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Alexandria Lafci

Founder & Managing Partner, Hometeam Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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She co-founded New Story, a Y Combinator-backed housing nonprofit that pioneered 3D-printed home building across Latin America. In 2021, she launched Hometeam Ventures, raising an $18 million early-stage fund to invest in construction technology and housing affordability solutions.

7statements → 5claims → 3claims resolved → 67%fully supported → 3.86/5average certainty → 1.43/5average debate potential →

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

5 assertions · 2 insights · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 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 Alexandria 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
New Story funded 100 homes in 92 days during Y Combinator
“We did that and then actually hit a hundred homes in like 92 days. So we exceeded our goal.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 16:28 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
New Story and ICON built the first 3D printer for remote regions
“Our printer that we've designed is a printer that's ready to work in some of the most remote areas in the world, some of the You know, most difficult to work places in the world which is the first of its kind.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 42:37 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator

Everything Alexandria Lafci said on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Local partners understand community dynamics better than outside aid organizations
“Everywhere you go, you spin the globe, point your finger, everywhere you go, there are competent people and organizations who are going to know their communities, how to do business in those locations better than you ever will.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 7:31 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
Insight
The raw number of homes built is a vanity metric
“Cause it's not actually number of homes is a vanity metric, right? What if those homes are empty? What if those homes aren't actually better than what people were in before? What if those homes are crumbling? Right? So the impact, like what is the change in pe…”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 20:36 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
Assertion Contradicted
New Story and ICON built the first 3D printer for remote regions
“Our printer that we've designed is a printer that's ready to work in some of the most remote areas in the world, some of the You know, most difficult to work places in the world which is the first of its kind.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 42:37 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
New Story funded 100 homes in 92 days during Y Combinator
“We did that and then actually hit a hundred homes in like 92 days. So we exceeded our goal.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 16:28 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Families moving into New Story homes gain three to five sleep hours
“When families move into a home they're, they increase their amount of sleep by like three to five hours.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 20:59 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
Assertion Not checkable as stated
3D printing curves costs no more than printing straight lines
“It's not any more expensive or difficult to design in like loops and curves as it is to do straight lines.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 34:14 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
New Story built a working 3D printer and house in seven months
“Last August is when we said we're going to start building this printer. We want to do it by South by Southwest in March. At that point, no printer existed, right? And not only was the printer built, but the house was built.”
Alexandria Lafci Apr 4, 2018 ▶ 46:12 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Apr 4, 2018 26m
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