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Own records only Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 The capital needed for Khosla's clean tech and main tech portfolio companies to reach cash-flow break even, IPO or sale is no different from that of his information technology and telecom investments over 15 years at Kleiner. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Prediction 23 Dec 2010 Almost certainly, the winning battery technology in 15 years will be one that people today see as having a very low probability of working. Vinod Khosla · Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Own records only Vinod Khosla Prediction 23 Dec 2010 Khosla's lighting companies and air-conditioning companies will each need $50 million to break even. Vinod Khosla · Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Prediction 23 Dec 2010 Half a dozen technologies will make economic sense, some with subsidies and some without, and the speaker says the ones that work without subsidies will scale infinitely. Vinod Khosla · Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Prediction 23 Dec 2010 Ten years from now, energy innovation will explode because good PhD students are now going into these areas. Vinod Khosla · Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Field building and careers
Mostly false Vinod Khosla Prediction 23 Dec 2010 The Chevy Volt is expected to ship 40,000 units by 2012. Vinod Khosla · Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 As of 2010 there are no subsidies for solar in India, Chile, Africa or most of the world. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Economics and markets
Own records only Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla Ventures has plenty of money to invest and probably made more investments in 2010 than in 2009, and more in 2009 than in 2008. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla's portfolio is developing a new engine type that is 50 percent more efficient at less cost than today's engines. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 Wind power is scaling but has seen little innovation. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 As of 2010, energy storage has not yet started to scale. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Own records only Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla reviewed two dozen algae business plans and found that none works. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Resolved false Vinod Khosla Prediction 23 Dec 2010 Traditional lithium-ion bulk batteries will almost certainly not be around in 15 years. Vinod Khosla · Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla said "we" discovered a brand new thermodynamic cycle, and that nobody had really commercialized a new thermodynamic cycle in 50 or maybe even 100 years. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Own records only Vinod Khosla Factual 29 Sep 2010 Vinod Khosla does not invest in anything that cannot achieve market competitiveness within five years. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 29 Sep 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Factual 29 Sep 2010 Painting a roof white is better for the environment than driving a Prius or similar vehicle. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 29 Sep 2010 Technology
Unresolvable Vinod Khosla Factual 29 Sep 2010 Khosla Ventures' median series A investment is around $3 million. Vinod Khosla · Factual · 29 Sep 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Prediction 23 Sep 2010 People like the 23 people who were given a diploma that day, and big business, will take "us" out of "this", the situation the surrounding remarks discuss. Warren Buffett · Prediction · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Own records only Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 Berkshire's carpet, brick and insulation businesses have recovered less than 61 percent from their lows but are recovering. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 Berkshire's businesses are currently adding very few employees. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly true Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 Public sentiment turned very sour over the three to five months before September 2010. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Warren Buffett Prediction 23 Sep 2010 The US economy will eventually get out of the recession, though not for a while. Warren Buffett · Prediction · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Prediction 23 Sep 2010 The United States will go forward over time. Warren Buffett · Prediction · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 Huge stimulus during World War II took the US out of the Depression. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly true Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 The course gave 23 students a crash course in subjects useful for running their small businesses. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Warren Buffett Prediction 23 Sep 2010 Buffett said he did not think the expiring tax cuts would end up being extended for no one, i.e. he expected some to be extended. Warren Buffett · Prediction · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Prediction 23 Sep 2010 The US economy will come back regardless of how people feel about Washington. Warren Buffett · Prediction · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 The US federal deficit in 2010 is about nine percent of GDP. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Warren Buffett Factual 23 Sep 2010 Berkshire's railroad business (BNSF) shipments are 61 percent of the way back up from the recession bottom toward the prior peak. Warren Buffett · Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Prediction 23 Sep 2010 The US will get out of its sour sentiment toward Washington, though he is unsure how. Warren Buffett · Prediction · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 Grantham said that we have come close to some version of the Volcker rule. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 AI policy and governance
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 When relative prices of quality stocks versus the rest of the market next cross fair value, the excess return for quality could be over 40 percentage points. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Mixed Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 There is a 45% chance the market (S&P 500) rises to over 1400 by October 2011, accompanied by a speculative spin. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 On average, European countries will be better than the U.S. at rationing health costs. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Japan, with its social cohesion, should dig its way through the aging-related choices and agree to pay the inevitable high prices more easily than others. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Consumers' changed attitudes toward debt and saving will surely last for years. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Grantham said his faith in an eventual decent P/E premium for emerging equities over developed equities, exceeding 15% and perhaps by a lot, remained intact. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 The biggest cost of global warming is likely to be the accumulated loss of biodiversity. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Other global risks
