Business Insider
Our investigations stand on Business Insider's reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.
The reporting we cite
8 stories, each opening at its source.
- Business Insider — Andreessen and Horowitz each donated $2.5M to a pro-Trump super PAC (FEC filings)
- Business Insider — Suchir Balaji's mother on his life, death, and concerns about OpenAI
- Business Insider · Airbnb Cofounder Is Now the US’s First Chief Design Officer (August 24, 2025)
- Palantir ICE contracts — $53M TECS award (September 2014), Business Insider
- 9 East 71st Street townhouse: Wexner bought it for $13.2M in 1989; sold it to Epstein's corporation in 1998 for $20M paid in installments through 2000; title transferred from Wexner-controlled NES to Epstein's BVI Maple Inc. in 2011 for a recorded $0 — Epstein signed both sides
- Business Insider — Huang: AI CEOs have 'ulterior reasons'; 'not asking for more laws … asking to be relieved of the laws we do have'
- Business Insider, Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner Handed Power of Attorney to Jeffrey Epstein (July 26, 2019)
- Ward has publicly stood by her sourcing as recently as July 2025
Where their work appears on this site
How we graded the claims built on their work
11 FACT · 1 PROBABLY TRUE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- Make America Healthy Again? →
A top donor's vision: replace doctors with a chatbot.
FACT - Suchir Balaji →
Balaji was a real whistleblower — he accused OpenAI of breaking copyright law, publicly.
FACT - The National Design Studio →
From Airbnb to DOGE to NDS
FACT - Surveillance States →
ICE contracting — ICM, TECS, FALCON, and the eleven-year record
FACT - The Epstein Class →
Leslie Wexner
FACT - Read Between the Lines →
Nvidia's Jensen Huang said the AI labs aren't asking for more laws — they're asking to be relieved of the ones we have.
FACT - Leslie Wexner →
The 1985 introduction and the ascent
FACT - The Epstein Class →
The Acosta Quote
PROBABLY TRUE - Leslie Wexner →
The Manhattan townhouse transfer, 1996–1998
FACT - Read Between the Lines →
The other half of the point: the labs really do ask for rules — so 'they want no oversight' is the wrong charge.
FACT - Leslie Wexner →
Wexner and Epstein's 9 East 71st Street Manhattan townhouse
FACT - Read Between the Lines →
Who's saying it matters: Huang is talking against his own commercial interest, which makes the admission harder to wave off.
FACT