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Washington, D.C.

also referred to as: washington d.c.

6 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Muriel Bowser · said 478 times in 125 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Marc Andreessen (91), Sonal Chokshi (38), Katherine Boyle (32), Ben Horowitz (27), Matt Spence (22), David Ulevitch (18), Michael Copeland (17), Heather Podesta (14)

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2026 31 mentions in 10 episodes 3 per episode
2025 110 mentions in 27 episodes 4 per episode
2024 84 mentions in 20 episodes 4 per episode
2023 41 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2020 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 208 mentions in 55 episodes 4 per episode

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Everything said about Washington, D.C., oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Bowser: D.C.'s biggest weakness compared to Silicon Valley is venture capital access
“Probably the biggest disadvantage that we have if you compare us to Silicon Valley and some other cities is that they have to be able to raise the money that they need to grow their companies.”
Muriel Bowser Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:08 a16z Podcast | The Changing Relationship Between Tech and Government
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Bowser: Tech companies use D.C. regulations as national model legislation
“A lot of the technology companies use the laws and regulations that we have created to both encourage business and protect consumers. And now they're using those, our laws and regulations as models around the country.”
Muriel Bowser Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:15 a16z Podcast | The Changing Relationship Between Tech and Government
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Open · timeframe Jul 2015
Fenty: D.C. Police Department was using Palantir during his administration
“She said that she used Palantir a lot, and this, I mean, she, I was obviously using it when I was in office too”
Adrian Fenty Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:04 a16z Podcast | The Changing Relationship Between Tech and Government
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Burfield: Silicon Valley and D.C. are both fundamentally relationship businesses
“As wonderfully collaborative as the Valley is, it still matters who you have a relationship with. And people still have, like, they're just, they're both relationship businesses. They're just different networks, and they're different languages.”
Evan Burfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:58 a16z Podcast | The Art of the Regulatory Hack
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Podesta: The term lobbyist stems from D.C.'s Willard Hotel lobby
“So the term lobbyist is Over a hundred years old, and it stems from the lobby of the Willard here in Washington, D.C., and it was when legislators were here part-time, the lobbyists would sit in the lobby and catch members on the fly as they were going to thei…”
Heather Podesta Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:23 a16z Podcast | Lobbying Tech
Apr 23, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2028
Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz's presence in D.C. is permanent
“And that means having an office in DC. It means having, you know, dedicated people and so forth. And, you know, yeah, that's never gonna change.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 17:19 Ben Horowitz on Leadership and Culture
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