Andreessen Horowitz holds certain meetings where everyone puts their phones face down.
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Reasoning
Only a16z's internal meeting practices could confirm this.
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Marc Andreessen, “Andreessen Horowitz holds certain meetings where everyone puts their phones face down.” (said 2 September 2023). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_275b210e0296, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_275b210e0296
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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