The Argument Index
Debate potential by speaker, the highest-scored statement each year, and the companies with the most bearish calls on record. All of it clickable, all of it playable.
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Average debate potential by speaker
All 252 guests with 5 or more scored statements, ranked. 25 more have fewer than 5, too few for a fair average, and the host is scored on his own page. Sort or filter below.
| # | Person | Avg debate potential | Statements scored |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cenk Siddar Founder & CEO, Enquire AI | 3.33 | 9 |
| 2 | Ray Arata Founder and CEO, Better Man Movement | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Ted Santos CEO & President, Turnaround Investment Partners | 2.83 | 6 |
| 4 | Ari Tulla Co-founder and CEO, Elo Health | 2.8 | 10 |
| 5 | William Szamosszegi Co-Founder and President, Sazmining | 2.8 | 5 |
| 6 | Frank Hepworth Founder, Yieldschool | 2.77 | 13 |
| 7 | Igor Taber Founder and General Partner, Cortical Ventures | 2.75 | 12 |
| 8 | Robert Indries Builder & Investor | 2.7 | 10 |
| 9 | Saurabh Gupta | 2.67 | 9 |
| 10 | William Welser IV Co-Founder and CEO, Lotic.ai | 2.67 | 9 |
| 11 | Ricardo Michel Reyes Co-Founder & CSO, Aite | 2.67 | 21 |
| 12 | Ben Foster Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Prodify | 2.64 | 11 |
| 13 | Mike Dragan Founder & CEO, Streams.Live | 2.64 | 14 |
| 14 | Jackson Wightman Founder and CEO, Proper Propaganda | 2.62 | 8 |
| 15 | Ben Pines Founder and Marketing Strategist, benpines.com | 2.6 | 5 |
| 16 | Renan de Villiers Co-founder & CEO, OSS Ventures | 2.55 | 11 |
| 17 | Alan Versteeg Co-Founder and Global CRO, Growth Matters International | 2.55 | 11 |
| 18 | Yossi Mlynsky Founder & CEO, UpStack | 2.55 | 11 |
| 19 | Travis Jamison Co-Founder, Capital Pad capital in physical, blue-collar businesses such as plumbing, dry cleaning, and HVAC companies. | 2.54 | 13 |
| 20 | Ethan Monkhouse Founder, Monkhouse & Partners | 2.5 | 8 |
| 21 | Ken Lundin Founder & CEO, Rev Heat | 2.5 | 8 |
| 22 | Vikram Chalana Co-Founder & CEO, Pictory | 2.5 | 10 |
| 23 | Dennis Lennard CEO & Managing Partner, Creative Navy | 2.5 | 18 |
| 24 | Pavel Stepanov Founder and CEO, Virtudesk | 2.5 | 12 |
| 25 | Toby Zhang Founder & CEO, Shop Lit Live | 2.5 | 8 |
| 26 | Neil Twa CEO and Co-Founder, Voltage Holdings | 2.45 | 11 |
| 27 | Tom Verboven Senior Director, Mercer | 2.44 | 9 |
| 28 | Susan Blanchett Founder and CEO, Origen Air | 2.44 | 9 |
| 29 | Vol Goleshuk Founder and CEO, AIChamp | 2.43 | 7 |
| 30 | Breen Sullivan Founder, The Fourth Effect | 2.43 | 7 |
| 31 | Oshree Cohen Founder, Red Corner | 2.43 | 14 |
| 32 | Philipp Wehn Founder | 2.42 | 12 |
| 33 | Brandon Wolf Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Jordan Partners | 2.42 | 12 |
| 34 | Matthew Stafford Managing Partner, Build Grow Scale | 2.42 | 12 |
| 35 | Alina Furman | 2.42 | 12 |
| 36 | Mark Staus Chairman and CEO, Proof Analytics AI | 2.41 | 17 |
| 37 | Joshua Hale Owner, JH Media & Consulting | 2.4 | 5 |
| 38 | Jeremy Barr CEO, Rocket Mindset | 2.4 | 15 |
| 39 | Helen Millar Founder, Heart Healer® | 2.38 | 8 |
| 40 | Dan Bilkowski Founder & Chief Pricing Officer, Product Tranquility | 2.38 | 8 |