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 A 25% market decline in any six-month period has historically had about a 3% probability. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 It would take at least seven years of steady reduction for consumer debt to reach a more normal level. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 Over the last 20 years the market has been mostly overpriced, occasionally spiking down to fair value. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 Non-greenhouse factors such as changes in solar output cannot alone explain the rise in global temperature over the past 50 years. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Other global risks
Not yet due Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Almost everywhere people will end up working into their late 60s until the baby-bust passes through the population profile, becoming less painful in about 40 years. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Own records only Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 In 1985 Grantham's firm was ripped off by its then favorite broker on one of its early program trades. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 GMO's seven-year forecast suggests a global equity portfolio can be built returning just over 6% a year plus inflation. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Global warming will be the most important investment issue for the foreseeable future. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Grantham said it was fairly clear that a weak economy and declining or flat prices were the prospect for the immediate future. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly true Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Developed countries will be lucky to reach 2% annual growth over the roughly seven years from 2009. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 With progress in human genome research, breathtakingly expensive ways to reduce very rare diseases, hard to ration or resist, will soon appear. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Technology
Mostly true Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 Financial services made up 3% of GDP in 1965, and that decade was a strong candidate for the greatest economic decade of the 20th century. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 As of mid-2010, stock prices in the developed world, despite a strong recovery, are well below their highs of 10 years earlier and, notably in the U.S., are still overpriced. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 He says that a 25% probability for a route he described last quarter for the market and economy would now seem generous. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Jeremy Grantham Prediction Jul 2010 Some further decline in house prices is probably more than a 50/50 bet in the U.S., and nearly certain in the U.K. and Australia. Jeremy Grantham · Prediction · Jul 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly true Jeremy Grantham Factual Jul 2010 A warmer atmosphere melts glaciers and ice sheets and causes global sea levels to rise. Jeremy Grantham · Factual · Jul 2010 Other global risks
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Prediction Jun 2010 The US, eurozone, UK and Japan, being heavily indebted, will need to print more and more money and will have sluggish growth rates. Ray Dalio · Prediction · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 The size of the European sovereign debt dwarfs, that is, is far larger than, that of any other debt crisis. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 The subject said that the matter he was describing "dwarfs" the Asian Contagion, meaning it is far larger, and called the amounts involved "enormous." Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 Emerging-market economies are competitive because labor is cheaper and investment levels are high. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved false Ray Dalio Prediction Jun 2010 The next US recession will come sooner than the normal roughly five-year interval, because of the size of the debt. Ray Dalio · Prediction · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly false Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 Government intervention and quantitative easing after 2008 did not produce new financial assets. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly true Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 As of mid-2010, emerging-market economies have not reached their debt limits. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 The European sovereign debt dwarfs, that is, is far larger than, the debt at the centre of the Latin American debt crisis. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 There has been very little new lending following the 2008 crisis government intervention, as of mid-2010. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Factual Jun 2010 The government stimulus produced very little new economic activity in the US. Ray Dalio · Factual · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Ray Dalio Prediction Jun 2010 Money printing will offset the deflation coming from weak demand due to weak credit growth, rather than cause inflation. Ray Dalio · Prediction · Jun 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Michael Burry Prediction 6 Apr 2010 Future generations of Americans will suffer terrible financial consequences from the bailouts and the extended bubble. Michael Burry · Prediction · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Mixed Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 After the crisis became clear in early 2007, the Fed chairman, Treasury secretary, president and senior members of Congress repeatedly underestimated its severity. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Resolved true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry deliberately avoided Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns as swap counterparties. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry shut down Scion Capital in 2008. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry's prediction of a mortgage market meltdown was based on his research into the residential mortgage market and mortgage-backed securities. