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Michael Burry

Michael Burry is a widely known investor who founded Scion Capital/Scion Asset Management and writes a paid Substack newsletter, reported by Yahoo Finance to have passed 300,000 subscribers.

593 claims collected, 191 researched, 73 resolved. Report of 5 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?

    74 67 80

    High confidence, 66 factual claims resolved. From 9 documents, 2001 to 2026; 14 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 46 unresolvable, 40 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?

    62 43 81

    Low confidence, 6 predictions resolved. From 2 documents, 2006 to 2011; 14 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 20 unresolvable, 3 checkable only against their own records. 1 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: 1 promise resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 4 unresolvable, 2 not yet due, 2 checkable only against their own records.

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All types combined: 73 (likely 66 to 79, high confidence), from 72 claims: 66 factual claims, 6 predictions. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Michael Burry's claims

593 claims · page 1 of 6

593 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Unresolvable Factual 3 Nov 2026 2026 has been the worst year for consumer sentiment on record, going back to 1952. Factual · 3 Nov 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 3 Nov 2026 We are dealing with extremes, and have been for some time. Not checkable · 3 Nov 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 3 Nov 2026 1 year is a useless measure of investment skill. Not checkable · 3 Nov 2026
Mostly false Factual 3 Nov 2026 The Superinvestors of Graham & Doddsville all lost money three years in a row during the mid-1970s. Factual · 3 Nov 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 3 Nov 2026 It's not close to long enough. Not checkable · 3 Nov 2026
Mostly true Factual 30 Oct 2026 Build-A-Bear (BBW) is heavily shorted, with short interest at 25% of the float and almost 9 days to cover. Factual · 30 Oct 2026 Economics and markets
Resolved true Factual 30 Oct 2026 Burry made the case the prior week that the October 6, 2026 S&P 500 record close looks more like the March 2000 top than any other record high since 1980. Factual · 30 Oct 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 28 Oct 2026 This is fake news. Not checkable · 28 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Factual 27 Oct 2026 Anthropic's filing does not attribute the overall slowing of growth to a decline in tokenmaxxing. Factual · 27 Oct 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Oct 2026 My view in a nutshell is that the tech is improving and that has nothing to do with any short thesis Not checkable · 27 Oct 2026
Not researched Citation 27 Oct 2026 The Information reported that Meta's Claude Code users fell from about 60,000 to 30,000 after the tokenmaxxing clampdown. Citation · 27 Oct 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Oct 2026 There is so much more going on than this s-1 addresses. Not checkable · 27 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Oct 2026 I am looking at the financing, the insurer shell leverage in it, the inability to plug in the latest chips floating demand for earlier… Not checkable · 27 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Oct 2026 For the benefit of humanity, the markets should tank hard and prevent the OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs Not checkable · 27 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Prediction 27 Oct 2026 Burry said he thinks LLMs are already being used more efficiently and that this trend will continue, to the detriment of their growth rate. Prediction · 27 Oct 2026 AI capabilities
Mixed Factual 27 Oct 2026 At the end of Q2 and during Q3 the developer landscape changed substantially, and Anthropic's prospectus does not reflect this. Factual · 27 Oct 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Oct 2026 There is a lot here but nothing that changes my view Not checkable · 27 Oct 2026
Mostly true Factual 27 Oct 2026 Michael Burry has never said that LLMs would stop improving. Factual · 27 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 26 Oct 2026 To receive new Feature Articles, Trading Posts, Foundations Pieces, History Rhymes, Short Thoughts, and other articles, and to partiipate… Not checkable · 26 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Factual 26 Oct 2026 After one year on Substack, Cassandra Unchained is No. 1 Rising on Substack with 402,000 followers and 343,000 subscribers. Factual · 26 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Promise 26 Oct 2026 Michael Burry will not change Cassandra Unchained pricing from $49/month and $479/year. Promise · 26 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 26 Oct 2026 The picture is of a market with an increasingly powerful mechanical bid underneath it. Not checkable · 26 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Promise 26 Oct 2026 The Cassandra Unchained Substack will not raise its subscription price on November 1, 2026. Promise · 26 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Promise 26 Oct 2026 Subscribers to Cassandra Unchained keep their original rate and plan for the lifetime of their subscription and can renew continuously at that initial rate. Promise · 26 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 26 Oct 2026 Thank you all for your feedback. Not checkable · 26 Oct 2026
