Straight Answers
An LLM assessed 1,028 question → answer exchanges, the host's own answers included. Speaker names were hidden during assessment. Each exchange was marked answered, partly, redirected or not addressed, with a quote as its source. Every exchange below is timestamped and plays. How it works →
These readings are observational: the transcript shows whether the question was answered directly, whatever the reason. It is an AI reading of a public exchange, never a claim about intent, and the tape is one tap away on every row. full disclaimer →
44not answered directly · why no rate? → 0playable exchanges ↓ 33people with at least one → 170people measured →
Nobody here carries a rate, and that is deliberate: rates are not published without enough raw tape, which means 8 or more assessed questions on raw, unedited recordings, and every Innovators & Investors episode we hold is the produced feed. So this page counts instead of rating. Every one of the 212 people on the record is accounted for: 170 have their questions counted (33 of them with at least one not answered directly), and the remaining 42 never took a direct question in any tape we hold: compilations, panels and cameo appearances leave nothing to assess.
Brian Armstrong 0 of 16 assessed questions
No needle for Brian Armstrong: fewer than 8 assessed questions on raw tape, and a percentage on a sample that small would mislead. Their counts are real: 0 not answered directly in 16 assessed questions, edited feed included.
Brian Armstrong: every exchange, playable
The question Kristian asked, then the AI assessment note from the answer. Tap to play the moment. Not addressed = the question was not engaged; redirected = acknowledged, then steered elsewhere.
No redirected or unaddressed exchanges identified for this person.
All speakers
All 170 people with assessed questions on the record, ranked by how many were not answered directly. Every count comes from the produced feed. Click a name to see their exchanges.
| Person | Redirected + not addressed | Questions | Tape | Argument clarity /5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristian Marquez Founder & CEO, FinStrat Management | 6 | 16 | produced | ≈3.5 |
| Nick Jain Founder, Content Hurricane | 3 | 18 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Sarah Dusek Managing Partner, Enygma Ventures | 2 | 15 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Anar Bayramov Head of Product, Polygraf AI | 2 | 12 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Aja Beckett Founder & CEO, Shotsy | 2 | 11 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Ronan Soffer Chief Product Officer, Intuition Robotics | 2 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Chris Rizik | 1 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Andrew Massay Co-Founder & CTO, Convos | 1 | 11 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Eugene Johnson Founder & CEO, Revi | 1 | 11 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Sindhu Joseph Founder & CEO, CogniCor | 1 | 10 | produced | ≈3.5 |
| Matthew Lewis CRO and U.S. GM, Darrow | 1 | 9 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| David Rolf Head of Visa Ventures, Visa | 1 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Dr. Yvonne Lutsch Investment Director, Lam Capital | 1 | 8 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Manfred Heiss Founder & CEO, MyAutoData | 1 | 8 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Todd Thomas | 1 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Suzanne El-Moursi Co-founder & CEO, BrightHive | 1 | 8 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Harry Statter | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Andrey Doronichev Founder & CEO, Optic | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| David Yang Co-Founder and President, Newo.ai | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Craig Kaplan Founder & CEO, iQ Company | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Joe Alalu Co-Founder & General Partner, Daring Ventures | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Anastasia Slivker Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Justin Ramsaran Co-Founder & CEO, R Group | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| David Brehm Managing Director, Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Yash Hemeraj General Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Adam Mangana Co-Founder, President & CEO, OptimaEd | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Lena Mareike Wenzel Innovation Manager, EIT Food | 1 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Ralph Groce President & COO, Scroobius | 1 | 5 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Sriram Sundararajan Managing Partner, HypergrowthLabs Capital | 1 | 4 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Avanlee Christine Founder & CEO, Avanlee Care | 1 | 4 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Matt Schappell Principal, Frist Cressey Ventures | 1 | 2 | produced | — |
| Yakov Filippenko Founder & CEO, Intch | 1 | 2 | produced | — |
| Greg Davis Founder and CEO, Overwatch Imaging | 1 | 2 | produced | — |
| Katerina Axelsson Founder and CEO, Tastry | 0 | 18 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Brian Armstrong Co-Founder & CEO, Coinbase | 0 | 16 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| David Cross CISO, Atlassian | 0 | 14 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Rick Marini Co-Founder, President & COO, Rails | 0 | 13 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Logan Brown Founder and CEO, Soxton | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Melanie Nabar Principal, Volition Capital | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Grace Brown Founder & CEO, Andromeda | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Leigh-Ann Buchanan | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Srikant Vasan Founder & Managing Partner, Avesta Fund | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Scott Wharton CEO, Tandem PV | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Jenna Anderson Co-Founder