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry began worrying about the housing market in 2003, when lenders resurrected interest-only mortgages and loosened credit standards. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Scion's credit default swaps covered AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, among other firms that failed or nearly failed. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mixed Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 By mid-2005 Michael Burry bought credit default swaps on billions of dollars of subprime mortgage-backed securities and bonds of financial companies. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Goldman Sachs and other derivatives dealers did not demand daily collateral settlement from AAA-rated AIG. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Throughout 2004, interest-only mortgages were offered to more and more subprime borrowers with the weakest credit. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 After studying regulatory filings on mortgage-backed securities, Michael Burry waited for lenders to offer the riskiest mortgages to the least qualified buyers. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry said that, during the same period, he also watched ratings agencies vouch for subprime mortgage-backed securities. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Mostly true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry demanded daily collateral settlement on his swaps, with cash posted to Scion's account the next day if positions moved in its favor. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 By early 2008 Michael Burry exited all remaining credit default positions by auctioning them to Wall Street banks seeking protection. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Burry exited his remaining credit default positions well before the government bailouts of the financial crisis. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 During 2007, under pressure from investors, Michael Burry liquidated most of Scion's credit default swaps at a substantial profit. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 Michael Burry used six counterparties for his credit default swaps to limit exposure to any one of them. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 In 2005 and 2006 Michael Burry argued in letters to Scion Capital clients that the mortgage market would melt down in the second half of 2007, badly damaging the economy. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Michael Burry Factual 6 Apr 2010 By December 2005, subprime mortgages issued six months earlier were already showing atypically high delinquency rates. Michael Burry · Factual · 6 Apr 2010 Economics and markets
Unresolvable GiveWell Factual 7 Jan 2010 GiveWell's reviews of other organizations tend to focus on the end product and stay agnostic on those organizations' progress and how they can improve. GiveWell · Factual · 7 Jan 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true GiveWell Factual 7 Jan 2010 GiveWell last laid out a business plan in November 2008. GiveWell · Factual · 7 Jan 2010 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true GiveWell Promise 7 Jan 2010 GiveWell will examine itself critically over the coming weeks and share its self-review in near real time on its blog. GiveWell · Promise · 7 Jan 2010 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true GiveWell Promise 7 Jan 2010 GiveWell intends to discuss, for each of its self-review questions, its progress since November 2008, where it stands today relative to success, and what it can do to improve. GiveWell · Promise · 7 Jan 2010 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Warren Buffett Factual 2010 In 2006 Warren Buffett committed to gradually give all his Berkshire Hathaway stock to philanthropic foundations. Warren Buffett · Factual · 2010 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Bill Gates Factual 2010 Per-capita CO2 emissions for each American are about 20 tons per year. Bill Gates · Factual · 2010 Other global risks
Not yet due Warren Buffett Promise 2010 Warren Buffett will continue to distribute about 4% of the Berkshire shares he retains each year. Warren Buffett · Promise · 2010 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Bill Gates Prediction 2010 Natural ecosystems cannot adjust to rapid warming, so ecosystem collapses will occur. Bill Gates · Prediction · 2010 Other global risks
Mostly true Bill Gates Factual 2010 The world population is 6.8 billion people. Bill Gates · Factual · 2010 Other
Mostly true Bill Gates Factual 2010 Almost every way of making electricity today, except the emerging renewables and nuclear, emits CO2. Bill Gates · Factual · 2010 Technology
Mostly true Yann LeCun Prediction 2010 In the next decade, a major challenge of computer vision, machine learning and AI will be devising methods that learn good feature hierarchies from unlabeled and labeled data in an integrated fashion. Yann LeCun · Prediction · 2010 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Bill Gates Prediction 2010 If optimistic, the overall reduction from improvements may be a factor of three to perhaps six. Bill Gates · Prediction · 2010 Other global risks
Unresolvable Yann LeCun Prediction 2010 The authors expected to see many new embedded vision systems based on ConvNets in the next few years. Yann LeCun · Prediction · 2010 AI compute, hardware and data
Unresolvable Bill Gates Prediction 2010 Worsening climate will mean that in many years the crops of the world's poorest people will fail to grow. Bill Gates · Prediction · 2010 Other global risks
Unresolvable Bill Gates Prediction 2010 With a really great job on new vaccines, health care and reproductive health services, the projected world population of about nine billion could be lowered by perhaps 10% or 15%. Bill Gates · Prediction · 2010 Other
Resolved true Yann LeCun Factual 2010 Each stage of a ConvNet is composed of a filter bank, some non-linearities, and feature pooling layers. Yann LeCun · Factual · 2010 AI capabilities
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Vinod Khosla

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“Well, you know look, [we have] plenty of money to invest.”

Vinod Khosla, investor, interview answer 23 December 2010 Vinod Khosla: Searching for the Radical Solution (Scientific American)

Khosla Ventures has plenty of money to invest and probably made more investments in 2010 than in 2009, and more in 2009 than in 2008.

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Vinod Khosla, “Khosla Ventures has plenty of money to invest and probably made more investments in 2010 than in 2009, and more in 2009 than in 2008.” (said 23 December 2010). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_ac16a173ac3a, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_ac16a173ac3a

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