SoFi

company on 15 shows · 20 statements across 17 episodes · said 135 times in 62 episodes since 2016

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20 statements about SoFi, every show

CHEEKY PINT Assertion Supported
Taylor: Sierra raised SoFi's Net Promoter Score by 33 points
“We just did a great case study with SoFi and I'm really proud that we raised their net promoter score by 33 points, just because it's just so delightful.”
Bret Taylor Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 20:54 Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board
20VC Assertion Supported
Rory O'Driscoll: SoFi is Chamath Palihapitiya's only successful SPAC
“SoFi was an interesting company, very differentiated, has gone on to be Tremat's only successful SPAC and you know, a perfectly great, successful public company.”
Rory O'Driscoll Sep 18, 2025 ▶ 1:17:16 Opendoor CEO, Kaz Nejatian: OpenAI and Oracle, How Can Either Afford to Do This · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Held up
Robinhood, Revolut, and SoFi will offer private market products
“And even I think we'll get to the Robin Hoods, the Revoluts, the SoFi's, which has embedded some private markets products to the wealth channel within their complex as well.”
Michael Sidgmore May 5, 2025 ▶ 34:16 Michael Sidgmore – Alternatives Go Mainstream (Private Wealth 1, EP.443)
Pitching acquisitions to CMOs fails because it threatens their marketing competence
“Yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, we were telling the marketing team of a company, we can market your product better than you can. You know, what CMO, what head of marketing is going to buy a company, unless they have a ton of humility, if they believe that…”
Austin Rief Apr 4, 2025 ▶ 53:29 How to build a $100M+ newsletter business
BG2 Assertion Supported
Gerstner: McDonald's, Nike, Lululemon, SoFi, Walgreens, Papa John's Hit 52-Week Lows
“If you look at consumer stocks from McDonald's to Nike to Lululemon, SoFi, Walgreens, Papa John's, just in the last week, they all hit 52 week lows, right?”
Brad Gerstner Jul 11, 2024 ▶ 11:03 Ep12. Tech Stocks vs the Rest; AI VC Bubble, Calcium CT Scan | BG2 with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Contradicted
Nubank is larger than Coinbase, Robinhood, Affirm, SoFi, and Lemonade combined
“NewBank is bigger than Coinbase, Robinhood, Affirm, SoFi, and Lemonade combined.”
Lenny Rachitsky May 16, 2024 ▶ 5:04 Be fundamentally different, not incrementally better | Jag Duggal (Nubank, Facebook, Google)
BG2 Assertion Partly supported
Gurley: Hims & Hers and SoFi prove smaller public tech companies can thrive
“Like even in the SPAC space, look at him and hers, or look at SoFi, Anthony Noto, like they, they've actually done well over the past six months, like numbers up and to the right, stock up and to the right, and much smaller than Instacart, so it is doable.”
Bill Gurley Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 14:51 Ep7. The Great IPO Debate, Tesla Robotaxi v Uber, Tech Check | BG2 with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
ALL-IN Disclosure
Chamath systematically sold $100M of SoFi stock through late 2021
“I sold like a hundred million dollars of SoFi, but then I was a systematic seller through the end of last year and through this year.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 23, 2022 ▶ 8:28 E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
ALL-IN Disclosure
Palihapitiya discloses selling Golden State Warriors stake and SoFi position
“And at that moment, I started a bunch of things in process, which we can talk about at the end, but I also sold a bunch of warriors position. I started a process at that point, and I sold a piece in December, and then I just sold the last piece this week. But …”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 8, 2022 ▶ 36:53 E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests & EU climate missteps
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Frazier: Estated works with Blend, SoFi, State Farm, and USAA
“So we're working with like Blend and SoFi and State Farm and Swiss Re and USAA and companies along those lines on more like The PNC insurance side and getting lending and mortgages and just trying to speed up all those tools”
Josh Fraser Aug 31, 2021 ▶ 1:59 Estated Grows 100%, Breaks $1.7m ARR for Property Data Platform
ALL-IN Disclosure
Chamath reveals Social Capital invested $275M into the SoFi PIPE
“So for example, like, you know you know, in, in so far, I think we put in two hundred and seventy-five million dollars.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 23, 2021 ▶ 1:16:53 E30: Ramifications of Biden's proposed capital gains tax hike, founder psychology & more
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: SoFi made $1.5M from payment for order flow
“I asked the team at SoFi, like, you know, what's the, how much is how much is made on payment for order flow? And the answer was 1.5 million dollars. And the forecast for next year was like 400 K.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 3, 2021 ▶ 11:39 E20: Robinhood wrap up, Insiders vs. Outsiders, California's failing report card & how to fix it
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: Chamath's IPOE SPAC stock doubled on SoFi merger announcement
“It doubled today.”
David Friedberg Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 1:21:20 E16: Reflecting on the riots at the US Capitol, plus: Georgia runoffs, vaccine distribution & more
ALL-IN Disclosure
Chamath announces his IPOE SPAC is merging with SoFi
“IPOE, IPOE is merging with SoFi.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 1:21:22 E16: Reflecting on the riots at the US Capitol, plus: Georgia runoffs, vaccine distribution & more
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rampell identifies SoFi as the pioneer of positive selection bias in fintech
“The first company to probably do this on a widespread basis in fintech land was SoFi.”
Alex Rampell Mar 9, 2019 ▶ 8:11 3 Ways Startups Are Coming for Established Fintech Companies -- And What To Do About It
a16z Assertion Supported
Strange: SoFi acquires users via loan refinancing to cross-sell mortgages
“SoFi is the classic case of this. If they come in, they refinance your student loans, they throw it really easily, and then now they're layering on mortgages.”
Angela Strange Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:20 a16z Podcast | When Banking Works Like My Smartphone
a16z Assertion Supported
Rampell: SoFi offers lower loan rates by targeting high-earning STEM graduates
“A company called SoFi, which is one of the biggest fintech companies in the U.S. And now expanding internationally, they look at, I mean, it's kind of a little cheat, But they look at where did you go to school, and do you have the prospect of being a high-ear…”
Alex Rampell Oct 26, 2017 ▶ 10:15 The Future of Money: Banking on Fintech
a16z Assertion Supported
Rampell: SoFi reached $15 billion in loan originations in six years
“SoFi has done about fifteen billion dollars of loan originations, and SoFi is only six years old.”
Alex Rampell Oct 26, 2017 ▶ 12:47 The Future of Money: Banking on Fintech
a16z Assertion Contradicted
Rampell: SoFi originates $150M+ monthly in mortgages via student loan acquisition
“So, SoFi, now they have jumbo mortgages that they offer. They're doing, Well over a hundred and fifty million dollars a month of mortgage originations on their platform because they got the customer through student lending.”
Alex Rampell Oct 26, 2017 ▶ 13:26 The Future of Money: Banking on Fintech
SoFi is a rare exception among consumer fintech startups scaling independently
“So I think people like SoFi are the exception to the rule. Where you're able to, you know, come in with a new product that the, an area where the banks are not paying it, you know, are not working for whatever reason, and then expand to be a big company.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 17:59 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch

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