| 41 | Jeff Sauer Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MeasureU | 2.38 | 8 |
| 42 | Jeremy Lassman Founder & CEO, The Passion Company | 2.38 | 8 |
| 43 | Michael Pearl COO, Kirobo | 2.38 | 8 |
| 44 | Robbie Wade Co-Founder & CEO, ThisApp | 2.38 | 16 |
| 45 | Saleem Renoui Co-founder & CEO, Sell Abroad | 2.36 | 11 |
| 46 | Brian Dubois Director of Industrial AI, RoviSys | 2.35 | 17 |
| 47 | Brian Corkadillo Founder & CEO, Designblendz | 2.33 | 12 |
| 48 | Diva Diaz Facilitator, Access Consciousness | 2.33 | 6 |
| 49 | Renee Latour Director of Operations, Dow Financial Solutions | 2.33 | 6 |
| 50 | Tom Winter Co-Founder and CGO, SEOwind | 2.33 | 9 |
| 51 | Jenny Gustafson Founder & CEO, Like Minds Communications | 2.33 | 12 |
| 52 | Cassidy Toles Transactional Attorney | 2.31 | 13 |
| 53 | Dave Shanley Founder, Content Camel | 2.3 | 10 |
| 54 | Sze Wong Co-founder, Zenith Venture Studio | 2.29 | 7 |
| 55 | Daniela Genas Founder, Be The Boss International | 2.29 | 7 |
| 56 | Jim Weldon CEO and Co-Founder, Prospect Desk | 2.27 | 11 |
| 57 | Stuart Cohen CEO and Managing Partner, SuperStock | 2.27 | 11 |
| 58 | Keith Smith Founder & CEO, GoodStream | 2.27 | 11 |
| 59 | Hugo Garcia-Cotte CEO and Co-Founder, Cypheme | 2.27 | 11 |
| 60 | Steven Halasnik Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Financing Solutions | 2.27 | 11 |
| 61 | Rob May Co-Founder & CEO, NeuroMetric AI | 2.25 | 12 |
| 62 | Eric Turney President, The Monterey Company | 2.25 | 8 |
| 63 | Seva Ustinov Co-Founder & CEO, Plurio | 2.25 | 12 |
| 64 | Todd Agobin Entrepreneur & Business Strategist | 2.25 | 12 |
| 65 | Adam Shell Founder & CEO, Brain Supreme | 2.25 | 12 |
| 66 | Russell Brand Founder & Managing Director, Responsible Solutions Ltd | 2.25 | 12 |
| 67 | John Golden CSMO, Pipeline CRMV | 2.25 | 8 |
| 68 | Tom Pierce President, Integrated Information Systems Incorporated | 2.25 | 16 |
| 69 | Jason Rosenstein Founder & CEO, Portion | 2.25 | 16 |
| 70 | Kevin Geary CEO, Digital Gravy | 2.23 | 13 |
| 71 | Dustin Snyder Founder & Chief Advisor, Wayforward | 2.22 | 9 |
| 72 | Ben Narasin Founder & General Partner, Tenacity Venture Capital | 2.22 | 9 |
| 73 | Katerina Sokhenko Co-founder & CBDO, POSTOPLAN | 2.22 | 9 |
| 74 | Julien Salinas Founder & CEO, NLP Cloud | 2.22 | 9 |
| 75 | Tim Cakir AI Adoption Trainer | 2.21 | 14 |
| 76 | Evan Marks Founder & Mental Performance Coach, M1 Performance Group | 2.2 | 5 |
| 77 | Jeffrey Klubeck Founder & CEO, Get A Klu, Inc. | 2.2 | 10 |
| 78 | Glenn Bimani Founder & CEO, BPS Security | 2.2 | 25 |
| 79 | Oleksandr Vysotsky Founder & CEO, Business Booster | 2.2 | 10 |
| 80 | Travis Lindemann Founder & Managing Director, nexus IT group | 2.2 | 5 |
| 81 | Ray Meiring Co-Founder & CEO, QorusDocs | 2.18 | 11 |
| 82 | Cody Bramlett Founder & CEO, Science Natural Supplements | 2.18 | 39 |
| 83 | Zachary Rischitelli Founder and Managing Director, Real FiG Advertising + Marketing | 2.17 | 6 |
| 84 | Ariel Lechner Founder, NewPo | 2.17 | 6 |
| 85 | Brad Ferris Founder & Principal Advisor, Anchor Advisors | 2.17 | 6 |
| 86 | Alberto Rizzoli Co-founder & CEO, V7 Labs | 2.17 | 12 |
| 87 | Arpan Nanavati Founder & CEO, Beep | 2.17 | 12 |
| 88 | Brooke Shepherd Founder & CEO, Mason Interactive | 2.17 | 12 |
