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saudi-arabia

also referred to as: saudi · saudi arabia · saudis

7 statements across 7 episodes · 9 bullish · 9 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Jan 15, 2022 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 352 times in 88 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (135), David Friedberg (58), David Sacks (56), Chamath Palihapitiya (30), Tareq Amin (17), Jared Kushner (13), Ben Shapiro (9), Mark Cuban (7)

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2026 23 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2025 102 mentions in 20 episodes 5 per episode
2024 52 mentions in 11 episodes 5 per episode
2023 97 mentions in 18 episodes 5 per episode
2022 72 mentions in 19 episodes 4 per episode
2021 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2020 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about saudi-arabia, oldest first

Jan 15, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Palihapitiya admits several portfolio companies accepted money from Saudi-backed funds
“And by the way, to be honest, there's a bunch of my companies that have been supported by folks who have taken money from them.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 15, 2022 ▶ 32:35 E63: Insurrection indictments, human rights in the US and abroad, groundbreaking MS study and more
Jan 15, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Palihapitiya clarifies Social Capital does not accept investment funds from Saudi Arabia
“No. It's my own capital.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 15, 2022 ▶ 32:28 E63: Insurrection indictments, human rights in the US and abroad, groundbreaking MS study and more
Jan 15, 2022 negative
Opinion
Calacanis argues VCs should refuse Saudi investment capital over human rights abuses
“When people are involved in torture, murder, rape, and sterilizing people, that there should be economic and disengagement that occurs as a first step. And that that is why when people in our circles, in venture capital, take money from somebody who murdered a…”
Jason Calacanis Jan 15, 2022 ▶ 27:44 E63: Insurrection indictments, human rights in the US and abroad, groundbreaking MS study and more
Mar 19, 2022 positive
Opinion
Sacks: US should retain Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia in global coalition
“I would not be throwing countries like Turkey and Egypt and Saudi Arabia out of our coalition in Cold War II because we don't like the nature of their governments.”
David Sacks Mar 19, 2022 ▶ 1:01:47 E72: Impact of sanctions, deglobalization, food shortage risks, macroeconomic outlook and more
Mar 26, 2022
Assertion Supported
Palihapitiya: China and Saudi Arabia negotiating oil trade settlement in Yuan
“China and Saudi Arabia are negotiating, settling a huge oil trade in Yuan.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 26, 2022 ▶ 1:06:10 E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
Jul 8, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Saudi Arabia maintained 11 million daily barrels for only eight weeks
“They have been at eleven million for some total of eight weeks in their entire lifetime.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 8, 2022 ▶ 48:12 E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests & EU climate missteps
Jul 8, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Saudi Arabia cannot reach 12 million oil barrels daily until 2027
“Saudi Arabia says we can get to twelve million. Well, guess what? They can only start the work in 2024. They'll be done in 2027.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 8, 2022 ▶ 47:29 E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests & EU climate missteps
Aug 13, 2022
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Over half of Vision Fund's Middle East capital is preferred equity
“More than half their investment is in preferred equity, which is effectively debt that pays a coupon.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 13, 2022 ▶ 8:13 E91: SoftBank's $21B+ Vision Fund loss, signals of a bubble, macro picture, Trump raided by FBI
Aug 20, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Biden's early policy pushed Saudi Arabia into China's arms
“Biden's backing away from this now, but in his first year, He declared the Saudis be pariahs, and he did push them into China's arms.”
David Sacks Aug 20, 2022 ▶ 48:51 E92: Adam Neumann's second act, a16z's $350M bet, housing policy, Inflation Reduction Act & more
Jan 6, 2023
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg predicts Crown Prince MBS will rocket to top of global influence in 2023
“I think as a result, you will see him kind of rise in terms of influence, not in terms of, you know, hey, the world has accolades for this guy. But I think in terms of global influence he will rocket ship to kind of the top because of this kind of jockeying he…”
David Friedberg Jan 6, 2023 ▶ 7:41 E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
Jun 2, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Middle East nations continue directing investment capital to the West
“You can be sure that Saudi, UAE, and the entire voting bloc in the Middle East are shipping their money west, not east.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 2, 2023 ▶ 49:11 E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more
Jun 2, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Biden alienated Saudi Arabia and pushed them toward China
“And now, Biden's just flushed it down the toilet because he's alienated the Saudis so much they've gone to the Chinese.”
David Sacks Jun 2, 2023 ▶ 1:33:20 E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more
Jun 10, 2023
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Saudi Arabia offered Lionel Messi $1.6B personally
“Messi was offered 1.6 billion dollars personally by the Saudis”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 10, 2023 ▶ 44:45 E132: SEC goes after crypto giants, Sequoia splits, LIV/PGA, Messi's deal + LIVE Q&A!
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Christie: Kushner and Ivanka made $40M+ yearly in White House, $2B from Saudis
“Jared and Ivanka making 40 plus million dollars a year while they were in the White House, getting two billion from the Saudis to invest after they leave the White House”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:44:15 In conversation with Chris Christie
Nov 11, 2023 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Kushner: Trump administration completed $500 billion in Saudi arms and investment deals
“Investments did over five hundred billion dollars of investments in arms sales with Saudi Arabia that created a lot of us jobs.”
Jared Kushner Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 34:57 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