and CEO, Kihealth | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Scott Garber Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Early Light Ventures | 0 | 12 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Jeremy Toeman SVP of AI Innovation, JWX | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Caroline Winnett Executive Director, Berkeley SkyDeck | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Anthony Kaniowski | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Diane Yu Co-founder & CEO, TidalWave | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Howard Morgan Chairman, B Capital Group | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Ranvir Mangat Co-Founder and COO, InsightRX | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Thomas Kluz | 0 | 11 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Hale Bullen Investment Manager, PS27 Ventures | 0 | 10 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Joel Martin Operating Partner, HealthX Ventures | 0 | 10 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Justin Henshaw Founder & CEO, GAGE | 0 | 10 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| John Hargrave | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Nick Mastronardi Co-Founder and CEO, Polco | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Kenny Vassigh Founder & CEO, Caylan Space | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Ryan Chandra Data & AI Investment Lead, Accenture Ventures | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Alex Birch Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Veritas Equity Partners | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Maggie Vo Managing Partner & CIO, Fuel Venture Capital | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Keong Chan Managing Director, Out the Back Ventures | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Ryan Falvey | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Karl Seelbach Co-Founder, Skribe.ai | 0 | 9 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Dr. Ashley Blackington | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Shane Emmons Co-Founder and CEO, Swept AI | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Nathan Rosenberg Co-Founder and CEO, Farmblox | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Yotam Cohen Co-Founder and CEO, Daisy | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Danielle DiAgostaro Managing Director, Alchemist Accelerator | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Sam Huang Principal, BMW i Ventures | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| John Glushik Managing Director, HG Ventures | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Sarah Applebaum Partner, Pangaea Ventures | 0 | 8 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Rodney Robinson Co-founder & CEO, TabaPay | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Bill Lakeland Co-Founder and CEO, Spexi | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Vish Hari Founder & CEO, Ego | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Sandhya (Sonia) Venkatachalam Founder and Managing Partner, Axiom Partners | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Peter Walker | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Maarten van Kroonenburg Founder & CEO, BW Ventures | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Andrew Duffell | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Konstantin Sonkin Co-Founder and CEO, i-BrainTech | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| David Rothzeid Principal, Shield Capital | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Sivan Zamir | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Sven Harmsen Director of External Ventures, NOVA by Saint-Gobain | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Greg Martin Co-founder & CEO, Ghost Security | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| AJ Dye COO, Vertex Innovations | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Raj Malik Partner, Pixel Perfect Ventures | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Bernard Chong Angel Investor, Bren Investments | 0 | 7 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Jennifer Zimmerman Expert in Residence, X&O | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Jason Ambrose Chief Executive Officer, Backstory | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Ari Newman | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Andrew Hoag Co-founder & CEO, Dash Labs | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Kevin Lancaster Founder and CEO, Channel Program | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Sid Masson Co-Founder and CEO, Wokelo AI | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Yehuda Niv Founder & CEO, Spines | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Charles Anselm CEO & Co-Founder, Osyte | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Jay Crone | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Aaron Stachel Partner, FirstMile Ventures | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Jim Curry Co-Founder and CEO, BuildGroup | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Kim Thanos Founder and CEO, Lumen Learning | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| David Evans Managing Partner, Sentiero Ventures | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Cindy Padnos | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Danica Chilibeck Co-Founder and CEO, Caddie AI | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Sean Tepper Founder & CEO, Tykr | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Andy Galpin Founder, Tree and Leaf Partners | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Bikram Bakshi Partner, Blu Venture Investors | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Shawn Olds Co-Founder and CEO, boodleAI | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Phil Nadel Managing Director, Forefront Venture Partners | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Melissa Kozak | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Zach