| 89 | Christy Preisinger Founder & CEO, WG Content | 2.17 | 6 |
| 90 | Kerry Sparrow Founder & CEO, WageScape | 2.17 | 12 |
| 91 | Freddie Laker Founding Partner, Chameleon Collective | 2.17 | 12 |
| 92 | Curtis Spahr Principal, Bospar | 2.15 | 13 |
| 93 | Hamish McKay Co-founder & CEO, Order Editing | 2.15 | 13 |
| 94 | James Mays CEO & Co-Founder, Mind The Product | 2.15 | 13 |
| 95 | Matt Putra Founder & Managing Partner, Eightx | 2.14 | 7 |
| 96 | Borja Kwan Co-Founder, Four15 Digital | 2.14 | 7 |
| 97 | Josh Fuller Founder & CEO, Matic Digital | 2.14 | 7 |
| 98 | Matthew Schmidt Founder & CEO, Peoplelogic | 2.14 | 7 |
| 99 | John Kozeski Founder & Principal, Jon Thomas Consulting | 2.14 | 7 |
| 100 | Michelle Diamond CEO and Founder, Elevate Diamond Strategy | 2.14 | 7 |
| 101 | Joe Rare Founder & CEO, Level 9 Virtual | 2.13 | 15 |
| 102 | Matt Barnett Founder & CEO, Bonjoro | 2.13 | 15 |
| 103 | Greg Sobiech Founder & CEO, Delve | 2.12 | 8 |
| 104 | Adam Jiddelson Founder & CEO, First Principles | 2.12 | 8 |
| 105 | Gabriel Cien Co-founder & CEO, GetEmail.io | 2.12 | 8 |
| 106 | Rabbi Guha Co-Founder, Thesis | 2.11 | 9 |
| 107 | Ken Cox President, Hostirian | 2.11 | 19 |
| 108 | Aldo De Jong Founder in Residence, Antler Canada | 2.11 | 9 |
| 109 | Brad Schneider Founder & CEO, Nomad Data | 2.11 | 18 |
| 110 | Anna Wong Co-founder & CEO, Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide | 2.1 | 10 |
| 111 | Uros Mikic Founder and CEO, Flow Ninja | 2.1 | 21 |
| 112 | Neal Goyal Go-To-Market Leader, Postpilot | 2.08 | 13 |
| 113 | Travis McGregor | 2.07 | 14 |
| 114 | Sameer Narkar Founder & CEO, Konnect Insights | 2.06 | 18 |
| 115 | Derek Fredrickson Founder and CEO, The COO Solution | 2 | 6 |
| 116 | Bill Cates President and Founder, Referral Coach International | 2 | 8 |
| 117 | Meir Simhi CEO, Brand Masters | 2 | 9 |
| 118 | Vijay Rajendran Co-founder, gAI Ventures Fund | 2 | 5 |
| 119 | Tad Fallows Co-founder & Managing Director, Long Angle | 2 | 16 |
| 120 | Gabe Lulo CEO, Alleyoop | 2 | 9 |
| 121 | Dr. Carla Fowler Founder & Managing Director, THAXA Executive Coaching | 2 | 7 |
| 122 | Scott Kelly | 2 | 12 |
| 123 | Jeff Weatherhold Founder & Principal, MI for Health | 2 | 12 |
| 124 | Alexandra Gonzalez Founder & CEO, Savvy Marketers | 2 | 6 |
| 125 | Zee Wang Co-Founder, Zenith Venture Studios | 2 | 7 |
| 126 | Sahil Mehta Founder & Managing Director, Zanti International | 2 | 9 |
| 127 | Almaz Adilbaev Co-founder, chANGELS | 2 | 6 |
| 128 | Jason Todd Founder & CEO, Thinker Ventures | 2 | 19 |
| 129 | Jeff Sekinger Founder & CEO, Nurp | 2 | 11 |
| 130 | Julian Torres Gomez Co-Founder & COO, On Top | 2 | 13 |
| 131 | Juha Berkal Co-founder & CEO, ONEiO | 2 | 10 |
| 132 | Danny Nathan Founder & CEO, Apollo 21 | 2 | 8 |
| 133 | Henri Huselstein Co-Founder & CEO, AUCTA | 2 | 10 |
| 134 | Ishan Rakshit Co-Founder, Sortment | 2 | 15 |
| 135 | Simon Schillebeeckx Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Handprint | 2 | 12 |
| 136 | Sebastian Carlson Co-Founder and COO, Syntage | 2 | 6 |
| 137 | Ryan Niedel CEO, MIT45 | 2 | 17 |
| 138 | Steve McGarry Founder, Sandstorm Media | 2 | 10 |
| 139 | Tyler Strauss Psychedelic Support Specialist & Author, Eleusinia Psilo Retreat | 2 | 11 |
