National Science Foundation

also referred to as: nsf

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 24, 2025 by Vasek Mlejnsky · said 19 times in 6 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Apr 24, 2025 neutral
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Mlejnsky: DevTool Startups in Existing Categories Do Not Need to Be in SF
“I think it's, ah, you can definitely build a DevTool company from Europe. I think it's a lot about question of how easy you want it to be in the earlier days, especially if you're building like a, you know, kind of like red ocean versus blue ocean waters. If y…”
Vasek Mlejnsky Apr 24, 2025 ▶ 1:01:33 Why Every Agent needs Open Source Cloud Sandboxes
Dec 31, 2025 positive
Opinion
The National Science Foundation has returned thousands of times its public cost
“It has been probably the best investment the American popular public has ever made. Thousands X return on their investments. I mentioned Google earlier, Databricks, all these researchers came from NSF funding”
Andy Konwinski Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 13:42 [State of Research Funding] Beyond NSF, Slingshots, Open Frontiers — Andy Konwinski, Laude Institute
Dec 31, 2025 bearish
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Frontier AI research requires up to $100B, far exceeding NSF budgets
“It was one billion dollars a year for computer science and that they're trying to cut that into half of that, but we need 10 to a hundred billion dollars to do frontier AI research.”
Andy Konwinski Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 14:12 [State of Research Funding] Beyond NSF, Slingshots, Open Frontiers — Andy Konwinski, Laude Institute
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