The Ledger

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Assertion Contradicted
Baker: Google JAX and Meta PyTorch teams fought publicly on X until leaders called truce
“The JAX team at Google got into a giant fight with the PyTorch team on Meta on X, and the heads of each company's respective AI division had to make a public truce and instruct their troops to stop fighting.”
Gavin Baker Mar 2, 2026 ▶ 1:03:00 Gavin Baker – Truth-Seeking and Crossover Investing at Atreides (EP.489)
Assertion Contradicted
Dixon: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pay zero ad revenue to creators
“Twitter and Facebook have zero dollar revenue share. Instagram is zero dollars. So Instagram makes all their money on advertising. They pay zero out to the creators.”
Chris Dixon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 13:09 Chris Dixon – Frameworks and Investing at Scale (EP.258, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.05)
Assertion Contradicted
Housenbold: 120 VCs passed on Starbucks and 88 passed on Facebook
“And if you look at, I think, Starbucks, when Howard was raising money, a 120 different venture capitalists passed on Starbucks. And I think 88 passed when market Facebook was looking to raise capital, right?”
Jeff Hausenbold Mar 29, 2021 ▶ 39:12 Jeff Housenbold – Inside Softbank Vision Fund (Capital Allocators, EP.186)
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