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PRODUCT MARKET FIT Assertion Contradicted
Loiacono: Competing PBMs Faked Mandatory Federal Compensation Disclosures in 2023
“23 people needed to start reporting this information, people being pharmacy benefit managers and administrators like ourselves, Had to start reporting this information. And what we realized is people were faking it. They either weren't doing it or they were pr…”
AJ Loiacono Aug 24, 2026 ▶ 32:22 He spent $0 on marketing—raised $400M at $3.25B valuation | Judi Health
SOURCERY Assertion Contradicted
Sadeghi: Nucleus is the first company to optimize embryos for IQ
“This is the first time a company has partnered with a couple who have optimized their embryos on the basis of intelligence.”
Kian Sadeghi Jun 4, 2025 ▶ 1:41 Nucleus Launches First Genetically Optimized Embryo · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Gracias: DOGE found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states
“We looked at the voter rolls. We found these people, thousands of them on the voter rolls, and we found many of those people had voted, right? In one state in particular, well over a thousand voted.”
Antonio Gracias Apr 4, 2025 ▶ 28:20 DOGE updates + Liberation Day Tariff Reactions with Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias
TBPN Assertion Contradicted
Asparouhov: Biden Admin Rejected Early SpaceX Return Due to Musk's Politics
“What's incredibly clear is SpaceX offered to bring the astronauts back sooner And because it was in the middle of the election cycle, and because Musk was campaigning for Trump, the Biden administration turned down that offer.”
Delian Asparouhov Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 3:47 Delian Asparouhov on Stranded Astronauts, NASA in Crisis, and Corporate Espionage.
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Pishevar: Bill Gurley hired PIs and met weekly to oust Travis Kalanick
“We found out in our investigation that he hired Some private investigators had weekly meetings about how do we get rid of Travis.”
Shervin Pishevar Jan 13, 2025 ▶ 0:24 Shervin Pishevar: What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | E1245 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Pishevar: Benchmark Hired Private Investigators Against Naval Ravikant
“There's a history of VCs who have done this type of thing and in Benchmark's case, they did it against Naval. They hired private investigators and Naval Ravikant. He had a company called eGroups, and he got thrown out of it.”
Shervin Pishevar Jan 13, 2025 ▶ 57:39 Shervin Pishevar: What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | E1245 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
BIGDEAL Prediction Didn’t hold up
Trump states he will close the Department of Education early in administration
“One other thing I'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., And sending all education and education work and needs back to the states. We want them to run the education of our children.”
Donald Trump Nov 20, 2024 ▶ 1:16:29 American Policymaker Reveals How Politics REALLY Works | Ryan Streeter
20VC Assertion Contradicted
McCabe: COVID mRNA vaccines were harmful while traditional treatments worked
“During COVID, it turned out that these gene therapies were really bad for you, and that these traditional treatments were really, really helpful. Don't slap your face like I shouldn't have said that, because it's fucking true.”
Eoghan McCabe Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 38:40 Eoghan McCabe, CEO @Intercom: Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control | E1213 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Shaun Maguire claims Iran has recently obtained nuclear weapons
“Allegedly they have just recently obtained nuclear weapons.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 16:50 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: Blinken told Russia US wanted Ukraine in NATO with nuclear weapons
“And you know, it turns out that the month before the Russians invaded, Blinken told Lavrov that the administration was not only going to bring Ukraine into NATO, but that they thought it was okay for the United States to put nuclear weapons in Ukraine.”
David Sacks Jun 20, 2024 ▶ 24:01 In conversation with President Trump
BIG TECHNOLOGY Prediction Didn’t hold up
Vogt: Fully autonomous vehicles will dominate new car sales within 2-3 years
“What I do expect is, you know, within two or three years, most likely, I think the. Majority of new car sales will transition to vehicles where people don't have to drive because once you have that choice, I have a hard time believing that people are going to …”
Kyle Vogt Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 38:20 Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt — Self Driving Cars Will 10X Every Year
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: COVID-19 patient zero was a Wuhan lab gain-of-function researcher
“Patient zero, it turns out was a researcher at the Wuhan lab. Who was performing gain of function research?”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:05:52 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
RFK Jr.: Vaccines are exempt from pre-licensure placebo-controlled trials
“Vaccines are the one medical product that does not have to go through placebo-controlled trials where you test an exposed versus unexposed population prior to licensure”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 ▶ 56:28 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Contradicted
Shkreli: Zero percent of patients lost access to Daraprim after price hike
“Zero percent.”
Martin Shkreli Apr 20, 2023 ▶ 47:07 Martin Shkreli Reveals How He Made His First $100 Million (#445)
20VC Prediction Didn’t hold up
Cohen: Nobody will use Concur, Amex GBT, or Salesforce by 2028
“In five years from now, nobody is using, going to use Conquer and Emacs. Nobody, by the way, nobody is going to use Salesforce.”
