| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Jeffrey: Inovia Capital manages approximately $2.5 billion across multiple strategies | Corey Jeffrey | Aug 27, 2026 | — |
| $12B | “twelve billion dollars” | Jeffrey: Next-gen AI labs are seeing $12B valuations at napkin stage | Corey Jeffrey | Aug 27, 2026 | — |
| 2B | “two billion” | Jeffrey: Next-gen AI labs are seeing $12B valuations at napkin stage | Corey Jeffrey | Aug 27, 2026 | — |
| 10× | “10 times” | Jeffrey: AI-supercharged humans, not autonomous machines, will drive job displacement | Corey Jeffrey | Aug 27, 2026 | — |
| 100× | “hundred times” | Jeffrey: AI-supercharged humans, not autonomous machines, will drive job displacement | Corey Jeffrey | Aug 27, 2026 | — |
| 56% | “56%” | Marquez: San Francisco Bay Area captured 56% of 2025 VC funding | Kristian Marquez | Aug 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Robinson: Money movement lacks the invisible markups of physical goods | Rodney Robinson | Aug 18, 2026 | — |
| $9B | “nine billion dollars” | Robinson: TabaPay processes nearly $9B across 75M monthly transactions | Rodney Robinson | Aug 18, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Robinson: TabaPay touches a third of US households and 100M debit cards monthly | Rodney Robinson | Aug 18, 2026 | — |
| 2M | “2003 thousand” | Gandhi: History's Greatest Philosophers Were Heirs to Extreme Wealth | Anand Gandhi | Aug 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 3.2T | “a 2.2 trillion” | Chen: SpaceX IPO completed at a $2.2T valuation | Adam Chen | Aug 13, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 80% | “80%” | Rakhmetzhanov: 80% of industrial process drawings remain trapped in legacy formats | Tamerlan Rakhmetzhanov | Aug 6, 2026 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Rakhmetzhanov: Scaled prior engineering business to $200M in annual revenue | Tamerlan Rakhmetzhanov | Aug 6, 2026 | — |
| 8M | “a seven million” | Rakhmetzhanov: Brother Arlan entered Y Combinator at 17, raised $7M solo | Tamerlan Rakhmetzhanov | Aug 6, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1.5K | “a half thousand” | Rakhmetzhanov: Armeta completed a 9,500-hour, $1M engineering task in six hours | Tamerlan Rakhmetzhanov | Aug 6, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | Rakhmetzhanov: Armeta completed a 9,500-hour, $1M engineering task in six hours | Tamerlan Rakhmetzhanov | Aug 6, 2026 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Ramaswamy: Insurance AI can automate 95% of workflows, but requires human sign-off | Deepak Ramaswamy | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Ramaswamy: Insurance AI can automate 95% of workflows, but requires human sign-off | Deepak Ramaswamy | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Marquez's pre-revenue telemedicine startup raised $2.5 million before crashing | Kristian Marquez | Jul 30, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Blackington: Healthcare software silos force family caregivers to be the data bridge | Dr. Ashley Blackington | Jul 28, 2026 | — |
| 63M | “sixty three million” | Blackington: US family caregivers will expand beyond 63M over next 15 years | Dr. Ashley Blackington | Jul 28, 2026 | Open |
| 70% | “70%” | Blackington: 60% to 70% of Caregivers Alter Employment Due to Care Demands | Dr. Ashley Blackington | Jul 28, 2026 | Supported |
| 34% | “34%” | Chadha: Bangalore's tree cover has collapsed from 34% to 6% | Richa Chadha | Jul 23, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Chadha: Bangalore's tree cover has collapsed from 34% to 6% | Richa Chadha | Jul 23, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Chadha: Mumbai's Dharavi slum exports up to $700 million globally | Richa Chadha | Jul 23, 2026 | Contradicted |
| $700M | “seven hundred million dollars” | Chadha: Mumbai's Dharavi slum exports up to $700 million globally | Richa Chadha | Jul 23, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 47M | “47 million” | Emil asserts 47 million Americans have no healthcare or compromised care | Stephen Emil | Jul 22, 2026 | — |
| 2.5M | “2.5 million” | Convos Sent 2.5M Texts to 1M Voters in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race | Andrew Massay | Jul 14, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Convos Sent 2.5M Texts to 1M Voters in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race | Andrew Massay | Jul 14, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Sharma: About 40% of Carrier's workforce uses the iCar innovation platform | Kamal Sharma | Jul 10, 2026 | — |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Digital staff make up under 9 percent of Carrier iCar users | Kamal Sharma | Jul 10, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Kirby: Wealth managers lose 50% to 80% of assets during generational transfers | Alex Kirby | Jul 8, 2026 | Supported |
