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BG2 Prediction Held up
Huang: The AI industry will with certainty require millions of GPUs
“If you just did that math and you compound it with, you add, you compound that with four X per year, On model size and computing size. And then on the other hand, demand continues to grow in usage. Do we think that we need millions of GPUs? No doubt. Yeah, tha…”
Jensen Huang Oct 13, 2024 ▶ 53:15 Ep17. Welcome Jensen Huang | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: OpenAI Projects 100x Revenue Surge by 2029 Driven by ChatGPT
“Chat GPT is what open AI expects to lead its revenue which it expects to increase, it expects revenue, its revenue to increase a hundred fold by 20, 29. And the bulk of that revenue is going to be coming from ChatGPT according to OpenAI's projections”
Alex Kantrowitz Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 0:41 OpenAI's Leaked Financial Data
BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: Leaked Financials Show OpenAI Projects $5B Loss on $4B Revenue
“And you go from this very nice looking four billion in revenue after you add in all these costs to a five billion dollar loss. And that excludes stock based compensation, by the way, which is going to be another major cost.”
Alex Kantrowitz Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 9:10 OpenAI's Leaked Financial Data
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Cuban: More people died during riots under Trump than under Biden
“We had more people die during riots during his term than Biden by a long shot”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 19:58 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Over 10 million migrants entered US under Biden-Harris
“Something like 10, over ten million migrants have entered the country during the Biden-Harris administration.”
David Sacks Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 1:01:55 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
NO PRIORS Assertion Supported
Khan: FTC Finalized Rule Banning Most Employment Non-Compete Clauses
“A few months ago, the FTC finalized a rule that would ban non-compete clauses in the vast majority of employment contracts.”
Lina Khan Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 18:34 No Priors Ep. 84 | With Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Lonsdale: Harris-Warren price gouging proposal covers 23,000 large companies
“Well, if you look at the price gouging law that Kamala Harris and Senator Warren and all these people on the very extreme left were putting forward, it's actually something that applies to about 23,000 big companies, and it would give them a lot of arbitrary p…”
Joe Lonsdale Oct 1, 2024 ▶ 19:55 Billionaire Entrepreneur: “America Will Collapse Without A Recession” | Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: ABC News coverage was 100% positive for Harris, 93% negative for Trump
“And if you look at like, for example, ABC news, 100% of the coverage by ABC news is positive. Whereas something like 93% of their coverage on Trump is negative.”
David Sacks Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 1:16:15 Big Fed rate cuts, AI killing call centers, $50B govt boondoggle, VC's rough years, Trump/Kamala
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Puri: Cyberstarts promises startups $2M revenue through loyal CISO network
“He promises teams of fresh graduates, graduates from tech units, not only investment support in the startup, but initial revenues of two million a year. This is usually their first year of revenue, which is intended to boost them above their competitors and he…”
Shaan Puri Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 40:39 10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Parr: Traba explicitly promotes a 996 work culture
“And they basically, I think they explicitly said this on their website. We have a nine, nine, six culture, which means working nine AM to nine PM, six days a week.”
Sam Parr Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 52:07 10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Vance: Biden and Harris opened southern border via executive orders
“One of the ways that, that that Biden and Harris opened up the American Southern border was through executive orders, right? It was an executive order that submitted deportations, an executive order that ended the remain in Mexico policy.”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 18:53 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Vladimir Putin publicly announced an endorsement of Kamala Harris
“Putin just came out today and announced his endorsement of Kamala Harris.”
David Sacks Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 1:15:58 "Founder Mode," DOJ alleges Russian podcast op, Kamala flips proposals, Tech loses Section 230?
BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Supported
Russian Funders Pressured Tenet Media to Blame Ukraine for Moscow Attack
“There's also the Russians pushed them to create a video tying the terror attack in Moscow to Ukraine, even though, like, ISIS was claiming responsibility at that time.”
Alex Kantrowitz Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 8:22 Russia Funds Tenet Media YouTubers
20VC Assertion Supported
Kolter: AI models contain an unpatchable buffer overflow vulnerability
“This is sort of like these models have a buffer overflow in all of them that we know about, and most importantly, that we don't know how to patch and fix. We don't know how to fix this yet with models”
Zico Kolter Sep 4, 2024 ▶ 39:51 Zico Kolter: OpenAI's Newest Board Member on The Biggest Questions and Concerns in AI Safety | E1197 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Prediction Held up
Narayanan: Restricting global access to AI models will fail
“Even if one country decides that models should be closed, the odds of getting every country to enact that kind of, ah, ah, rule are, you know, just vanishingly small. So if our approach to safety with AI is going to be premised on ensuring that quote unquote b…”
Arvind Narayanan Aug 28, 2024 ▶ 42:54 Arvind Narayanan: AI Scaling Myths, The Core Bottlenecks in AI Today & The Future of Models | E1195 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Media coverage was 84% positive for Harris, 89% negative for Trump
“The media's coverage of the Harris campaign was 84% positive, whereas the coverage of the Trump campaign was 89% negative.”
