[HN Gopher] A16Z Speedrun
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A16Z Speedrun
Author : scapecast
Score : 22 points
Date : 2025-05-18 01:03 UTC (3 days ago)
(HTM) web link (speedrun.a16z.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (speedrun.a16z.com)
| cowardlylove wrote:
| No dates on the site, but next demo day is Oct25?
|
| Also, i have heard that A12Z tilts strongly to referrals and
| intros.
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| Of course, someone will pop up to deny, etc but it is what it is.
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| EDIT: "current deadline for our upcoming cohort which will be
| hosted in Los Angeles is May 11th, 2025"....
| geodel wrote:
| > 500+ cracked founders.
|
| Is it founders on crack or something?
| philosophty wrote:
| It's a gaming term for someone who is really good.
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| It's like the new version of "ninja" or "rock star" for the
| latest crop of douchey founders and investors.
| ge96 wrote:
| Don't want that smoke
| Centigonal wrote:
| I hate how "cracked" went from fun gamer lingo to joining the
| "gm fellow kids, any ninja rockstar whizzkid coder prodigies
| ready to get on their grindset and hustle to the moon?"
| pantheon seemingly overnight.
| CyberMacGyver wrote:
| Hah, without context just based on title it could be a blog about
| how to speedrun from being a tech titan to ruining your
| reputation.
| ubiquitysc wrote:
| Well they would be the experts in the field, potentially saving
| that for a book deal.
| echelon wrote:
| YC and A16Z Speedrun are in a battle for biggest class size in
| AI.
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| All other contenders (Techstars, 500startups, etc.) are going
| to struggle to keep up because YC and A16Z want first dibs on
| all things AI.
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| If "software eats the world" (Marc Andreessen), then the
| thinking goes that AI eats everything.
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| If the first wave of AI companies were the foundation models
| and failed experiments, then the new kings in consumer and
| enterprise application-layer AI are going to be minted now-ish.
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| We're in the stellar star formation phase of soon-to-be leading
| AI companies. This shotgun approach is bound to hit a few
| centicorns, which will more than pay for the entire experiment.
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| After this next round of AI companies forms, there will be too
| much of a ceiling and too much of a crowded space to deploy
| capital at this same rate and expect the same return.
|
| The time is now if you want to get your AI company founded and
| funded.
| kridsdale3 wrote:
| Until the next disruptive platform shift.
| echelon wrote:
| Which is what? I can't see anything beyond AI being as
| disruptive as AI.
|
| That's like saying "what's after the internet?"
|
| This is the train and you have to get on board now,
| otherwise you miss it.
| neom wrote:
| If anyone in Canada has access to capital (hah) and wants to help
| me get something like this off the ground in Canada, PLEASE reach
| out. I have a good MVP running, I'd like to connect it to capital
| next.
| mike_d wrote:
| For anyone considering participating, know that A16Z is actively
| supporting fascism.
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| Their recent "American Dynamism" conference featured a whos-who
| of the Trump administration including a keynote from JD Vance.
|
| They deserve the Musk treatment.
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