Brazil

8 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Ima and Asha Christian · said 64 times in 38 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Angela Strange (13), Ted Sarandos (4), Benedict Evans (4), Sonal Chokshi (3), Olivia Moore (3), Balaji Srinivasan (3), Will Gaybrick (2), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (2)

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2026 14 mentions in 2 episodes 7 per episode
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2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 30 mentions in 22 episodes 1 per episode
2018 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

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Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Five-O has received user interest from the UK, Brazil, and Canada
“We have gotten emails from people in the UK Brazil, and The UK, Brazil, and Canada, saying that this app would be useful where they live.”
Ima and Asha Christian Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:57 a16z Podcast | Three Kids, One App, One Love -- The Five-O Story
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Gebbia: One in Five World Cup Visitors in Brazil Used Airbnb
“Where one out of every five people in Brazil was staying in someone's home on Airbnb.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 35:43 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Evans: Xiaomi Is Expanding to Middle-Income Markets, Not Developed Nations
“Xiaomi is starting to think, but it's starting to go international, but only to middle income markets, only to India and Brazil and places like that, not to develop markets. Much harder for them to come to the USA.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:13 a16z Podcast | Enough with the Old Stuff -- Time for New Questions in Mobile
Dec 20, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Bouaziz: Engineering salaries in Brazil have risen significantly due to remote work
“Brazil, for example, has been an amazing place for talent from an engineering standpoint and salaries have definitely gone up there.”
Alex Bouaziz Dec 20, 2022 ▶ 54:00 Pay Without Borders with Alex Bouaziz (Deel), Darren Murph (GitLab), and Sondre Rasch (Safetywing)
Aug 1, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Balaji Srinivasan: The Atlantic published an article advocating for invading Brazil
“Like, a great example is The Atlantic published this crazy piece calling for invading Brazil because they saw a photo of the Brazilian fires, ok?”
Balaji Srinivasan Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 1:18:10 Tech vs. Media: Balaji Srinivasan on the Battle Shaping Our Future
Aug 27, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Manus hits $90M ARR with top traffic from Brazil and US
“Manus is a great example. They just announced a ninety million annualized run rate. And if you look at their traffic, it's number one Brazil, number two US, and number three China.”
Olivia Moore Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 9:48 The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025
Aug 20, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Strange: a16z invested in Brazilian HR startup Taco, founded by Rappi alumni
“We're investors in a company, Taco, which does sort of payroll, HR workflows across Brazil, but their bigger mission is really cutting down bureaucracy in Brazil. And one of their founders was previously the founder of Rappi teamed up with another Fernando fou…”
Angela Strange Aug 20, 2026 ▶ 17:26 The Opportunity for Global Founders
Aug 20, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vasquez: Brazil accounted for a high share of Cognition's early revenue
“In the cases of really hot companies in Silicon Valley, like Cognition, where their early go-to-market was actually Brazil, and you represent their really high share of the revenue early on, because this, these companies or these enterprises really desire to a…”
Gabriel Vasquez Aug 20, 2026 ▶ 25:11 The Opportunity for Global Founders
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