why aren't all 7 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 Supported
Brex Open-Sourced Crab Trap to Secure Autonomous AI Agents
“We build this thing called Crab Trap, which we open sourced probably about two months ago, which is actually the way we use to secure agents at Braxton production.”
Assertion Supported
The founders of Brex entered Y Combinator working on a VR startup
“There were the Brex founders, who I think were working on, like, a VR startup at the time.”
Assertion Supported
Epstein: Early Brex lacked user account creation, requiring manual password emails
“Brex, you know, which was, sorry, I was a credit card for startups. They didn't even have a way to create user accounts. Like you just like emailed them your password and that's how they set up the account for you.”
Assertion Partly supported
Alströmer: Brex recruited its first 10 customers from its YC batch
“When Brex was in Wicomner in winter of 2017, they recruited the first 10 customers directly from the YC batch.”
Assertion Supported
Alströmer: Brex co-founder Henrique Dubugras onboarded every early customer personally
“Customers just had a virtual credit card and Enrique from Brex actively onboarded every one of the customers himself.”
Assertion Partly supported
Epstein: Stripe, Coinbase, and Brex are three top-10 YC companies
“It also turns out that three of the YC top 10 are transactional businesses too. So these are companies like Stripe, Coinbase, and Brex.”
Assertion Supported
Caldwell: Brex pivoted to credit cards just six weeks before Demo Day
“And that was like six weeks before demo day.”