energy

9 statements across 9 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Evan Burfield · across every show →

Everything said about energy, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Burfield: Energy and water startups require regulatory hacking for market entry
“In a lot of sectors like energy or water, you're not going to get market entry without some form of regulatory hacking.”
Evan Burfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:25 a16z Podcast | The Art of the Regulatory Hack
Feb 6, 2023 bearish
Insight
VandeHei: Venture investors seeking 10x returns should avoid media
“If you're an adventure guy or woman, and you're trying to get a 10 X, Get the hell out of media. Go to healthcare, or go to energy, or technology places that you're much more likely to get that kind of return.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 6, 2023 ▶ 2:34 The 4th Estate: How Media is Changing in Washington, D.C.
Mar 13, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Global AI and energy leadership will remain a US-China bipolar dynamic
“So I think by and large, you know, we're looking for sure on AI and then I think probably also in energy, we're probably looking at a primarily a bipolar world for quite a while.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 13, 2024 ▶ 16:04 America Needs More Techno-Optimism, with Marc Andreessen and Tyler Cowen
May 16, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Energy startups, especially nuclear, will capture market over incumbents
“Energy is very likely to go to new companies, particularly in the area of nuclear.”
Ben Horowitz May 16, 2024 ▶ 37:27 AI, Robotics & the Future of Manufacturing
Jul 16, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: German manufacturers are shutting down due to domestic energy shortages
“They're completely dependent on the Russians and they're actually de-industrializing. Like there are plants, you know, there are large German manufacturers who are shutting down right now because they literally Can I get energy?”
Marc Andreessen Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 1:02:40 Trump Vs. Biden: Tech Policy
Apr 23, 2025 negative
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Vance: Building physical world businesses is harder than digital media
“And they know that as hard as it is to build a business in digital media, it's still harder to build one in robotics or life sciences or energy in what we call the world of atoms.”
J.D. Vance Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 9:57 JD Vance on the Future of America
Sep 25, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pachocki: Energy and robotics physical constraints will soon become major AI focuses
“I think more broadly than compute, there is physical constraints of, well, energy, but also like, you know, at some point, not too far, like robotics will become a major focus. And so so I think thinking about like the physical constraints is, is, is going to …”
Jakub Pachocki Sep 25, 2025 ▶ 46:28 From Vibe Coding to Vibe Researching: OpenAI’s Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki
Oct 6, 2025
Assertion Supported
Wang: China's strategic industries are dominated by three state-owned enterprises each
“So all of these upstream strategic industries like telecommunications airlines energy, essentially these are always organized by three giant state-owned companies that control pretty much the entire state of the business.”
Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 20:47 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?
Dec 8, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rao: Computing is currently constrained by energy at a global level
“We're at a point in time where computing is, is, is bound by energy at the global level, which just was never true in all of humanity.”
Naveen Rao Dec 8, 2025 ▶ 5:00 The Chip That Could Unlock AGI.
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