There are three princes in the autonomous taxi race: Google’s Waymo, Tesla, and Amazon’s Zoox. But who will win and claim the crown? All the smartest investors want to know.

Luckily for them, this week Derek Reilly drops by Stock Club, fresh off the CES trade show, where he saw the latest self-driving tech.

Derek believes Waymo is the gold standard, having achieved Level 4 autonomy thanks to its use of lidar, radar, cameras, and sophisticated mapping. With its expansion focused on dense urban areas, he thinks adoption will look like a hockey stick. But hot on its heels is Zoox, Amazon’s purpose-built autonomous vehicle (imagine a fridge on wheels).

While Tesla may have been first to market, Derek feels its decision to forgo lidar could undermine its safety and performance. Skipping lidar may have made its system cheaper, easier to scale, and sleeker in design—but using multiple sensors helps ensure performance regardless of conditions.

When it comes to seeing any of these providers on the streets of Ireland, it will likely be a few years yet. The United States is an easier testing ground, with standardized road signs and lenient regulations. The same cannot be said for the EU.

Beyond taxis, NVIDIA’s “Alpamayo” chip could help all car manufacturers work toward autonomy, making it a compelling pick-and-shovel play in the space. But telling someone NVIDIA is a great stock isn’t exactly breaking news.

Derek does highlight, however, a slew of autonomous-driving stocks focused on software, processors, data storage, and lidar sensors—for those looking for names outside the Magnificent Seven.

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00:00 Intro04:33 Autonomous Driving 10106:27 Why Waymo Leads13:13 NVIDIA’s ‘AlphaMayo’16:48 Tesla FSD Debate22:56 Zooxs33:44 Beyond Robotaxis: Where Autonomous is Going38:32 Pick-and-Shovel Stock Plays

Salesforce, Workday, HubSpot, Atlassian, ServiceNow, Adobe, and more are all down in the dumps.

Is the age of B2B software supremacy at an end?

Long favored for their revenue growth and strong margin profiles, many of these stocks have benefited from (and struggled with) lofty valuations. But AI—and the advent of “vibe coding”—is putting their moats under threat, so Mike and Emmet dig in to determine which software giants are oversold and which may be entering terminal decline.

The one thing they agree on: being mission-critical makes all the difference.

Software that provides systems of record, essential workflows, or cybersecurity is unlikely to be disrupted by internal tools built with Claude Code. As Emmet puts it, “outsiders are confusing creation with responsibility.” Most large organizations have complex, layered tech stacks that must be consistently maintained and cannot be readily replaced. It’s far more likely that existing providers will add AI capabilities. This argument has made CrowdStrike, Adobe, and Atlassian appealing to Emmet.

Beyond this, Mike believes software specialists creating tools for tight verticals and peculiar niches are unlikely to be upended by AI newcomers, as their markets are too small to attract meaningful attention. This has kept Constellation Software on his watchlist.

However, both agree that non-essential business software, like Notion or Typeform, could be on the chopping block.

We wrap with an edition of Follow Prophet.

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00:00 Intro03:52 The SaaS Apocalypse09:37 Mission Critical Software: Winners and Losers25:33 Switching Costs: The Underappreciated Moat28:28 Vertical Software and Niche Markets35:12 Resilient Software Companies49:55 Follow Prophet

This week, Emmet is joined by a legend in financial publishing, Porter Stansberry. Porter is a master at recognizing and managing financial risk—and educating the public along the way. He even delivered positive returns during the 2008 financial crisis.

Porter shares his bull and bear case for America, weighing freedom of opportunity against excessive borrowing. He’s wary of U.S. Treasuries and worries the country could face a technical default similar to those in 1933 and 1971. He also outlines his views on the A.I. bubble, drawing lessons from the Dot-Com era.

Tune in to hear why Porter believes corporate spinoffs are underappreciated investments, the role of gold in your portfolio, and which psychological traits differentiate successful investors.

We wrap up with Buy, Hold, or Sell and an edition of Desert Island Stocks.

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00:00 Intro

04:56 The Bull and Bear Case for America12:23 Navigating the AI Investment Landscape17:00 The Value of Corporate Spinoffs22:08 Psychological Traits of Successful Investors24:23 Investing in Essential Services31:39 Quickfire Round: Buy, Hold, or Sell36:30 Desert Island Stocks