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Paul: Humans will live forever by transferring our minds into robots
“Yeah, we're all going to live forever. Like we're just going to like transfer our mind into some robotic body. And so I think this whole, like, health wave.”
Opinion
Paul: Dana White feud is driven by his partnership with Nakisa Bidarian
“That's a whole big part of the beef. It's not just me. It's the fact that, yeah, Nikisa and I have teamed up together. So yeah, definitely a sore subject for Dana.”
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Paul: MVP became boxing's top promoter by operating like an SF startup
“So just by running it like a proper SF startup, we've, amongst many other things, but we, that's where the, why we've been able to become the number one promoter in the sport in four years when a lot of these other people have been doing it for 3040, 50 years.”
Disclosure
Paul: Anti Fund accessed SpaceX and xAI rounds through Jared Birchall
“Going into SpaceX and XAI, working with Jared Burchill to get into some of those rounds and then, you know, you're liquid very quickly.”
Opinion
Paul: The most technical companies often have basic marketing knowledge
“You, you'd be surprised at the level of marketing knowledge that these companies have. It's like, day one, very basic. These are the most technical companies in the world, right? But they're not the best at breaking through to grow their users”
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Paul: Efforts to monopolize boxing will fail due to decentralization
“Yeah, it's not going to work, you know, I think
So many people have tried to take over the sport of boxing and it's just too diversified too many sanctioning bodies with the belts, too many.
Fighters and promoters and managers involved.
And it's a sport that i…”
Opinion
Paul: The Enhanced Games concept is dumb
“I always thought it was dumb. Yeah, from day one.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Paul: A humanoid robot will be able to beat me in boxing
“I'm sure very soon. I mean, bro, if I'm going up against a metal robot, like I'd probably lose, so.”
Insight
Paul: Detractors double online reach because algorithms reward engagement over sentiment
“Good news travels fast, bad news travels faster, and the haters actually will talk about you more and say bad things. But at the end of the day, people don't really remember what was said. They just remember your name and your face. And so you could do with th…”
Disclosure
Paul: Anti Fund closed an oversubscribed $100 million fund
“A hundred million oversubscribed.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Paul: The boxing industry is transitioning from pay-per-view to streaming
“But we're definitely moving into the streaming era of boxing.”
Opinion
Paul: Conor McGregor's brand endures because he continuously returns to fight
“Connor McGregor has lost so many times. But his brand has, you know, stayed up there because he just keeps on fighting. He keeps on coming back.”
Opinion
Paul: Traditional human sports will outperform robot sports because narrative matters
“I'm very, you know, long on traditional human sports in terms of a business model, because The story is what matters, and everyone's on the same playing field, so when you put in, like, robots and all these perks and extra things and blah blah blah, I don't th…”
Disclosure
Paul: Anti Fund partners contributed a 10% to 14% GP commit
“We have a 10% maybe even more. It's like 10, 12, 13, 14% GP commit.”
Disclosure
Paul: Aquarian Holdings is the lead investor in Anti Fund
“Our lead investor is Aquarian Holdings, so. Shout out to Rudy and Eric. They've believed in us for a long time. They doubled down into our growth fund”
Disclosure
Paul: Anti Fund is raising Venture Two after deploying first funds
“We've deployed our full venture one. This is our growth one going into venture two now. Raising for that, and then pretty much fully deployed on Growth One.”
Disclosure
Paul: Logan Paul is a GP; we are the 'testosterone Kardashians'
“Obviously, he's a general partner in Antifund, and we work together on a lot of things, and everything that he does benefits me, and vice versa, and so, it's like building out a, we're the testosterone Kardashians, essentially.”
Assertion Partly supported
Paul: Most Valuable Promotions represents seven of the top ten female boxers
“And now we have, you know, seven out of the 10 pound for pound best women fighters and 40 overall, some of the best up and coming talent.”
Jake Paul