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.
People
Average debate potential by speaker
All 102 guests with 5 or more scored statements, ranked. 19 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 | Vinod Khosla Founder, Khosla Ventures | 3.33 | 24 |
| 2 | Chamath Palihapitiya Founder & CEO, Social Capital | 3.21 | 19 |
| 3 | Yuval Noah Harari Professor of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 3.03 | 29 |
| 4 | Varun Mayya Founder & CEO, Aeos | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Badshah (Aditya) | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Siddharth Gupta Co-founder & CEO, Treebo Hospitality Ventures | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Jitendra Chouksey Founder and CEO, Fittr | 2.96 | 23 |
| 8 | Nikunj Kothari Partner, FPV Ventures | 2.86 | 21 |
| 9 | Elon Musk CEO, Tesla and SpaceX | 2.8 | 41 |
| 10 | Yann LeCun Executive Chairman, AMI Labs | 2.8 | 30 |
| 11 | Karthik Reddy Co-founder and Managing Partner, Blume Ventures | 2.7 | 10 |
| 12 | Aravind Srinivas Co-founder & CEO, Perplexity AI | 2.7 | 44 |
| 13 | Nuseir Yassin Founder & CEO, Nas Company | 2.69 | 32 |
| 14 | Nikos Christodoulides President, Republic of Cyprus | 2.67 | 18 |
| 15 | Matthew C. Klein Founder and Publisher, The Overshoot | 2.67 | 15 |
| 16 | Dario Amodei Co-Founder and CEO, Anthropic | 2.65 | 31 |
| 17 | Gaurav Munjal Co-founder & CEO, Unacademy | 2.62 | 16 |
| 18 | Deedy Das Partner, Menlo Ventures | 2.6 | 20 |
| 19 | Ronnie Screwvala Chairperson & Co-Founder, upGrad | 2.59 | 22 |
| 20 | Ray Dalio Founder and Mentor, Bridgewater Associates | 2.57 | 23 |
| 21 | Sunita Narain Director General, Centre for Science and Environment | 2.57 | 23 |
| 22 | Vijay Subramaniam Founder & Group CEO, Collective Artists Network | 2.55 | 11 |
| 23 | Ruchir Sharma Chairman, Rockefeller International | 2.54 | 91 |
| 24 | Bryan Johnson Founder, Project Blueprint | 2.54 | 26 |
| 25 | Riyaaz Amlani Founder and Managing Director, Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality | 2.5 | 22 |
| 26 | Aprameya Radhakrishna Angel Investor & Entrepreneur | 2.5 | 18 |
| 27 | Tarun Mehta Co-founder & CEO, Ather Energy | 2.5 | 26 |
| 28 | Niko Bonatsos Early-Stage Venture Capitalist | 2.5 | 18 |
| 29 | Brett Adcock Founder & CEO, Figure AI | 2.46 | 35 |
| 30 | Ning Zhu Professor | 2.44 | 16 |
| 31 | Ranveer Allahbadia Co-Founder & Host, BeerBiceps | 2.43 | 7 |
| 32 | Bhavika Bakshi Co-founder, Buketo Travels | 2.4 | 5 |
| 33 | HE Omar Sultan Al Olama Minister of State for AI, UAE | 2.37 | 27 |
| 34 | Rishi Sunak Member of Parliament, UK Parliament | 2.33 | 21 |
| 35 | Brian Armstrong Co-Founder & CEO, Coinbase | 2.32 | 47 |
| 36 | KL Rahul Indian International Cricketer, BCCI | 2.3 | 10 |
| 37 | Jay Kotak Co-Head of Kotak811, Kotak Mahindra Bank | 2.29 | 7 |
| 38 | Nikesh Arora Chairman & CEO, Palo Alto Networks | 2.29 | 28 |
| 39 | G. V. Prasad Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories | 2.26 | 31 |
| 40 | Umang Bedi Co-Founder and CEO, VerSe Innovation | 2.25 | 32 |
| 41 | Raj Shamani Founder, House of X | 2.24 | 17 |
| 42 | Sam Altman CEO, OpenAI | 2.23 | 22 |
| 43 | Carl Pei Founder & CEO, Nothing | 2.22 | 23 |
| 44 | Tanmay Bhat Co-founder, Moonshot | 2.2 | 46 |
| 45 | Ghazal Alagh Co-Founder, Mamaearth | 2.2 | 10 |
| 46 | Puneet Chhatwal MD & CEO, The Indian Hotels Company Limited | 2.17 | 41 |
| 47 | Howard Marks Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management | 2.16 | 31 |
| 48 | Nithin Kamath Founder & CEO, Zerodha | 2.15 | 13 |
| 49 | Bill Gates Co-Chair, Gates Foundation | 2.14 | 36 |
| 50 | Animesh Agarwal Founder & CEO, 8Bit Creatives | 2.14 | 7 |
| 51 | Kishore Biyani Co-founder, The Foundery | 2.13 | 55 |
