why aren't all 9 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Brex is the only next-gen card company owning its financial infrastructure
“The way that we differentiate against our competitors is the fact that we're the only next gen Category-defining company that owns our own financial infrastructure. Vertically integrated, so to speak. And what that means is getting super technical is that we d…”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Franceschi: Incumbent ERP companies will not build autonomous AI agents
“You have existing incumbents in the finance space, like the ERP companies, for example, I don't think they're going to go do that.”
Assertion Supported
Franceschi: Brex's acquisition by Capital One is the largest bank-fintech deal ever
“Here's a crystallized outcome, which is the biggest deal of this size that ever happened in history, and the scale of a bank and a fintech company.”
Assertion Contradicted
Franceschi: Brex will be third-largest US corporate card on day one
“And then you look on this on day one after closing, Brexit will be the third largest corporate card in the country.”
Assertion Supported
Franceschi: Brex and Ramp hold just ~3% of US corporate card market
“Braxton Ram combined probably have three percent of the U S markets.”
Assertion Supported
Capital One filings allocate $950M for Brex integration and retention
“The public filings from Capital One, you know, there's nine hundred and fifty million dollars of integration costs and retention and all that.”
Assertion Supported
Over 200 public companies currently use Brex
“200 plus public market companies on Brex today.”
Assertion Supported
Levy: Brex partnered with First Republic in 2018 against SVB
“We just signed a partnership with First Republic Bank. And I said, okay, interesting, but aren't you guys like a, Year old startup. And he's like, yeah, they want to compete more with Silicon Valley bank, who has an all in one suite of banking and corporate ca…”
Assertion Partly supported
Scale AI was Brex's first customer and received a hand-delivered card
“So Scale AI was our first customer. Pedro and Enrique hand delivered the card to Alex in their offices.”