Grok

includes Grok Imagine, Grok 4, Grok 3, Grok 4.6, Grok Companions

15 statements across 13 episodes · 13 bullish · 1 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Oct 22, 2024 by Marc Andreessen · said 93 times in 27 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Justine Moore (23), David George (14), Anish Acharya (14), Olivia Moore (9), Gavin Baker (7), Ben Horowitz (7), Marc Andreessen (6), Balaji Srinivasan (4)

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2025 59 mentions in 19 episodes 3 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Grok, oldest first

Oct 22, 2024 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Major commercial AI models are heavily shackled and hobbled
“The, large language models you know, like ChatGPT from the big labs from the big companies they basically all have in common. Grok is a little bit more liberated, but with the other ones that people use, all have in common is they, they've been like, just like…”
Marc Andreessen Oct 22, 2024 ▶ 5:00 Truth Terminal - The AI Bot That Became a Crypto Millionaire
Feb 28, 2025 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Feb 2028
Ian Webster: xAI's Grok shows lowest censorship on Chinese political topics
“And then this is probably not surprising, but there's, there is one large foundation model that does especially well on the censorship benchmark, which is Grok from XAI is, is like a relatively free model. When it comes to the sensitive Chinese political topic…”
Ian Webster Feb 28, 2025 ▶ 11:46 How to use DeepSeek safely
Jul 28, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Balaji Srinivasan makes decisions by having multiple AI models debate memos
“I will write sometimes these long memos to an AI, and then continuing, I know maybe you don't love this analogy, but I think it's funny. Continuing the Polytechnology, I'll give them to Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, ok? So I'll give them to Chachi Bti and Claude,…”
Balaji Srinivasan Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 27:09 Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money
Aug 27, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
xAI's Grok debuts at number four on top AI web apps list
“And Grok debuted, actually, in the top five at number four on the web list.”
Olivia Moore Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 21:28 The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025
Aug 27, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Moore predicts multiple standalone AI-native social platforms will emerge
“I personally think there's gonna be at least one probably multiple separate ones, and honestly, Grok is, is sort of kind of making a case there and being a social platform.”
Justine Moore Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 24:22 The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025
Sep 9, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mark Cuban says Grok works well except on Elon Musk's pet topics
“If you go on X and you use Grok, it almost always, unless it's something that Elon is, is individually interested in, it comes up with a legitimate answer.”
Mark Cuban Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 7:55 Mark Cuban on the NBA, Cost Plus Drugs, and How to Fix Politics
Sep 10, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Acharya: AI consumer software is commanding unprecedented $300 monthly pricing
“Google's top SKU is 250 a month. Grox is 300 a month. I don't think we've ever seen a time where consumers were paying those kinds of prices.”
Anish Acharya Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 11:29 Chris Dixon on How to Build Networks, Movements, and AI-Native Products
Sep 27, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Lazzarin prompts ChatGPT, Anthropic, and Grok simultaneously for medical queries
“To be honest, I'll send the same thing to ChatGPT, Anthropic, and Grok at the same time, force them to fight against each other and then end up with just kind of a list of interesting sources that I put in front of the doctor.”
Eddie Lazzarin Sep 27, 2025 ▶ 17:30 The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1
Oct 22, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Acharya: Consumers are paying up to $300 monthly for AI subscriptions
“The top chat GPT SKU is 200 a month. The top Gemini SKU Google Ultra is two 50. And then Grok is 300 a month. And consumers are actually paying that amount.”
Anish Acharya Oct 22, 2025 ▶ 7:39 Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code | Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya
Nov 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Five major AI model companies are closely clustered in capability
“Fortunately, so far what we're seeing in the market is that it's hyper competitive. There's five major model companies all making huge investments. And the benchmark, the model performance, the evaluations are relatively clustered. And there's a lot of leapfro…”
David Sacks Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 33:14 Sacks, Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China
Nov 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Top AI models are directly accessible in standard consumer products
“And then the best AI's in the world are in the consumer products, right? And so if you use the, if you use, you know, current day chat GPT or Grok or any of these things, like, you know, I can't spend more money. You know and, get access to a better AI. It's i…”
Marc Andreessen Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 31:43 Sacks, Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China
Dec 29, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Moore: xAI's Grok has achieved the fastest multimodal progress in AI
“I think their image and video progress is probably the steepest slope I've seen of any of the companies.”
Justine Moore Dec 29, 2025 ▶ 25:17 Where does consumer AI stand at the end of 2025?
Jan 13, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Ben Horowitz uses Grok and ChatGPT every day
“Well, for sure, you know, Grok and ChatGPT I use every day. And then you know, probably I've been playing with, like Veo and Nano Banana a lot on a daily basis of the big guys.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 33:04 Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration
Aug 28, 2026 positive
Insight
Horowitz: Billions in compute can now instantly erase a startup's multi-year lead
“The one thing we all knew in startup world is that if I have a two-year lead on you, and you try and cast me by hiring a thousand engineers, you're gonna wreck your company. Like, that never works. It's a mythical man month. Nine women can't have a baby in a m…”
Ben Horowitz Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 17:05 Why Top Founders Are Racing Into AI Infrastructure
Aug 31, 2026 bullish
Opinion
AI Adoption Accelerated Across OpenAI, Open Source, and Grok in Summer
“Now, if we're being honest, you know, Anthropic is you know, in a quiet period, so maybe they've slowed down a little bit, but I do think the rest of the world has accelerated, you know, OpenAI is clearly accelerated. Open source, I think, has accelerated more…”
Gavin Baker Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 1:40 Why AI Demand Is Outrunning Compute Supply
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