| 140 | Martin Tobias Founder, Incisive Ventures | 2 | 11 |
| 141 | Barry Levine Founder & CEO, Sperry West | 2 | 5 |
| 142 | Chris Out Agency Coach & Growth Consultant, Chris Out | 2 | 19 |
| 143 | Misty Rusk Executive Director, Free Enterprise Institute | 2 | 16 |
| 144 | Pia Beck Founder & CEO, Curate Well Co. | 2 | 5 |
| 145 | Allison Hartsoe CEO & Founder, Ambition Data | 2 | 13 |
| 146 | Darian Parrish Founder & CEO, PwrOn | 2 | 12 |
| 147 | Adam Robinson Founder & CEO, Retention.com | 2 | 14 |
| 148 | Justin Rankin Marketing Lead, Studio 369 | 2 | 6 |
| 149 | Chris Wong Co-founder, Scarlet International | 1.95 | 20 |
| 150 | Ed King Chief Strategy Officer, Startups.com | 1.93 | 14 |
| 151 | Darwin Schurig Founder and CEO, Top Talent Accelerant | 1.93 | 15 |
| 152 | Mark Beneke Co-Owner, Westland Auto Sales | 1.93 | 15 |
| 153 | Ryan Davis Founder & CEO, People First | 1.92 | 13 |
| 154 | Carl Lundberg CEO & Partner, Gerald Edelman | 1.92 | 12 |
| 155 | Jeffrey Hazlett Chairman and CEO, C-Suite Network | 1.92 | 12 |
| 156 | Ben Stancil Founder & CEO, Mode Analytics | 1.92 | 13 |
| 157 | Stacey Ross Cohen Founder & CEO, Co-Communications | 1.92 | 12 |
| 158 | Nick Spiller Venture Principal, Capital Factory | 1.91 | 11 |
| 159 | Vaibhav Tiwari Co-Founder & CEO, BuildPan | 1.91 | 11 |
| 160 | Matthew Yaes Founder and CEO, Extend Your Team | 1.9 | 10 |
| 161 | Clayton Critchard Owner & CEO, Olivine Marketing | 1.9 | 10 |
| 162 | Shelton Mercer Founder & Chairman, Mercer Innovation | 1.89 | 9 |
| 163 | Ron Levin Managing Partner & Head of Seed Fund, Alumni Ventures | 1.89 | 18 |
| 164 | David Blue Founder & CEO, Saltbox Mgmt | 1.89 | 9 |
| 165 | Tom Rutledge Co-Founder & Managing Partner, RDMS Group | 1.89 | 19 |
| 166 | Jeff Maynes Founder & CEO, Champion Leadership Group | 1.89 | 9 |
| 167 | Brad Cleveland Senior Advisor, ICMI | 1.89 | 9 |
| 168 | Blair Hurst Founder and CEO, Digital Health Review | 1.89 | 18 |
| 169 | Ryan Naylor Founder & CEO, VIVAHR | 1.89 | 9 |
| 170 | Carl Shallowhorn President and Founder, Shallowhorn Consulting | 1.88 | 8 |
| 171 | Peter van Eyprin | 1.88 | 8 |
| 172 | Hilton Gisenau Founder and CEO, ChitChattr | 1.87 | 15 |
| 173 | Startup Lawyer Founder & Managing Partner, Optimist Legal | 1.86 | 7 |
| 174 | Jared Lopicolo CEO and Co-Founder, Noble Studios | 1.86 | 7 |
| 175 | Brittany Fairweather Account Executive, Archwest Capital | 1.86 | 7 |
| 176 | Nick Jonsson Co-Founder and MD, EGN Southeast Asia | 1.86 | 7 |
| 177 | Angela Druckman President & Founder, The Druckman Company | 1.83 | 29 |
| 178 | Erika Andersen Founding Partner, Proteus | 1.83 | 6 |
| 179 | Shlomi Benatar CMO, VFR.ai | 1.83 | 6 |
| 180 | E-Ling Lim Co-Founder & CEO, Wavesparks | 1.83 | 18 |
| 181 | Michael Podolsky Founder & CEO, WiserBrand | 1.83 | 12 |
| 182 | Brian McCanulty Founder & CEO, Heights Platform | 1.83 | 12 |
| 183 | Anders Lilivik Founder & CEO, Focal Point | 1.82 | 11 |
| 184 | Loretta Markevics Founder & CEO, Sēd Communications | 1.81 | 21 |
| 185 | Igor Gurovich Co-Founder and CPO, CallieCare | 1.8 | 5 |
| 186 | Wendy Colbertson Corporate and Securities Attorney, Mavacy, PLLC | 1.8 | 5 |
| 187 | Sherry Shannon-Vanstone Founder & CEO, Profound Impact Corporation | 1.8 | 10 |
| 188 | Ewan Cameron Founder & CEO, Willow | 1.8 | 5 |
