big tech companies

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 5 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Fred Wilson · across every show →

Everything said about big tech companies, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wilson: Big tech won't be significantly disrupted by AI
“I don't think that they were disrupted very much by the shift from web to mobile, and I don't think they're going to be disrupted very much by the adoption of AI power software.”
Fred Wilson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:46 a16z Podcast | Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet 'Disruption'
Apr 24, 2024 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Big tech HR drives political and social agenda
“At a lot of companies, including a lot of big tech companies, it's HR has a charter to basically drive political and social change and enforce that change. Very broadly inside the organization, right?”
Marc Andreessen Apr 24, 2024 ▶ 1:01:04 Startup Building: Major Shifts in Tech & Culture
Jun 28, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Big tech is lobbying to eliminate open-source AI in universities
“They're not only underfunded to do AI, but the, there's a push among the big tech companies to Enact legislation that would essentially outlaw AI in universities by eliminating open source.”
Ben Horowitz Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 17:11 Marc Andreessen on Inventing The Internet Browser (How We all Access the Internet)
Jan 3, 2025 negative
Insight
Midha: Holding model developers liable for misuse entrenches big tech incumbents
“Essentially forces most startups to lose much needed ground to big tech companies, and that entrenches incumbents more.”
Anjney Midha Jan 3, 2025 ▶ 15:31 AI Is Becoming a Regional Race
Jan 26, 2026
Assertion Supported
George: Big tech annual capex run-rate has reached $400 billion
“Because I think just the big tech companies in their latest quarter, if you run rate their capex from the latest quarter I think it's like four hundred billion dollars of annual capex. And most of that is going into AI.”
David George Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 1:54 The Biggest Bottlenecks For AI: Energy & Cooling
May 11, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Andreessen claims big tech companies directly funded the SPLC
“Many of the big corporations and including big tech companies funded it directly.”
Marc Andreessen May 11, 2026 ▶ 10:00 Marc Andreessen’s Worldview in 60 Minutes | Live on MTS
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