ClaimsMichael Burry

“For those here that do not know, Tae wrote The Nvidia Way and it is excellent.”

Michael Burry, author replying in comments December 2025 Michael Lewis: Against the Rules Podcast (Cassandra Unchained)

Factual Technology

Tae wrote the book The Nvidia Way.

Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

What would count as true or false

True: 'The Nvidia Way' was written by Tae Kim (the person called Tae), as shown by the publisher's listing or the book's cover or copyright page. Mostly true: Tae Kim is a principal author but shares the credit with a co-author. Mostly false: Tae had a minor role only (for example a contributor). False: the book was written by someone else, or the person Burry addressed as Tae is not its author.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (2)

  1. E1 The Nvidia Way | Tae Kim | W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company · 26 September 2026

    “The Nvidia Way, Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant, Tae Kim, 9781324086710”
  2. E2 The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant with Tae Kim - The Korea Society The Korea Society · 4 December 2025

    “Join us for a conversation with Tae Kim, author of *The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant*.”

Reasoning

The publisher's listing from W. W. Norton names Tae Kim as the author of "The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant" (E1). The Korea Society's event page, dated December 2025, also calls Tae Kim the book's author (E2). Neither source shows the exchange with Burry, so the evidence does not directly confirm who he was addressing. But his remark names the book, and its sole credited author is Tae Kim, which meets the criteria for true.

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Michael Burry, “Tae wrote the book The Nvidia Way.” (said December 2025). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_1020861137dd, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_1020861137dd

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