David Sacks Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 53:22 Massive jobs revision, Kamala wealth tax, polls vs prediction markets, end of race-based admissions
20VC Prediction Held up
Peets rejects sales reps unwilling to make a 30-minute commute
“If a sales inside salesperson is not willing to make the sacrifice of a 30 minute commute every day to further his own career, I don't want that person.”
Chad Peets Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 49:29 Chad Peets: Why Most Sales Reps Underperform & Remote Reps Ignore Development | E1193 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
SOURCERY Assertion Supported
Sadeghi: Scientific research already links genetics directly to intelligence
“At the frontier of science, we do already have associations with genetics and intelligence, and we really believe in giving these insights to customers.”
Kian Sadeghi Aug 16, 2024 ▶ 5:01 The Quiet Revolution in DNA Sequencing | Nucleus Genomics · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
a16z Prediction Held up
Dolgov: Waymo will continue using LiDAR, radar, and cameras together
“So yeah, I think the trend, you know, for us that we'll, you know, using all three modalities just, you know, makes a lot of sense.”
Dmitry Dolgov Aug 5, 2024 ▶ 29:46 How Waymo Is Using GenAI to Build a Better Driver
20VC Prediction Held up
Mollick: Open-source AI safety guardrails will be breached immediately
“And I do think that open models will immediately have their guardrails breached.”
Ethan Mollick Jul 31, 2024 ▶ 16:28 Ethan Mollick: Why OpenAl Abandons Products, The Biggest Opportunities They Have Not Taken | E1184 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
BG2 Assertion Supported
Gurley: Closed-source AI leaders are drafting EU AI regulatory language
“The leaders with their closed source AI models are spending more money than any startups ever spent. You know, in lobbying efforts, and they're drafting the language that ends up in the EU doctrine”
Bill Gurley Jul 25, 2024 ▶ 19:06 Ep13. Silicon Valley’s Political 180, META AI, COVID Postmortem | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Friedberg: Trump effectively secured the 2024 election after the assassination attempt
“I think the first thing I thought after I saw the video and saw that he was okay and that his ear was bleeding was that's it. It's over. Trump's won.”
David Friedberg Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 6:37 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Reid Hoffman's political advisor claimed Trump shooting was staged
“Some people like Reid Hoffman's political hack was actually claiming that it was all staged, which is just unbelievably ridiculous.”
David Sacks Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 11:54 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Biden said days before shooting to put Trump in bullseye
“However, Biden himself, days before the shooting, said that it was time to put Trump in the bullseye.”
David Sacks Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 17:38 Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
MORE OR LESS Prediction Held up
Sam Lessin: The 2024 Presidential Race Is Effectively Over for Democrats
“I just feel like this is over, right? Which I know is not what you're supposed to say, and, like, that helps purpose with town out and the whole nine yards, but, like, you know, Trump just had, like, one of the all-time ten-day periods ever, right?”
Sam Lessin Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 22:34 #56: Trump and the PayPal Mafia · More or Less Podcast
a16z Assertion Supported
Horowitz: Biden administration sued to block a16z portfolio's Sanofi drug deal
“We have a company with an incredible drug platform. They cured. A rare disease, like past phase one clinical trials, carried it, sell the drug to Sanofi because, you know, so they can get some of the money back to develop more things, and the Biden administrat…”
Ben Horowitz Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 59:34 Trump Vs. Biden: Tech Policy
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Gabbard: Google shut down my campaign AdSense during 2020 debate peak
“I ended up being the most searched candidate of the night, that debate night, which is what I had hoped for, and, ah, right at that time of peak interest, Google shut down our AdSense account with no warning, no explanation, no ability.”
Tulsi Gabbard Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 40:01 Tulsi Gabbard: Who Actually Runs the U.S. Government (And What We Should do About it)
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Gabbard: Studies show Gmail sends most Republican campaign emails to spam
“Studies are done how Google in particular, but essentially big tech, Has been proven to divert the vast majority of, you know, if you're a Republican running for office and you're sending out a, you know, a bulk email, most of those emails for conservatives Re…”
Tulsi Gabbard Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 42:09 Tulsi Gabbard: Who Actually Runs the U.S. Government (And What We Should do About it)
20VC Assertion Supported
Grady: 10 years of Sequoia data shows consensus doesn't drive startup outcomes
“So we have actual data on this going back to 20 14 where we started recording the votes numerically on every single investment. So we have about 10 years worth, which believe it or not is not conclusive because there are so few outliers that have emerged even …”
Pat Grady Jul 8, 2024 ▶ 1:04:04 Pat Grady: Sequoia Partner on Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha and Alfred Lin | E1174 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks: Kamala Harris is the only candidate option if Biden exits
“We are gonna get President Kamala Harris. She's the only alternative.”
David Sacks Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 13:42 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks claims American cluster bombs killed Russian civilians in Crimea
“American cluster bombs were used to kill Russian civilians sunbathing on the beach in Crimea.”
David Sacks Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 21:05 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Biden administration pressured social media companies to remove user speech
“And basically what that case was about was the Biden administration was engaged in attempts To influence or pressure social media companies to take down speech. It's a practice known as jawboning.”
