The Minutes of Chamath Palihapitiya on h1b https://minutesof.com/chamath-palihapitiya/on/h1b/ Everything Chamath Palihapitiya has said on h1b: 4 verbatim quotes between September 2025 and November 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:32:29 +0000 Palihapitiya explains H-1B abuse where large companies apply for 300,000 visas at once, overwhelming smaller a https://minutesof.com/q/c6e634cf-cc7a-42f9-92c4-085e7676b132/ https://minutesof.com/q/c6e634cf-cc7a-42f9-92c4-085e7676b132/ “What he described is that when the application window opens for what is a very small number of h one b's, a company that has, you know, call it 300,000 employees abroad will apply on behalf of all 300,000 because they're all roughly the same kind of employee. Whoever gets it gets to come over.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:03:00 +0000 h1b Palihapitiya says H-1B visas have reached 10 times the intended 85,000 annual cap in recent years. https://minutesof.com/q/f80e7a85-bc0f-4f18-af99-f0410d593795/ https://minutesof.com/q/f80e7a85-bc0f-4f18-af99-f0410d593795/ “But here is the data. And so what you see is that in many years, the last several, it's been upwards of 10 times that number.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:44:00 +0000 h1b Palihapitiya cites data showing H-1B average salary is slightly under $120,000, disputing highly skilled worke https://minutesof.com/q/0788679e-31aa-41b4-b00b-2827055818d1/ https://minutesof.com/q/0788679e-31aa-41b4-b00b-2827055818d1/ “It's not really that case. And so I think the average salary, I just wanna get this exactly right, it's slightly under a $120,000.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:44:00 +0000 h1b Palihapitiya argues $120,000 salary doesn't match claim of best-in-class PhDs at well-funded tech companies. https://minutesof.com/q/4ee443be-e462-4c42-919b-13518adbd4c7/ https://minutesof.com/q/4ee443be-e462-4c42-919b-13518adbd4c7/ “Now if you started to tell me that these were the best in class PhDs in all of these whiz bang industries where the companies are raising billions and billions of dollars, you guys already know that this salary would not pass the smell test.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:44:00 +0000 h1b