Truth Social

7 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 6, 2024 by Jordi Hays · said 86 times in 26 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by John Coogan (36), Jordi Hays (33), Balaji Srinivasan (1)

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2026 10 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode

The AI Power Backlash, the NYMag David Ellison profile, Google Personal Intelligence | Diet TBPN Jan 15, 2026 · 4 mentions · from 0:02
Trump-Xi Summit, Space Data Center Debate, Inflation Up | Diet TBPN May 14, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:39
Thinking Machines X Nvidia, Meta Acquires Moltbook, BYD Mulls F1 | Diet TBPN Mar 11, 2026 · 1 mention · from 10:35
The AI chip squeeze, Dirty Soda mania, OCC approves Palmer Luckey’s Erebor | Diet TBPN Feb 7, 2026 · 1 mention · from 21:30
China’s acquisition spree, TikTok reaches U.S survival deal, Tech Giants hit by spying | Diet TBPN Jan 24, 2026 · 1 mention · from 12:46
Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN Jan 21, 2026 · 1 mention · from 10:36
AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN Jan 10, 2026 · 1 mention · from 26:13
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2025 19 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode

Weekly Recap - Elon Vs Trump, Ukraine's Drone Attack, Cluely Update & OpenAI CRO Jun 7, 2025 · 5 mentions · from 0:57
OpenAI Sets Sights on $750 BILLION Valuation Dec 19, 2025 · 3 mentions · from 19:43
Weekly Recap: Taylor Swift Gets Engaged, SpaceX Launches Falcon 9, Dr. Drew Aug 30, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 10:53
Weekly Recap: Grok 4 Launch, Texas Floods, Web Browser War, Top Signals, Meta Smart Glasses Jul 12, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 32:12
What the New TARIFFS Mean for Tech | Logan Bartlett on TBPN April 7th Apr 10, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 28:03
Weekly Recap: Tesla's Crazy Plan, USA vs. Google, Palantir CEO on Conspiracy Theories Sep 6, 2025 · 1 mention · from 49:28
Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows May 31, 2025 · 1 mention · from 34:41
Sam Lessin on Meta, Artificial Intelligence, and Investing in Creators. Mar 12, 2025 · 1 mention · from 27:10
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2024 57 mentions in 9 episodes 6 per episode

Trump's Secret Career (ep7) Nov 6, 2024 · 36 mentions · from 0:29
Taylor Lorenz Trades Teams (ep16) Nov 30, 2024 · 5 mentions · from 22:18
Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8) Nov 12, 2024 · 4 mentions · from 12:33
Year of Tech in Review (ep25) Dec 31, 2024 · 3 mentions · from 8:41
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars Fast (ep13) Nov 21, 2024 · 3 mentions · from 1:32:59
Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18) Dec 6, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 2:30:28
Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9) Nov 14, 2024 · 2 mentions · from 27:38
How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20) Dec 11, 2024 · 1 mention · from 2:18:14
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Everything said about Truth Social, oldest first

Nov 6, 2024 bullish

What-if

Donald Trump Could Have Quickly Built a $100M ARR Substack

“Yeah, and Trump could have thrown up a sub stack and gotten to nine figures of ARR very, very quickly. But he wouldn't, it would have taken much longer to become a billionaire that way.”

Jordi Hays Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 25:29 Trump's Secret Career (ep7)

Nov 6, 2024 neutral

Assertion Supported

Truth Social Had 866K First-Week Installs Versus 100K for Instagram

“More than eight, 866,000 people installed it in the first week. Instagram, by comparison, only signed up about a 100,000 users in its launch week.”

John Coogan Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 52:57 Trump's Secret Career (ep7)

Nov 6, 2024 bearish

Assertion Supported

Truth Social Lost Nearly $400M on $1M Revenue at $10B Valuation

“In the last 12 months they did a little over a million dollars in revenue. They EBITDA was negative one hundred million, net income was negative four hundred million, roughly, three 80, and it's almost a ten billion dollar company.”

John Coogan Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 38:16 Trump's Secret Career (ep7)

Nov 6, 2024

Assertion Supported

Donald Trump Received 90% Equity in Initial Truth Social Deal

“In this case, Trump got 90% of the new company.”

John Coogan Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 9:00 Trump's Secret Career (ep7)

Nov 6, 2024 bullish

Assertion Contradicted

Truth Social Reached a $10B Valuation Faster Than Recent Tech Startups

“If you actually look at the numbers, I couldn't name another company that got to a ten billion dollar valuation in tech in less than two years in this recent cycle.”

John Coogan Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 0:41 Trump's Secret Career (ep7)

Nov 6, 2024

Assertion Supported

Truth Social Built Its Initial Platform by Forking the Mastodon Codebase

“And then they bring on this, like, remote software engineer from Macedonia, and they're basically forking Mastodon.”

John Coogan Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 18:39 Trump's Secret Career (ep7)

Nov 30, 2024 bearish

Assertion Contradicted

Hays: Truth Social generated only about $1M in revenue last year

“Truth Social, while they have a fantastic valuation, they only did about a million in revenue last year.”

Jordi Hays Nov 30, 2024 ▶ 22:45 Taylor Lorenz Trades Teams (ep16)

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