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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
America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts
 • 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
America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts
 • Erik Torenberg, Katie Kirsch, and David Booth
The Internet is Real Life
Sooner or later, everyone ends up thinking, speaking, and acting on terms that have been set online.
 • Erik Torenberg
Monitoring the Situation
Thrilled to announce our investment in a new media company called MTS
 • Erik Torenberg and Brent Liang
SF is back - and the tech social scene is being run by the terminally online
The new "proof of work" is your mutuals
 • Katie Kirsch
New Media Fellowship: apply for the 2nd cohort!
This next fellowship will kick off in April 2026 for a new group of 65 fellows
 • Katie Kirsch, Erik Torenberg, Brent Liang, and Henry Williams
Infinite Jest belongs in the Techno-Optimist Canon
A16Z Culture's most controversial book recommendation so far
 • Alex Danco
"I'm out, who's with me?": 'Exit' as an organizing idea
A guest post for a16z Culture
 • Ross Calvin
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