America

part of Americas

43 statements across 30 episodes · 20 bullish · 14 bearish · 27 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Michelle You · across every show →

Everything said about America, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Michelle You: London founders naturally build for global markets from day one
“I think in America, I can say it because I'm American, it's really easy to just think that American, America's all there is, because it's dominant force. It's where a lot of, you know, dominant force in culture and technology, and it's easy to just think about…”
Michelle You Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 32:23 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Khanna: US gig workers now outnumber manufacturing workers by millions
“We're at the point now where there are more people, Surviving in the sharing economy, you know, so as, you know, part-time workers, digital workforce, gigonomists, whatever term you want to use, you know, freelancers as a whole, some estimate 30 to forty milli…”
Parag Khanna Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:25 a16z Podcast | Connectivity and the Internet as Supply Chain
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Cowen: Western Europe has higher wealth inequality than the US
“If you look at inequality of wealth rather than income, a lot of Western Europe has higher inequality than America does.”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:00 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Assertion Supported
Brynjolfsson: US startup formation has declined over the past two decades
“There's actually less, fewer startups, less innovation, fewer young firms in America today than there were 10 or 20 years ago.”
Eric Brynjolfsson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 34:54 a16z Podcast | Companies, Networks, Crowds
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Ducey: 94% of America's 38,000 annual traffic deaths stem from human error
“I think we have 38,000 deaths annually in America, 94% of them, due to human error.”
Doug Ducey Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:29 a16z Podcast | Of Governors and Mayors, and Tech Policy
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Ehrensvärd: US prioritizes speed over security, unlike Europe
“Here in America, it's been more about convenience and speed, while Europe has sort of, the convenience and speed is not as important as security.”
Stina Ehrensvärd Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:49 a16z Podcast | The State of Security
Feb 26, 2019
Insight
Dennis Nazarov: Base crypto layers resemble countries while top-layer apps resemble corporations
“And maybe an analogy is the base layer is sort of like a country. It's like, you're a citizen of America. You get to vote and participate in, you know, elections and to decide kind of policy. Taxation policy is the substrate for all economic activity built on …”
Dennis Nazarov Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 19:12 a16z Podcast | Cryptonetworks as Emerging Economies (Done Right?)
Nov 16, 2022
Insight
Balaji Srinivasan: The United States is at minimum a binational state
“America actually is not a single nation. At a minimum, it's binational.”
Balaji Srinivasan Nov 16, 2022 ▶ 14:09 The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan
Mar 1, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
US law mandates free mail-in entries for all paid contests
“So there's this obscure law in America that says that you can enter any competition for free. So you hear on the radio, you can pay to enter, but they always bury in the terms of service that if you mail an obscure letter to an obscure address, you can enter f…”
Joshua Browder Mar 1, 2023 ▶ 3:36 The Robot Lawyer Resistance with Joshua Browder of DoNotPay
Aug 2, 2023 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Dividing America by race is dangerous and unlikely to end peacefully
“This whole idea that we have in America these days that we should divide ourselves by race seems just exceptionally dangerous in that, you know, like maybe it doesn't end in genocide but the chance of it ending in something peaceful and good and unifying is ju…”
Ben Horowitz Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 1:21:35 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Oct 21, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Most US industries operate as government-captured cartels, not free markets
“We don't in America today in most industries actually live in what you call a free market system. We live in more of a captured kind of Big business cartel ecosystem, and you look just across sort of sector after sector after sector, what you see are sort of t…”
Marc Andreessen Oct 21, 2023 ▶ 29:45 Why It's Time to Be A Techno-Optimist
Dec 15, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Neumann: 66% of Americans under 35 rent and spend 33% on rent
“66% of 35 year olds and younger in America, adults, are renters. They spend a third of their income. This is, this number is so big it's hard to comprehend. They 66% of adults in America that are younger than 35 are renters. They spend a third of their income …”
Adam Neumann Dec 15, 2023 ▶ 10:43 Redefining Partnership with Adam Neumann
Feb 8, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Langley: Flock Safety operates in 4,000 cities, solving 2,200 crimes daily
“We're live in just over 4000 cities in America. So that's almost 70% of the population that's covered by flock, and from, ah, efficacy, ah, we solve about 2200 crimes a day, ah, which is just around 10%.”
Garrett Langley Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 10:04 Drones, Data, and Deterrence: Technology's Role in Public Safety
Mar 5, 2024 negative
Prediction Held up
Gallagher: TikTok will not go public in US under ByteDance ownership
“If you are invested in ByteDance, I would assume you want TikTok to go public in America. Ah, that's not gonna happen under the current ownership structure.”
