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Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen co-created the Mosaic browser, cofounded Netscape, and is cofounder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

1,009 claims collected, 216 researched, 105 resolved. Report of 4 November 2026, method 0.1.0+c876030c.

Scores by kind of claim

Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

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

    67 61 73

    High confidence, 94 factual claims resolved. From 11 documents, 1995 to 2026; 19 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 44 unresolvable, 17 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    60 44 76

    Low confidence, 11 predictions resolved. From 6 documents, 1995 to 2025; 19 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 41 unresolvable, 1 checkable only against their own records. 4 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

    See the predictions

  • Promises

    Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

    Insufficient record: 0 promises resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 3 unresolvable.

    See the promises

All types combined: 66 (likely 61 to 72, high confidence), from 105 claims: 94 factual claims, 11 predictions. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Marc Andreessen's claims

1,009 claims · page 11 of 11

1,009 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 We wanted to make Mosaic friendly for people to use. Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 I don't think you could find another media which has precipitated such a volume of creative content. Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 One way to describe the universe is users, merchants and financial institutions--the three fundamental pillars to making electronic… Not checkable · Jun 1995
Mostly false Factual Jun 1995 Leaving aside access into the home, general bandwidth is improving in price-performance, or dropping in price, faster than microprocessors, by a factor of about four each year. Factual · Jun 1995 Economics and markets
Not researched Factual Jun 1995 The US supercomputing program of the mid-1980s originated because the government considered a powerful computing infrastructure for scientists crucial. Factual · Jun 1995 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 I wondered if there was business there. Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 He brought the viewpoint that you should have broadband data going into everyone's home and you should have computing devices everywhere… Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 Everything will be completely different. Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Not checkable Jun 1995 Oh yes, I think it's a huge small business opportunity. Not checkable · Jun 1995
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Marc Andreessen

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“We wanted to make Mosaic friendly for people to use.”

Marc Andreessen June 1995 Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Marc Andreessen (Smithsonian)

We wanted to make Mosaic friendly for people to use.

Not checkable An opinion, value judgement or statement with nothing to check.

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Marc Andreessen, “We wanted to make Mosaic friendly for people to use.” (said June 1995). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_ea6a7a250b4d, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_ea6a7a250b4d

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