🤖 Pervasive satellite internet covers the whole earth within five years

Chamath tech w=0.90 · n=83 · E40 (2021-07-16) · explicit_prediction · strength 3 ▶ 56:37 SUPPORT · horizon 60mo

“The two most important companies in satellite communications are Starlink and Swarm. And Swarm was a company that I seeded and Sacks did the Series A. ... And I think that within the next five years, we'll probably have pervasive Internet access everywhere in the earth. And that's transformational.”

Jason tech w=1.05 · n=56 · E40 (2021-07-16) · explicit_prediction · strength 2 ▶ 52:30 SUPPORT · horizon 120mo

“we're going to take a billion or two billion people and give them broadband instantly within a decade. This is going to change the face of the planet.”

Friedberg tech w=1.08 · n=65 · E40 (2021-07-16) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 54:19 SUPPORT

“And it's really impressive to see because it's such a no brainer. People have been talking about this opportunity for over a decade. And these guys just have absolutely rushed the field. And they could build an incredible business out of this.”

Sacks tech w=0.77 · n=53 · E60 (2021-12-23) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:17:36 SUPPORT

“So I'm going to go with Starlink. Yes, it just came out at the end of 2020, but this year it kept getting better and faster, and now it's reported that Starlink is faster than the fixed broadband average in Belgium, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, New Zealand, and France.”

Chamath tech w=0.90 · n=83 · E60 (2021-12-23) · positioning · strength 1 ▶ 1:18:05 SUPPORT

“All I can say, all I can say for all of us who own SpaceX, yum yum. That's so delicious.”

Jason tech w=1.05 · n=56 · E102 (2022-10-29) · explicit_prediction · strength 2 ▶ 47:41 SUPPORT

“I will tell you, I think Starlink has such a huge opportunity.”

Chamath tech w=0.90 · n=83 · E159 (2023-12-29) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 23:18 SUPPORT

“Second was, I think SpaceX has really turned a corner. Starlink is really at scale. Starship looks like it's viable.”

Sacks tech w=0.77 · n=53 · E159 (2023-12-29) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 58:24 SUPPORT

“I'm looking forward to Starlink for private aviation as well, but I've heard it's a real game changer on commercial flights and every kind of flight.”

Sacks tech w=0.77 · n=53 · E167 (2024-02-23) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 34:02 SUPPORT

“the big moneymaker at SpaceX is Starlink, which is the satellite network, basically broadband from space. And it's on its way to handling, I think, a meaningful percentage of all internet traffic.”

Friedberg tech w=1.08 · n=65 · E200 (2024-10-18) · explicit_prediction · strength 3 ▶ 21:17 SUPPORT

“If we can get satellite to phone and you can get Starlink more broadly available, this could be 100 million subscriber business. I mean, this could be one of the biggest businesses on the Earth.”

Jason tech w=1.05 · n=56 · E200 (2024-10-18) · explicit_prediction · strength 2 ▶ 21:49 SUPPORT

“It could be the first 500 million subscriber product in the world.”

Jason tech w=1.05 · n=56 · E223 (2025-04-11) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 1:49:22 SUPPORT

“Here's all you need to know, Ezra. It's a hundred bucks to get Starlink. It's 15,000 to do Fiber.”

Chamath tech w=0.90 · n=83 · E233 (2025-06-28) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 1:17:00 SUPPORT

“I think the only thing that you should be searching for when you're flying is, is it Argus Platinum? And does it have Starlink? It's the only thing.”

Jason tech w=1.05 · n=56 · E233 (2025-06-28) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 1:17:41 SUPPORT

“And United, the entire fleet's going to have my preferred airline. I think it's like this could change productivity.”