Congressman Mike Gallagher Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 13:34 The China Threat: Silicon Valley and the Great Uncoupling
Mar 5, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Auchincloss: US-China competition is 90% about domestic US policy
“Ultimately, I think in the Sino-American competition, 90% of the questions that matter are about America, not about China.”
Congressman Jake Auchincloss Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 7:27 The China Threat: Silicon Valley and the Great Uncoupling
Mar 18, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Smith: First new US nuclear reactor in 30 years opened in 2023
“In 2023, we saw America's first newly built reactor come online in over three decades.”
Steph Smith Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 1:28 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?
Apr 2, 2024 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Big Tech's political interests diverge from America's national interest
“Big tech has been present in Washington, but big tech's interests are not only very different than kind of startup innovation, innovators' interests, but we think also kind of divergent from America's interest as a whole.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 2, 2024 ▶ 0:05 Politics & the Future of Tech
May 16, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Andreessen: An Operation Warp Speed for manufacturing can make US number one
“I think there's a path here. You might almost call this like a, you know, sort of like an operation warp speed for manufacturing, where you just basically lean hard into this and you say, look, we're gonna be, we, America will once again be the number one manu…”
Marc Andreessen May 16, 2024 ▶ 0:15 AI, Robotics & the Future of Manufacturing
May 20, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Andreessen: Four-year private college total cost is approaching $400,000
“A four-year degree at a private college in America, you know, the tuition, you know, the tuition room and board costs now is pressing up against 400,000 dollars.”
Marc Andreessen May 20, 2024 ▶ 38:34 The Future of the American Dream
Feb 14, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sivulka: United States will maintain global lead in AI
“America, I believe, is so far ahead, and I think that it will continue to be so far ahead and these technologies, you know, every single year are so much exponentially better than the last year that we have the head start, and I think that we'll continue to ha…”
George Sivulka Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 3:52 Reasoning Models Are Remaking Professional Services
Apr 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Vance: One Chinese firm outproduced post-WWII US shipbuilding in 2024
“In fact, one of Beijing's state-owned firms built more commercial ships just last year than all of America has produced since the end of World War II.”
J.D. Vance Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 5:49 JD Vance on the Future of America
Aug 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Aug 2030
Cass: High tariffs and protectionism built historic US industry
“America had very high tariffs and built its domestic industry behind a wall of protectionism. America aggressively restricted immigration. America had quite aggressive industrial policy and so on and so forth.”
Oren Cass Aug 20, 2025 ▶ 9:33 Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs
Aug 20, 2025 positive
Opinion
Smith: Elon Musk is the only entrepreneur to scale US manufacturing
“Who's the only entrepreneur who's been able to successfully scale manufacturing in America, you know, even in the face of international competition, and it's been pretty credible because his supply chains are far more domestically sourced than most manufacture…”
Noah Smith Aug 20, 2025 ▶ 48:12 Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs
Oct 16, 2025 positive
Insight
Rabois: Sustainable GDP Growth, Not Austerity, Will Solve America's Problems
“Growing GDP sustainably, durably, is the way to solve America's problems. Austerity is like a temporary hack, and you're kind of holding everything together and making life painful.”
Keith Rabois Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 9:17 Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE
Nov 3, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: SEC enforcement drove the US crypto industry offshore
“And you know, and there, and as a result of that, basically the whole crypto industry was in the process of moving offshore. And America, I think, was being deprived of this industry of the future.”
David Sacks Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 1:55 Sacks, Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China
Feb 4, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Mares: Combined US Overweight and Obesity Rate Is Nearly 80%
“Given that the average American is overweight, we're looking at almost 80% obesity over rate, overweight rates.”
Justin Mares Feb 4, 2026 ▶ 9:08 How Truemed Is Incentivizing Americans to Invest in Prevention
Mar 12, 2026 positive
Insight
Karp: America's key advantage is empowering neurodivergent and individualistic talent
“And that's how this country, by the way, if we are going to outperform the rest of the world our single advantage is to augment neurodivergent It highly individual people to be their absolutely unique best and protect their first, second, fourth, and fifth ame…”
Alex Karp Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 31:34 Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit
Mar 12, 2026 positive
Opinion
Karp: America Has Restored a Military Deterrent No Other Nation Matches
“It is hard to deny that America is exerting a deterrent capability that was eviscerated. You can like or not like that's different than ignoring. We now have a deterrent capability that no other country appears to have.”
Alex Karp Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 6:12 Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit
Mar 12, 2026 positive
Opinion
Alex Karp: Neither Political Party Wants Technology Eviscerating Fourth Amendment
“Using technologies in the context of eviscerating a fourth amendment rights in America is a, is something left and right in this country actually don't want. It's a caricature to believe that either side wants it.”