| 189 | Anthony Frasier CEO and Founder, ABF Creative | 1.8 | 15 |
| 190 | Emily Lomban Co-Founder & CEO, FROGED | 1.8 | 10 |
| 191 | Bryan Clayton Co-Founder and CEO, GreenPal | 1.79 | 29 |
| 192 | Yaron Ben Nun Founder & CTO, Nostromo Energy | 1.78 | 9 |
| 193 | Dr. Linda Strauss Principal & Founder, Strategic Clinical Consultants | 1.78 | 9 |
| 194 | Rajat Mishra Founder & CEO, Prezent.ai | 1.78 | 9 |
| 195 | Ryo Chikazawa Co-Founder & CEO, Autify | 1.78 | 9 |
| 196 | Greg Zen Founder, Startup Heroics | 1.78 | 9 |
| 197 | Stephen Keery Entrepreneur & Property Investor | 1.77 | 13 |
| 198 | David Windley CEO & Executive Chairman, HootRecruit | 1.75 | 12 |
| 199 | Neel Bhargava Founding Partner, NB Group Investors | 1.75 | 8 |
| 200 | Deborah Rosati Founder & CEO, Women Get On Board | 1.75 | 8 |
| 201 | Karina Belizzi CEO & Principal Advisor, A Growing Need | 1.75 | 12 |
| 202 | Angela Rice Co-Founder, Boutique Travel Advisors | 1.75 | 8 |
| 203 | Michael Appel Restructuring Expert and Retail Specialist | 1.73 | 22 |
| 204 | Michael Lazerow Managing Partner, Velvet Sea Ventures | 1.72 | 18 |
| 205 | Ephraim Ebstein Founder & CEO, FIT Solutions | 1.71 | 7 |
| 206 | Brendan Holt Dunn CEO, Holdun Family Office | 1.71 | 14 |
| 207 | Davis Nguyen Founder & CEO, My Consulting Offer | 1.71 | 7 |
| 208 | Patricia Recarte Co-founder & CEO, KADO Networks | 1.71 | 7 |
| 209 | Eric Varden President, EventConnect | 1.7 | 10 |
| 210 | Cameron Bishop Managing Director, Raincatcher | 1.67 | 12 |
| 211 | Matt Struppelhoff Partner & CEO/CRO, Red Hawk Technologies | 1.67 | 9 |
| 212 | Glenn Akramoff Founder and CEO, Akramoff LLC | 1.67 | 6 |
| 213 | Cecil Robles Co-Founder, NFT IQ | 1.65 | 26 |
| 214 | David Miller Founder & CEO, Alchemy of Scale | 1.64 | 11 |
| 215 | Mark Musselman Founder & CEO, MX5 Consulting | 1.64 | 14 |
| 216 | Casey Rossi Integrative Leadership Coach & Founder, Kc Rossi | 1.62 | 16 |
| 217 | Dr. Devorah Grazer Founder and CEO, KISSPatent | 1.62 | 21 |
| 218 | Todd Anthony Founder & Executive Creative Director, Pinwheel | 1.6 | 5 |
| 219 | Itai Sadan Co-Founder & CEO, Duda | 1.6 | 10 |
| 220 | Samuel Fish Founder and Owner, Shield Security Doors | 1.6 | 10 |
| 221 | Hope Timberlake Founder & Executive Coach, Forte Consulting | 1.59 | 17 |
| 222 | Rom Lakritz Co-Founder and CEO, Anchor | 1.58 | 24 |
| 223 | Ray Blakney CEO & Co-founder, Live Lingua | 1.58 | 24 |
| 224 | Dan Freckling SVP, Product and Strategy, LegitScript | 1.58 | 12 |
| 225 | Irakli Litanishvili Founder & CEO, Mirai Flights | 1.58 | 12 |
| 226 | Caitlin Merola Founder & CEO, MOV Marketing | 1.57 | 7 |
| 227 | Tom Stevens Founder & CEO, Tombot | 1.56 | 9 |
| 228 | Vikram Saxena Founder & CEO, BetterCommerce | 1.55 | 11 |
| 229 | Caruana D Founder and CEO, She's Got Goals | 1.5 | 12 |
| 230 | Vladimir Gendelman Founder and CEO, Company Folders, Inc. | 1.5 | 20 |
| 231 | Glenn Gardone President & CEO, RED Chocolate | 1.5 | 6 |
| 232 | Matthew Spohr Founder, Marketing the Social Good | 1.5 | 6 |
| 233 | Lindsay Allard Co-Founder & CEO, Playbook UX | 1.5 | 14 |
| 234 | Frank Olschlager Managing Director, Ten Mile Square Technologies | 1.5 | 8 |
| 235 | Lori Cheek Founder & CEO, Cheekd | 1.5 | 10 |
