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Andrew McHugh

Founder & CEO, Wist Labs · 1 appearance on the record.

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Andrew R. McHugh is the founder and CEO of Wist Labs. He developed spatial memory capture technology for AR and VR.

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1 prediction · 2 assertions · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Andrew argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Prediction Held up
McHugh: Wist expects to convert any 2D media by year-end
“So that's our expectation for the end of the year is to be able to ingest any existing two D media. And that's everything from something you've captured recently to childhood videos.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 5:34 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?

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Everything Andrew McHugh said on the Pitch that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Held up
McHugh: Wist expects to convert any 2D media by year-end
“So that's our expectation for the end of the year is to be able to ingest any existing two D media. And that's everything from something you've captured recently to childhood videos.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 5:34 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McHugh: Wist has reached nearly 11,000 waitlist sign-ups
“And yeah, our wait list right now, we're like just under 11,000, and that's over the last few months.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 2:46 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Disclosure
McHugh: Long Journey Ventures is leading Wist's $1.2M round
“So today, hoping to close our 1.2 million dollar round led by Long Journey Ventures to bring immersive memories to my son and everyone else.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 2:57 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McHugh: 20% to 40% of Wist waitlist users own an iPhone and Quest headset
“I think there's about, like, 20, 20 to 40% of them have both an iPhone and one of the supported Quest headsets.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 10:13 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Disclosure
McHugh: Wist Plans to Open Volumetric Capture Tech to Third-Party Developers
“Our initial hypothesis is that this is about spatial memories, that that's the, like, critical foot in the door kind of thing. But we, like, build up all of this tech that's hard to piece together, and then we can open that up to other developers to include in…”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 30:14 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Disclosure
McHugh: 71 out of 100 invited users completed Wist's signup process
“In our last release, we rolled out to a hundred users. I think right now we have about 71 who went through the actual like signup process.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 10:38 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Disclosure
McHugh: Wist is raising $1.2M on a $10M post-money valuation
“1.2 million on a 10 post.”
Andrew McHugh Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:00 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?

The other half of the tape: Andrew McHugh's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 10 times in 1 episode on the Pitch. 2 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

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Statements about Andrew McHugh, by other people (2)

Opinion
Banister: Wist is well positioned to be AR's killer app
“If he executes well, and if the timing's right, and all of the pieces are lined up just right, you know, he's well positioned to have the killer app for AR. Like, I can't think of a better one, to be honest with you.”
Cyan Banister Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 26:44 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Disclosure
Muccio: The Pitch Fund commits to investing in Wist
“I think I think we want to invest in this. I think we want to invest in you.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 34:23 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?

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Appearances (1)

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#122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR? Mar 4, 2025 8m
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