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The biggest bottleneck at work is waiting on each other.
Today Town is announcing its $108M Series B, co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures, to fix it with multiplayer AI assistants for work.
Most AI assistants are built for one person. Work doesn't happen alone. I think the moat is multiplayer. Everyone at a company gets a Townie. Townies ask each other questions, share only what their person would share, and do the work. The more a team works together, the more useful Townies get.
What's the thing you're always waiting on a teammate for?
You are a fucking idiot to bet against @elonmusk There is only 1 place I want to be on 10.15. Can’t wait to be a human witness to prove the Roadster demonstration isn’t SI!
Brian Roberts retweeted
"The era of software being over, is so over". Hell yeah. Whatever problems humanity must face, computers and software will be central to the solution.
So very excited to partner with @CompleteSkeptic and team to make software better. Long devs, long programming and long Jev!!!
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
Brian Roberts retweeted
SECRETARY RUBIO on AMERICA.GOV PASSPORTS: No printing forms, no drugstore hostage photo, no appointment, no line, no middleman that you're paying to do something that should be available to you.
Brian Roberts retweeted
Is there a point in doing next year’s Midas List? Just give Martin a trophy and move on.
I don’t normally write these things. But this one hits a bit different. Nearly three years ago I told a16z I wanted to spend part time outside the firm helping @drfeifei start and build a frontier model company. And what followed were some of the most remarkable moments of my career. From being at the founding table. To watching the first git commits. Seeing the very early very rough results that hinted at something much greater. Contributing to the open source. Watching the creation of new model architectures that pushed the state of the art in multiple areas.
I saw the team spin magic from nothing again and again. And I was very privileged to be within the walls. I’m very proud of what was accomplished, and am so excited for what lies ahead.
So congratulations to AMD for entering into an agreement with the leading spatial intelligence frontier lab. And congratulations to the World Labs team on a partner that has the vision, ambition and leadership to be the top AI technology provider globally.
Also congratulations to Dr. Su and Dr. Li. Two world class CEOs with a common vision. The both of you working together is unimaginably legendary. Arguably the smartest leaders in tech with the shared goal of building the world's leading AI capabilities. I know you both share an optimistic view of AIs ability to aid humanity. We need far more of that.
As everyone knows. I’m World Lab’s biggest fan. And will remain so. Thanks to @drfeifei , @BenMildenhall , @jcjohnss and the entire team for letting me tag along. What a crazy fucking ride. You stood at the frontier, and moved it. And will continue to. Again, many congratulations to everyone involved. The future of AI will be so much brighter with this partnership. I can’t wait to see where it leads. Here’s to new worlds!
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All seven Databricks co-founders began our journey together at UC Berkeley. We started the company in a room in Soda Hall, moved to a small office on Addison Street, and spent our first few years in Berkeley before eventually heading to SF. Two of our co-founders are still on the faculty.
Today we announced Databricks Field at California Memorial Stadium, our first collegiate athletics sponsorship.
Berkeley shaped everything about how this company thinks, and this is our way of investing in the next generation of students and builders who'll do their best work on that campus.
Go Bears!
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New era, new school youtu.be/5JEjv-JlYo8?si=83aG…
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While I’m disappointed by today’s Senate vote, it doesn’t change the fact that crypto’s fundamentals are stronger than ever.
Billions of dollars are moving onchain, leading payments companies and financial institutions are adopting blockchain technology, and entrepreneurs around the world are building new financial products that bring money into the internet age.
Our work in DC is far from over. We’ll keep working for clear rules that protect consumers and let entrepreneurs build.
Brian Roberts retweeted
It’s no secret that I’m bullish on Florida as a federalist project that’s attracting capital and businesses from across the country. It’s an extraordinary place to live and build.
West Palm Beach is the epitome of this kind of growth—and Stephen Ross and team are building a truly dynamic city and ecosystem. It’s been an incredible story of growth in America and we’re excited to become a larger part of it.
The American Dynamism team at @a16z is excited to open our West Palm Beach office.
It's time to Build 🌴🇺🇸🚀
Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz is the latest venture-capital firm to open a new office in Florida to invest in startup defense companies on.wsj.com/3UGyUmI
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Proud to back Covenant as they come out of stealth today.
The West needs far more deep-strike capacity, built faster and at much greater scale. Covenant is doing exactly that with Anthem, manufacturing in Texas with more factories on the way.
$250M raised. Hundreds of flight tests. Orders from the Army, Navy, and allies. First deliveries planned for 2027.
Production is essential and @HQ_Covenant is here to meet the production need. 🇺🇸
Today, Covenant is emerging from stealth and introducing Anthem: a heavy-payload deep precision strike capability designed for mass production, with deliveries beginning in the thousands in 2027.
We’ve raised $250 million, flown Anthem in more than 200 tests, and secured approximately $150 million in orders, including contracts with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and key international allies.
We’re building Anthem at our 105,000-square-foot production facility in Dallas, alongside factories in Germany and Israel.
Covenant is backed by @a16z, @foundersfund, @Lux_Capital, @lightspeedvp, @8vc, @aleph, and @AltimeterCap.
Deep precision strike is the biggest gap in the arsenal of the West, and we spent the last two years building Anthem to fill it.
Now we deliver at scale.
An excellent piece. Thanks @12Palehorse
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Scoop: The FAA has partially reversed its SFO parallel landings ban. Fewer delays are now expected as staggered landings begin Aug. 12 at the west coast's second-busiest airport sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s…
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Founders don’t appear out of nowhere.
BuildList now tracks 1,700+ founders across 700+ companies. We mapped prior-employment records to see which organizations keep producing the next generation of builders.
Introducing BuildList Networks ↓
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That is flattering of her to say, but honestly I am an even bigger fan of Cyan! She’s becoming — and already is — legendary.
Cyan Banister (@cyantist) says the two people that inspire her the most are Peter Thiel and @pmarca:
"I always joke that I didn't go to university. I went to Peter Thiel University."
"I've never met anyone more tolerant, more open-minded. He gets such a bad rap for a lot of things. He's probably one of the most poorly understood people."
"He's operating 1,000 feet above everybody else. His mind is not like other minds. It's kinda like @elonmusk. You don't know what to do with it, so it's just easier to hate it."
" Marc Andreessen was my hero when I was a teenager. I used to see him on the cover of magazines."
"Netscape was his thing, and Netscape changed my world and changed the whole world."
"The two of them probably would not want to be in the same sentence together being heralded."
Brian Roberts retweeted
We're already here. Billionaire tax became $50m tax in 3 weeks. Soon it will be anyone with $1m in home equity.
Why? Because you MUST tax the middle class to raise any real amount of money to cover the spending Ro and others want to spend.
It's always a middle class tax.
"the tax should not stop at billionaires, it must reach centimillionaires. The tax has to reach all fortunes $50 million and up" - Ro Khanna
