why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Contradicted
Liemandt: Trilogy was the first AI product to sell $1 billion
“Our claim to fame in the nineties was we were the first AI product to sell a billion dollars.”
Assertion Contradicted
Liemandt: The median US high schooler's standardized test score flatlines over four years
“The median person in high school in America actually doesn't learn anything. Like scary that in a maps test, which is a 300 point scale, the median American, right. Goes up one point in four years, one point on a three point scale, not learning anything.”
Prediction Held up
Liemandt: Alpha will launch a homeschool product delivering 2x learning next year
“And so I believe next year we will have a homeschool version that somebody will be able to buy. The kids can be able to sit down and deliver two X in two hours for sure.”
Prediction Held up
Liemandt: AI-native companies will dwarf historical SaaS valuations
“AI native companies are going to be worth more than any SAS company ever has been.”
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: Alpha School kindergartners climb a 40-foot rock wall
“Well, we have kindergartners who climb a 40 foot rock wall.”
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: Alpha trained second graders to run 5K in under 35 minutes
“And they incrementally do it so that by December, right. These kids are able to run the five K in 35 minutes.”
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: US spends $20K per student, Alpha costs over $40K
“We spend 20 grand a kid in this country across, you know, alphas, 40,000 plus”
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: ESW Capital has acquired over 100 companies
“We've bought over a hundred companies.”