Ranga Dias
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2023 by David Friedberg · said 13 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Mar 17, 2023
Friedberg: Ranga Dias falsely claimed raising $20M from Sam Altman and Daniel Ek
“And he actually had a talk that he did that was published on YouTube, a year later, where he said he raised twenty million dollars from Sam Altman and Daniel Ek and a bunch of other investors. And it turns out that also wasn't true.”
Mar 17, 2023
Palihapitiya nearly spun out Ranga Dias's superconductor tech before university blocked it
“Venkat Viswanathan, who runs the battery group at Carnegie Mellon, introduced me to Ranga two years ago. Me and my partner, Jay, we were like, holy shit, this is outrageous. And we tried to spin it out into an actual company, but the University of Rochester bl…”