you invested in interest. -- pinterest. kevin: paypal, airbnb, pinterest, uber.ood hit record. what's your secret? kevin: what's my secret? again, i'm just looking for really talented people that look at the world in a different way and are so impassioned about what they do and want to have a positive impact on the world. emily: i think you said something like you met with 900 companies your first year? kevin: i think it was 951 companies. emily: wow. you met with 951 companies in one year. that's dedication. kevin: obviously we didn't fund most of those companies, but i think what's exciting about this period is that the capital available is a wide variety, whether it is synthetic proteins, space travel, this is an incredible period to build and really impact society. emily: so, how did you end up going with founders fund, which is one of the more controversial funds? peter thiel known for his support of donald trump, but also investing in very out of this world ideas. why did you choose that? kevin: i knew peter while at stanford university. i was involved in s

. >> the pinterest perfect mom. >> i am not the mom when your child comes over for a play date. >> wear not going to do crafts. >> i'll make sure they don't die. >> i wish i had a door that had all the tupperware for their lumpblz instead of every morning being where are they. >> i'm feeling bad because my missus is that mom. she's pretty ninja. >> i'm not the mom who looked well dressed at any school junction. one day i'd like to grow up and get out of leggings. i'm not making them make their beds because i don't make their beds. >> they are me. i'm that kind of mom. >> wow, i feel so disconnected. >> it's tough, man. social media changed the game. back in the day you just had to keep your children alive and now you have to get this injection, that injection, make sure they're dressed like this, don't give them too much screen time but make sure they have a little bit. >> we're just moms who make it through the day. >> we're barely hanging on by a thread not sure what is cooking for dinner, not sure who is going on a play date, we're just not the moms. >> i like the cat and nat mom sty

one of the biggest venture capital firms in new york with investments in airbnb, chapa five and pinterestwe will talk about new york versus silicon valley. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio or the app. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ been covering all angles of the unprecedented testimony of mark zuckerberg in washington the last couple days. since the cambridge analytical scandal broke, it has put serious pressure on facebook stocks, wiping out gains in 2018. they recovered a little over the last couple days. what about the private market? here to discuss that and more, we're joined by managing director at -- obviously i know these are different worlds, but how have you been watching what has been going on with facebook and rising concerns about user privacy and user control over how they interact with technology? guest: of course we're watching it very carefully. sentimenti think the in the public market mirrors a very much the private market. yesterday i think people were pleasantly surprised that mark was able to handle the scrutiny yesterday and held his own and he saw tha

year, because of a tippo and an amazon data center and a bunch much websites went down including pinteresties and exchange commission. it is a dangerous thing to award a contract over a vital resource over to just one computer. they spread to split it and so jeff is not the sole guy in charge. >> tucker: a company that has relationships with foreign governments. this seems nut and why would the pentagon do this? >> it is like a bad movie plot. what is the first thing you are going to do when you get in to a war with the united states. undermine the pentagon's ability to access the data and if it is just amazon ws it is easier to do than than if you have multiple stores of supplies. i am not sure what the pentagon is thinking and there is power centers that are thinking about this. and they might think that if you awarded one company they will have the best security and if there is penetration of one security barrier, all of your eggs are in one basket. and there is different arguments why you would award it to one country. >> has any company had more power than the history of any other cou

investments in airbnb, shop if i and pinterest.ll talk about the investment climate in new york versus silicon valley. with a partner at the firm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: apple is launching two versions of the iphone 8, the second year in a row it has rolled out a new version. yearis the second red have rolled out a version. the new color option could boost sales of the overshadowed iphone line, part of the product red initiative, which donates a percentage of sales to fight hiv and aids. we have been covering all the angles of the unprecedented testimony of mark zuckerberg in washington over the last two days. since the cambridge analytica data scandal broke, it has put serious pressure on facebook stock, wiping out its gains in 2018. but what about investor sentiment in the private market? we discussed. >> i think the sentiment in the public market mirrors very much the private market. yes, yesterday people were pleasantly surprised that mark zuckerberg was able to handle the scrutiny and held his own. you saw that in the p

