The best moments from MTS on May 5, 2026: Dean Ball on the Trump administration's shift toward reviewing frontier AI models before release and what a workable government eval regime looks like, Harley Finkelstein on Shopify's Q1 earnings and the discipline of running a 100-year company, Jeff Morris Jr. on treating venture capital as a product and the flight to quality across software, and WallStreetBets on GameStop's bid for eBay and what it signals about meme markets in 2026.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Dean Ball

(22:13) - Harley Finkelstein on Shopify's Q1 Earnings

(33:30) - Jeff Morris Jr. and Dana Bryce

(52:25) - WallStreetBets on GameStop's bid for eBay

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Best Of 5/5/26 | White House AI Policy, Shopify Earnings, GameStop Bid for eBay

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Best Of 5/5/26 | White House AI Policy, Shopify Earnings, GameStop Bid for eBay