Dated predictions and their status, on one timeline. Left of today: already
assessed. Green held up, red didn't hold up, amber partly. Right: still open; when a dot's date hits, the ledger
checks it again against the public record.
No open calls match.
Prediction Held up
Roy predicts Robinhood will introduce weather futures contracts for retail trading
“Like, I think there are certain things like weather futures, which I think Robinhood is going to introduce.”
Prediction Held up
Roy: OpenAI Must Launch Ads Ahead of Any IPO
“They're just laying this groundwork and infrastructure for just lots of ads, and I actually think they're gonna have to release this ahead of any kind of IPO because, you know, online advertising, especially whatever that next wave of AI platform advertising i…”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Roy: Proposed $14B TikTok US buyout will not go through
“I don't think it's going to happen. Fourteen billion versus forty billion. And we don't actually have confirmation from Xi Jinping or from any one on the Chinese side.”
Prediction Held up
Roy: OpenAI will hit 1B users in 2026 but lose clear leadership
“I think a billion users. I don't think I think they're not the leader. I think Gemini's Google definitely starts to catch up. I think like everyone is biting off at different parts of the open AI. Empire, I guess if we call it that, but I don't think there's a…”
Prediction Held up
Roy: AI Copyright Guidance or Resolution Will Arrive by Year-End 2025
“I, one of my predictions has been, like, we're gonna start to get some guidance or resolution, I think, by the end of this year, in terms of, like, how copyright will play out, and we need it.”
Prediction Held up
Roy: OpenAI will release GPT-5 before the end of 2025
“I think we see GPT-V this year.”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Roy: Trump will comment on NVIDIA-Anthropic chip smuggling feud within days
“I think I'm convinced Trump is going to address this one. I'm making the call right here in the next three to four days because it's just too perfect.”