Australia

10 statements across 10 episodes · 2 bullish · 6 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Mark McClusky · said 69 times in 39 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Alex Rampell (9), Jennifer Tejada (6), Congressman Mike Gallagher (5), Mark McClusky (4), Sid Gorham (2), Ryan McEntush (2), Martin Casado (2), James Rogers (2)

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2019 40 mentions in 21 episodes 2 per episode
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Everything said about Australia, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
McClusky: US sports leagues will see major changes adopting overseas performance tech
“We're actually really far behind in the U.S. On a lot of this, and so seeing some of the things that have happened in Australia and the U.K. Make their way into major U.S. Team sports, I think we're going to see a lot of changes in NBA, NFL.”
Mark McClusky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 40:15 a16z Podcast | Sports, Tech, and What We Can All Learn from the Latest Performance Science
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Sid Gorham: Australia Operates a Fully Developed Water Rights Trading Market
“If you look at Australia, that's a very Hostile farming environment from a water perspective, and they have a fully developed trading system for water so that if farmer A doesn't use all his water, he can sell it to farmer B through this market.”
Sid Gorham Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:19 a16z Podcast | Data Down on the Farm
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Rampell: Capping Australian interchange fees eliminated rewards cards and increased fees
“Like, so, Australia has interchange at 49 and a half basis points by law, and now, I mean, and this is not me supporting Visa. It's more of, It's very peculiar that you have an industry where when prices go down, consumers can be worse off. In Australia, now t…”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:56 a16z Podcast | The Future of Money and Monetization
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Tejada: Australia's business market lags 10 to 15 years behind the US
“Everything's in like a 10, 15 year time warp from the U.S.”
Jennifer Tejada Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:46 a16z Podcast | Boards, from Both Sides of the Table
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rampell: Capping Australian interchange fees transferred wealth to merchants, not consumers
“And actually, you know, in Australia, where interchange went down dramatically, it's like 50 basis points. Rewards went away. You didn't get your miles anymore. And then it was a giant transfer of wealth from the banks to the merchants, but none of that went b…”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:49 a16z Podcast | The Evolution of Payments
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Reich: Modern populations in Oceania carry 3% to 5% Denisovan DNA
“People in New Guinea and Australia and the Philippines have about three to five percent of their DNA derived from Denisovans, archaic Denisovans who interbred with modern humans as modern humans settled these places.”
David Reich Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:52 a16z Podcast | The Scientific Revolution of Ancient DNA
Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Supported
Ni: Special U.S. treaty visas exist for only five countries
“And we have a lot of trade treaties, but there's only Five countries that you need to be aware of from the immigration setting because those are the treaties that provide for a special visa. So the countries are Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore, and Chile.…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 40:19 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Nov 5, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Non-US Anglosphere nations engage in far more government speech control
“And all four of those other English-speaking countries have, not only do they lack the protections, they have much more government involvement in speech and expression and politics than at least we historically have been willing to tolerate.”
Marc Andreessen Nov 5, 2024 ▶ 51:21 Marc & Ben on AI Policy, Safety, Censorship & Unexpected Risks
Jul 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Caldwell: Mining pump lead times are 30 weeks in Australia versus days in China
“The supply chain for like a new pump in Australia could take, you know, 30 weeks and getting that exact same pump but with a mine in China, it shows up in, you know, a week or three days.”
Turner Caldwell Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 38:25 The U.S. Can’t Build AI Without These Materials
Aug 28, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Casado: US power constraints force startups to deploy GPUs in Mexico and Australia
“By the way, it is so bad that right now if we have new companies going for GPUs, it's often in Mexico or Australia or in other country just because it is so difficult in the United States.”
Martin Casado Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 36:42 Why Top Founders Are Racing Into AI Infrastructure
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