Mostly true Factual 24 Oct 2026 Across 982 S&P 500 record closes since 1980, October 6, 2026 and March 2000 are the two most narrow, thin, soft new highs by almost any measure. Factual · 24 Oct 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 24 Oct 2026 It is striking. Not checkable · 24 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 23 Oct 2026 Burry suggested that one “be thankful for and to all” and “be charitable.” Not checkable · 23 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 23 Oct 2026 “Art in the eye of the beholder is cheap” was another piece of advice shared by Burry. Not checkable · 23 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 23 Oct 2026 He also suggested “manifest[ing] the power of compounding” and advised: “Never gamble.” Not checkable · 23 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 23 Oct 2026 Burry also advised, “Buy half the house you can afford” Not checkable · 23 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 23 Oct 2026 The first was to “never stop exercising or learning”; the second was to “accept compromise [in order] to begin relationships.” Not checkable · 23 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 17 Oct 2026 For each of the ten market tops over the last 40 years, one will find a caldera of lava underneath the placid S. Park-like valley floor. Not checkable · 17 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 17 Oct 2026 If $AMD were cheaper, it'd be a buy for the treble damages awarded if/when $NVDA is finally prosecuted under antitrust law. Not checkable · 17 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 17 Oct 2026 Never gamble. Not checkable · 17 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 17 Oct 2026 Buy half the house you can afford. Not checkable · 17 Oct 2026
Own records only Promise 14 Oct 2026 5% of Cassandra Unchained's gross revenues in October 2026 will go to Siloam Health. Promise · 14 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 14 Oct 2026 I have personally vetted this charity and it is remarkable how far they make a dollar go. Not checkable · 14 Oct 2026
Resolved true Factual 13 Oct 2026 Michael Burry swapped common stock for junior preferred shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Factual · 13 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 12 Oct 2026 Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac need Thor's Hammer to unleash the value. Not checkable · 12 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Factual 11 Oct 2026 In the week before 2026-10-11, Michael Burry made a trade move in both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stock. Factual · 11 Oct 2026 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Factual 11 Oct 2026 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks have retraced essentially all their gains since Trump's election and formed a large head-and-shoulders top. Factual · 11 Oct 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 11 Oct 2026 Land appreciation/development is most of the ROIC. Not checkable · 11 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 11 Oct 2026 Building is a commodity business. Not checkable · 11 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 11 Oct 2026 Not a fan of home builder stocks. Not checkable · 11 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Oct 2026 I have a word for that. Denial. Not checkable · 9 Oct 2026
Mostly false Factual 9 Oct 2026 By early 2000, 70-80% of stocks were in bear markets while the market indices continued to rise. Factual · 9 Oct 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 8 Oct 2026 A fun game in times like these is to go to the S&P 500 Index and see how many profitable companies one can buy with the bubble private… Not checkable · 8 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 8 Oct 2026 Denial is most easily found in market breadth indicators. Not checkable · 8 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Factual 8 Oct 2026 The largest inflation-adjusted pre-IPO valuation of 1990-2000 was UPS at $119 billion, when the company was 92 years old. Factual · 8 Oct 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 8 Oct 2026 I follow one in particular that seems to give a strong signal every few decades. Not checkable · 8 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 6 Oct 2026 The only reason the CEOs of these tech monopolies are spending wildly on data centers like they are is because they assume they will be… Not checkable · 6 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 6 Oct 2026 The stock market is quite obviously in its first stage of grief, denial. Not checkable · 6 Oct 2026
Not yet due Prediction 6 Oct 2026 The current denial stage of the stock market will last 6-9 months, as in 2000 and 2008. Prediction · 6 Oct 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not checkable Not checkable 5 Oct 2026 Real analysis that critics don't read. Not checkable · 5 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 5 Oct 2026 Fraud is inevitable in the dark. I bring light. Not checkable · 5 Oct 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 3 Oct 2026 I tried not to waste any. Not checkable · 3 Oct 2026
Unresolvable Prediction Sep 2026 The AI bubble may burst sooner rather than later. Prediction · Sep 2026 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction Sep 2026 If AI spending stops or slows, the AI trade will come apart. Prediction · Sep 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 It is the recovery of capitalized sunk cost over a defined window of earnings at the frontier, set against the terminal value. Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Resolved true Factual 9 Jul 2026 Intrator told Jim Cramer that his customers are willing to rent GPUs for six to seven years. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Mostly true Factual 9 Jul 2026 In the same quarter in early 2025, Meta extended its useful server lives to 5.5 years, reducing the depreciation hit to net income by $2.9 billion. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 A chip can rent and still depreciate very fast economically. Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 Depreciation cannot move two directions at once if it were a measurement of something. Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Mixed Factual 9 Jul 2026 Amazon's shortening of server lives in early 2025 caused additional expense of $677 million across 9 months. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Unresolvable Factual 9 Jul 2026 Michael Burry said that rentability is not his claim and never has been, adding that depreciation is not a bet on when a chip stops working. