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Hoffman funded ads highlighting RFK Jr.'s anti-vax stance to hurt Trump
“My thing was actually, in fact, making people aware of RFK's anti-vax, you know, statement, his anti-science stuff, because I thought that would be relevant in the polls in November. That, that was the actual strategy that, that I believe, and I think that wou…”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 51:09 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Reid Hoffman funded E. Jean Carroll's civil lawsuit against Donald Trump
“What I funded was an ability to have, you know, kind of a woman who doesn't have power, who's being threatened by a rich man with a lot of money and power to try to silence her, to have her day in court where 12 everyday Americans, right, can come to a judgmen…”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 1:10:34 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Hoffman: OpenAI was founded for open access, not open source
“From the very founding of OpenAI, I was never claiming it was gonna be open source. I was claiming it was gonna be once safety, open access and not differential or controlling access for that”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 15:06 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Hoffman details Inflection AI deal returning 1x to investors
“With a, you know, kind of outside party, you can get paid enough in a non-exclusive IP license and an ability to selectively hire folks, and then you can dividend some of that out to investors. So investors, you know, get back a, you know, kind of a one X and …”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 30:32 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Hoffman says he instructed funded groups against blocking RFK Jr. ballot access
“I wouldn't be surprised if we look at all the money that goes to all the different organizations, if Organization X kind of had some kind of ballot thing. My voice instruction was always like, no, no, no, don't do that. That's anti-democratic.”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 47:39 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Hoffman: Protecting the rule of law is a political red line, not taxes
“We can navigate a higher tax rate. It'll be less fast on growth and everything else, but we can still invest, create businesses, you know, et cetera. But we can't do it with You know, kind of a corroding the rule of law, right? Like, you know, I think both Dav…”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 1:09:32 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Reid Hoffman donated $10M to OpenAI non-profit without receiving equity
“I, by the way, I put in ten million at the same time, and I don't have any shares from those ten million.”
Reid Hoffman Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 24:25 In conversation with Reid Hoffman & Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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