Ariel Cohen Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 24:12 Ariel Cohen: The Death of Salesforce; How OpenAI is Changing the Travel Industry | 20VC #975 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Prediction Didn’t hold up
Fabrice Grinda predicts UBS and Credit Suisse are too big to bail
“They're too big to bail. So it's not too big to fail. They're too big to bail. They're so big. They're bigger, the Swiss government does not have the underwriting power to underwrite it, and I could see them failing and bringing down Switzerland with them, and…”
Fabrice Grinda May 21, 2022 ▶ 42:54 Fabrice Grinda: The First Person to Predict the Collapse of Credit Suisse? | 20VC #886 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
STARTUP IDEAS Prediction Didn’t hold up
Ohanian: 90% of gamers will only play games that pay them
“In five years, no one, 90% of people will not play a game unless they are being properly valued for that time.”
Alexis Ohanian Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 1:17:56 The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath predicts neither Biden nor Trump will run for president in 2024
“Zero and zero.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 23, 2021 ▶ 32:48 E52: Trump's SPAC, peak venture liquidity, tech as an economic ladder, Dems overplaying their hand
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: It's 'pretty clear' COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan lab
“It's pretty clear that this was something that leaked out of that lab.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 25, 2021 ▶ 39:08 E37: NYC rejects far-left candidates, new developments in lab leak theory, App Store breakup & more
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath predicts Donald Trump will go to jail
“Yes.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 13:47 E17: Big Tech bans Trump, ramifications for the First Amendment & the open Internet
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Contradicted
Panigrahi claims Indian clinics are curing Alzheimer's using exosome therapy.
“There are players who do stem cell rejuvenation. They are curing dementia and Alzheimer through exosome therapy or stem cell rejuvenation.”
Subhendu Panigrahi Apr 1, 2026 ▶ 11:10 Ep1: Living to 100: India’s Longevity Moment ft. Subhendu Panigrahi
WTF Assertion Contradicted
Musk: X has not suspended or de-amplified any left-wing voices
“So what I've tried to do is just restore it to be balanced and centrist. So there haven't been any left-wing voices that have been suspended or, you know, banned or de-amplified or anything like that.”
Elon Musk Nov 30, 2025 ▶ 6:09 Elon Musk: A Different Conversation w/ Nikhil Kamath | Full Episode | People by WTF Ep. 16 · Nikhil Kamath
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Musk: UK released violent offenders to imprison people over social media posts
“They have, in a lot of cases, released people who have committed violent crimes in order to imprison people who have simply made posts on social media.”
Elon Musk Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 42:19 Elon Musk: OpenAI Betrayal, His Future at Tesla, and the Next Big Thing — Grokipedia
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: Left-wing NGOs laundered over $100M of public money for Antifa
“These NGOs have laundered over a hundred million dollars of our money to fund terrorist violence in our streets.”
David Sacks Oct 10, 2025 ▶ 34:56 Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Carlson claims Jeffrey Epstein was an intelligence asset involved in Iran-Contra
“Yes, well, no question. He was involved in Iran-Contra. American, French, Israeli, probably British.”
Tucker Carlson Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 39:45 Tucker Carlson and Mark Cuban Debate How to Save America 🔥 | All-In Summit 2025
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Carlson asserts Charlotte stabbing victim was targeted for being white
“She was stabbed because she was white, and everyone knows that, actually.”
Tucker Carlson Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 51:29 Tucker Carlson and Mark Cuban Debate How to Save America 🔥 | All-In Summit 2025
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Tony Robbins claims meta-studies prove SSRIs do not work
“SSRIs don't work. They don't. They've been proven not to work by the meta studies, but we're still giving them millions of people.”
Tony Robbins Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 22:08 Tony Robbins | All-In Live from Miami
TBPN Assertion Contradicted
Maguire: Harvard introduced remedial math because admissions standards dropped
“Harvard last year implemented their first ever remedial math because there are people coming in that don't know algebra because they dropped the admission standards.”
Shaun Maguire Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 10:29 Shaun Maguire breaks down Wiz investment, building great teams, and the Everything App.
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Contradicted
Ross: Los Angeles School Superintendent Abolished High School Math
“Milken Institute sent me an interview they had done with the head of the school system in Los Angeles, and the reason they did an interview with them is he had abolished, prohibited the teaching of mathematics in high school.”
Wilbur Ross Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 39:40 A Conversation with Wall Street Legend & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks: Ukraine is on track to collapse, probably next year
“And what we're on track for is, at some point, Probably next year, Ukraine is going to collapse.”
David Sacks Aug 16, 2024 ▶ 1:35:49 Break up Google, Starbucks CEO out, Kamala’s price controls, Boeing disaster, Kursk offensive
BG2 Assertion Contradicted
Gurley: Cross-country excess death data shows COVID lockdowns achieved nothing
“They've gone back through, and looked at excess deaths at a number of different countries, and lockdowns achieved nothing.”
Bill Gurley Jul 25, 2024 ▶ 54:44 Ep13. Silicon Valley’s Political 180, META AI, COVID Postmortem | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Contradicted
Russell: Tesla's vision system fails to stop for child crash dummies
“Like, literally, if you put, like, a, you know, a crash dummy right in front of the car like a child pedestrian crash dummy, like, it doesn't come to a safe stop, like, at a reasonable speed.”