Alex Karp Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 20:36 Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit
Mar 12, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Karp: America Will Fail If Wealth Concentrates in Unaligned Tech Elites
“It could go wrong, and it will go wrong if all wealth is going to a small number of people, and those people do not appear to be on side.”
Alex Karp Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 16:04 Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit
Mar 20, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Sankar: Europe created zero €100B companies from scratch in 50 years
“Europe has created exactly zero companies from scratch in the last 50 years worth more than a hundred billion euro. We have created all of our trillion dollar companies from scratch in America in the last 50 years.”
Shyam Sankar Mar 20, 2026 ▶ 34:03 Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z
Mar 20, 2026 negative
Opinion
Sankar: CCP strategy requires American decline alongside Chinese growth
“Part of the challenge with China is it's not enough for the CCP to prosper. America must also fall.”
Shyam Sankar Mar 20, 2026 ▶ 38:40 Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z
Apr 14, 2026 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: America must rebuild its national infrastructure immediately
“America's gotta rebuild its entire infrastructure, like, right now.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 0:00 Ben Horowitz on AI Anxiety, Big Tech Transitions & The Future of Startups | a16z
May 6, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2029
Isaacman: US Will Deploy Nuclear Power in Space Before Term Ends
“I promised him America will get underway in space on nuclear power before the end of his term.”
Jared Isaacman May 6, 2026 ▶ 22:16 NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and The Race to The Moon | Jared Isaacman on The a16z Show
May 6, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2031
Isaacman: NASA astronauts will build President Trump's moon base
“When we return to the moon, America will not look down on the prime lunar real estate while our rivals occupy it. NASA astronauts will be on the surface, building President Trump's moon base, and we will realize the scientific, economic, and national security …”
Jared Isaacman May 6, 2026 ▶ 6:38 NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and The Race to The Moon | Jared Isaacman on The a16z Show
May 6, 2026 bullish
Prediction Held up
Isaacman: Artemis II mission will launch around the Moon in coming weeks
“In the weeks ahead, America will send the brave Artemis II astronauts potentially farther into space than any humans have ever traveled in generations flying around the moon on a ten-day mission to test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft befor…”
Jared Isaacman May 6, 2026 ▶ 1:15 NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and The Race to The Moon | Jared Isaacman on The a16z Show
May 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: No country compares to America in giving people a chance
“There's really been no country in the world that comes close to America at giving people a shot.”
Ben Horowitz May 8, 2026 ▶ 2:32 Ben Horowitz on American Dynamism and the Future of AI | The a16z Show
May 8, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: 70% of Chinese are AI optimists versus under 30% of Americans
“Over 70% of people in China are optimistic about AI, and less than 30% in America were optimistic about AI.”
Ben Horowitz May 8, 2026 ▶ 0:00 Ben Horowitz on American Dynamism and the Future of AI | The a16z Show
May 8, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Ulevitch: Global stability depends on America maintaining its technology dominance
“If America loses its technology edge and its dominance, the entire world will lose as well.”
David Ulevitch May 8, 2026 ▶ 0:32 Ben Horowitz on American Dynamism and the Future of AI | The a16z Show
May 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: American global influence stems from winning industrial revolution through tech
“Why does America have the influence it has today from a military standpoint, from an economic standpoint, from a cultural standpoint? It comes back to, well, we won the industrial revolution and we did that because we had superior technology”
Ben Horowitz May 8, 2026 ▶ 3:11 Ben Horowitz on American Dynamism and the Future of AI | The a16z Show
May 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: American freedoms are protected to a degree unmatched by any nation
“Because of that those, the freedoms that you have in America can, are really, really protected to a degree that they're not in any other country, and they're very hard to lose.”
Ben Horowitz May 8, 2026 ▶ 5:34 Ben Horowitz on American Dynamism and the Future of AI | The a16z Show
Jul 3, 2026 positive
Opinion
Ben Horowitz: America must lead in technology to maintain overall global leadership
“And that means America has to be a leader. It has to be a leader economically. It has to be a leader culturally. It has to be a leader militarily. And to do that, We have to be a leader technologically. We have to be a tech leader.”
Ben Horowitz Jul 3, 2026 ▶ 2:08 Ben Horowitz on the Global Race for Tech, Power, and Influence
Jul 3, 2026 positive
Opinion
Ben Horowitz: America is the best country for resource-poor entrepreneurs
“If you're, drop a person into any country in the world, and they don't have the culture, and they don't have money and capital resources yet, and they just have an idea of how to make the world a better place Their best shot is in America.”
Ben Horowitz Jul 3, 2026 ▶ 1:31 Ben Horowitz on the Global Race for Tech, Power, and Influence
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