Tesla

also referred to as: teslas

includes Tesla Cybertruck, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model X

4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2024 by Lior Susan · said 45 times in 17 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Lior Susan (13), Neil Patel (5), Pablo Srugo (4), Mike Maples (4), Amar Varma (4), Russ d’Sa (3), Eric Foster (3), Wayne Slavin (2)

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2026 3 mentions in 1 episode

His startup powers OpenAI's Voice Mode. Last month, they became a unicorn. | Russ d’Sa, Co-Founde... · PMF Show Feb 23, 2026 · 3 mentions · from 28:40
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2025 23 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode

Forget PMF—Neil Patel says to give your product away for free instead. | Neil Patel, Co-Founder o... · PMF Show Aug 7, 2025 · 5 mentions · from 27:49
5x founder asked Ford for a contract so large—they acquired his company instead. | Amar Varma, Fo... · PMF Show Oct 23, 2025 · 4 mentions · from 12:28
Mike Maples: Your Startup Idea Isn’t Crazy Enough—And it's holding you back | Mike Maples, Founde... · PMF Show Jul 17, 2025 · 4 mentions · from 13:16
How his AI-first services company grew $0 to $40M ARR in one year. | Eric Foster, Founder of Tenex · PMF Show Dec 1, 2025 · 3 mentions · from 24:17
He tested his idea in one weekend—then raised $120M. | Wayne Slavin, Founder of Sure · PMF Show Nov 17, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 31:53
May Startup News: Elizabeth Holmes Returns, Billion-Dollar Frauds, & the End of Tech Jobs w/ Jack... · PMF Show Jun 5, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 15:17
He quit Google, launched Rubrik—then grew to $1B ARR & a $16B market cap. | Soham Mazumdar, Co-Fo... · PMF Show Sep 2, 2025 · 1 mention · from 26:18
Adam Neumann Returns, SV Spies, AI Robots Rise | April Startup News w/ Jack Kuveke · PMF Show May 8, 2025 · 1 mention · from 26:22
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2024 18 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode

His robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's ho... · PMF Show Nov 4, 2024 · 13 mentions · from 0:11
He got rejected by 60 VCs—then grew to $100M ARR. | Kyle, founder of Huntress · PMF Show Sep 23, 2024 · 1 mention · from 28:37
He built a farming robot that shoots weeds with lasers— then closed $10M in pre-sales before ship... · PMF Show Jul 15, 2024 · 1 mention · from 32:33
He raised $275M in the last 3 years. His 'boring' B2B startup is now a $1B unicorn. | Andrew Butt... · PMF Show Apr 1, 2024 · 1 mention · from 6:12
For 5 years he struggled to get traction. Then with AI he grew 12x— in 1 year | Scott Stevenson, ... · PMF Show Mar 11, 2024 · 1 mention · from 30:29
5 Steps to PMF with Rob · PMF Show Mar 8, 2024 · 1 mention · from 24:24
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode

I Was Supposed to Be a Millionaire at 25… Instead, I Went Bankrupt. · PMF Show Dec 4, 2023 · 1 mention · from 14:59
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Everything said about Tesla, oldest first

Nov 4, 2024 bullish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Susan: Physical industries will produce full-stack giants like Tesla and SpaceX

“My vision is we're going to see a lot of Teslas and SpaceX and NVIDIA is being built across those physical industries like energy, supply chain, defense, et cetera.”

Lior Susan Nov 4, 2024 ▶ 9:28 His robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's ho... · PMF Show

Nov 4, 2024 neutral

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Musk told Susan that Tesla had weeks of cash left multiple times

“Elon told me a couple of, they had four or five times a Tesla With weeks in cash, and he was like begging to the states of California to give him a loan, and without that loan, there was no Tesla today.”

Lior Susan Nov 4, 2024 ▶ 36:07 His robotics startup raised $400M, his VC fund over $4B—& he ran both at the same time. Here's ho... · PMF Show

Nov 17, 2025 positive

Disclosure

Slavin: Sure powers embedded insurance for Tesla, Toyota, and Intuit

“What we're specialized in, in a category of our own, is helping Fortune 500, Fortune 100 consumer and B to B brands embed insurance. And so we've done that with some of the biggest brands in the world, folks like Tesla, Toyota, Better.com, MasterCard, Intuit”

Wayne Slavin Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 31:41 He tested his idea in one weekend—then raised $120M. | Wayne Slavin, Founder of Sure · PMF Show

Nov 17, 2025 neutral

Disclosure

Sure no longer works with Tesla but runs even larger insurance programs

“And some of the programs we run today, we no longer work with those guys, but some of the things we do today are even bigger.”

Wayne Slavin Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 47:05 He tested his idea in one weekend—then raised $120M. | Wayne Slavin, Founder of Sure · PMF Show

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