CHIPS Act

6 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 26, 2023 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

Everything said about CHIPS Act, oldest first

May 26, 2023 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Biden's signature laws will create energy independence and a peace dividend
“The BIL, the IRA, and the CHIPS Act, all three, the biggest components in all three bills, this is Biden's signature legislation, is creating energy independence for America, which will have an enormous Peace dividend. You will not fight these stupid, endless …”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 26, 2023 ▶ 57:22 E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more
Aug 23, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Sacks: US semiconductor fabs built under CHIPS Act lag Taiwan by years
“There's a lot of good reasons to believe that even if we incentivize this, we're still hopelessly behind, and the CHIPFAPs that we're building are just, they're still years behind what they have in Taiwan, for example, so it's not clear it's gonna work, is my …”
David Sacks Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 1:24:58 Massive jobs revision, Kamala wealth tax, polls vs prediction markets, end of race-based admissions
Apr 11, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: Permitting malaise has prevented any CHIPS Act fabs from being built
“When you look inside of the CHIPS Act, As smart as that initial policy was, if you ask, why has nothing actually happened? Why have no fabs actually been built other than grandiose statements? The answer is that, which you speak to in your book. It's just this…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 47:57 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
Apr 11, 2025 positive
Opinion
Summers: CHIPS Act is US's boldest move against foreign dependency
“That's the largest, boldest thing the United States has ever done to avoid dependence and in a national security area.”
Larry Summers Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 34:30 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
Jan 9, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Palihapitiya: Only $6B of CHIPS Act funding has actually been disbursed
“I think only Six billion has gone out because there's a bunch of conditions, and you have to actually meet these milestones, and the CHIPS Act is, is very different than how it started.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 9, 2026 ▶ 1:12:24 Howard Lutnick: How America Can Hit 6% GDP Growth in 2026
Jul 15, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Gelsinger: US leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing share grew from 12% to 18%
“When I came back, the U.S. Was building about 12% of leading edge. Today, that number is more like 18%.”
Pat Gelsinger Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 15:19 Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding
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