Warren Buffett

11 statements across 10 episodes · 1 bullish · 5 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 20, 2021 by David Sacks · said 152 times in 65 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Warren Buffett's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (83), David Friedberg (19), Jason Calacanis (16), Brad Gerstner (9), Bill Ackman (6), Charles Koch (5), Chase Lochmiller (4), David Sacks (3)

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2026 22 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode
2025 19 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode
2024 39 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
2023 27 mentions in 12 episodes 2 per episode
2022 20 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
2021 14 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
2020 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Warren Buffett, oldest first

Mar 20, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Buffett and Munger have a massive technology blind spot regarding Bitcoin
“Whether it's like Howard Marks or Warren Buffett or Charlie Munger, whoever they're all like great investors or whatever, but they're not technologists and it's a blind spot.”
David Sacks Mar 20, 2021 ▶ 21:34 E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing
Mar 26, 2022 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Gerstner: Warren Buffett has only bought two tech stocks: Apple and Snowflake
“What are the two technology companies Buffett bought in the public markets? Apple. Apple and Snowflake.”
Brad Gerstner Mar 26, 2022 ▶ 48:01 E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
May 19, 2023
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Warren Buffett equated AI to nuclear weapons
“Two weeks ago, he equated AI to nuclear weapons, which is an incredibly powerful technology whose genie you can't put back in the bottle, whose 99.9% of use cases are generally quite societally positive, but the .1% of use cases destroys humanity.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 19, 2023 ▶ 25:05 E129: Sam Altman plays chess with regulators, AI's "nuclear" potential, big pharma bundling & more
Jun 24, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Chamath admits his controversial tweets are just non-serious trolling
“Bro, I'm just trolling the mids. Just don't worry. This is all bullshit. It's all just for shits and giggles. I do it. I do it when I'm either pooing or I haven't jet lagged.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:30:41 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Mar 8, 2024
Insight
Chamath: Warren Buffett's disengagement is revealed by annual letter mention counts
“You can tell when Buffett has gotten disengaged with a company based on the number of times he mentions it in his annual letter.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 53:37 E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
Mar 8, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Chamath notes Warren Buffett started selling Apple stock in Q4 2023
“He started to sell in quarter four.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 55:30 E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
Aug 9, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Buffett stops mentioning companies in shareholder letters when selling stock
“I mean, I think it's been a trend in their letters when he stops mentioning a company in his letter, it's because he's selling.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 46:30 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
Nov 16, 2024 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Palihapitiya: Warren Buffett earns $15B annually on $325B in T-bills
“There's a reason why Warren Buffett has three hundred and twenty five billion dollars sitting in T-bills making four and a half percent a year. He owns more T-bills than the United States government. He's making about fifteen billion dollars a year in interest…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 16, 2024 ▶ 7:06 Trump's market impact: Bitcoin, M&A, IPOs + transition picks; Polymarket CEO raided by FBI
Feb 13, 2026 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Warren Buffett generated zero alpha after Regulation FD was enacted
“His returns were double the market returns when this kind of information sharing was legal. And the minute that it became illegal and you had to basically act on the same edge as everybody else, his returns went to the market return. He generated zero alpha.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 13, 2026 ▶ 26:35 Debt Spiral or NEW Golden Age? Super Bowl Insider Trading, Booming Token Budgets, Ferrari's New EV
Apr 17, 2026 bearish
Assertion Supported
Chamath notes Warren Buffett's returns dropped significantly after Regulation Fair Disclosure
“His returns are bimodally distributed pre and post Reg FD. When you have to follow the rules of disclosure, everybody's returns got kneecapped. When there was no disclosure rules. His returns were off the charts.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 17, 2026 ▶ 1:09:38 OpenAI's Identity Crisis, Datacenter Wars, Market Up on Iran News, Mamdani's First Tax, Swalwell Out
May 12, 2026 negative
Opinion
Charles Koch: Warren Buffett's hands-off management style wouldn't work for Koch
“Yeah, that wouldn't work for us, the stuff we buy.”
Charles Koch May 12, 2026 ▶ 38:06 How We Grew Koch Industries to $150 Billion Without Going Public: Charles & Chase Koch
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