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Jun 23, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
If you want to read more about AI, this is the thread to bookmark 👇 To start, this week a16z published an ever-growing glossary of AI-related terms.

Jump in and grow your knowledge of all things AI: a16z.com/ai-glossary/
Jun 23, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Pricing a new product or service can be confusing, and founders are often unsure how much time they should be spending on pricing strategy. 👇 Pricing can be particularly tricky for B2B fintech companies, which have multiple paths to monetization (e.g., some combination of SaaS vs. transactional revenue, or freemium vs. subscription).
Jun 22, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
When it comes to executive equity compensation, the decisions you make early on could impact your business down the line—and influence your ability to retain and reward high-performing executives.

Three key considerations 🧵 Your executives’ equity should not be predominantly vested.

Since vesting is a critical lever to retain talent, high-performing execs are no longer incentivized to stay at your company once the shares have vested.
Jun 21, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
It’s hard to understand new software infrastructure technologies without using them. At least, that’s what the a16z infrastructure team has found— and because so many of us started our careers as programmers, we’re often learning by doing. 👇 This has particularly been the case with the generative AI wave. So to better understand the field ourselves, the team has been building projects around large language models (LLMs), large image models, vector databases, and the like.
Mar 20, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
What does it take to build a successful podcast? In some ways, this is the easiest it's ever been to do it. And in other ways, it's only gotten harder.

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, @sriramk and @aarthir from the Good Time Show reveal what they've learned👇 One of their top takeaways while building their podcast @aarthisrirampod:

Learn from the podcasting greats.

But determine what YOUR "x factor" is, rather than imitating theirs.
Feb 13, 2023 16 tweets 8 min read
What are the biggest ideas in tech in 2023?

The partners at a16z shared their thoughts with @stephsmithio, in a two-part podcast available now.

Here's what they said 👇 This will be a year of advances in the way we make purchases, says @conniechan.

Social commerce, discovery commerce, video commerce — these trends are inevitable, and 2023 will be the year it all becomes obvious.
Dec 17, 2022 9 tweets 5 min read
Can AI produce literary masterworks? Are chatbots a solution to loneliness?

Five a16z partners met on Slack to debate big questions about the future of generative AI. Here are 7 takeaways from their conversation 🧵👇 #1 Settling on standardized way to measure AI complexity is going to be a priority for analyzing both the success and potential of new generative models.
Nov 23, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
8 predictions for how the games industry will be transformed by generative AI.

🧵👇 #1 Learning how to use generative AI effectively will become a marketable skill.

As content becomes abundant, artists who know how to work most collaboratively and effectively with the AI tools will be in short supply.
Nov 21, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
The American Dynamism 50 highlights 50 companies — and more than 100 founders — who are kickstarting American renewal.

Some of these founders may be familiar. Others are builders who should be on your radar. 🧵👇 a16z.com/american-dynam… .@alexisxrivas and Jemuel Joseph are the cofounders of @coverbuild, one of the companies in the American Dynamism 50.

Their mission: build high-quality, low-cost homes on a production line.

Their start: Studying architecture at @cooperunion. Image
Nov 1, 2022 5 tweets 5 min read
🎧 @AriEmanuel joined @pmarca and @sriramk at #LATechWeek to discuss the relationship between entertainment and tech, and how that dynamic is rapidly changing.

Check out what they said about Netflix, TikTok and more 👇 a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/latw-… 🎧 @pmarca and @AriEmanuel shared their excitement about the new indie scene, and how tech is helping creators experiment. a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/latw-… Image
Nov 1, 2022 10 tweets 6 min read
Inside this month’s a16z Fintech Newsletter 📬

🏦 Partner bank compliance and the impact on fintech
🌉 Bridging the gaps in private markets software


💰 Recent investments
🇧🇷 Brazil
📊 Funding structures

And more ⬇️ a16z Fintech partner @seema_amble dives into the evolving fintech-BaaS-partner bank relationship and impacts on the cost of operation and compliance.
Aug 23, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
How do the best leaders build culture?

a16z cofounder and general partner @bhorowitz talked with @khoslaventures founding partner David Weiden about leadership styles, winning a market with culture, and how to hire the talent you don’t have.

