Mexico

7 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Clay Shirky · said 70 times in 35 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Ben Horowitz (6), David Ulevitch (4), Catherine (Katie) Haun (4), Steven Sinofsky (3), Joshua Browder (3), David Haber (3), Angela Strange (3), Ale Massa (3)

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Everything said about Mexico, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shirky: Global tech competition will be fought in developing markets like Kenya
“The competitive battle is not going to be engaged in North America. It's going to be engaged in Kenya and Mexico.”
Clay Shirky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:45 a16z Podcast | 'In the Eye of a Tornado': Views on Innovation from China
Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Supported
Ni: Special U.S. treaty visas exist for only five countries
“And we have a lot of trade treaties, but there's only Five countries that you need to be aware of from the immigration setting because those are the treaties that provide for a special visa. So the countries are Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore, and Chile.…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 40:19 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Strange: 80% of payments in Mexico are made in cash
“Take a country like Mexico, where 80% of the payments are in cash.”
Angela Strange Jan 21, 2020 ▶ 17:35 Any Company Can Offer Financial Services
May 8, 2026 positive
Opinion
Horowitz: Mexican-built American cars outperform Chinese manufacturing on many fronts
“In some ways, you know, I think the cars that come out of the American cars that come out of Mexico are better than kind of the kind of Chinese manufacturing on, on many fronts.”
Ben Horowitz May 8, 2026 ▶ 15:35 Ben Horowitz on American Dynamism and the Future of AI | The a16z Show
May 18, 2026 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2031
Arizona DPS seeks international presence with foreign intelligence officers
“One of the things in Arizona that I'm doing is I'm leaning heavily into making sure that we're having sort of an international presence as well. So we have a lot of partnerships with different groups, especially, you know, of course we are a border state, so w…”
Colonel Glover May 18, 2026 ▶ 6:35 How Founders Can Build for Law Enforcement and First Responders | The a16z Show
Aug 9, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Massa: Kavak approves car loans in under three minutes
“And usually in, in Mexico and in some emerging markets, it'll get like two months or more to get a car loan approved. We usually approve it in under three minutes which is like pretty cool because we have all this data around the customer and the car.”
Ale Massa Aug 9, 2026 ▶ 14:09 Kavak's Playbook for Rebuilding a Company Around AI
Aug 28, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Casado: US power constraints force startups to deploy GPUs in Mexico and Australia
“By the way, it is so bad that right now if we have new companies going for GPUs, it's often in Mexico or Australia or in other country just because it is so difficult in the United States.”
Martin Casado Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 36:42 Why Top Founders Are Racing Into AI Infrastructure
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