why aren't all 14 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jorge Rios: BridgeFi is the only company making Signal Protocol work offline
“We are the only company in the world that has managed to make the Signal Protocol work offline.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rios: BridgeFi Will Probably Hit $10M Revenue in One Year
“We are fundraising so that we can accelerate and scale our growth and meet this demand and probably get to ten million dollars in revenue by this time next year.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rios: 180,000 Devices Connected Concurrently via BridgeFi Offline
“Our record is a 180,000 devices using our technology at the same place at the same time, without a single one needing access to the internet, without a single one, no exception, no small print.”
Assertion Partly supported
Jorge Rios: FireChat shut down years ago and is no longer a competitor
“So regarding FireChat, they stopped existing years ago. They only had one-to-one communication, that's it. And so I can tell you with a hundred percent certainty that FireChat is, is not a competitor of ours anymore.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Rios: Bridgefy secured a $6M, four-year contract with Istanbul
“And I think, Charles, you meant the six million dollar contract that I mentioned. So that's with the city of Istanbul in Turkey, and they're going to build a, an earthquake alerts app. This is a 1.5 million dollar Contract per year for the next four years.”
Opinion
Middleton: BridgeFi developer adoption is harder than just dropping an SDK
“The developer one seems harder than it would appear on the surface. That, that would be my takeaway on it. That's why I wasn't like an immediate yes, because I don't think it's as simple of a developer platform as like dropping the SDK and go.”
Disclosure
Cyan Bannister commits $50,000 personally and considers Long Journey fund investment
“Well, I'd like to put in 50 K because of that answer.
[626] SPEAKER_15: All right.
[627] Cyan Bannister: Yeah.
[627] Cyan Bannister: And then I would like to evaluate it more from my fund.”
Disclosure
Rios: BridgeFi aims for native integration into Apple iOS and Android
“Right now we're working on the app level, and we license the technology to apps, individual apps, but Endgame, our vision is to partner up with either Android or Apple so that you literally get an iPhone out of the box and instantaneously are able to use it wi…”
Disclosure
Rios: BridgeFi secured $150K from Biz Stone for current round
“We just started fundraising a couple weeks ago, only a 150. From Biz Stone, one of the Twitter founders, and one of our internal investors.”
Disclosure
Charles Hudson passes on investing in BridgeFi's funding round
“I don't think I'm going to get there on this round, but I do have someone who I want to introduce you to who I am quite sure will have a strong interest in what you're building.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rios: BridgeFi has never done outbound sales
“We've never done any outbound sales or anything.”
Assertion Contradicted
Rios: Bridgefy reached 1.5M downloads in Ukraine within 48 hours
“And just the first 48 hours that the Ukraine war was declared, we got 1.5 million downloads in Ukraine only.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Rios: BridgeFi Previously Raised $4M in Pre-Seed and Seed
“Between pre-seed and seed, we raised four million.”
Opinion
Middleton: Citizen might be the ideal use case for BridgeFi
“Citizen might be the most perfect use case for it.”