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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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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 9 of 11

1,009 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
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Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 There will be 1,000 Georges tomorrow. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 And, frankly, I don’t think there’s an answer to that. I think the answer is detriment. I think that’s the test. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I think the iPhone absolutely counts as innovation. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 Which just makes the problem worse. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 anything Warren Buffet is willing to invest in, we run screaming in the other direction and vice versa. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Own records only Factual 1 Jan 2018 Andreessen Horowitz assumes it will be invested in each company it backs for 10 or more years. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 the internet kind of represented the opening of a new frontier. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I would argue that’s bad because, what that means is we’re not creating enough opportunity. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 there’s the temptation of everything wants to become a hierarchy. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I find history is this weird thing where the way that you’re taught history in high school, it’s all of these legendary people. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Own records only Factual 1 Jan 2018 Each general partner at Andreessen Horowitz can make a deal without a vote or consensus. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 Completely, 100 percent, yes. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 And we are going to continue to make new investments against it. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 My personal preference, what I try to get us to do around here is to just eliminate this as a variable all together and, literally, just… Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I’m drawn to paradoxes. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 And there’s one school of thought that says they’re simply too hard. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Mostly true Factual 1 Jan 2018 Bitcoin is still working today exactly as it did in previous years, despite crashes. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Economics and markets
Mostly true Factual 1 Jan 2018 Andreessen Horowitz initially made no healthcare-related investments. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 1 Jan 2018 Andreessen said "we" repeatedly see people fail because they price too low ("too hungry to eat") and so cannot afford the sales and marketing needed to get anybody to buy the product. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 It’s the best fictional portrayal of what a tech start up is actually like. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 So honestly, there were three things. So one is he would talk back to me, so he would argue right back at me. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 And so to me, that’s the provocative thing because it’s a question about stretching the limits. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 So first of all, he immediately concedes that flying cars probably don’t make sense. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Unresolvable Factual 1 Jan 2018 Friendster's investors were, more likely than not, unwilling and unable to invest in Facebook because they were conflicted, as Friendster's founder would have objected to investment in a competing company. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 So in my view, there always is. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 And it’s extraordinary what’s happening at the kind of intersection of healthcare and computer science. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I think it’s one of the most important products ever developed. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 He is one of the small handful of people who, basically, built Silicon Valley. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 It actually turns out one of the reason why computer science has advanced so fast in the last 30 years is because people can make new… Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I think Peter Teal’s book is self recommending and is an excellent book, Zero to One. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 When you run for office, I will help you put your platform together. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Mostly true Factual 1 Jan 2018 Silicon Valley has become increasingly assertive in entering other industries directly, rather than only selling tools. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 But it’s not going to bite you. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Mixed Factual 1 Jan 2018 Andreessen Horowitz's portfolio companies are getting more assertive about entering markets that earlier founders may not have been willing to enter. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Economics and markets
Not researched Factual 1 Jan 2018 Andreessen said critics who reviewed the work he was discussing found its melodrama too exaggerated, while people he knows in the Valley who had seen it said that is what it is actually like. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Other
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 Inspection, literally, is a dude on cables. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 you want to look for things that are out of consensus. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 Basically, he’s betting against change. We’re betting for change. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 It’s FOMO of something that’s clearly, obviously, happening. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 High Output Management is one of Andy Grove’s books. It’s the best book on management ever written. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 The entire concept of money is probably, maybe after God, it’s like the single most emotionally loaded concept that we have in humanity. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 The Wizard of Menlo Park is a great biography of Edison. Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not checkable Not checkable 1 Jan 2018 I think most people are unable to just simply, objectively, dispassionately look at the mechanics of how it works without almost getting… Not checkable · 1 Jan 2018
Not researched Factual 1 Jan 2018 Andreessen Horowitz has invested in two drone companies, including Airware as its first commercial drone investment. Factual · 1 Jan 2018 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 That was the part where I was like, uh-uh. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Mostly true Factual 28 May 2017 In 1992 it was widely held that the internet was for academics and nerds, with no use case for ordinary people. Factual · 28 May 2017 Technology
Mostly true Factual 28 May 2017 The University of Illinois, where Andreessen went to college, was then one of four US universities government-funded as hubs for NSFNET, which became the internet. Factual · 28 May 2017 Technology
