Garry Tan
14 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 11, 2026 by Garry Tan · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Aug 11, 2026 bearish
Garry Tan: AI startups will not replace incumbent giants like Microsoft
“There are real motes to these things. Like, there are structural reasons why a Microsoft isn't going anywhere. And then, I guess, This is sort of a little antithetical to what most, you know, most people in Silicon Valley would say, like, I want to start up to…”
Aug 11, 2026 neutral
Garry Tan: Founders should pursue unique interests instead of asking what's hot
“The classic Question I'm sure you get that, you know, all investors get all the time is what's hot and what should I work on? And that's the wrong question to ask. Like the right question is like, what are you interested in? What do you know uniquely?”
Aug 11, 2026 positive
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Aug 11, 2026
Tan: Founders should avoid following the crowd when sectors are declared dead
“And then you shouldn't follow what the crowd is saying, right? Like, at that moment, people said the web was dead, but that was sort of the perfect time to work on web and social and things like that and, you know, I didn't do it.”
Aug 11, 2026 negative
Tan: Turning down early Palantir offer was a $2B to $4B mistake
“Peter said, I'm so sure this is the right thing for you. Like, here's a check for 70 grand. That was how much I made at Microsoft at the time. And I said, thank you very much, Mr. Thiel, but I might get promoted to level 60 this year. Which I did, but I think …”
Aug 11, 2026 positive
Aug 11, 2026 neutral
Garry Tan: Existing institutions are constrained by human working memory limits
“And so the whole world, like all business, all things that people rely on, government especially is basically still built on a world that is predicated by human beings, limited human beings that can only keep seven plus or minus two things in their head.”
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Aug 11, 2026 bullish
Aug 11, 2026 positive
Garry Tan: Full societal and corporate adoption of AI will take 20 years
“So I think that, you know, the white pill to me is like, it's gonna be 20 years, and that's not a bad thing. That's actually a good thing. Yes. Like, society is way slower than you think. Government is way slower than you think. Every company in the world is w…”