Austin Russell Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 27:33 Austin Russell (with will.i.am): From dropout to billionaire | Masters of Scale
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Contradicted
Means: The Flexner Report legally mandates siloed pharmaceutical medicine in the US
“The way medicine exists today, the guiding law in Congress is called the Flexner Report, which actually mandates that we can't look at disease holistically. We have to look at things in silos, evidence-based. We need to name a condition and then treat it with …”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 10:40 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Contradicted
Pfeffer: Bill Gates stole the original code that built Microsoft
“People forget that Bill Gates stole the code on which Microsoft has built.”
Jeffrey Pfeffer Jun 13, 2024 ▶ 1:01:41 The paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career | Jeffrey Pfeffer (Stanford)
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Calacanis: Democrats will replace Joe Biden with Gavin Newsom after first debate
“This is why I think Biden's getting hot swapped this month. You heard it here first. He's got, no, Gavin is going to be running for president. It's going to be Trump and Gavin. They are hot-swapping Biden after this first debate. Biden is going to get demolish…”
Jason Calacanis Jun 7, 2024 ▶ 28:25 DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Fauci knew early in February 2020 that COVID leaked from lab
“Fauci knew very early, as early as February first of 2020, that COVID came from a lab leak.”
David Sacks May 31, 2024 ▶ 26:31 Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
COVID vaccines were modestly effective and designed to manipulate DNA
“We caused billions of people all around the world to take immaturely tested drugs. They were called vaccines. We found out that they were modestly effective at best, and then some of them were designed in some ways to manipulate our DNA, and we just don't know…”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 31, 2024 ▶ 31:27 Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks predicts second Biden term will force Elon Musk to divest X
“So I think that in a second Biden term, they will open an investigation and just start ratcheting up the pressure on Elon to get rid of X, because that's clearly what they want.”
David Sacks Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 1:17:26 Meta's scorched earth approach to AI, Tesla's future, TikTok bill, FTC bans noncompetes, wealth tax
NEON SHOW Assertion Contradicted
Western agencies funded India's first ultrasound imports to curb population growth
“They basically, these whole bunch of these Rockefeller, Ford, even some UN agencies were involved in this, and they basically imported with their funding ultrasound machines. And they basically said that, look, this is great. Why don't you allow parents to act…”
Sanjeev Sanyal Mar 22, 2024 ▶ 20:51 Sanjeev Sanyal UNFILTERED - Kolkata’s Downfall, Bihar’s UPSC Craze & The Indian Dream I Neon Show
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Contradicted
Lonsdale: Majority of Young Adults Dislike Jews for Their Success
“And now in 19 to 25 year olds, majority of them don't like Jews because we're successful.”
Joe Lonsdale Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 8:34 Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire · Joe Lonsdale
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Contradicted
Verdon: Centralized bioweapon defense research accidentally created a damaging virus
“There was centralized research on Bio, you know, bioweapon defense. Right. And we were worried about a potential virus that could do a lot of damage. And then it was actually accidentally created through that research.”
Guillaume Verdon Jan 31, 2024 ▶ 28:50 Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Tucker Carlson claims up to 70 million illegal immigrants reside in US
“Some estimates, 60, seventy million. Those are real estimates, by the way, not crackpot estimates.”
Tucker Carlson Dec 1, 2023 ▶ 57:49 Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more
WE LIVE TO BUILD Assertion Contradicted
Tulla: An anti-inflammatory diet can put ALS in check
“Even ALS, I mean, can be put in check with the similar type of diet.”
Ari Tulla Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 37:37 Doctors Said She'd Never Have Kids. Diet Changed That.
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Rabois: No $100 billion European tech company has been created since 1990
“There hasn't been a hundred billion dollar European company created since 1990.”
Keith Rabois Nov 27, 2023 ▶ 20:37 Keith Rabois & Mike Shebat: Creating an Olympian Mindset to Work Ethic| E1087 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Palihapitiya: Welfare incentivized Black women $92,000 to remain unmarried
“In, you know, black families as an example, the economic incentive to not get married on you know, today dollar adjusted basis was like, 92,000 to a black woman to not get married and have a child.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 2, 2023 ▶ 18:45 All-In Summit: "Luxury Beliefs are Status Symbols" with Rob Henderson
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: 70% of the world blames the US equally for Ukraine
“70% of the world's population does not believe this narrative about the Ukraine war. They understand that the U.S. Is at least equally responsible for this war.”
David Sacks Sep 1, 2023 ▶ 57:57 E144: Biden targets Elon, BRICS challenges the West, Tiger hit piece & more
WTF Assertion Contradicted
Mazumdar-Shaw: Vijay Mallya has paid back everything he owed
“Well, he's paid back everything he owed. So I don't understand why he's still being targeted.”
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Jul 23, 2023 ▶ 11:08 Ep #7 | Who is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Really? And WTF is Biotech? · Nikhil Kamath
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
RFK Jr.: 2004 NIH study showed hydroxychloroquine obliterates coronavirus
“We knew ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were working. We knew that since 2004, because the NIH did this study that said hydroxychloroquine obliterates coronavirus.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 ▶ 48:22 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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