| 53% | “53%” | Kirby: 53% of Americans cannot name their grandparents | Alex Kirby | Jul 8, 2026 | Supported |
| 51M | “a fifty million” | Kirby: Advisor secured $50M client referral via legacy planning discussions | Alex Kirby | Jul 8, 2026 | — |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Kirby: Advisor secured $50M client referral via legacy planning discussions | Alex Kirby | Jul 8, 2026 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Vijayavargiya: Under 1% of venture capital goes to the real sector | Sonali Vijayavargiya | Jul 7, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 95% | “95%” | Vijayavargiya: 95% of Augment portfolio companies secure follow-on capital | Sonali Vijayavargiya | Jul 7, 2026 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 100× | “hundred X” | Vijayavargiya: Cost to start a tech company dropped 100x in 15 years | Sonali Vijayavargiya | Jul 7, 2026 | — |
| $1K | “a thousand dollars” | Brown: Traditional high-rate law firms will shrink or shutter within a decade | Logan Brown | Jun 30, 2026 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Brown: Raised $2.5M pre-seed for Soxton after receiving same-day term sheet | Logan Brown | Jun 30, 2026 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Khan: Sitting near low performers drops employee productivity by up to 20% | Kingshuk Khan | Jun 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Khan: Sitting near low performers drops employee productivity by up to 20% | Kingshuk Khan | Jun 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Khan: Sitting near low performers drops employee productivity by up to 20% | Kingshuk Khan | Jun 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 24% | “24%” | Khan: Poor hiring and leadership cause nearly 24% of startup failures | Kingshuk Khan | Jun 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $2M | “two million dollars” | Borok: Invest Ventures raised $2M microfund backed by former LinkedIn CEO | Glenn Borok | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Bayramov: AI Is Likely First Tech in History With Unpredictable Behavior | Anar Bayramov | Jun 16, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Bayramov: Startup hypothesis testing has only a 5% success rate | Anar Bayramov | Jun 16, 2026 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Any Akasa Employee Can Halt Takeoff Over a 1% Safety Risk | Belson Coutinho | Jun 11, 2026 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Akasa Air Saved 500,000 Liters of Water Skipping Ceremonial Aircraft Salutes | Belson Coutinho | Jun 11, 2026 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | Only 3% to 4% of Indians Currently Fly by Air | Belson Coutinho | Jun 11, 2026 | Supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Akasa Air Has Maintained 90%+ Passenger Load Factors Since Inception | Belson Coutinho | Jun 11, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Coutinho: Akasa Air Cabins Are 40% Quieter Than Older Aircraft | Belson Coutinho | Jun 11, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Shotsy hit one million downloads and 100,000 active paid subscribers | Aja Beckett | Jun 9, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Statter: 80% of US Wildfires Burn in Grasslands and Shrublands | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Statter: 80% of US Wildfires Burn in Grasslands and Shrublands | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Statter: Large Wildfires Can Simultaneously Expose Over One Million Structures | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 96% | “96%” | Statter: Frontline Protected 59 Homes in LA Wildfires With 96% Success | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Statter: Billion-Dollar Weather Events Occur Every Two Weeks Today | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 90% | “90%” | Statter: Under 1% of Wildfire Protection Plans Include Ember Analysis | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 1% | “one percent” | Statter: Under 1% of Wildfire Protection Plans Include Ember Analysis | Harry Statter | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Port: Every Employee Will Soon Manage Both Humans and AI Agents | Dr. Rebecca Port | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Dr. Rebecca Port: Okta fills about 10% of roles internally | Dr. Rebecca Port | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 11B | “a ten billion” | Dr. Port: Okta aims to become a $10B revenue company within years | Dr. Rebecca Port | Jun 2, 2026 | Open |
