government

also referred to as: governments · the government

6 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Dec 5, 2013 by Mike Dauber · across every show →

Everything said about government, oldest first

Dec 5, 2013

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Consumer companies have replaced government as the primary tech innovators

“The companies now that are coming up with the new technology are big consumer companies and not the government and not the military.”

Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 3:53 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)

Dec 5, 2013

Assertion Partly supported

Lonsdale: US government spends $45B annually gathering intelligence data

“The government, for example, spends, like, I think, forty-five billion dollars a year now gathering data for intelligence and defense purposes.”

Joe Lonsdale Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 9:30 Joe Lonsdale, Formation 8 // Fireside Chat at Data Driven NYC #20 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

Mar 24, 2017 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Chen: Regulated industries rank worst at customer service despite prioritizing it

“Many of our customers in the regulated industries, government healthcare, insurance they say that customer service is their number one priority, bar none. And yet they're also ranked among the worst at it.”

Kuang Chen Mar 24, 2017 ▶ 1:53 Leveraging AI in the Enterprise // Kuang Chen, Captricity (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Mar 2, 2018

Assertion Supported

Johnson: DigitalGlobe still derives most of its revenue from governments

“A company like Digital Globe, most of their revenue still comes from governments.”

Mark Johnson Mar 2, 2018 ▶ 21:14 Every Business Will Need a Data Refinery // Mark Johnson, Descartes Labs (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Aug 27, 2026 negative

Opinion

Greenblatt: Internal AI deployment within labs and government carries major risk

“There's a lot of risk from just internal deployment, especially if you're deploying within AI companies and government, right, which are two of the most high stakes Applications”

Ryan Greenblatt Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:00:33 AI Could Take Over in 2029. Is It Already Too Late?

Aug 27, 2026 negative

Opinion

Greenblatt: Government pressure to cloister AI models internally is counterproductive

“I think that a bunch of likely government action at least seems to push in favor of AI companies keeping their models internal and not deploying them, which I think for the risks that I'm most worried about doesn't help and in fact is anti-helpful”

Ryan Greenblatt Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 59:26 AI Could Take Over in 2029. Is It Already Too Late?

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