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 They generally already exist somewhere. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 You could see how much people liked it. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 I always say being a venture capitalist is like being an airline pilot — long stretches of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 And so the new ideas, this is something I have really come to believe, already exist. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 How would anybody even have the technical capability to even consider getting online, much less have anything that they could do… Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 There are a few ideas that materialize out of thin air. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 I have since actually learned a principle that I have generalized out that explains what happened. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 We try to have a calm atmosphere. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Unresolvable Factual 28 May 2017 In 1993 the University of Illinois campus had broadband at the level people have in their homes in 2017. Factual · 28 May 2017 Technology
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 Yeah that’s right. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 this was the part that I think was just pure luck Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 It was considered ridiculous. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Mostly false Factual 28 May 2017 ARPA (now DARPA) funded a military network originally conceived for nuclear command and control. Factual · 28 May 2017 Technology
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 But the expectation was you had it in college and then you would graduate and you would go off into life and you would just give it up. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 I’m thrilled to be on and it’s great to have you here. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 Now it wasn’t at the level of sophistication as today, but you could see all the use cases. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Not checkable Not checkable 28 May 2017 It was just incomprehensible. Not checkable · 28 May 2017
Mixed Factual 20 Aug 2011 As of 2011, Amazon was the world's largest bookseller. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Great incumbent software companies like Oracle and Microsoft are increasingly threatened with irrelevance by new software offerings like… Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Unresolvable Factual 20 Aug 2011 As of 2011, Google was the largest direct marketing platform. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 I’m privileged to work with some of the best of the new breed of software companies, and I can tell you they’re really good at what they do. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Mixed Factual 20 Aug 2011 As of August 2011, major public technology companies had all-time low price/earnings ratios. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Mostly true Factual 20 Aug 2011 Skype, the fastest growing telecom company, was just bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 There’s no way through this problem other than education, and we have a long way to go. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Aug 2011 Andreessen expected that over the next 10 years many more industries would be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not. Prediction · 20 Aug 2011 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Aug 2011 In Andreessen's view, health care and education are next up for fundamental software-based transformation. Prediction · 20 Aug 2011 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Aug 2011 The trend toward hybrid and electric vehicles will accelerate the shift of cars to software control. Prediction · 20 Aug 2011 Technology
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Software is eating the world. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 We believe that many of the prominent new Internet companies are building real, high-growth, high-margin, highly defensible businesses. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 The good news about building a company during times like this is that the companies that do succeed are going to be extremely strong and… Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Traditional record labels increasingly exist only to provide those software companies with content. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Aug 2011 If the new software companies perform as expected, they will become highly valuable cornerstone companies in the global economy, addressing markets far larger than tech has historically pursued. Prediction · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Six decades into the computer revolution, four decades since the invention of the microprocessor, and two decades into the rise of the… Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised… Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Practically every financial transaction, from someone buying a cup of coffee to someone trading a trillion dollars of credit default… Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Joseph Schumpeter, the economist who coined the term “creative destruction,” would be proud. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Unresolvable Factual 20 Aug 2011 In 2011 cars' software runs engines, controls safety features, provides entertainment and navigation, and connects cars to mobile, satellite and GPS networks. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Technology
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 That’s the big opportunity. I know where I’m putting my money. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Mixed Factual 20 Aug 2011 As of 2011, Netflix was the largest video service by number of subscribers. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Now even the books themselves are software. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Resolved false Prediction 20 Aug 2011 Within 10 years of 2011, at least five billion people worldwide will own smartphones. Prediction · 20 Aug 2011 Technology
Unresolvable Factual 20 Aug 2011 In 2011 running a basic Internet application in Amazon's cloud cost about $1,500 a month. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Technology
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 And, perhaps most telling, you can’t have a bubble when people are constantly screaming “Bubble!” Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Unresolvable Factual 20 Aug 2011 As of 2011, LinkedIn was the fastest growing recruiting company. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Even national defense is increasingly software-based. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable… Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Resolved true Factual 20 Aug 2011 Marc Andreessen said Disney had to buy Pixar, a software company, to remain relevant in animated movies. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Likewise for FedEx, which is best thought of as a software network that happens to have trucks, planes and distribution hubs attached. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Resolved true Factual 20 Aug 2011 Videogame makers are today's fastest growing entertainment companies, with the industry growing to $60 billion from $30 billion five years earlier. Factual · 20 Aug 2011 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 the result is a global economy that for the first time will be fully digitally wired Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 Photography, of course, was eaten by software long ago. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
Not checkable Not checkable 20 Aug 2011 The best new movie production company in many decades, Pixar, was a software company. Not checkable · 20 Aug 2011
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“There will be 1,000 Georges tomorrow.”

Marc Andreessen 1 January 2018 The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Marc Andreessen (#163) (Tim Ferriss blog)

There will be 1,000 Georges tomorrow.

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