| 40% | “40%” | Dr. Port: At least 40% of Okta's processes, workflows, and products must change | Dr. Rebecca Port | Jun 2, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Port: Okta research finds 90% of organizations use AI but only 10% understand AI identity | Dr. Rebecca Port | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Port: Okta research finds 90% of organizations use AI but only 10% understand AI identity | Dr. Rebecca Port | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Marini: Tickle Reached Top 20 Globally and Sold to Monster for $100M | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| $9M | “nine million dollars” | Marini: Tickle offered to return August Capital's $9M after dot-com crash | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Marini: Grindr Generated $100M Revenue and $45M EBITDA Prior to Acquisition | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 45M | “forty five million” | Marini: Grindr Generated $100M Revenue and $45M EBITDA Prior to Acquisition | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $600M | “six hundred million dollars” | Grindr's $600M buyout used $200M each in debt, equity, and deferred payments | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| 600M | “six hundred million” | Grindr's $600M buyout used $200M each in debt, equity, and deferred payments | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Grindr's $600M buyout used $200M each in debt, equity, and deferred payments | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| 70% | “70%” | Marini: Grindr turnaround team terminated 70% of employees | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | — |
| 200M | “two hundred million” | Grindr doubled revenue to $200M and EBITDA to $92M before IPO | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| 92M | “ninety two million” | Grindr doubled revenue to $200M and EBITDA to $92M before IPO | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| 2B | “two billion” | Grindr doubled revenue to $200M and EBITDA to $92M before IPO | Rick Marini | May 26, 2026 | Supported |
| 230% | “230%” | Khanna: Retirement mutual fund investments grew up to 230% over five years | Ishaan Khanna | May 21, 2026 | Supported |
| $15B | “fifteen billion dollars” | Khanna: Indian elder care industry will hit $35 billion in a few years | Ishaan Khanna | May 21, 2026 | Partly held up |
| $35B | “thirty five billion dollars” | Khanna: Indian elder care industry will hit $35 billion in a few years | Ishaan Khanna | May 21, 2026 | Partly held up |
| 99% | “99%” | Khanna estimates that 99% of cyber frauds target senior citizens | Ishaan Khanna | May 21, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 400M | “a three hundred million” | Khanna predicts India will soon have 300 million senior citizens | Ishaan Khanna | May 21, 2026 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Hari: Tricking majority in double-blind Minecraft tests passes behavioral Turing test | Vish Hari | May 19, 2026 | — |
| 2.5M | “a half a million” | Hari: Pear VC and Boost VC provided $1M to launch Ego in 2023 | Vish Hari | May 19, 2026 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Hari: Pear VC and Boost VC provided $1M to launch Ego in 2023 | Vish Hari | May 19, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Hari: Pear VC and Boost VC provided $1M to launch Ego in 2023 | Vish Hari | May 19, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Hari: Ego's December 2024 Roblox AI game reached 1M players in two weeks | Vish Hari | May 19, 2026 | — |
| 11% | “11%” | Ranjan: 11% Of Early Moto Gs Activated In UK Despite Zero Sales | Peeyush Ranjan | May 14, 2026 | — |
| 64% | “64%” | Franklin: US captures 63% to 64% of global venture dollars | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Franklin: House Passed Bill Raising VC Non-Qualifying Cap to 49.5% | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 0.5% | “half percent” | Franklin: House Passed Bill Raising VC Non-Qualifying Cap to 49.5% | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $26M | “twenty six million dollars” | Franklin: Median Venture Capital Fund Size Is Just Over $26M | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 50% | “50%” | Franklin: NVCA secured phased QSBS tax exclusions in federal legislation | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 75% | “75%” | Franklin: NVCA secured phased QSBS tax exclusions in federal legislation | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Franklin: NVCA secured phased QSBS tax exclusions in federal legislation | Bobby Franklin | May 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Wadia: Activate accepts 40 to 50 of 1,000 U.S. applicants annually | Cyrus Wadia | Apr 28, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Wadia: Scientific founders do not need MBA co-founders to be CEOs | Cyrus Wadia | Apr 28, 2026 | — |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Wadia: Activate's 230 portfolio companies have raised $5B in follow-on funding | Cyrus Wadia | Apr 28, 2026 | Supported |
