WhatsApp

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 24, 2024 by Thomas Domke · said 60 times in 36 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jul 24, 2024 bullish
Opinion
A one-person, billion-dollar company is feasible
“I think so. I think that, you know, the, you know, I've seen a bunch of examples where small companies like Instagram comes to mind, you know, that, that started really small and by the time they got acquired, they were still very small. WhatsApp is a similar …”
Thomas Domke Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 0:09 GitHub CEO Thomas Domke -- The One-Person, Billion-Dollar Startup
Sep 6, 2024
Insight
Platforms Can't Detect Covert Influencer Ops Run on Private Messaging Apps
“It's impossible for platforms to pick this up because everything is done behind the scenes, the recruiting, the payments, the editorial direction, usually in discords or in text messages or on WhatsApp signal. And it's very, very difficult to pick up.”
Alex Kantrowitz Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 13:41 Russia Funds Tenet Media YouTubers
Feb 26, 2025 bearish
Assertion Contradicted
Most Social Media Platforms Except WhatsApp Face Declining Daily Active Users
“Most of the platforms are seeing declines in daily active users. WhatsApp is going up. Snapchat, eh, but, like, most of them are going down.”
Chris Hayes Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 29:58 The Formula for Capturing Your Attention, Price of Fame, & Algorithms as Editors — With Chris Hayes
Oct 8, 2025 neutral
Insight
Krieger: Massive Platforms Can Only Introduce One New Behavior Per Generation
“Once you get a service as widespread as Instagram or as widespread as Facebook or WhatsApp, it's hard to introduce a new behavior there. You know, we did it with stories. I think they've since done it with reels but it's almost like one, you get one per genera…”
Mike Krieger Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 36:02 Anthropic Chief Product Officer: Why AI Model Development Is Accelerating
Oct 27, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: Meta to cut off ChatGPT access on WhatsApp next year
“Meta said Saturday it would cut off access to non-meta chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT on WhatsApp beginning next year.”
Alex Kantrowitz Oct 27, 2025 ▶ 55:28 OpenAI’s Risky Browser Bet, Amazon’s Mass Automation Plan, Clippy’s Back
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