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How Silicon Valley Knows Its People
On early believers, public signals, and the game of becoming somebody
 • Erik Torenberg, Anu, and David Booth
Should We Send Our Kids to HAA?
The future of education: whatever they wish
 • Packy McCormick and Alex Danco
Introducing The Horowitz Andreessen Academy
An Academy for Unusually Ambitious Young Builders
 • Gagan Biyani
“Enshittification” Isn’t Real
There is no such thing as enshittification. It is merely platform narcissism.
 • Ruby Justice Thelot
Your Favorite Creator Isn’t Real—Does it Matter?
I ran a social experiment with a fake AI influencer that The Daily Mail crowned as Alabama's "most popular sorority star"
 • Olivia Moore
This Essay is 10% AI Generated
Pangram, Authorship, and French Theory
 • Alex Danco
The Most Human Technology Ever Made
Most people aren't trying to save time. They're trying to spend it.
 • Anish A
The 2026 Summer Reading List
From a16z New Media's editorial team
 • a16z New Media
Meet the a16z Design Engineer Fellows
The 73 fellows we've selected to join the inaugural cohort
 • Anna Owens and David Booth
Meet the second cohort of a16z New Media Fellows
A new group of 65 storytellers, creators, substackers, and comms leaders shaping the future of new media
 • Erik Torenberg, Henry Williams, and Katie Kirsch
New Media, One Year In
To win you must go direct, and to go direct you must be interesting
 • Erik Torenberg, Alex Danco, Elena Burger, Henry Williams, Tom Hollands, Brent Liang, and Gaby Goldberg
Meet the a16z Growth Engineer Fellows
The 65 fellows we’ve selected to join the inaugural cohort
 • Erik Torenberg, Katie Kirsch, and David Booth
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