The Numbers Museum

Every specific figure ever claimed on the show. 26 match this view. Red rows are numbers the cited sources contradict.

All Dollars Multiples Percentages Big numbers

Figure	As spoken	The claim	Who	When	Checked?
$20B	“twenty billion dollars”	Gil: Trillion-dollar incumbents overlook markets that start small but reach $20B	Elad Gil	Feb 24, 2026	—
$10B	“ten billion dollars”	Gil: OpenAI and Anthropic are fastest companies ever to $10B revenue	Elad Gil	Feb 24, 2026	Supported
$1.3B	“1.3 billion dollars”	Pujji: Red Ventures Doubled Bankrate's EBITDA in Nine Months	Jesse Pujji	Nov 5, 2025	—
$1B	“a billion dollars”	Houston: Not every startup should aim to be a billion-dollar business	Drew Houston	Apr 9, 2014	—
$1B	“a billion dollars”	Suster: Upfront Ventures sold Maker Studios to Disney for nearly $1B	Mark Suster	Apr 9, 2014	Supported
$100M	“hundred million dollars”	Gil: Trillion-dollar incumbents overlook markets that start small but reach $20B	Elad Gil	Feb 24, 2026	—
$53M	“fifty three million dollars”	Allis: iContact raised a total of $53M over five years	Ryan Allis	Apr 9, 2012	Supported
$50M	“fifty million dollars”	Shim: Read.ai Sales Copilot managed $50M in deal changes in 3 months	David Shim	Sep 15, 2025	—
$40M	“forty million dollars”	Allis: Large preferred venture rounds increase liquidation risk for common shareholders	Ryan Allis	Apr 9, 2012	—
$20M	“twenty million dollars”	Tan: Small YC startups routinely hit $20M revenue in 20 months	Garry Tan	Oct 17, 2025	—
$15M	“fifteen million dollars”	Santos: OpenAI's Sora is reportedly burning $15 million per day	Ricardo Vice Santos	Dec 29, 2025	—
$2M	“two million dollars”	Thummala: PressW generated over $2 million in revenue last year	Tarun Thummala	Jan 12, 2026	—
$2M	“two million dollars”	Shipper: Every raised $2M 'sip seed' from Reid Hoffman, Starting Line	Dan Shipper	Oct 30, 2025	—
$1.5M	“a half million dollars”	Griggs: HearAndPlay generates $3M–$3.5M annually with 10,000 paying subscribers	Jermaine Griggs	Apr 23, 2012	—
$1M	“a million dollars”	Eliason: Alpha School offers $1M revenue or full tuition refund	Nat Eliason	Mar 27, 2026	Supported
$1M	“a million dollars”	Apfelbaum: Ajax Union generates about $1M a year in revenue	Joe Apfelbaum	Dec 30, 2025	—
$1M	“a million dollars”	Apfelbaum: EVAI is approaching $1M in annual revenue	Joe Apfelbaum	Dec 30, 2025	—
$1M	“a million dollars”	Apfelbaum: First course cost $275K to make, netted over $1M profit	Joe Apfelbaum	Dec 30, 2025	—
$1M	“a million dollars”	Warner secured over $1M in ad checks from one sponsor	Andrew Warner	Apr 9, 2014	—
$1M	“a million dollars”	Godin: Shepard Fairey earns over $1M yearly by distributing free art	Seth Godin	Jan 25, 2010	—
$1M	“a million dollars”	Allis grew iContact to $1M in sales shortly after turning 21	Ryan Allis	Apr 9, 2012	Supported
$1M	“a million dollars”	Allis: Founders should take secondary liquidity to think long term	Ryan Allis	Apr 9, 2012	—
$45K	“45 thousand dollars”	David: Posties reaches $45,000 in monthly revenue	Nevo David	Mar 11, 2026	—
$1K	“a thousand dollars”	Eliason: Felix's Info Product Did Over $1,000 in Day-One Sales	Nat Eliason	Mar 27, 2026	—
$1K	“a thousand dollars”	Apfelbaum: AI lets agency handle 100 clients without hiring new staff	Joe Apfelbaum	Dec 30, 2025	—
$1K	“a thousand dollars”	Apfelbaum: Tony Robbins sells an AI course with a GPT that "sucks"	Joe Apfelbaum	Dec 30, 2025	—

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