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 9 Jul 2026 The biggest buyer and the biggest seller of these chips, including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, both acknowledged that the frontier moves faster than the depreciation schedules used by big hyperscalers and neo-clouds. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Mostly true Factual 9 Jul 2026 Intrator's consistent message is that Nvidia chips are rented on successive contracts, so depreciation schedules shorter than 5 or 6 years are ignorant. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Unresolvable Factual 9 Jul 2026 At the Fortune Brainstorm AI conference, Intrator described circular financing as good logistics for securing a volatile supply chain, given compute and power take years to build. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI, the economy and work
Resolved true Factual 9 Jul 2026 H100s were introduced in 2022, so they could not have been coming off five-year contracts. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Mixed Factual 9 Jul 2026 Intrator said CoreWeave's contracts run five years, its A100s stay fully booked, and a batch of H100s coming off contract was re-leased at 95% of the original price. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Unresolvable Factual 9 Jul 2026 Intrator has not disclosed the term of the new H100 contract. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 Depreciation is not a bet on when a chip stops working. Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Resolved true Factual 9 Jul 2026 Michael Burry never said that A100 chips would stop functioning. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 the marginal buyer here is looking at a sold-out spot market standing in front of a giant power bottleneck and therefore may be hoarding as… Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Unresolvable Factual 9 Jul 2026 Across multiple CNBC and Jim Cramer appearances, Intrator told the same story about successive rentals of Nvidia chips. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 It is an economic lever, not a physical measurement. Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 9 Jul 2026 Same hardware but opposite conclusions by two of the biggest. Not checkable · 9 Jul 2026
Own records only Factual 9 Jul 2026 Over roughly the past six months CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator has sent Burry arguments similar to the forwarded missive. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Resolved true Factual 9 Jul 2026 In early 2025 Amazon shortened the useful life of a subset of its servers from 6 to 5 years, citing the pace of development. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Unresolvable Factual 9 Jul 2026 Intrator has not specified utilization commitments or contract termination options for the new contracts. Factual · 9 Jul 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Not checkable 31 Mar 2026 Shorts are not forever. Not checkable · 31 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 31 Mar 2026 Woke up humming this today. Not checkable · 31 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 Government must fix this problem by facilitating efficient re-allocation of housing stock with higher housing velocity/mobility through the… Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 Artificially low interest rates, ~$6-7 trillion in helicopter cash and forgivable loans helped drive both the home updates and high housing… Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 This is a problem made for the GSEs. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Mostly true Factual 27 Mar 2026 US home equity is a record $35 trillion, nearly double pre-COVID levels. Factual · 27 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 Instead it is a problem of current residential space allocation and mobility Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 this problem was created by government manipulation of interest rates, cash money supply, and COVID lockups that went on too long and… Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 keeping the GSEs inefficiently run while in conservatorship. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Mixed Factual 27 Mar 2026 In a video posted on arriving at Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte showed that no one was in the Fannie Mae office buildings. Factual · 27 Mar 2026 AI policy and governance
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 now with guidelines to prevent risk-taking outside of their purpose, and grow their purchases of mortgages of well-targeted specification. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 They also need to be run by real mortgage executives, not government functionaries. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 Through well-targeted programs, the GSE can help the free market find spaces to intelligently reallocate , and help US citizens with… Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 the GSEs need to be recapitalized and retain easy access to capital markets. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 Government created the problem and now maintains policies that prevent free markets from reaching a solution Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 I should have written this into the Recurrence piece itself. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 This is not a housing shortage, despite what so many say. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Not checkable Not checkable 27 Mar 2026 a decade of financial engineering optimized for homeowner wealth accumulation rather than housing market velocity/mobility/fluidity. Not checkable · 27 Mar 2026
Unresolvable Factual 27 Mar 2026 The US has more residential square footage per capita than any other country in the world. Factual · 27 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
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Michael Burry

