tech industry

14 statements across 12 episodes · 6 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 23, 2021 by David Sacks · across every show →

Everything said about tech industry, oldest first

Jul 23, 2021 positive
Insight
Sacks: Smart, hardworking tech workers avoiding self-sabotage will succeed over 20 years
“One of my big takeaways from being in the tech industry for 20 years is that if you're smart, hardworking, and don't have behaviors that sabotage yourself, you will be successful in this industry, you know, over two decades.”
David Sacks Jul 23, 2021 ▶ 1:21:33 E41: Vaccine policy, Big Tech, DeepMind's latest breakthrough, wealth creation, opportunity & more
Sep 18, 2021
Insight
Sacks: Tech industry focuses on the future and ignores history
“Look in the tech industry, we're all concerned about the future. No one pays a lot of attention to history.”
David Sacks Sep 18, 2021 ▶ 5:52 E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
Jun 23, 2022
Insight
Right-leaning founders should hide their political views until they are self-sufficient
“My advice to founders who are on the right has actually been, don't be public about your political leanings, because you won't accomplish anything. You will just, you will be terminated by the mob. You should focus on building, you should focus on creating val…”
Palmer Luckey Jun 23, 2022 ▶ 35:49 #AIS: Palmer Luckey on Anduril
May 19, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Tech industry will regret validating AI risk narratives
“The tech industry is gonna regret buying into this narrative because the members of the judiciary committee are doing the same playbook they ran back in 2016.”
David Sacks May 19, 2023 ▶ 42:06 E129: Sam Altman plays chess with regulators, AI's "nuclear" potential, big pharma bundling & more
Jul 14, 2023
Insight
Sacks: Restricting tech M&A suppresses risk-taking and capital deployment
“There's so few ways to have a good exit in the tech industry that when you take away M&A. It puts a damper on all risk taking and the deployment of risk capital into the ecosystem.”
David Sacks Jul 14, 2023 ▶ 40:28 E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth
Jul 10, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Mission-focused workplace policies restricting political activism are now tech standard
“Now it's the standard. Now it's the standard.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 10, 2024 ▶ 1:11:52 Jonathan Haidt: How to Help the Anxious Generation | The All-In Interview
Jan 20, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Tech return-to-office mandates typically yield 20% worker attrition
“I mean, in the, I would say, in the tech industry, you would expect 20%.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 17:03 All-In Inauguration Day Livestream with the Besties from Washington, DC!
May 6, 2025
Assertion Contradicted
Tech industry historically used under 1% of US electricity
“Having spent 30 years in tech, we never used more than one percent of the nation's electrical production.”
Doug Burgum May 6, 2025 ▶ 20:52 Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior | All-In DC
Jul 7, 2025 neutral
Insight
Friedberg: MAGA and Silicon Valley tech cannot succeed without alignment
“I don't think MAGA can exist successfully without the tech alignment. I don't think tech can exist without MAGA because of the government alignment and the importance of the government allowing these new technologies like AI to come to market and to proliferat…”
David Friedberg Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 4:23 "What The F Are We Doing?" David Friedberg On BBB’s Deficit Increase & Trump vs. Elon
Jul 7, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: MAGA and tech leadership will realize mutual dependency
“And I do think that both sides have heads that are going to be cooler that will prevail here. And I do think that these two are going to recognize the importance of being codependent, if you will, in being able to progress their respective agendas.”
David Friedberg Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 5:00 "What The F Are We Doing?" David Friedberg On BBB’s Deficit Increase & Trump vs. Elon
Sep 7, 2025 positive
Opinion
Sacks: Tech executives at White House dinner were largely aligned on policy
“I think that the people in the room there, it was remarkable, even though A lot of these companies are competing with each other. They were largely on the same page with respect to what was happening in the economy, in the world, and with the kind of support t…”
David Sacks Sep 7, 2025 ▶ 6:56 Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
Sep 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Tax rules now allow same-year R&D depreciation for tech
“For the tech industry, the R&D. Treatment where you can depreciate R&D now in the same year instead of spreading it out over 30 years.”
David Sacks Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 20:02 Oval Office Tour with President Trump
Sep 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: Tech industry was first group brought for a Rose Garden dinner
“We're very honored for the tech industry to be the first one that you've brought to do a Rose Garden dinner.”
David Sacks Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 7:11 Oval Office Tour with President Trump
Jan 10, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg predicts the tech industry will be 2026's biggest political loser
“My biggest political loser of 2026 is the tech industry.”
David Friedberg Jan 10, 2026 ▶ 22:42 All-In's 2026 Predictions
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