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a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Brown: Networked autonomous drone swarms will completely upend global defense
“And so the first time that that collaborative swarm is used anywhere, it's just a matter of time, that is just going to completely upend, if it hasn't been already, the entire defense industry globally.”
Jason Brown Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 38:33 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown: Top consumer fintechs achieve a 5:1 LTV-to-CAC ratio
“Five to one is a good number. Most fintech is below that because CAC is higher, but the best fintech firms are definitely in that five or higher ratio.”
Jason Brown Nov 29, 2019 ▶ 26:53 20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How To Determine Whether An Investor Is Truly Aligned To Your Mission and What 2 Traits Make The Truly Special Board Members with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
a16z Assertion Contradicted
Brown: The top 98 VC-backed defense startups capture 1% of DoD budget
“If you look at the top 100 venture backed companies that are doing business with the Department of Defense, and you take SpaceX and Palantir, put it aside, so now the top 98 that's ten billion dollars a year of business going to those 98. That's only one aircr…”
Jason Brown Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 28:23 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated
Brown: Tally will never explicitly celebrate fundraising milestones
“We at Tally never have and never will explicitly have a celebration around the fundraise. It's always going to be around product and delivering value to consumers.”
Jason Brown Nov 29, 2019 ▶ 15:17 20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How To Determine Whether An Investor Is Truly Aligned To Your Mission and What 2 Traits Make The Truly Special Board Members with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
a16z Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2055
Brown: The B-52 bomber will reach 100 years of operational service
“I mean, the B-fifty two will be a hundred years old. You know, here in, in, you know, and it'll, it'll still be flying. Right.”
Jason Brown Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 11:34 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tally maintains a 99% monthly user retention rate
“Our retention, we have a 99% monthly retention of our users”
Jason Brown Nov 29, 2019 ▶ 9:32 20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How To Determine Whether An Investor Is Truly Aligned To Your Mission and What 2 Traits Make The Truly Special Board Members with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
20VC Assertion Supported
Lending Club overtook Prosper by voluntarily shutting down for regulatory compliance
“Whereas a younger company lending club, they really leaned into the regulation. They actually shut down their platform for about six months So that they could comply, and then they started back up, and that was the point at which Lending Club really surpassed …”
Jason Brown Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 9:15 20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
a16z Assertion Partly supported
Brown: Applied Intuition works with every U.S. military branch
“So we are working with Every service in, in the Department of Defense, we are actually expanding that government business internationally to U.S. Allies.”
Jason Brown Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 1:36 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown: Applied Intuition built and deployed its Maritime Sim in five weeks
“We went from like zero, no product, to the first functioning use of the product in five weeks.”
Jason Brown Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 22:43 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
20VC Assertion Supported
Brown: Americans pay $11 billion annually in credit card late fees
“There are eleven billion dollars of credit card late fees every year.”
Jason Brown Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 3:07 20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Brown: 40% of U.S. households hold $15,000 in credit card debt
“For 40% of American households, this is a huge problem because 40% of U.S. Households have 15,000 dollars in credit card debt, which is this astronomical number, right? It's like six hundred billion dollars altogether.”
Jason Brown Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 3:33 20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown: Applied Intuition has 110 D.C. employees dedicated to government business
“So based here in DC, in our DC office, we have about a 110 folks purely dedicated to the government mission, but really the entire company works on government government work.”
Jason Brown Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 1:23 Autonomy is no longer a moonshot—it’s a market
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