United States government

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Alex Rampell · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Supported
Rampell: U.S. Crimean sanctions blocked centrally routed payment networks
“Where Putin annexes Crimea, part of the sanctions that the United States government passed to kind of penalize Putin is to say that transactions can no longer happen in Crimea that are centrally routed in San Francisco or New York.”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:37 a16z Podcast | The Movement of Money
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morell: US banks have far superior cybersecurity compared to government
“Cybersecurity in large U.S. Financial institutions is light years ahead of cybersecurity in the United States government.”
Michael Morell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:07 a16z Podcast | For Your Ears Only
Jan 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Midha: US private tech is default protected from mandatory state sharing
“By and large, the private sector in the United States, and most other allied countries, is by default protected from having to make its technology available to the government.”
Anjney Midha Jan 3, 2025 ▶ 11:08 AI Is Becoming a Regional Race
Aug 4, 2025 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Patel: US nationalization of AI labs is politically implausible near-term
“I don't think it's politically plausible especially given this administration.”
Dwarkesh Patel Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 57:45 Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy
Oct 2, 2025 negative
Opinion
Barbaccia: Silicon Valley's 'move fast and break things' ethos fails in government
“Coming from Silicon Valley, where we move fast and break things, you do not have that opportunity in the United States government at this level.”
Greg Barbaccia Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 6:24 The Person Who Runs HR For 2 Million Federal Workers
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