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Michael Brandt

Co-Founder and CEO, Ketone-IQ · 1 appearance on the record.

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In 2014, Brandt co-founded Nootrobox (later rebranded as H.V.M.N. and Ketone-IQ) alongside Geoffrey Woo, developing cognitive-enhancement supplements and exogenous ketone drinks backed by Andreessen Horowitz. Under his leadership as CEO, the company secured a $6 million Department of Defense research contract and expanded Ketone-IQ nationwide.

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2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted how the 2 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 1 assertion · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertion are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Michael argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Prediction Held up
Brandt: The human enhancement industry will produce multiple billion-dollar companies
“This is the tip of an iceberg for something really big, and that we're seeing a larger trend around human enhancement, that there's going to be multiple billion dollar companies in the space, that there's going to be real really interesting stuff, really novel…”
Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:35 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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Everything Michael Brandt said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Held up
Brandt: The human enhancement industry will produce multiple billion-dollar companies
“This is the tip of an iceberg for something really big, and that we're seeing a larger trend around human enhancement, that there's going to be multiple billion dollar companies in the space, that there's going to be real really interesting stuff, really novel…”
Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:35 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself
Disclosure
Brandt: Nootrobox aims to provide daily cognitive enhancers superior to coffee
“And basically the entire notion of NutraBox is predicated on the idea of like, hey, is there something better than coffee that like everyone should be having access to on a daily basis?”
Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:49 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself
Assertion Supported
Brandt: Yerkes-Dodson law shows over-arousal impairs mental performance
“There is a sense, like, this is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. It's called the Yerkes-Dodson curve, where if you're too activated, you actually, your performance on mental tasks decreases. If you're overly alert you do worse.”
Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:38 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself

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Appearances (1)

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a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself Jan 2, 2019 6m
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