| 31M | “a thirty million” | Volition Capital writes checks between $15M and $80M | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Volition Capital writes checks between $15M and $80M | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 80M | “eighty million” | Volition Capital writes checks between $15M and $80M | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Volition targets minority investments in companies with $4M to $25M ARR | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 300M | “a two hundred million” | Volition Capital reserves 20-25% for follow-ons and has a $200M sidecar fund | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Volition Capital reserves 20-25% for follow-ons and has a $200M sidecar fund | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Volition Capital reserves 20-25% for follow-ons and has a $200M sidecar fund | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | — |
| 8B | “eight billion” | Summit Partners discontinued its $1B fund to focus on an $8B flagship | Melanie Nabar | Apr 21, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Chatterjee: Indian Budget Policy Shifts on Outbound Spends Provide Tailwinds for Revolut | Paroma Chatterjee | Apr 20, 2026 | — |
| 500M | “five hundred million” | Chatterjee: UPI has surpassed 500 million users in India | Paroma Chatterjee | Apr 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Chatterjee: Revolut aims to reach 100M users and 100 countries by 2030 | Paroma Chatterjee | Apr 20, 2026 | — |
| $72B | “seventy two billion dollars” | Chatterjee: Revolut is valued at $72B, topping Barclays and NatWest | Paroma Chatterjee | Apr 20, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 70M | “seventy million” | Chatterjee: Revolut has over 70M customers across 40 countries | Paroma Chatterjee | Apr 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 85% | “85%” | Chatterjee: 85% of Indian Consumers Already Use Digital Financial Apps | Paroma Chatterjee | Apr 20, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 3T | “a two trillion” | Doronichev: Early drug discovery represents only $100B of the $2T pharma market | Andrey Doronichev | Apr 14, 2026 | Supported |
| $100B | “a hundred billion dollars” | Doronichev: Early drug discovery represents only $100B of the $2T pharma market | Andrey Doronichev | Apr 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 2T | “two trillion” | Doronichev: Early drug discovery represents only $100B of the $2T pharma market | Andrey Doronichev | Apr 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Puneyani: GCCs Cannot Succeed Solely Through Organic Internal Development | Dr. Rajesh Puneyani | Apr 6, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Panigrahi: There Is No Pill for Longevity Without Major Lifestyle Changes | Subhendu Panigrahi | Apr 1, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Panigrahi: There Is No Pill for Longevity Without Major Lifestyle Changes | Subhendu Panigrahi | Apr 1, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Deora: Indian AAA games need 90% non-diaspora audience to succeed globally | Mukul Deora | Mar 19, 2026 | — |
| 1.2B | “1.2 billion” | Deora: Black Myth: Wukong generated $1.2 billion worldwide | Mukul Deora | Mar 19, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $4T | “four trillion dollars” | Tripathi: Global Indian diaspora holds a wealth base of $3T to $4T | Amish Tripathi | Mar 19, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Deora: Massive commercial scale matters far more in gaming than awards | Mukul Deora | Mar 19, 2026 | — |
| 35× | “35 times” | Tripathi: Non-linear video game writing requires vastly more effort than films | Amish Tripathi | Mar 19, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Mukul Deora: 90% of AAA game budgets are salaries, not technology | Mukul Deora | Mar 19, 2026 | — |
| 2B | “two billion” | Mukul Deora: GTA VI budget is $2B, highest in history | Mukul Deora | Mar 19, 2026 | Open |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Mukul Deora: GTA VI budget is $2B, highest in history | Mukul Deora | Mar 19, 2026 | Open |
| 8M | “eight million” | Tripathi: Sold eight million book copies over 15 years | Amish Tripathi | Mar 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 40% | “40%” | Yang: Businesses lose 40% of marketing spend from slow inbound response | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Yang: SMBs gain $250k to $500k yearly per location using AI receptionists | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| $1.5M | “half a million dollars” | Yang: SMBs gain $250k to $500k yearly per location using AI receptionists | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Yang: Businesses lose 20% to 40% of revenue from unhandled inbound leads | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Yang: 7% to 14% of new customers reach out during non-working hours | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 99% | “99%” | Yang: AI agents will cooperate with humans rather than replace them | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Yang: Hallucinations and booking errors occur even with the best LLMs | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 300M | “three hundred million” | Yang: Global frontline AI employee adoption will reach at least 300 million | David Yang | Mar 17, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “100%” | Venkatachalam: Every Axiom portfolio company is 100% in-office in San Francisco | Sandhya (Sonia) Venkatachalam | Mar 10, 2026 | — |