Nov 11, 2023 negative
Opinion
Kushner: The Palestinian issue is no longer useful to Arab states, only Iran
“I think the Saudis and others at the time didn't want this issue to go away, but now the issue is really no longer useful for the Arabs. The only people it's useful to, quite frankly, is Iran.”
Jared Kushner Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 30:42 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
Nov 17, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Phillips: Iran inspired Hamas attack to prevent Saudi-Israel normalization
“And that was exactly why I believe, whether it's implicit or explicit, Iran inspired Hamas to do this then”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 51:19 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Jun 20, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: US spending and foreign policy are pushing Saudi Arabia toward China
“It really rings true to the effect of US spending, US foreign policy. So much of this is driving, and I'm concerned about, right, driving the Saudis into the arms of the Chinese and other foreign adversaries to the United States.”
David Friedberg Jun 20, 2024 ▶ 58:00 In conversation with President Trump
Sep 16, 2024 negative
Prediction Held up
Mearsheimer: Arab nations will not intervene militarily if Israel expands West Bank operations
“I think there is virtually no chance of what you described happening, which is if the Israelis were to go on a rampage in the West Bank, similar to what they've done in Gaza, that the Jordanians would come in, or the Egyptians, or the Saudis. They simply don't…”
John Mearsheimer Sep 16, 2024 ▶ 51:10 Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit
Oct 3, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Cuban ties 2022 inflation peak directly to Trump's 2020 oil deal
“And you know what matches up perfectly? What matches up perfectly is that 9.1% in 2022 and the day that that agreement ended. Where MBS and Russia limited production, that agreement ended it like this.”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 27:40 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
Jan 31, 2025
Assertion Supported
Travis Kalanick says Saudi Arabia invested $3.5B before the Vision Fund existed
“We did stuff with the Saudis, Before even Vision Fund existed, they stroked a three and a half billion dollar check when that was like the biggest thing that ever happened.”
Travis Kalanick Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 1:03:55 DeepSeek Panic, US vs China, OpenAI $40B?, and Doge Delivers with Travis Kalanick and David Sacks
Feb 7, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Total U.S. energy reserves are three times Saudi Arabia's
“If you look at the total energy reserves in the United States, they're three times greater than the total energy reserves of Saudi Arabia.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 7, 2025 ▶ 57:32 DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google's $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s
May 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Palihapitiya: Groq is the only AI inference firm with a Saudi export license
“We are the only inference company in the world with an export license from the United States to do this.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 17, 2025 ▶ 14:55 Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro
May 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Chamath: A 1,000-mile radius around Saudi Arabia reaches 4 billion people
“When you draw a thousand mile radius around Saudi Arabia, you touch four billion human beings.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 17, 2025 ▶ 19:09 Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro
May 17, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Chamath: UAE and Saudi Arabia are best places to deploy capital
“There's no better place, I think, in the world right now, if you're trying to find a net new place to put capital to work than the UAE and then Saudi.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 17, 2025 ▶ 28:08 Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro
Jun 21, 2025
Disclosure
Chamath: Season 2 of Amazon's Beast Games filming in Saudi Arabia
“For Beast games, we had a deal in Las Vegas and in Toronto. We got huge tax credits. And in the second season that we're doing for Amazon, we did an enormous deal with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And so we're filming a bunch of episodes there. We're building …”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 5:06 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jun 28, 2025
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts nuclear domino effect in Middle East if Iran acquires nukes
“If Iran gets nukes, then Saudi Arabia will be forced to get nukes and so on down the line. And so there will be a domino effect with each country that gets nuclear weapons.”
David Sacks Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 38:17 12 Day War, Socialism Wins in NYC, Stocks All-Time High, AI Copyright, Science Corner
Nov 4, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tareq Amin: Saudi Arabia will become the third-largest AI infrastructure hub
“Outside of the United States, outside of China, I really think Saudi Arabia has a good shot to be the third largest country in infrastructure.”
Tareq Amin Nov 4, 2025 ▶ 14:19 Inside Saudi Arabia’s AI Ambition: Tareq Amin on Building a New Tech Superpower
Nov 4, 2025 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tareq Amin: 95% of Humain's Groq inferencing traffic is international
“Five percent of the traffic from Saudi, the rest is from abroad.”
Tareq Amin Nov 4, 2025 ▶ 28:25 Inside Saudi Arabia’s AI Ambition: Tareq Amin on Building a New Tech Superpower
Mar 17, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Kalanick: Middle East business IPO delayed by 20% Saudi market drop
“Our Middle East business was supposed to go public in January, and the Saudi market Was went down 20% over like a two month period.”
Travis Kalanick Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 30:35 Two Legendary Founders: Travis Kalanick & Michael Dell Live from Austin, Texas
Aug 12, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Emanuel: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar Are Hedging Against U.S. Dependence
“Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar look like they're hedging. They know they're reliant on America, but they're not going to be so dependent that they're vulnerable because of the lack of the leadership in two wars, Iran and Iraq.”
Rahm Emanuel Aug 12, 2026 ▶ 18:44 Rahm Emanuel: Trump's Foreign Policy, China, Europe's Decline, Immigration & DSA vs Democrats
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