The McDonaldization of Venture Capital McDonald’s sells more burgers than anyone, and they’re slop made physical. Venture is going the same way: AI took all of VC’s growth since 2023, and a16z raised 20%+ of US venture this year. Every step is rational. But can a system built to…↗

launched a model accidentally served trillions of tokens a day 29.4% of the fortune 500 showed up raised a really big series A from @a16z it's been 3 weeks we would like to sleep now↗

Check out the full piece (our seventh edition!) for more on what's happening in consumer AI: a16z.com/100-gen-ai-app…↗

Introducing our State of Markets pt 2, along with a companion podcast where we unpack the data and discuss what comes next. Tech is the everything cycle. Supply: putting the buildout in context, just passed railroads as % of GDP. The wisdom of Elon is real: the factory (or the…↗

Announcing: the @a16z Ops Engineering Fellowship ⚙️ Because: operations (along with everything else??) is becoming something best approached with an engineering mindset. We've been tracking this space closely, and are seeing a new kind of builder emerging inside companies... Th…↗

The world needs far more software than it can build. Cognition exists to change that. We’ve just raised over $2B at a $48B valuation, led by a16z, Accel, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Avenir. Since our round in May, run-rate revenue has grown from $492 M to almost $900 M…↗

OpenAI and Anthropic are effectively telling the market they can't solve every problem with a generic AI coworker. You don't pour billions into massive forward-deployed joint ventures if you think the next model release is going to take care of it. In the cloud supercycle, semi…↗

Jesse Genet on Agentic Parenting Jesse Genet joins a16z's Sarah Wang and Katherine Boyle to discuss her journey from founder to parent, how she's using agents in her household, and how AI could transform parenting for the better. 00:00 YC founder turned homeschool mom 03:00 Dis…↗

Just made my first investment as an @a16z venture scout. Pitch me more!!↗

Never underestimate the power of One Good Tweet. Rork’s founders were $15k in credit card debt and sleeping on a friend’s mattress when Matt’s post went viral. 15 mins later, Austen Allred wired $100k. By end of day they closed $350k, leading to a $2.8M seed round led by a16z.↗

🚨 New @a16z thesis: building websites / apps with AI There's been an explosion of products that help users "vibe code" a web app from text prompts. We dove deep on these tools - who's using them, how they work, and where they might be headed. Our market map + insights 👇↗

WHY INVESTORS DON'T FUND AI STARTUPS you might know A16Z is running a seed-stage startup accelerator called SPEEDRUN where we're funding 40+ companies in the next 2 months with $750k per company. (apply here: sr.a16z.com). As part of running this accelerator, we get thousands of…↗

Some news... I left Zapier, to go all in on AI—focusing on Ben's Bites and investing. I became an @a16z scout, (+ something else soon 👀) And most importantly; my wife and I are expecting twins 👶👶 in July! I'm so excited about the next season of my life.... —————— 📰 Ben'…↗

Marc Andreessen has grown a16z from their first fund of $300M in 2009 to over $25B+ in AUM as of 2022. His framework for understanding any business is simple. It comes down to unpacking what he calls "the onion theory of risk." Here's what he means...↗

It’s time for the Marketplace 100: 2022 edition, by @a16z + @future! 🎉 For the third year in a row, we ranked the largest consumer marketplace startups by GMV and traffic. Here's what we found ⬇️ future.a16z.com/marketplace-10…↗

😃 I'm excited to announce @reforge has raised $21M from @andrewchen and @illscience at @a16z along with a group of product, eng, marketing, data, and design leaders... Full Story -> reforge.com/blog/weve-rais… 🧵 On where we've been and what is next 👇↗

When i think of best in class B2B thought leadership, two brands that come to mind are @a16z and @Drift. Both companies have strong positions. For Andreessen it's software eating the world, for Drift, it's conversational marketing. Bot have firmly planted a stake in the ground.↗

New post! Over 30% of Americans now regularly listen to podcasts, and here’s my (with inputs from consumer team and research) 68-page overview + investment analysis on the industry. Thread 👇 a16z.com/2019/05/23/pod…↗

Stumbled across the Series A pitch deck I presented to @a16z back in 2014. Nostalgic.↗