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Charts of the Week: Reflections from Sohn
Peak computer science; Small Business Boom; Token maxxing
May 22
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Moses Sternstein
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From “System of Record” to “System of Intelligence”
The reasoning layer that sits above the database, and that increasingly treats the database as infrastructure, is where a new generation of companies is…
May 14
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Gio Ahern
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Steph Zhang
, and
Alex Immerman
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Is Software Losing Its Head?
Agents may kill muscle memory as a moat, but they do not kill operational logic and context as a moat.
May 13
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Seema Amble
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"No Man Left Behind": American Technology Ships with Our Values
China is already building autonomous weapons at scale. The question is whether America builds them first, or cedes the rules of war to Beijing.
May 11
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Danny Penny
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Alex Oliver
, and
Zach Chen
72
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Flock and the Future of Safety in American Cities
The greatest deterrent to crime isn't the severity of punishment but whether you think you'll get caught
May 21
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Michael McGuiness
154
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Flock and the Future of Safety in American Cities
The greatest deterrent to crime isn't the severity of punishment but whether you think you'll get caught
May 21
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Michael McGuiness
154
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"No Man Left Behind": American Technology Ships with Our Values
China is already building autonomous weapons at scale. The question is whether America builds them first, or cedes the rules of war to Beijing.
May 11
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Danny Penny
,
Alex Oliver
, and
Zach Chen
72
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How an AI Bill Becomes a Law
The question is no longer whether Congress is interested in AI legislation. It is whether the political conditions will align to move a proposal.
May 7
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Ben Napier
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Matt Perault
155
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DoW Contracting for Startups 101
Updated for April 2026: The following is a high-level primer intended to arm you with a rough framework of how to approach selling to the DoW today
Apr 23
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Ryan McEntush
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Leila Hay
, and
Alex Oliver
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Technology
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Exa is Building the Search Engine for the AI Era
Your AI system should have truly comprehensive knowledge of the world, no matter how complex the request
May 20
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Will Bryk
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From “System of Record” to “System of Intelligence”
The reasoning layer that sits above the database, and that increasingly treats the database as infrastructure, is where a new generation of companies is…
May 14
•
Gio Ahern
,
Steph Zhang
, and
Alex Immerman
228
28
34
Is Software Losing Its Head?
Agents may kill muscle memory as a moat, but they do not kill operational logic and context as a moat.
May 13
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Seema Amble
264
22
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System Integration as Software
The technology to do this differently has only just arrived
May 5
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Kabir Nagrecha
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Opinion
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Need Series C? Call a16z
Things you might learn about AI adoption from your local plaintiff attorney
May 19
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Alex Danco
114
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The "AI Job Apocalypse" Is a Complete Fantasy
No evidence, no imagination, no understanding of humans
May 6
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David George
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Call the Plumber; We’ve Got a Leaky Abstraction
A model of how things break, for non-doomers
Apr 29
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Alex Danco
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The Evidence Gap: Why Courts Can't Balance State AI Regulation
The dormant Commerce Clause’s evidence problem–and how to fix it
Apr 14
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Jai Ramaswamy
and
Matt Perault
126
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Culture
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Meet the a16z Growth Engineer Fellows
America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts
May 6
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Erik Torenberg
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Katie Kirsch
, and
David Booth
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The Internet is Real Life
Sooner or later, everyone ends up thinking, speaking, and acting on terms that have been set online.
Apr 21
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Erik Torenberg
155
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Monitoring the Situation
Thrilled to announce our investment in a new media company called MTS
Apr 20
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Erik Torenberg
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Brent Liang
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SF is back - and the tech social scene is being run by the terminally online
The new "proof of work" is your mutuals
Apr 9
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Katie Kirsch
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Charts
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Charts of the Week: Reflections from Sohn
Peak computer science; Small Business Boom; Token maxxing
May 22
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Moses Sternstein
147
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Charts of the Week: Memory to the Moon
Affirm’s AI Turn; Shrinking SmallCaps; California’s Healthcare Jobmaker
May 15
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a16z New Media
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Charts of the Week: It Was a Good Quarter for "Other Income"
The Slop Surplus; Call Centers, Not Dead Yet; In AI, Great Products Win Fast
May 8
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a16z New Media
161
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Charts of the Week: The Fastest V-Shaped Recovery Ever
First semis, then software; Peak Social Media; Your SaaSflation Is My Opportunity
May 1
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a16z New Media
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About Us
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The Power Brokers
A guest special by Packy McCormick of Not Boring
Jan 9
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Packy McCormick
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We raised $15B. Why?
What's next up for a16z
Jan 9
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Ben Horowitz
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Introducing a16z Build
A dinner series and community for experienced idea-stage founders, technologists, and operators
Dec 12, 2025
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David Booth
,
Katie Kirsch
, and
Erik Torenberg
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What is New Media?
An important part of a16z’s origin story, which you may already know, is that we were founded by Marc & Ben to be “CAA for the tech industry.” When…
Nov 6, 2025
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Alex Danco
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Brent Liang
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Henry Williams
, and
Erik Torenberg
124
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