data

15 statements across 14 episodes · 5 bullish · 5 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Jul 26, 2018 by Chris Dixon · across every show →

Everything said about data, oldest first

Jul 26, 2018 bullish
Insight
Dixon: Data is the key scarce resource for AI systems
“The, you know, the really valuable thing that people have that, that, that need for these to create AI systems is they need algorithms, they need computers, but they also need data. And data is really kind of the scarce resource.”
Chris Dixon Jul 26, 2018 ▶ 14:00 Crypto and Decentralization: Building Blocks
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Ashatosh: Data differs from compute because it has a long lifecycle
“Well, we, the, unlike compute, unlike networking, data is a very different beast. Data has a life cycle. Data has a long tail. It doesn't just appear and then disappear.”
Ash Ashatosh Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:03 a16z Podcast | Why Every Business is in the Data Business
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Pure algorithm companies struggle to build value without proprietary data
“If you are an algorithm company, It's very, very hard to build any kind of value because somebody else comes up with a marginally better algorithm. So you need to pair the algorithm with the data.”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:10 a16z Podcast | Data Network Effects
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Casado: The AI infrastructure layer will eventually become free
“One thing which is different than IT and industry in the past is it seems pretty clear because the value is in data, and because the value is in optimization, that the infrastructure layer will be free.”
Martin Casado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:30 a16z Podcast | AI, from 'Toy' Problems to Practical Application
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levine: Individuals will control and monetize personal data via open markets
“And so, I think there will be a lot of cases where data becomes the purview of each individual, And we will choose how we want to go dispense it, and I think in certain cases, our data and what we produce will become valuable to consumers, and there'll be a ma…”
Peter Levine Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:37 a16z Podcast | The End (and Beginning) of Programming
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levine: Non-technical domain experts manipulating data will be the next programmers
“By using data, and having folks optimize the data, they actually become the next generation of programmers. They're not trained as programmers. They won't even know what a program really is. They're all manipulating data in the context by which they are famili…”
Peter Levine Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:06 a16z Podcast | The End (and Beginning) of Programming
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Dixon: Data is the true scarce resource required for AI
“The, you know, the really valuable thing that people have that, that, that need for these, to create AI systems is they need algorithms, they need computers, but they also need data, and data is really kind of the scarce resource.”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:51 a16z Podcast | Cryptonetworks and Decentralization -- Building Blocks
Aug 29, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dixon: Three or four tech giants will control all AI training data
“And it's very likely in the current trajectory that we're going to end up with three or four companies that control all this data.”
Chris Dixon Aug 29, 2019 ▶ 14:05 Social Networking in 2030: How Could Crypto Change Things?
Jul 13, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gaskins: NIL rights will expand to include athlete data (NILD)
“I've been advocating that it's, at some point, it's gonna be NILD. And the D stands for data.”
Que Gaskins Jul 13, 2023 ▶ 40:56 More Than a Game: Why Are We Obsessed With Sports?
Jan 4, 2024
Insight
Duffy: AI Models Are Commodities; Proprietary Data Is The True Differentiator
“Cause I mean, you know, at the end of the day, like, you know, these models are more or less commodities. It's what feeds them. That's important.”
Sean Duffy Jan 4, 2024 ▶ 11:20 Fireside Chat with Sean Duffy
Jun 19, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Boschwitz: Brand, high-trust workflows, and data are top moats in 10 years
“So my hot take is the most defensible things 10 years from now will be your brand, workflows that require high trust and data.”
Emily Boschwitz Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 13:44 Inside a Billion Dollar Company Using AI to Supercharge Marketing & Sales
Nov 6, 2025
Insight
Zuckerberg: GPUs are zero-sum resources, but scientific data is not
“The GPUs are somewhat zero-sum, right? So the data isn't.”
Mark Zuckerberg Nov 6, 2025 ▶ 40:21 Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan: How AI Will Cure All Disease
Mar 13, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael: DOD has massive repositories of siloed, unused data
“We have a huge repositories of data at the department that's sitting there siloed unused.”
Emil Michael Mar 13, 2026 ▶ 8:13 Emil Michael: The Department of War Is Moving Faster Than Silicon Valley on AI | The a16z Show
Sep 4, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Fei-Fei Li: The biggest problem in robotics is data, not chips yet
“We should zoom out and recognize the biggest problem right now in robotics is actually data. One day it'll be chips, but for now it's data.”
Fei-Fei Li Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 30:50 Why Fei-Fei Li Is Betting on Spatial Intelligence
Sep 9, 2026 negative
Opinion
Chi: AI data vendors create gimmick benchmarks to sell data
“And actually a lot of that industry has now Built these gimmick style benchmarks as a mechanism to sell their data. And so that, that's become kind of their go-to-market as well.”
Ryan Chi Sep 9, 2026 ▶ 9:15 Inside the Race to Measure Frontier Intelligence
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