| 52 | Navroz Dubash Professor, Princeton University | 2.13 | 15 |
| 53 | Kun Tang Leader, HiNa Battery | 2.12 | 8 |
| 54 | Suraj Shenoy Founder & CEO, Goa Brewing Co | 2.12 | 16 |
| 55 | Ananth Narayanan Founder and CEO, Mensa Brands | 2.11 | 35 |
| 56 | Nirupa Shankar Joint Managing Director, Brigade Group | 2.1 | 20 |
| 57 | Mati Staniszewski Co-founder & CEO, ElevenLabs | 2.09 | 23 |
| 58 | Ted Sarandos Co-CEO, Netflix | 2.09 | 47 |
| 59 | Mukesh Bansal Founder & CEO, Nurix AI | 2.07 | 15 |
| 60 | Joseph Kim Founder & CEO, Lila Games | 2.06 | 16 |
| 61 | Vidit Aatrey Co-founder and CEO, Meesho | 2.05 | 21 |
| 62 | Ranbir Kapoor Actor and Co-Owner, Mumbai City FC | 2.04 | 25 |
| 63 | Dara Khosrowshahi CEO, Uber | 2.03 | 35 |
| 64 | Suniel Shetty Founder, Popcorn Entertainment | 2 | 5 |
| 65 | M. N. Anucheth DIGP & Commissioner, DIPR Karnataka | 2 | 9 |
| 66 | Rahul Reddy Leader, Subko | 2 | 14 |
| 67 | Irfan Razack Chairman and Managing Director, Prestige Group | 2 | 18 |
| 68 | Minakshi Singh Co-founder & CEO, Sidecar | 2 | 11 |
| 69 | Nitish Mittersain Founder & Managing Director, Nazara Technologies | 2 | 6 |
| 70 | Zorawar Kalra Founder & Managing Director, Massive Restaurants | 1.97 | 35 |
| 71 | Rajan Anandan Managing Director, Peak XV Partners | 1.94 | 18 |
| 72 | Abhishek Khaitan Managing Director, Radico Khaitan | 1.92 | 24 |
| 73 | Shuchir Suri Co-founder, Gin Explorers Club | 1.91 | 11 |
| 74 | Mirik Gogri Managing Partner, Spectrum Impact | 1.91 | 11 |
| 75 | Prashanth Prakash Founding Partner, Accel | 1.9 | 10 |
| 76 | Shantanu Deshpande Founder & CEO, Bombay Shaving Company | 1.9 | 29 |
| 77 | Manish Poddar Founder & Creative Director, The House of Rare | 1.9 | 30 |
| 78 | Sujeet Kumar Co-Founder and Board Member, Udaan | 1.89 | 9 |
| 79 | Christopher Luxon Prime Minister, New Zealand | 1.87 | 15 |
| 80 | B. Dayananda DGP, Internal Security Division, Karnataka Police | 1.86 | 14 |
| 81 | Karan Virwani CEO, WeWork India | 1.85 | 13 |
| 82 | Rahul Sharma Co-Founder and CEO, Micromax Informatics | 1.84 | 19 |
| 83 | Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India, Government of India | 1.82 | 11 |
| 84 | Bhakti Modi CEO and Co-founder, Tira | 1.81 | 21 |
| 85 | Aadit Palicha Co-Founder and CEO, Zepto | 1.8 | 10 |
| 86 | Matt Chitharanjan Co-founder & CEO, Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters | 1.8 | 20 |
| 87 | A. R. Rahman Founder and Head, KM Music Conservatory | 1.79 | 39 |
| 88 | Kumar Mangalam Birla Chairman, Aditya Birla Group | 1.79 | 28 |
| 89 | Martin Escobari Co-President, General Atlantic | 1.78 | 18 |
| 90 | Ajay Banga President, World Bank Group | 1.76 | 29 |
| 91 | Chetan Maini Co-Founder and Chairman, SUN Mobility | 1.76 | 17 |
| 92 | Ajay Bijli Managing Director, PVR INOX Ltd. | 1.75 | 8 |
| 93 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Executive Chairperson and Founder, Biocon | 1.74 | 43 |
| 94 | Rajiv Juneja Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mankind Pharma | 1.68 | 25 |
| 95 | Nandan Nilekani Non-Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Infosys | 1.67 | 18 |
| 96 | Neal Mohan CEO, YouTube | 1.65 | 20 |
| 97 | Rajesh Magow Co-founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip | 1.65 | 31 |
| 98 | Amit Khatri Co-Founder, Noise | 1.64 | 11 |
| 99 | Ritesh Agarwal Founder & Group CEO, OYO | 1.56 | 25 |
| 100 | Sajith Sivanandan CEO & Managing Director, Tata Digital | 1.46 | 13 |
| 101 | Pooja Dhingra Founder and CEO, Le15 Patisserie | 1.43 | 7 |
| 102 | Puneet Goyal | 1.36 | 14 |
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 121 companies, funds and products with at least one bearish claim on the record.
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