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Koki Mochida

Co-Founder & CEO, Aeolus Labs. On 1 show, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Koki Mashita is the co-founder and CEO of Aeolus Labs, a startup developing AI-driven atmospheric modeling to forecast and mitigate catastrophic tropical cyclones. A former AI researcher at the Berkeley RISE Lab, he received a Thiel Fellowship in 2025.

1shows
2appearances
7statements
5resolved
2supported
1contradicted
40%fully supported

Everything Koki Mochida said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TBPN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mochida: A Katrina-Level Storm in Florida Will Bankrupt Property Insurers
“But when the next Hurricane Katrina happens in, you know, Florida, for example, then insurance is just going to be insolvent in many ways.”
Koki Mochida May 31, 2025 ▶ 2:44:44 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
TBPN Prediction Not checkable as stated
A Katrina-Scale Hurricane Hitting Florida Will Trigger Mass Insurer Insolvency
“But when a next Hurricane Katrina happens in, you know, Florida, for example, then insurance is just going to be insolvent in many ways.”
Koki Mochida May 28, 2025 ▶ 2:17:27 We Interviewed the New Thiel Fellow Dropouts
TBPN Assertion Partly supported
Mochida: ML Weather Models Cut Costs 99% and Increase Resolution 100x
“With machine learning, what you're able to do is reduce costs by 99% and increase resolution by a hundred times.”
Koki Mochida May 31, 2025 ▶ 2:37:48 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
TBPN Assertion Partly supported
Machine Learning Cuts Weather Compute Costs 99% and Boosts Resolution 100x
“With machine learning, what you're able to do is reduce costs by 99% and increase resolution by a hundred times.”
Koki Mochida May 28, 2025 ▶ 2:10:31 We Interviewed the New Thiel Fellow Dropouts
TBPN Assertion Supported
One Hurricane Holds Enough Energy to Power the US for Months
“And if you can, you know, harness it properly, you can power the United States for months and months just from one hurricane.”
Koki Mochida May 28, 2025 ▶ 2:11:56 We Interviewed the New Thiel Fellow Dropouts
TBPN Assertion Supported
Mochida: Energy in One Hurricane Could Power US for Months
“And if you can, you know, harness it properly, you can power the United States for months and months just from one hurricane.”
Koki Mochida May 31, 2025 ▶ 2:39:13 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
TBPN Assertion Contradicted
US Cyclone Insurance Premiums Reached $140B, Doubling Annually in Coastal Cities
“Like there's about like a hundred forty billion dollars per year in insurance premiums issued in the U S for like tropical cyclones. And yet like insurance premiums have doubled every single year for the last, you know, four or five years in many coastal citie…”
Koki Mochida May 28, 2025 ▶ 2:17:00 We Interviewed the New Thiel Fellow Dropouts

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TBPNLEDGER Co-Founder & CEO, Aeolus Labs 2 7 40% 2/5 full record on TBPN →
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