| 3M | “three million” | Venkatachalam: Unmet global demand for data scientists reaches 200 million | Sandhya (Sonia) Venkatachalam | Mar 10, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “hundred million” | Venkatachalam: Unmet global demand for data scientists reaches 200 million | Sandhya (Sonia) Venkatachalam | Mar 10, 2026 | — |
| $55M | “fifty-five million dollars” | Venkatachalam: Social Capital invested the first ~$55M into Groq | Sandhya (Sonia) Venkatachalam | Mar 10, 2026 | — |
| 1% | “one percent” | Hargrave: AI tools drive under 1% of client website traffic | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | Hargrave: Cap long-term crypto allocation at maximum 10% of portfolio | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Hargrave: Cap long-term crypto allocation at maximum 10% of portfolio | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 0.5% | “half percent” | Hargrave: Cap long-term crypto allocation at maximum 10% of portfolio | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Hargrave: Cap long-term crypto allocation at maximum 10% of portfolio | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Hargrave: Cap long-term crypto allocation at maximum 10% of portfolio | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 75% | “75%” | Hargrave: Media Shower Nearly Collapsed After Pivoting Fully to Crypto in 2017 | John Hargrave | Mar 3, 2026 | — |
| 50% | “50%” | Johnson: Revi grew 50% month-over-month from January 2019 to March 2020 | Eugene Johnson | Feb 24, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Johnson: Revi's business dropped 80% to 90% overnight in March 2020 | Eugene Johnson | Feb 24, 2026 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Johnson: Grubhub spent $1B on kiosks before killing the project | Eugene Johnson | Feb 24, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Johnson: Early-Stage Startups Should Hire Fewer, Higher-Paid People | Eugene Johnson | Feb 24, 2026 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Johnson: Revi targets $1B in transaction volume in 2026 | Eugene Johnson | Feb 24, 2026 | Open |
| 85% | “85%” | Kohn: 85% of GDP is physical, but 90% of investment targets software | Josh Kohn | Feb 17, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Kohn: 85% of GDP is physical, but 90% of investment targets software | Josh Kohn | Feb 17, 2026 | — |
| $40M | “forty million dollars” | Kohn: Manufacturer loses $40M annually per facility to erroneous manual visual inspections | Josh Kohn | Feb 17, 2026 | — |
| 8B | “eight billion” | Kaplan: Democratic AI Resists Bad Actors Better Than Monolithic Silicon Valley LLMs | Craig Kaplan | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Kaplan: AI has an 80% chance of massive upside alongside existential risk | Craig Kaplan | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | 7-Eleven Global Solution Center employs 1,000 people, 60% in technology | Malhar Pinnelli | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 60% | “60%” | 7-Eleven Global Solution Center employs 1,000 people, 60% in technology | Malhar Pinnelli | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | 7-Eleven Global Solution Center employs 1,000 people, 60% in technology | Malhar Pinnelli | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | 7-Eleven GSC hires for 80% skill match rather than 100% | Malhar Pinnelli | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | 7-Eleven GSC hires for 80% skill match rather than 100% | Malhar Pinnelli | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Walker: Lean teams replace headcount as the new startup status symbol | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Walker: Series A B2B software median ARR jumps from $1M to $3M | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 22% | “22%” | Walker: Carta down rounds peaked at 22% in 2022 | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 15% | “15%” | Walker: Startup down rounds drop to 15%, signaling a healthier venture market | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 51M | “a fifty million” | Walker: Scaling to a $300M fund breaks seed-stage investment models | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 400M | “a three hundred million” | Walker: Scaling to a $300M fund breaks seed-stage investment models | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 80% | “80%” | Walker: 8 to 10 famous companies dominate 80% of VC secondary volume | Peter Walker | Jan 20, 2026 | Supported |
