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Social•Jan 25, 2026
AI Policy Debate Misses the Real AI Assistant Shift
The policy debate over AI is overfitted to the social media wars. AI is a completely different form factor. The rise of AI assistants will make this clear.
By David Sacks
Social•Jan 17, 2026
AI Data Center’s Water Use Equals Two Fast‑Food Outlets
Narrative violation: The largest AI data center uses roughly the same amount of water as two burger joints. There are over 200,000 fast food restaurants in the U.S. so this is a tiny amount. https://t.co/Sa1A1fAthe
By David Sacks
Social•Jan 16, 2026
AI Cuts Wage Inequality, Boosts Average Pay 21%
Narrative violation: A new paper from Stanford this week finds that “AI substantially reduces wage inequality while raising average wages by 21 percent.” https://t.co/TIyWyEttHl
By David Sacks
Social•Jan 10, 2026
Clarifies Divestments, Denies Media Claims of Profit Motive
It’s true that we divested both Groq and xAI. I wouldn’t have mentioned this except for the fact that the MSM continually lies about this, claiming I took a government role to make money when in fact the opposite is...
By David Sacks
Social•Jan 1, 2026
YC Should Open Austin to Diversify Beyond Silicon Valley
.@garrytan I would urge you to reconsider this decision and open YC Austin. First, the data is looking in the rear view mirror. “Past performance does not guarantee future results,” as the saying goes. The Austin startup ecosystem is off...
By David Sacks
Social•Dec 22, 2025
NY Claims AI Leadership; GOP Urged to Adopt Trump Rulebook
NY Gov. Hochul let the cat out of the bag. She says NY is “setting the national standard” on AI regulation. Is that what Red States want? Republicans must unify behind President Trump’s One Rulebook, otherwise NY & CA will...
By David Sacks
Social•Dec 22, 2025
Voters Back National AI Rulebook, Favor Executive Action
New polling shows that the public favors a single national AI framework over a 50 state patchwork by 20 points, and moreover, supports executive action until Congress can act. Total vindication for President Trump’s One Rulebook approach. https://t.co/PqJwslcuYz
By David Sacks
Deals•Sep 6, 2023
SaaSGrid Raises $3.3M Seed Round Led by Craft Ventures to Build SaaS Metrics Platform
SaaSGrid, a specialized data and dashboarding platform for SaaS metrics founded by Ethan Ruby and team, raised a $3.3M seed round led by Craft Ventures to commercialize its real-time KPI solution. The product connects sources like Salesforce, Stripe and QuickBooks...
David Sacks
Deals•Mar 29, 2023
Salesforce.com Acquired Jigsaw Data Corporation for $142M (Referenced Historical Deal)
The article references Salesforce.com's acquisition of Jigsaw Data Corporation, a crowdsourced business-contacts startup, which was acquired for $142 million and integrated into Salesforce's Data.com offering. The deal is cited as a precedent for the give-to-get model for data acquisition in...
David Sacks
Deals•Feb 3, 2021
Scratchpad Raises $13M Series A Led by Craft Ventures; David Sacks Joins Board
Craft Ventures led a $13 million Series A round in Scratchpad, a sales-focused workspace that syncs with Salesforce. David Sacks joined the company's board as part of the financing, which aims to accelerate Scratchpad's enterprise freemium growth and expand adoption...
David Sacks
Deals•Jun 24, 2020
Sacks Leads $35M Series A in ClickUp
Sacks led a $35 million Series A investment in ClickUp, the productivity/SaaS platform. The funding will support product and growth initiatives as ClickUp scales its B2B offering.
David Sacks