Massachusetts

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a16z Disclosure
Bancel: Moderna's Massachusetts factory is ready for individualized manufacturing at scale
“The factory is ready in Massachusetts, but we have figured out how to make and scale a product for every human being at the time.”
Stéphane Bancel Sep 2, 2026 ▶ 5:36 Inside Moderna’s Biggest mRNA Test Since COVID
20VC What-if
O'Driscoll: Anthropic could not have been founded in Massachusetts due to non-competes
“I wonder if Anthropa could have been started in Massachusetts. Probably not, right? No, you're exactly right.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 7:17 Zuckerberg Back on X Challenging Codex & Claude Code | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Burton: Massachusetts passed permitting reform with 12-15 month project deadlines
“And at least, you know, in Massachusetts, for example, you know, we passed a permitting reform law in, in the last year that really cut down the time in which renewable energy projects could be permitted pretty substantially, you know, deadlines within a year,…”
Tom Burton Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 8:00 A ‘rain delay’ for the energy transition [partner content]
a16z Assertion Supported
Rampell: Massachusetts banned residents from buying Apple's IPO
“Massachusetts banned their residents from buying into the IPO of Apple Computer.”
Alex Rampell Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 39:59 Robinhood CEO: Making Everyone An Owner
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
Needham: CFS received a fusion facility license fitting in one manila folder
“So, in Massachusetts, we worked with a department in Massachusetts that controlled, like, radiological health and things, and yeah, we submitted the application, we got the license, and it fits in a manila folder. It's not like a room full, a stack full of stu…”
Rick Needham Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 36:22 The tape that led to a fusion breakthrough
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michalik: Over 300 Massachusetts Providers Supported Kinderhook Stewardship Bid
“We've had near universal support from the over 300 employed providers in the state of Massachusetts that they want Rural Health Group slash Kinderhawk to be the acquirer of these assets.”
Chris and Rob Michalik Nov 11, 2024 ▶ 42:12 Chris and Rob Michalik - Twin Tackle of Private Equity at Kinderhook (EP.416)
GREEN BLUEPRINT Prediction Held up
Lott: Up to 17 states tied to California rules may ban gas cars
“New York is also banning gas-powered car sales by twenty-thirty-five, and soon, as many as 17 other states, like Washington and Massachusetts, which currently have vehicle emissions standards tied to California's, may follow suit.”
Dr. Melissa Lott May 10, 2023 ▶ 4:19 The Big Switch: California’s climate czar on banning gas cars
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Maine voters rejected a transmission line delivering hydropower to Massachusetts
“We just had a citizen referendum that, that rejected a transmission line moving through Maine to deliver hydropower to Massachusetts.”
Andy Lubershane Jun 2, 2022 ▶ 17:12 Climate tech’s surprising bottleneck – land access
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Tenev: SEC fine was for order flow disclosures, not gamification
“Yeah, well, so the fine wasn't for gamifying Robin Hood. It was for Payment for order flow and business model related related things. The gamification one is the Massachusetts securities securities one, which is a separate thing.”
Vlad Tenev Feb 13, 2021 ▶ 12:05 E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation
Massachusetts municipal pension funds are underfunded and mismanaged
“So the pension funds up here are terribly underfunded and mismanaged. Each city and town has its own pension fund, and so the state one started doing well, and so then the towns could invest with the state.”
Colette Chilton Jan 25, 2021 ▶ 9:02 Collette Chilton – Humility and Loyalty at Williams College (Capital Allocators, EP.174)
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Police Pulled Over Deval Patrick's Official Car While He Was Governor
“In the early days of being governor, maybe in the early months of being governor, I was in the front seat of a black sedan official car in the passenger seat being driven by a black state trooper in plain clothes, and we were pulled over by a marked state troo…”
Deval Patrick Jun 25, 2020 ▶ 3:10 How I Built Resilience: Live with Deval Patrick
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Steve Case: 75% of US venture capital goes to three states
“In the United States last year, according to the NVCA that tracks us, 75% of venture capital went to three states. You know, California, New York, and Massachusetts, 50%. Half of America's venture capital went to one state. California.”
Steve Case Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 12:20 20VC: AOL Founder, Steve Case on Why The Best Venture Investments of The Next 10 Years Will Likely Not Be In The Valley, Why The CEO Must Be The Shock Absorber For Company Morale and Why Vision Without Execution is Hallucination
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Gawande: Only 25% of seriously ill patients discuss quality-of-life goals
“We're at 25% Of people who have a serious life-limiting illness in the last year and have been hospitalized, only 25% have had that conversation about their goals and priorities for their quality of life with their clinician.”
Dr. Atul Gawande Oct 2, 2018 ▶ 1:07:26 #42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress

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