| 23M | “twenty-three million” | Skydeck Fund raised $23M and $60M, and is raising Fund III | Caroline Winnett | Jan 13, 2026 | Supported |
| 60M | “sixty million” | Skydeck Fund raised $23M and $60M, and is raising Fund III | Caroline Winnett | Jan 13, 2026 | Supported |
| 100% | “hundred percent” | Dr. Shubha Vilas: India will teach modern spirituality globally this decade | Dr. Shubha Vilas | Jan 7, 2026 | — |
| 90% | “90%” | Dr. Shubha Vilas: Most problems stem from trying to be someone else | Dr. Shubha Vilas | Jan 7, 2026 | — |
| 36M | “a thirty-five million” | Lewis: Darrow raised a $35M Series B in 2023 | Matthew Lewis | Jan 6, 2026 | Supported |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Lewis: Darrow expects $50M in 2026 revenue, tripling past 18 months | Matthew Lewis | Jan 6, 2026 | — |
| 3× | “three X” | Lewis: Darrow expects $50M in 2026 revenue, tripling past 18 months | Matthew Lewis | Jan 6, 2026 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Lewis: 30% to 40% growth puts vertical SaaS in top quartile | Matthew Lewis | Jan 6, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Lewis: 30% to 40% growth puts vertical SaaS in top quartile | Matthew Lewis | Jan 6, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 10B | “ten billion” | UltraTech Cement accounts for $35B–$40B of Aditya Birla Group's $110B valuation | Pankaj Rai | Dec 23, 2025 | Supported |
| 40B | “forty billion” | UltraTech Cement accounts for $35B–$40B of Aditya Birla Group's $110B valuation | Pankaj Rai | Dec 23, 2025 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Aditya Birla Group grew market cap from $200M to $110B over 30 years | Pankaj Rai | Dec 23, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $110B | “hundred ten billion dollars” | Aditya Birla Group grew market cap from $200M to $110B over 30 years | Pankaj Rai | Dec 23, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 18% | “18%” | Aditya Birla Group grew market cap from $200M to $110B over 30 years | Pankaj Rai | Dec 23, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Kaniowski: The final 20% of any startup stage wastes substantial effort | Anthony Kaniowski | Dec 16, 2025 | — |
| 98% | “98%” | Dusek: 98% of all venture capital goes to male founders | Sarah Dusek | Nov 27, 2025 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Dusek: Africa will house 25% of global workforce by 2050 | Sarah Dusek | Nov 27, 2025 | Open |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Dusek: Grew a Montana-headquartered startup to over a $100M valuation | Sarah Dusek | Nov 27, 2025 | Supported |
| 13% | “13%” | Tandon: 13% of Indian adults suffer from severe, untreated stress | Abhay Tandon | Nov 26, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Van Kroonenburg: B2B purchasing decisions are 95% emotional and 5% rational | Maarten van Kroonenburg | Nov 25, 2025 | — |
| 95% | “95%” | Van Kroonenburg: B2B purchasing decisions are 95% emotional and 5% rational | Maarten van Kroonenburg | Nov 25, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Van Kroonenburg: Expand into adjacent niches after capturing 10% market share | Maarten van Kroonenburg | Nov 25, 2025 | — |
| 30% | “30%” | Gupta: 30% of Elevate Startups Are Beyond Bengaluru and 30% Women-Led | Sanjeev Gupta | Nov 19, 2025 | Supported |
| 30% | “30%” | Operating in Karnataka's regional tech clusters cuts basic costs by 25-30% | Sanjeev Gupta | Nov 19, 2025 | — |
| $300B | “three hundred billion dollars” | Karnataka targets a $300 billion contribution to India's digital economy | Sanjeev Gupta | Nov 19, 2025 | — |
| 1T | “one trillion” | Karnataka targets a $300 billion contribution to India's digital economy | Sanjeev Gupta | Nov 19, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Tandan: Karnataka has a tech workforce exceeding one million | Abhay Tandon | Nov 19, 2025 | Supported |
| $51B | “one fifty billion dollars” | Tandan: Karnataka has contributed over $150B in services exports | Abhay Tandon | Nov 19, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Rolf: Visa Ventures Writes Multi-Million Dollar Checks Without Ownership Targets | David Rolf | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
| 600B | “six hundred billion” | Rolf: Visa Ventures' financial returns cannot move the needle for Visa | David Rolf | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Rolf: Enterprise buyers will not switch suppliers for only 20% improvement | David Rolf | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
| 40% | “40%” | Rolf: Enterprise buyers will not switch suppliers for only 20% improvement | David Rolf | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
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