Who is on this subjectordered by the date of their first quote here
2 of 4 lanes rest on fewer than 5 quotes and are marked thin. Offsets are days from the middle first-quote date, 21 Feb 2026 — a date, and nothing else. It is not a claim about who reached a view first.
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Bill Gurley
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2 Jul 2019 – 2 Jul 2019
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Howard Marks
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21 Feb 2026 – 21 Feb 2026
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David Sacks
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22 Apr 2026 – 29 May 2026
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John Williams
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The chronologysourced and dated, oldest first
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Bill Gurley
Gurley explains labor marketplaces fail because 5% supply provides same customer value as 95%, preventing network effects.
“It turns out that if you get just 5% of the supply, the value you provide in customer is no different than if you get 95% of the supply.”
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Howard Marks
Marks cites CNN reporting AI could eliminate half of entry level jobs.
“My travel, I watched CNN International and they're drumming up interest in a show. And the anchor says to a guest, You say that AI has the ability to eliminate half of entry level jobs.”
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David Sacks
Sacks cites Yale Budget Lab finding no discernible labor market disruption in first three years after ChatGPT launch.
“Yale Budget Lab did a study and they said that there was no discernible disruption, I mean, that's like a quote, to the labor market in the first three years after the launch of ChatGPT.”
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David Sacks
Sacks says less than 5% of layoffs last year were attributable to AI according to Challenger Gray report.
“Less than 5% of the layoffs last year were attributable to AI. It was actually just a very small category.”
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David Sacks
Sacks says AI infrastructure boom caused blue collar trade wages to increase 25-30% due to worker shortage.
“Wall Street Journal had a really good article about this. The construction industry is seeing a ton of demand.”
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David Sacks
Sacks questions AI CEOs predicting developer obsolescence while Anthropic recruits developers at $500,000 annually.
“I saw that I think Anthropix got numerous open job recs for software developers at $500,000 a year, which seems like a lot to pay someone whose job is going to be obsolete and not needed anymore in just a few months.”
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David Sacks
Sacks cites Yale Budget Lab finding no discernible AI labor market disruption three years after ChatGPT launch.
“There's a study by Yale, the Yale Budget Lab, which concluded no discernible disruption to the labor market in the first three years after the launch of SHAT GPT.”
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David Sacks
Sacks says Claude proficiency gives new grads a massive advantage similar to being the only one who knows spreadsheets.
“The advantage would be enormous. Now I think that that's probably a short term arbitrage because eventually everyone's gonna have to figure out how to use these tools.”
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David Sacks
Sacks claims vindication as AI job narrative shifted from loss to gains, matching his January prediction.
“And over the past week, you've now seen the narrative shift, I would say almost completely, towards that position.”
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David Sacks
Sacks notes coding has near-complete AI automation yet software developers aren't being laid off as expected.
“We have almost complete automation of code writing. You would think that if you could look at this in a simple Malthusian way, all the software developers would be getting laid off right now.”
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John Williams
Williams notes unemployment has stayed in a 4.3 to 4.5 percent band since July.
“The unemployment rate has fluctuated in a narrow band of 4.3 to 4.5 percent since last July, and unemployment insurance claims remain low.”
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John Williams
Williams sees no significant second-round tariff effects or labor market inflation pressures.
“There are no signs of significant second-round effects from tariffs spilling over to the rest of the economy, and the labor market is not adding to inflation pressures.”
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John Williams
Williams says New York City employment growth has broadened from healthcare to include technology sector.
“After being driven primarily by healthcare over the past few years, employment growth in and around New York City has broadened to include the technology sector.”
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John Williams
Williams sees no second-round effects from tariffs, citing anchored expectations and no supply chain bottlenecks.
“In particular, inflation expectations are very well anchored, no broad-based supply chain bottlenecks have emerged, labor markets are not creating inflationary pressures, and wage growth has moderated.”
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John Williams
Williams sees increased downside employment risks and lessened upside inflation risks as labor market cools.
“My assessment is that the downside risks to employment have increased as the labor market has cooled, while the upside risks to inflation have lessened somewhat.”
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