Saar Golde
Chief Data Scientist, Via · 1 appearance on the record.
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Saar Golde leads data science and algorithm research at Via, overseeing the mathematical modeling, vertical AI, and routing optimization behind shared transit networks. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, previously helped scale the data science practice at Knowledgent, and is an angel investor.
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2 assertions · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.
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240 words/min while actually speaking · 54.5 um and uh per 1k words
No argument clarity score for Saar Golde: only 1 usable question→answer exchange on raw tape (a fair score needs 8+). We do not score a sample that small. Roundtable and news formats yield far fewer direct exchanges than interviews.
Measured by listening to the audio itself: 2,439 words across 1 episode of raw-level tape, transcribed verbatim with every um and uh kept, each one attributed only where the alignment onto our timed stream is unambiguous. These are measurements of speaking style. We do not rank them: across this corpus, fluency and argument quality are nearly uncorrelated (ρ≈0.2), and smooth talking does not signal clear thinking. How it's measured →
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Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| Reengineering Urban Transit // Daniel Ramot and Saar Golde, Via (FirstMark's Data Driven) | Apr 6, 2017 | 12m |