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National Science Foundation

also referred to as: nsf

5 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Marc Andreessen · said 40 times in 15 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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2023 3 mentions in 1 episode
2019 17 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
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Jul 15, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Andreessen: Mosaic web browser development was entirely funded by the NSF
“My work at University of Illinois around Mosaic, which later became Netscape was all, was NSF funded.”
Marc Andreessen Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 0:42 Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon
Jul 15, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Andreessen: NSF rejecting customer support funding catalyzed the founding of Netscape
“We applied for NSF funding to basically build a customer support team. And they informed us very kindly that that wasn't part of what NSF funds. So that was a good catalyst to go start a company”
Marc Andreessen Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 1:22 Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: NSF rejecting support funding for Mosaic catalyzed Netscape's founding
“So we applied for NSF funding to basically build a customer support team. And they informed us very kindly that that wasn't part of what NSF funds. So that was a good catalyst to go start a company which was very helpful.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:23 a16z Podcast | The Role of Academia in the Startup World
Oct 21, 2023 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: NSF public research spend was an outstanding investment for society
“If you look at like the totality of spend in their existence and then the results, you know, you would say, yeah, that was absolutely an outstanding investment. From a societal standpoint.”
Marc Andreessen Oct 21, 2023 ▶ 39:40 Why It's Time to Be A Techno-Optimist
Jun 28, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: NSF denied NCSA's grant proposal for Mosaic customer support
“We sent in this grant. It was the only place we had any sense of where to get money, and we sent in this grant, and literally, it came back denied. You know, the National Science Foundation is not in the business of, you know, funding customer support.”
Marc Andreessen Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 1:07:04 Marc Andreessen on Inventing The Internet Browser (How We all Access the Internet)
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