Garry Tan
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There is like a small set, an oligopoly of brokers for that type of stuff.
And they started freezing Knox Metals out.
This is where like social media is interesting.
This is speaking truth to power.
That founder went to Twitter, started posting about it.
And then through our connections, Luther Lowe is our head of policy.
We have a full-time person in DC and he knows Gail Slater, who's sort of the part of the anti-trust watchdogs of DC.
And all she had to do was take that post and post an emoji.
All of the anti-competitive monopoly stuff went away for Knox Metals, literally overnight.
People in tech are afraid of government.
People are worried about its impact.
But it's like government is something that can be used for good.
It would be incredible if it was the case.
Like if you can access them and help them and be in the conversation, that's what we're learning.