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Factual AI, the economy and work

“Overall slowing of growth is not attributed to a decline in tokenmaxxing but I did not expect that to be mentioned”

Michael Burry, investor, in Substack chat 27 October 2026 Burry says Anthropic's IPO filing changes nothing about AI bear case (Stocktwits)

Anthropic's filing does not attribute the overall slowing of growth to a decline in tokenmaxxing.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

What would count as true or false

True: the Anthropic filing being referred to (the one Burry was discussing around 2026-10-27) contains no statement attributing slowing overall growth to a decline in 'tokenmaxxing' or an equivalent concept (heavy-usage or token-maximizing customer behavior falling off). Mostly true: the filing does not make that attribution directly, but contains a brief, indirect reference to related usage patterns that someone could loosely read as touching on it. Mixed: the filing mentions a decline in such usage among several factors behind slower growth, without clearly naming it as a cause. Mostly false: the filing names reduced heavy or token-maximizing usage as a contributing cause of slower growth, in different words. False: the filing explicitly names a decline in tokenmaxxing or equivalent behavior as a reason for the slowing of overall growth. If the filing cannot be identified, the claim is unresolvable.

Evidence

  1. Anthropic’s growth slowed and costs jumped in the third quarter, updated IPO filing shows | Fortune Fortune · 2 November 2026
    “Anthropic says revenue growth from higher usage was partly offset by “a decrease of approximately $600 million from price reductions introduced as part of new model versions and contractual discounts” between the second and third quarters.”
  2. Anthropic’s growth slowed and costs jumped in the third quarter, updated IPO filing shows | Fortune Fortune · 2 November 2026
    “The company’s revenue grew about 47% in the three months ended on Sept. 30, down from about 144% growth in the prior three months.”
  3. Michael Burry Says Anthropic’s IPO Filing Has a Lot, but ‘Nothing That Changes’ His View: Big Short Investor Calls Out ‘Slowing’ Revenue Growth Yahoo Finance (Benzinga-produced article, citing a Business Insider report) · 28 October 2026
    “Overall slowing of growth is not attributed to a decline in tokenmaxxing, but I did not expect that to be mentioned,”
  4. Anthropic, PBC S-1 filed 2026-10-26 SecFilingDex · 26 October 2026
    “IPO registration (S-1) filed October 26, 2026.”
  5. Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals where OpenAI could have the upper hand | Fortune Fortune · 28 October 2026
    “The company attributes its ultrafast growth rate to “early-stage adoption dynamics, the nascency of the AI market, and rapid initial customer expansion,””
  6. Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals where OpenAI could have the upper hand | Fortune Fortune · 28 October 2026
    “We do not expect our revenue will continue to grow at comparable rates, and we cannot assure you that it will continue to grow at all,” Anthropic’s S-1 reads.”
  7. 'The Big Short' investor Michael Burry maintains a bearish stance on AI trades: Anthropic's IPO does not alter his assessment, as risks extend beyond technology moomoo (Zhitong Finance report) · 27 October 2026
    “The overall slowdown in growth wasn't attributed to a drop in tokenmaxxing, though I didn't expect it to mention that either,” Burry said.”

Reasoning

The filing can be identified as Anthropic's S-1 filed on October 26, 2026 [E4]. Fortune quotes only parts of it: the filing credits its fast growth to early-stage adoption dynamics and says growth is not expected to continue at comparable rates [E5, E6]. A later amended filing points to price reductions as an offsetting factor [E1]. None of these sources gives the filing's full discussion of why growth slowed, and the only direct statement that tokenmaxxing is not mentioned is Burry's own description, reported by others [E3, E7]. Without the filing text or an independent review showing that no such attribution exists, the evidence does not settle the claim.

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Michael Burry, “Anthropic's filing does not attribute the overall slowing of growth to a decline in tokenmaxxing.” (said 27 October 2026). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_10703c6dbf6d, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_10703c6dbf6d

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