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The Claim

Sam Altman said that Loopt had 100 times more users than 500 and said he would provide evidence but did not provide evidence.

The Short Version

The core account is supported: Sam Altman publicly rejected the reported 500-user figure for Loopt, indicated it was far too low, and said he would provide data. The strongest caveat is that the precise “100 times” wording is better supported as a paraphrase from secondary reporting than as a clearly documented direct quote. No public evidence release matching that promise is evident in the record provided.

Caveats

  • The exact '100 times' formulation is not as strongly documented as the broader statement that the 500-user figure was off by orders of magnitude.
  • The conclusion that he 'did not provide evidence' is based on the absence of any public follow-up found in the record, not proof that no evidence was ever shared privately or elsewhere.
  • Some supporting citations are low-reliability social or forum posts and should not carry the same weight as Reuters or contemporaneous tech reporting.

The Receipts

  1. Loopt was a lemon, dropping to just 500 daily active users prior to sale - update

    Reuters

  2. Loopt

    Startup Obituary

  3. Loopt acquired by payment card provider for $43.3m in cash

    Hacker News

  4. Loopt

    Wikipedia

  5. Loopt Founder Sam Altman Says User Count Reported by Reuters is Wrong

    VentureBeat

  6. Sam Altman's Loopt Exit: A Questionable Success | Timothy Bramlett ...

    LinkedIn

  7. Sam Altman's Loopt Exit: A Questionable Success | Timothy Bramlett (video description)

    LinkedIn

  8. Sam Altman wants to make a deal with us: he'll give us a utopian future if we give ...

    Facebook

  9. Did you know that Sam Altman's first company Loopt only have 500 ...

    Threads

  10. Let's take a look together at Sam Altman's extensive and delicious ...

    Reddit

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