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Social Capital@chamath · Jul 17, 2026 · Benchmark bar chart

AI agent benchmark scores

Social Capital's benchmark bar chart drew 446.7K views on X: 2.5x its typical post and #14 of 41 Social Capital charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.

The math ain’t mathing.

Posted on X by @chamath (Social Capital), Jul 17, 2026. Source: x.com · See its data

Why it spread

It spread because a big source account posted a benchmark bar chart with a blunt cost contrast, and the post drew 3,176 likes, 247 reposts, 63 quotes, 956 saves and 446,669 views, which is 2.9x the account's typical likes of 1,082.

What worked

  • The framing was a simple cost comparison, fifty cents per one million leading edge tokens against fifty six dollars for those same one million tokens, which made the point instantly readable.
  • The post text was short and punchy with a thinking emoji, so the chart did the arguing and the caption only set the tone.
  • The chart was a benchmark bar form showing model performance across multiple benchmark tasks, a familiar shape that needs little explanation.

What to borrow

We could take one of our own benchmark bar charts and pair it with a single plain cost or performance contrast in the caption, keeping the chart as the evidence and the words as the hook.

Careful

Do not over-read the quote rate, since it was below average, and do not assume the design or self labelling carried the post, since both were only medium and the chart showed no source line.

Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Social Capital.

Make it yours

Your numbers, in this benchmark bar chart.

Starts from the real numbers of "General Agents" by Social Capital. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step

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API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 52fbb686e031.

PathReturnsPlan
GET/api/v1/charts/52fbb686e031Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data linkOpen
GET/api/v1/charts/52fbb686e031/dataEvery point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSVMax
GET/api/v1/charts/52fbb686e031/render?view=1The draw-only view this page usesOpen
POST/mcpTool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agentsMax
curlMax
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/52fbb686e031/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"
Claude CodeMax
claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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Questions people ask

How far did Social Capital's "AI agent benchmark scores" chart travel?

446,669 views, 3,176 likes, 247 reposts and 956 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @chamath gets about 177.3K views.

What kind of chart is it?

A benchmark bar chart. Model performance across multiple benchmark tasks.

Can I use Social Capital's chart?

Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Social Capital. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.