Pakistan
5 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Marc Andreessen · said 33 times in 15 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Chris Schroeder (9), Dick Costolo (6), Tony Blinken (3), Jared Ryle (3), Qasar Younis (2), Marc Andreessen (2), Ben Horowitz (2), Shaq (Shakil Khan) (1)
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2026 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 11 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2019 18 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
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Everything said about Pakistan, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Andreessen: 5 to 7 billion people will own smartphones by 2020
“And this is the thing I've been talking a lot about that people occasionally get angry about, because they think it won't Can't possibly come true, but I'm convinced it's going to come true, which is I think everybody on the planet by the end of the decade is …”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Andreessen: Android smartphones in developing nations are down to $25
“Smartphones, Android smartphones now are down to 25 dollars, right? And so India, Pakistan, you know, whole range of developing world countries, Indonesia, you know, you go to the local store and you literally get an Android smartphone for 25 dollars, right?”
Apr 19, 2023
Apr 19, 2023 negative
Schroeder: An uninformed crypto investor backed 14 Pakistani startups, inflating valuations
“I'm thinking about one person now who literally decided they were going to invest in 14 companies in Pakistan. They didn't really know Pakistan at all and never been there. They just assumed one of them would hit and that didn't help the ecosystem at all. I me…”
Jul 9, 2025 positive
Simpson: Zarpay builds cash-to-stablecoin mobile kiosks in Pakistan
“There's a company in our current accelerator batch called Zarpay, which is operating in Pakistan, and they're basically creating a network of small you know the little shops if you've been to Africa or wherever they have these little sort of mobile kiosks wher…”