believes we’re closer to “1995 than 2000” in the AI adoption cycle
• How enterprise AI (and Palantir’s ontology layer) may disrupt traditional consulting and SaaS
• How ARK responds when innovation stocks sell off: concentration, scoring, and thesis risk
• Which incumbents are most vulnerable to disruption in software, banking, transportation, and healthcare
• How AI, digital assets, and quantum computing intersect — and what that means for Bitcoin
• Cathie’s 10-year vision: robotaxis, air taxis, Mars robots, healthspan breakthroughs, and a bigger digital economy

Chapters: 

01:07 – Cathie’s journey: from AllianceBernstein to ARK and the seeds of today’s tech

04:35 – Why this isn’t the 1990s all over again: costs, readiness, and investor scar tissue

07:04 – AI in the real world: consumer adoption, enterprise bottlenecks & Palantir’s ontology

13:11 – Navigating drawdowns: ARK’s scoring system, high-conviction names, and crypto exposure

17:35 – Managing critics, staying focused on original research, and being a hedge to value traps

21:25 – Disruption ahead: SaaS, banks, rails, pharma/biotech, and the shift from “sick care” to healthcare

25:46 – Digital assets, quantum risk, and why AI may invest more capital than quantum (for now)

28:45 – Cathie’s 10-year outlook: autonomy everywhere, space infrastructure, humanoid robots & the future of work

Guest: Cathie Wood, CEO & Founder, ARK Investment Management

Hosts: Jimmy Lee (CEO & Founder, WCG), Jim Worden (Chief Investment Officer, WCG), and Talley Leger (Chief Market Strategist, WCG)

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