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SR008 APPS ARE OPEN. Up to $1M + $10M+ in credits. 12 weeks in SF, Feb through April. Built to help you land capital, customers and talent. Apply by Nov 1: speedrun.a16z.com/apply
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Last call for Potato Meter! Tomorrow, 2PM, Humanmade (SoMa). See you there: partiful.com/e/Ho7ram64t8T4H…
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rolled credits + 100%'d @house_house_'s Big Walk last night...one of the most memorable multiplayer experiences I've had in quite some time. can't recommend enough.
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We hit $1M ARR at Speedrun this summer. But what I’ll miss most is the room: founders a few desks away, each wrestling with a hard problem of their own, and willing to let me learn from it. Bye bye, Speedrun 🫡
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introducing Space: the infinite filesystem
once mounted you can:
→ stream files to your laptop
→ work directly in the cloud (no downloads needed)
→ use your files natively with any app or agent
→ share a Space drive between all your computers and team
try it for yourself today
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Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy
> neal.fun/wiki-spy/
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When one thing becomes abundant and cheap, another thing becomes scarce and valuable.
Anthropic is paying up to $400,000 a year for an events role.
They're looking for someone to own the execution of brand experiences that translate Anthropic's values into physical moments.
This person will produce everything from intimate thought-leadership gatherings to large-scale industry activations.
The top AI research lab in the world recognizes that to cross the chasm and reach everyday consumers, they need to lean into hospitality. They need to create visceral, unforgettable IRL experiences that make complex technology feel accessible and human.
They understand that digital channels are getting increasingly saturated. Every feed is flooded with AI content... every inbox is overflowing.
The massive opportunity now is offline, analog, in-person.
The companies that win in the next decade won't just have the best product but the most emotional in-person presence and the most compelling storytelling.
If you're in events, experiential marketing, or brand activations, this is your moment. The biggest tech companies in the world are betting on you.
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Today, we’re launching @autoaicam, a camera that builds personal apps for anything you point it at.
How does it work?
- Take a photo
- Auto picks a Frame, a mini-app built and designed by you or our community
- The Frame does something for you: track calories, virtually try on outfits, identify a plant, and much more
How many of you have a camera roll full of photos that are really actions or reminders? Auto turns these photos into something useful.
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Agents live in terminals and tabs, people juggle between them.
We built @oasishq. Figma for agents: manage and run agent teams with no code.
One workspace where humans and agents actually work together.
Comment what you’re working on and we’ll build an agent team to help you.
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We just raised $7.2M USD to make insurance feel magical.
Nobody has ever said "my insurer was so easy to deal with."
We're changing that.
@generalmagic_ai builds AI agents that text your customers and complete insurance workflows end to end.
30 minute quotes now take 3.
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NEW PROGRAM: If you're a student or recent grad, apply to the a16z speedrun Alpha Fellowship for
> A $20k grant (equity-free)
> Eligibility for up to $250K investment
> OR placement at one of our portcos
This is THE program for pre-idea, pre-team founders and technical talent.
a16z Speedrun Alpha, for pre-idea/pre-team/pre-everything founders
it's time to bet on yourself, and figure out your startup idea. 2026 is well underway, crazy stuff happening in AI, and you're building agents/apps/whatever every night+weekend. You want to start a startup but you're working or still going to school.
what if you're pre-idea, pre-product, pre-launch, and even a solo founder? You need time to cook
The Alpha Fellowship is for you.
alpha.a16zspeedrun.com/
details:
- $20K equity-free upfront to start building
- up to $250K investment when you finalize
- automatic final interview for a16z speedrun, with up to $1M investment
- 8-week, in-person experience with a kickoff retreat, founder AMAs, and small-group dinners alongside the a16z speedrun community
- targeted to early-career highly technical founders
- deadline to apply is March 6
We ALSO have a "startup track" for the Alpha Fellowship where you can get more founder experience by working for a portfolio company if you're not quite ready to found something.
The Alpha Fellowship places top early-career engineers into full-time roles at fast-growing a16z speedrun and Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies. For future founders, we provide capital before a team or idea even exists.
We're looking for highly technical students and recent grads who don't want to wait to start building. Fellows take full-time roles at fast-growing portfolio companies - or, if you're ready to build now, receive capital to start your own company - kicking off with a two-month in-person fellowship. Fellows also have access to the a16z speedrun and EO Ventures communities and events.
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If this is you, want to meet you. If you have people to introduce us to, that would be amazing too.
will have more to say, and lots of ideas coming up here. But excited to get this out! Excited to host y'all soon.
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congrats @weberwongwong and @floraai team on their $42M Series A led by Redpoint! a16z @speedrun has backed Flora since the preseed, where Weber impressed us as a creative professional with authentic love for the craft, building a delightful product for fellow creatives. we're excited to be investing once again this round
we've heard time and again from storytellers across Hollywood, games, media that the #1 thing they look for in creative tools is control - Flora's design canvas is built to provide creatives with precise control, making it intuitive to edit, recreate, and integrate generative media into professional workflows, and to do so consistently and at scale
as the product category creator, Flora is used today by professional creative teams from @pentagram @Lionsgate @Nike @riotgames @stanforddschool & more. they've built an amazing team of technologists and creatives, merging the two into a unique company culture
they're also hiring for many roles - if you're excited about building best-in-class tools for the next generation of creative professionals, reach out!
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