Posner Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The LegalTech Fund | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Jake Soffer Founder and CEO, FirmPilot | 0 | 6 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Amit Patel Managing Partner, Owl Ventures | 0 | 5 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Brad DiPaolo Founder and CEO, CandidateHub | 0 | 5 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Corey Jeffrey Partner, Inovia Capital | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Shaun Modi | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Glenn Borok Principal, Alumni Ventures | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Cyrus Wadia CEO, Activate | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Josh Kohn Co-Founder & CEO, Meridian Performance Systems | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Renan Devillieres Co-founder & CEO, OSS Ventures | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Dr. Matt Keener Co-Founder & CMO, Blackbird Health | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Adam Rubenstein Co-Founder and CEO, Traq.ai | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.0 |
| Vikram Srinivasan Co-founder & CEO, Needl.ai | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Levi King | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Matt Smith Founder & CIO, Chronometer Partners | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Albert Bou Fadel Founder and CEO, SmartBarrel | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Eyal Karmi Co-founder & CEO, Nekuda | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Brian Lindstrom Partner, HealthX Ventures | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Marty Ringlein | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Ishan Girdhar Studio Lead, The LegalTech Fund | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Patrick Russo Founding CEO, OnStation | 0 | 4 | produced | ≈4.5 |
| Sonali Vijayavargiya Founder & Managing Director, Augment Ventures | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Jonathan Lowenhar Founder & Managing Partner, Enjoy The Work | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Ash Vaidya Managing Director, Multiplier Capital | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Amar Bakshi Co-Founder, Noro | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Erin Niehaus Partner, DigitalDx Ventures | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Todd Smith Co-Founder & CEO, TAHO | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Gaurav Bhattacharya | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Adam Metcalf | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Yeri Lopez Director of Partnerships, J2 Ventures | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Kevin Grossman Vice President, Decathlon Capital Partners | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Kyle Mounts Managing Partner, Aero X Ventures | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Michelle Cole Partner, Paragraph | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Luke Cooper Founding Managing Partner, Latimer Ventures | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Dan Rizzo Innovation Fellow, Inovalon | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Itamar Novik Founder & General Partner, Recursive Ventures | 0 | 2 | produced | — |
| Deepak Ramaswamy Co-founder & CTO, LightSpun | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Shaju Puthussery Co-founder & CEO, Lightspun | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| James Paul Costa Founder, Grapetree Ventures | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Brandon Williams General Counsel and COO, Steve Harvey Global | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Cyril Shtabtsovsky Founder, AlphaSemantic | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Rami Khoshan General Partner, Frances Ann Capital | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Andrea Dattilo Co-founder & CEO, Vera AI Technologies | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Jeff Esposito Co-Founder and COO, VeraAI Technologies | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Edward Hieatt | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Jackie DeMarco CEO & Co-Founder, IMAGExRAY | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Steve DeMarco | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Jon McLaughlin Managing Partner, Emberline | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Tanis Jorge Founder, The Cofounder's Hub | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Keith Harrington | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Kevin Weber Managing Director, Amex Ventures | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| JT Benton Co-Founder, 9point8 Collective | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Nathan Beckord CEO & Founder, Foundersuite | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Brian Parks | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| France Hoang Founder & CEO, BoodleBox | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Rick Lash Board Member, MSU Research Foundation | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Carl Falk Founder & CEO, Botdoc | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Jeff Schwartz Founder and CEO, dataroomHQ | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Les Craig General Partner, Next Frontier Capital | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| James McDowell Founding Partner, Arcanum Capital | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
| Brad Whistler Founding Partner, Paragraph | 0 | 1 | produced | — |
Every count on this page comes from the produced feed: no raw unedited tape of Innovators & Investors exists in our library. Rates are not published without enough raw tape, so this page counts and shows no percentage. This is a reading of a transcript. It is not an accusation of dishonesty, and there are many good reasons not to answer a question directly (confidential numbers, unreleased products, someone else's news to break).