Cuban and Ramaswamy first debated DEI in Torenberg's private group chat
Erik Torenberg · The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 29:40
Erik Torenberg, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and media entrepreneur, discusses how multi-hundred-person private group chats now serve as testing grounds for high-profile intellectual debates.
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“He went on a podcast with Vivek. They had a debate. So this public, cause they, I said their names, they did a debate on DEI in our chat and then they take it to the podcast.”
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