Marc Andreessen: Elon Is 100% Honest—What He Says in Public, He Truly Believes

Marc Andreessen: Elon is absolutely dedicated to the truth.

“There are many specific things about Elon's genius, but one of the really core ones is an absolute dedication to the truth. When Elon says something, it sounds like crazy shit, but in his mind, it's true.

Is he always right? No. Sometimes the rockets crash. Sometimes he's wrong, he's human, he's like anybody else. He's not right all the time.

But at least my through line with him, both in what he says in public and what he says in private, are the exact same things.

He doesn't lie in public about what he believes in private. He's 100% consistent in my experience.

By the way, there are two guys who are 100% consistent like that, that I know. Elon and Trump.

Whatever you think of them, what they say in private is 100% identical to what they say in public. They are completely transparent. They're completely honest in that way.

It's not like they're perfect people, but they're honest in that way.”

Lex Fridman, January 26, 2025