David Sacks Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 38:56 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: DOJ heavily prosecuted hundreds of nonviolent January 6 participants
“They took hundreds of people who did not engage in any violence on January six. Many of them just wandered through an open door in the capital, and they were prosecuted to the hilt.”
David Sacks Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 1:18:39 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Calacanis predicts Joe Biden will exit the presidential race within 30 days
“I just, I'm telling you right now, he is not going to be in this race in the next 30 days.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 29, 2024 ▶ 20:29 Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Means: 95% of USDA nutrition guidelines panelists receive food or pharma funding
“The USD nutrition guidelines committee, which basically approves and recommends various foods. 95% of it is funded by 95% of the panelists are directly funded by food companies or pharma companies.”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 51:16 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Means: Kellogg's US products contain ADHD-linked dyes omitted in Canada
“Kellogg's is a stark example, but their ingredient list, they changed completely for the American kids versus just across the border in Canada. It has addictive ingredients. It has the colorings that make it really bright that are linked to ADHD and other deve…”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 51:57 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
SAASTR Assertion Supported
Lemkin: Blended VC rolling internal rates of return are negative
“Everyone is full of shit in venture on Twitter. Oh, I'm all my investments are so great. I'm such a genius. I own point. Oh, one percent of this unicorn. I made so much money, but the real IRRs, when you blend it all together, they're negative.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 37:27 Forget the SaaS Gloom and Doom. Just Build. with SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin
20VC Prediction Held up
Eisenberg predicts more private equity software investments will see Pluralsight-style zeroes
“I'm not concerned. I'm certain. It's happening.”
Michael Eisenberg Jun 19, 2024 ▶ 38:55 Michael Eisenberg: How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race | E1167 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Calacanis guarantees Democrats will replace Biden on 2024 presidential ticket
“I guarantee you hot swap is coming. I predicted the Trump TV flip, and I predict it now.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 19:51 Elon gets paid, Apple's AI pop, OpenAI revenue rip, Macro debate & Inside Trump Fundraiser
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Parr: Sports betting apps assign account managers to encourage losing gamblers
“DraftKings or whatever? They have account managers. So if you become, I read about this one woman who was making like, a 150 grand a year, so whatever that puts her at in terms of class, but not like crazy wealthy, and she's, and she lost all of her money, and…”
Sam Parr Jun 11, 2024 ▶ 57:09 $100M Founder Reveals The Secret To Making Data Profitable ft. Anand Sanwal
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks confronts Khosla over his legal fight to block public beach access
“You are the one who is fighting a legal battle to kick some of those people, the public. Kick the public off of the public beach in front of your beach house.”
David Sacks Jun 7, 2024 ▶ 5:51 DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Baglino: Nuclear capital cost per kilowatt exceeds highly curtailed renewables
“When you look at the capital cost per kilowatt of nuclear with everything that is known today, it's much more expensive than even highly curtailed renewables.”
Drew Baglino Jun 6, 2024 ▶ 23:50 Drew Baglino on Tesla’s Master Plan
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Democrats will replace Joe Biden as nominee within 60 days
“I believe that's what's going to happen in the next 30 to 60 days, so I'm predicting.”
Jason Calacanis May 31, 2024 ▶ 14:37 Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Internal NIH emails suggest COVID-19 leaked from a BSL-2 facility
“There are internal NIH emails that suggest that COVID leaked from a level two facility. They call it BSL two, which does not operate with the top level biohazard safeguards.”
David Sacks May 31, 2024 ▶ 38:10 Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
MORE OR LESS Assertion Supported
Lessin: Blackstone has only had one fund over 3x in 40 years
“It's like, in the history of Blackstone, they've raised, what is it, like, call it half a trillion dollars. That's again, that's not the number, but it's an enormous number of capital. They've had, like, one fund in, like, 40 years that has done more than thre…”
Sam Lessin May 24, 2024 ▶ 36:02 #48: Move Fast (But Don't) Break Silicon Valley · More or Less Podcast
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Research Disproves the Claim That Yelling Causes Children Lifelong Trauma
“This is their idea that anything we do to get, anytime you yell at a kid that can traumatize a kid, that injury, emotional injury can be with them for a lifetime. It's not true. It's not what the best research has shown”
Abigail Shrier May 21, 2024 ▶ 11:18 Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Studies Show Kids Excluded From Social-Emotional Learning Have Lower Anxiety
“Researchers in Australia and England actually tested this, separate groups of researchers, and they were able to show that the kids in the control group who didn't go through these practices ended up happier, better adjusted, better in, in terms of depression …”
Abigail Shrier May 21, 2024 ▶ 19:07 Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
NIMH Protocols Exclude Parents While Asking 8-Year-Olds About Suicide
“And it was created by our National Institute of Mental Health. This is a federal government agency, and they decided, and this is part of the protocol, kids age eight and up, they asked the parents to leave, and then they asked the children five escalating que…”
Abigail Shrier May 21, 2024 ▶ 25:41 Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright
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