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Anthony Gonzalez

Co-CEO, Cobalt Service Partners · 1 appearance on the record.

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A former first-round NFL draft pick for the Indianapolis Colts, Gonzalez represented Ohio's 16th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. After retiring from politics, he re-entered business as Co-CEO of Cobalt Service Partners and joined the board of DXC Technology.

9statements → 5claims → 2claims resolved → 4.33/5average certainty → 1.44/5average debate potential → 1said about them ↓

2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 2 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

5 assertions · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, 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 Anthony 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

Assertion Supported
Gonzalez: Helmets Reduce Skull Force, Not Cranial Acceleration
“Helmets reduce skull force, not cranial acceleration.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 9:45 #5 FITGuard

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

Assertion Supported
Gonzalez: Helmets Reduce Skull Force, Not Cranial Acceleration
“Helmets reduce skull force, not cranial acceleration.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 9:45 #5 FITGuard
Assertion Open · timeframe Mar 2030
Gonzalez: FitGuard's mouth placement provides highly correlated cranial impact data
“Being inside of the skull means we're physically closer. We have a better retention and coupling to the skull. So our data is just highly correlated to what the brain actually felt.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 10:52 #5 FITGuard
Disclosure
Gonzalez admits the FitGuard pitch prototype is non-functional
“This is our prototype model. It doesn't work right now.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 12:50 #5 FITGuard
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gonzalez: FitGuard has secured letters of intent for 5,000 units
“I've already sold 5000 of them. How they haven't paid for them. These are all letters of intent contingent on successful validation through our beta test program.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:55 #5 FITGuard
Disclosure
Gonzalez: Force Impact Technologies is raising $750,000
“I'm coming in today with 200,000 dollars, 250,000 dollars committed to this round. We're currently raising an additional 500,000 to make it a total of seven 50.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 4:54 #5 FITGuard
Assertion Supported
Gonzalez: 47% of Concussed Athletes Do Not Self-Report Symptoms
“A staggering 47% of those athletes, nearly half of them who are concussed, will not self-report or self-diagnose any symptoms.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 5:52 #5 FITGuard
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gonzalez: Arizona State University paid $7,000 for 20 research units
“They pay like 7000 dollars for about 20 units, because they're research grade.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:36 #5 FITGuard
Disclosure
Gonzalez took a full-time job at Biocom while running FitGuard
“Currently I had to go back and get another job after three and a half years of running the startup. I work for the Parent Association of Life Sciences, the state of California, called Biocom.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 30:14 #5 FITGuard
Disclosure
Gonzalez: FitGuard will price at $129 initially, dropping below $100 at scale
“Initially, they're 129 dollars to cop to capture those early adopters. As we start to scale up, those definitely gonna come below a hundred dollars.”
Anthony Gonzalez Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 13:16 #5 FITGuard

The other half of the tape: Anthony Gonzalez's own voice is left out of every number here. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Anthony Gonzalez, by other people (1)

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Diamond: FitGuard lacks a working prototype after three and a half years
“It's been three and a half years, and you don't, you still don't have a working prototype.”
Howie Diamond Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 24:38 #5 FITGuard

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
#5 FITGuard Mar 3, 2025 10m
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