| 236 | Lyle Myers Chief Development Officer, iFlex Stretch Studios | 1.45 | 11 |
| 237 | Dr. Eduardo Rocha Senior Sales Engineer & Security Analyst, GlobalDots | 1.44 | 9 |
| 238 | Nellie Akalp CEO and Founder, CorpNet.com | 1.44 | 9 |
| 239 | Gary Shelton Founder & CEO, ezFinancial Group | 1.42 | 12 |
| 240 | Nick Jordan Founder and CEO, Narrative | 1.4 | 10 |
| 241 | Yuri Cataldo AI Market Intelligence Lead, Autodesk Research | 1.4 | 5 |
| 242 | Sam Sherman Co-Founder, Socio Media | 1.38 | 8 |
| 243 | Paul Ong Partner, InnoVen Capital Southeast Asia | 1.36 | 11 |
| 244 | Donald Booth Founder & CEO, American Institute of Non-Destructive Testing-Donald Booth is the founder and CEO of the American Institute of Non-Destructive Testing. After working in the Arctic Circle, he established the institute to address training gaps in skilled trades. | 1.31 | 13 |
| 245 | Anthony Mongeluzzo Founder & CEO, PCS | 1.31 | 16 |
| 246 | Jay Myers Co-Founder, Bold Commerce | 1.29 | 7 |
| 247 | Daniel Todd Founder & CEO, Influence Mobile | 1.25 | 12 |
| 248 | Kyle Kodawiski Operations Manager, WebStreet | 1.22 | 9 |
| 249 | Michael Alexis Founder & CEO, teambuilding.com | 1.22 | 9 |
| 250 | Derek Girard Owner and Principal Consultant, DGirard Consulting | 1.2 | 5 |
| 251 | Charles Lee Founder and CEO, Ideation | 1.17 | 6 |
| 252 | Omri Shafran CEO, Texas Logistic and Fulfillment Services | 1 | 9 |
Companies
The most bearish calls
Debate potential is an AI score of how much a statement invites disagreement. Bearish counts tally what was said about a company on the show; they describe the conversation, not the company. Every count opens to the exact tape. full disclaimer →
All 189 companies, funds and products with at least one bearish claim on the record.
Highest debate potential, by year
2026
Weisbrot: AI will collapse global financial systems within five years
“I think the smart people understand that there's only really a few years before five. Right. I think five is generous before things are really bad in that regard. And so like people say, oh, we're in cycles. Like, I don't think we're in a cycle. I don't think …”
Weisbrot: OpenClaw destroys computers, doxes users, and makes unwanted purchases
“There have been countless instances of people installing OpenClaw, and it destroys their entire computer. Or it doxes these people's information, or it spends thousands of dollars buying them things they didn't want, didn't ask for.”
2025
2024
Verboven: Shift to AI Once It Beats Average Human Judgment
“Well, once AI is better than an average human judgment, we should stop using the humans and use AI systems.”
Cohen: Tech startup equity is a lottery ticket destined to lose
“Equity in, in startup land for your little dinky web you know, startup and whatnot, even if you raise fifty million or whatever it is, is a lottery ticket. You're going to win or you're going to lose. You're 99.999999% going to lose. It's worth less than toile…”
2023
2022
Arata: Severe fallout for minor infractions is a necessary cultural correction
“And in this period of time some men are going to get their heads chopped off metaphorically for misdeeds, regardless of the largesse or the minuteness of the infraction. And so that's an unnecessary thing that happens, but it's also necessary until the attenti…”