typo in an amazon data center, a whole bunch of websites, 150,000 websites went on, including d pinterestrities and exchange commission. it is a really dangerous thing to award a contract over such a vital resource to one company. the pentagon needs to split this among multiple cloud computing' companies. >> tucker: a company that has relationships with foreign governmentss that we don't fully understand, as you pointed out. this seems nuts. why would we do this? why would the pentagon do this? >> it's like a bad movie plot or something like that. what is the first thing you're going to do if you get into a war withet united states states? you would undermine the pentagon's ability to access its data. if there is only one provider of data, if it's a just amazon, its much easier to do that than if you have multiple sources of supply. it is just basic national security strategy. i am not exactly sure what the pentagon is thinking. i think they are probably multiple power centers that are thinking about this. they might believe that ifif you award it all to one company, they will have the be

well there are five social networks in the world facebook gangs two of them pinterest doesn't even truly consider themselves a social network so that takes it down the four. so actually facebook three if you include whatsapp so i mean facebook's in a really strong position and consumers go where our users social network users go where their friends are so as long as you know people support the platform and feel truck they feel like they can trust the platform i think facebook will continue to thrive wall street to know that i mean the stock price was rising while he was talking so it was kind of amazing thank you very much mark douglas the daughter of a former russian spy is being discharged from hospital in britain as she recovers from being poisoned yearly or scruple has been taken to a secure location but russia's embassy in london says any plans to resettle her and her father surrogate will be seen as quote an abduction of its citizens britain and its allies blame moscow for the nerve agent attack on march the fourth which the kremlin denies it is cripple remains in hospital we have

we now know that russian agent little used facebook, twitter, google, youtube even pinterest -- [laughter] i still am trying to figure that one out. but they use these very well traffic sited to place targeted attack ads and negative stories intended not only to hurt me but more importantly and lastingly to fan flame of division within our society. they pose as americans prepgding to be gun rights and black lives act vision and held phony demonstrations. mow, the russian disinformation campaign was successful in part because america's natural defense worn down by powerful interest that want to make it harder for us to distinguish between fact and fiction and abetted to some degree by the way politics has been covered. we are lifing through an all out war on truth, facts, and reason. when leaders deny things we can see with our own eyes like the size of a crowd at inauguration -- [applause] or -- when they refuse to accept settled science when it comes to urgent challenges like climate change, it's not just frustrating to those of us who try to live in a -- fact based universe. it is the b

they're not the only ones doing this they name check a number of other countries saying linkedin and pinterestlso have like and share buttons. they mention google, amazon, twitter, saying they also do similar things so it was interesting that they were saying, hey, we may be the ones under scrutiny here but we're not the only ones. >> to me, julia, this is just like, i don't know how regulators are going to wrap their arms around any of this. there's so many different issues relating to privacy and data sharing. >> so many different things. >> it's like where do you even begin? >> you know that if you log into an app through facebook, you're electing to do it that way you're electing to use facebook as your filter for that app. you know if you're going to "the new york times" and sharing it on facebook, facebook is going to get that information. so some of this stuff is more obvious than others. but people may not be aware of the fact that a lot of these apps use facebook as a partner to help them run their own businesses >> all right the third story here, julia, netflix ceo reed hastings goin

. >> pinterest. >> there's still in a way nothing like our show.00 in each room. we really don't know if the homeowners are going to like it. there's a lot of fantasy designed television out there but people don't have $450,000. >> i need to talk to the new kids on the block. so what is it like dealing with these crazies honestly? >> honestly for me it was like walking into a new school, like high school, and trying to sit at the table with the cool kids. and i just don't want to drop my tray, you know. they have been great, though. >> it's like getting adopted into a highly dysfunctional family. that's what it's really like. >> pretty much. >> lots of love, just lots of craziness and madness and hazing and jokes. >> i can't tell you how happy people are that you're back, obviously by those 10 million views. >> that's the first i've heard of that. >> we're going to put you to the test. when we come back, the crew will share some of their favorite diy tips with all of us. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per