A 🧵 of his best quotes 👇 “Culture is the little things. Somebody calls you — a colleague – do you call him back in five minutes, in an hour, the next day? Or do you just drop him on the floor and never call him back at all? That’s culture, and that drives a lot of things.”
Aug 18, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
We have consistently found that the best founders and startups build their boards forward from product-market fit—instead of backward from IPO—and approach it like building a presidential cabinet.

Here is a strategic approach to building a board 🧵👇 Many executives will have skill sets that cut across different areas, but we’ve found that grouping independents into one of five personas can help you clarify the value they’ll bring to your board. a16z.com/2022/08/16/the…
Aug 17, 2022 6 tweets 6 min read
Subscribe to the a16z Fintech newsletter 📨: info.a16z.com/newsletter-fin…

Breaking down the latest trends in the industry with insights from @aleximm, @justin_kahl, @jamiedsully, @seema_amble, @illscience, @mandrusko1 & @corey_m_waller.

Inside the August edition 👇 Certain consumer fintech companies may be struggling, but @aleximm, @justin_kahl & @jamiedsully look beyond the idiosyncrasies of the last two years and find the sector is returning to a pre-pandemic trend line.
Aug 6, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
This summer, a16z crypto kicked off a seminar series covering research and technical innovations in web3, organized by head of research @Tim_Roughgarden.

We recorded them, so you can watch, too. Subscribe to the new a16z crypto YouTube channel to get the latest videos as they are listed, and watch presentations, insights, and demos from crypto’s top researchers, builders and creators — four videos are live now, with more to come 👇 youtube.com/channel/UCTHq3…
Jul 15, 2022 9 tweets 9 min read
a16z crypto general partner @AriannaSimpson talked with @GamesBeat’s @deantak about the intersection of web3 and games. From why NFTs can be good for gamers, to investing during a crypto winter, here are some of our favorite quotes from the interview 🧵👇 venturebeat.com/2022/07/07/ari… @AriannaSimpson @GamesBeat @deantak 1/ "The reality is, we’re still just scratching the surface. We view web3 games as something that can be a huge catalyst to bring tens if not hundreds of millions of people into the web3 space. They’re perfectly suited. Game environments often lead the trends of technology."
Jul 9, 2022 23 tweets 89 min read
Some summer reads from a16z crypto — covering everything from algorithms, cryptography, markets, and system design to time travel, space, food, and philosophy.

Reading for education or entertainment, non-fiction or fiction, there’s something on this list for everyone. 📚🧵👇 #1 from @blauyourmind on the investing & engineering teams—

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by @brianchristian and Tom Griffiths

“You will love this book. It applies famous algorithms and data structures to things we do in life everyday.”
Jun 30, 2022 13 tweets 8 min read
Our cofounder Marc Andreessen recently spoke with @McKinsey for their quarterly interview series Provocations to Ponder. He had a lot to say on the future of tech, investing, company building, and more.

A 🧵 of 🔥 from @pmarca 👇 @McKinsey @pmarca 1/ "Whatever the smart engineers work on is going to get better. It may or may not be commercially successful, but it is going to improve."
May 17, 2022 12 tweets 7 min read
Introducing a16z’s 2022 State of Crypto Report

A lot has changed since we started investing in crypto nearly a decade ago.

Here are 5 key takeaways from the a16z crypto web3 industry survey and data analysis by @darenmatsuoka, @eddylazzarin, @cdixon & @rhhackett ⬇️ 1️⃣ Crypto is in the middle of a 4th “price-innovation” cycle.

Crypto can be volatile and appear chaotic, but there is an underlying logic at work, as @cdixon & @eddylazzarin first pointed out in 2020: a16z.com/2020/05/15/the…
Sep 22, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Latin America has the highest rate of media and internet consumption in the world, but the creator economy continues to lag far behind other regions. On Future, @JulioV looks at the data to understand why and find untapped opportunities: future.a16z.com/latin-america-… 🧵👇 Creators and influencers are a major force in Latin America. 1/3 of internet users follow an influencer, and more than 40% of Brazilians have purchased a product recommended by a creator.
Sep 8, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
We're in either a golden age of expertise or an unmitigated crisis. Technology has democratized access to information, but how do we find signals in the noise? To make sense of this, we asked 21 experts: how is expertise being redefined in the modern era? future.a16z.com/question/futur… We posed this question to academics, scientists, writers, artists, developers and startup founders.

Their answers reveal insights across education, healthcare, science and more, as well as advice for groups and individuals on the essential skills needed for building expertise.