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Assertion Supported
Raz: LeBron James and Michael Phelps paid for WHOOP subscriptions
“He got it on the wrist of Michael Phelps and LeBron James without ever paying them. In fact, LeBron James and Michael Phelps paid him to use it. They paid for a subscription, and the way he did it Was by going to their trainers.”
Guy Raz May 15, 2025 ▶ 45:03 Advice Line with RJ Scaringe with Rivian
Assertion Supported
Ahmed: Rory McIlroy, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Eli Manning Invested in WHOOP
“Rory McIlroy, Cristiano Ronaldo, Virgil van Dyke, Eli Manning, Larry Fitzgerald, and for me, like, I've gotten to make friends with a lot of these, you know, global superstars, and they've offered a lot of good advice to me personally, and also to the business…”
Will Ahmed Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 1:01:56 WHOOP: Will Ahmed
Assertion Supported
Ahmed: WHOOP reached LeBron James by seeding devices with personal trainers
“And the secret to getting to them, just to say it was to find people in their lives that had a big influence on them that no one else knew. It turned out in 2015, the personal trainer was a relatively unknown person in a professional athlete's life. And it als…”
Will Ahmed Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 40:57 WHOOP: Will Ahmed
Assertion Supported
Ahmed: WHOOP initially priced its consumer wearable at $500
“And maybe most importantly, we were selling the product for 500 dollars.”
Will Ahmed Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 46:52 WHOOP: Will Ahmed
Assertion Supported
Ahmed: WHOOP has never done a down round in its history
“You know, remarkably in the company's history, we've never done a down round.”
Will Ahmed Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 56:15 WHOOP: Will Ahmed
Assertion Supported
Sila Nanotechnologies improved Whoop's device battery performance by 20 percent
“We helped them, you know, improve their battery performance by about 20% relative to the prior generation.”
Gene Berdachevsky Mar 7, 2024 ▶ 26:37 Supercharging Lithium-Ion Batteries with Gene Berdichevsky of Sila Nanotechnologies
Assertion Partly supported
Ahmed: WHOOP raised ~$10M by late 2014 and ~$25M by mid-2015
“Yeah, we had raised ten million dollars probably total by the end of 2014, and then we had probably raised twenty five million total by mid 2015.”
Will Ahmed Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 38:39 WHOOP: Will Ahmed
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