Elon Musk

also referred to as: elon

6 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Oct 17, 2022 by Peter Fenton · said 115 times in 30 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Rosenthal (53), Ben Gilbert (42), David Senra (6), Jason Calacanis (4), Packy McCormick (2), Steve Ballmer (1), Peter Fenton (1), Jensen Huang (1)

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2026 3 mentions in 1 episode

The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired Jun 23, 2026 · 3 mentions · from 2:43:12
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2025 44 mentions in 2 episodes 22 per episode

Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired Oct 6, 2025 · 43 mentions · from 1:02:03
The Steve Ballmer Interview · Acquired Jun 2, 2025 · 1 mention · from 1:37:36
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2024 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

Meta (Audio) · Acquired Oct 28, 2024 · 4 mentions · from 1:26:40
Mars Inc. - The Chocolate Story (Audio) · Acquired Dec 16, 2024 · 1 mention · from 2:25:27
Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) · Acquired Jan 22, 2024 · 1 mention · from 2:53:31
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2023 24 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode

Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023) (Audio) · Acquired Sep 6, 2023 · 8 mentions · from 21:11
Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired Mar 29, 2023 · 7 mentions · from 6:50
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi · Acquired Jun 13, 2023 · 3 mentions · from 1:13:40
Charlie Munger (Audio) · Acquired Oct 30, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 57:08
Nike (Audio) · Acquired Jul 25, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 8:57
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang · Acquired Oct 16, 2023 · 1 mention · from 21:01
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek · Acquired May 18, 2023 · 1 mention · from 1:13:35
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2022 30 mentions in 14 episodes 2 per episode

ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis · Acquired Oct 4, 2022 · 5 mentions · from 28:24
Amazon.com · Acquired Aug 16, 2022 · 4 mentions · from 3:07:31
Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired May 12, 2022 · 4 mentions · from 15:43
Holiday Special 2022 · Acquired Dec 19, 2022 · 3 mentions · from 16:41
Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired Oct 17, 2022 · 3 mentions · from 1:10:14
Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version) · Acquired Jan 24, 2022 · 3 mentions · from 2:35:20
Benchmark Part I · Acquired Sep 28, 2022 · 1 mention · from 2:38:19
From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez) · Acquired Aug 2, 2022 · 1 mention · from 46:47
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2021 8 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode

Standard Oil Part II (Extended Cut) · Acquired Oct 19, 2021 · 6 mentions · from 1:52:58
Complexity Investing & Semiconductors with NZS Capital (Extended Cut) · Acquired Nov 3, 2021 · 1 mention · from 1:08:17
Standard Oil Part I · Acquired Sep 22, 2021 · 1 mention · from 2:07:13
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Everything said about Elon Musk, oldest first

Oct 17, 2022 neutral

Insight

Fenton: Company culture is permanently set by its first few employees

“The founding two or three employees set the culture. And it doesn't change unless there's some catastrophic event where it has to get reborn, but good luck with Elon at Twitter. You know, that culture was set in motion, and its root system goes so deep.”

Peter Fenton Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 1:55:16 Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired

Mar 29, 2023 neutral

Opinion

Senra: Henry Kaiser Was as Famous in His Era as Elon Musk

“He built, like, a hundred companies, built the Hoover Dam. Like, he was as famous in his time as, like, Elon Musk is today, right? But no one knows who he is.”

David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 6:48 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired

Sep 6, 2023

Assertion Supported

Ilya Sutskever left Google in 2015 to co-found OpenAI

“So after the dinner, Ilya leaves Google and signs up to become, as we said, co-founder and chief scientist of a new independent AI non-profit research lab backed by Elon and Sam. OpenAI.”

David Rosenthal Sep 6, 2023 ▶ 23:07 Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023) (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 30, 2023 positive

Opinion

Munger claims BYD founder Wang Chuanfu is better at manufacturing than Musk

“The guy at BYD is better at actually making things than Elon is.”

Charlie Munger Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 57:21 Charlie Munger (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 6, 2025

Assertion Supported

Elon Musk Offered to Buy DeepMind with Tesla Stock in 2013

“He immediately calls up Demis and says, I will buy the company right now with Tesla stock. This is late 2013, like, early 2014. Tesla's market cap is about twenty billion dollars.”

David Rosenthal Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:18:26 Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 6, 2025 positive

Opinion

Elon Musk Deserves Credit for Early OpenAI Researcher Recruiting

“And I think Elon deserves a lot of credit for having his name and his time attached to OpenA at the beginning. A lot of the big heavy hitter recruiting was Elon throwing his weight behind this.”

Ben Gilbert Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:39:54 Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired

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