why aren't all 19 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 Contradicted
Miles: Salad is the world's fourth largest supercomputer
“We're now the world's fourth largest supercomputer.”
Assertion Supported
Miles: Salad's compute costs one-fifth of AWS spot instances
“The cost of our compute is around one fifth, again, per teraflop per hour of an AWS spot instance.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad network reaches over 70 petaflops in compute capacity
“A little over 70 petaflops, if that means anything to you.”
Disclosure
Miles: A personal PC generates $60 to $65 monthly on Salad
“It might add five to 10 to 15 dollars a month to your bill, but the computer I'm on right now, that generates about 60 to 65 dollars a month worth of digital spend for me.”
Assertion Contradicted
Miles: Salad is being sued over website accessibility standards
“We're actually getting sued for accessibility on our website. So we've had to bring our website into spec.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad raised its seed round at a $12M pre-money valuation
“Well, 12 was pretty money. 12, 12, twelve million, pretty money.”
Disclosure
Miles: Salad targets $60M-$70M pre-money valuation at $5M run rate
“So five million dollar run rate. We've actually, we've got verbal terms. They're not where I want it to be. I want it to be at 60 or 70 pre-money.”
Assertion Supported
Miles: Salad bought the salad.com domain from Hidden Valley Ranch
“It was about half what these like tools that, that judge the price of websites suggested it, but we actually bought it off a hidden Valley ranch.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad has tens of thousands of nodes on its network
“You know, the tens of thousands of nodes on the network right now, we are the custodians for all the value.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad captures a 23% average margin across storefront rewards
“So on average, net, netted out across all the different rewards were at 23%,”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: 18% of Salad's outstanding balance is inactive for six-plus months
“18% of the balance outstanding belongs to people who have not logged in in six months or more.”
Assertion Supported
Miles: Salad raised a $3.2M seed plus round in late 2020
“We raised our C plus this time last year. We raised 3.2 million.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad retains over $2M cash on balance sheet
“We still have more than two on the balance sheet.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad has 20,000 daily active compute suppliers
“So, so right now, users are our suppliers 20,000 daily active but they're not customers, right? They're suppliers.”
Disclosure
Miles: Salad mines 6 to 12 different protocols
“Well, we, so we mine, Half a dozen to a dozen different protocols.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad has generated over $3M in year-to-date revenue
“Top line revenue is closer to well, year to date a little over three. So, so three, three and a half.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad has sold roughly 30% to 40% of its equity
“Yeah, I'd have to check out Carter. But that would be around, around the mark, plus or minus, I'd say, Nathan.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad generated around $150K in revenue in 2020
“Ah, last year was like a 150 K.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miles: Salad co-founder left after 18 months due to lack of PMF
“So I did actually bring in a co-founder management consulting about from a management consulting background about six to 18 months in, 16 to 18 months in, we realized we are struggling to find product market fit. We need to be more lean. And so that co-founder…”