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@Racem Peux-tu détailler ? Car il y a énormément d’entreprises qui utilise @happyrobot en logistique. @Meet_campfire concurrence de front Netsuite. @GigaAI qui est utilisé par DoorDash.

Ça et y a aucune vraie application business en prod qui utilise l’IA. Aucune industrie n’a été vraiment disruptée, à part des poc à gauche et à droite.

One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people: Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing. Sounds simple on the surface - the hard part is making it part of your every day working process.

@anaeem152 @lizwessel B2B saas are not sexy or exciting, they prints money. @Meet_campfire are really interesting.

@lizwessel Could you name a few traditional b2b exciting saas companies ?

Disagreed. There are still gems out there. Obviously AI should be getting incorporated in the background to drive efficiencies (whether internal or external), but Im still seeing plenty of very quickly growing "traditional" b2b saas companies that are also exciting.

I really love startups doing these type of cinematic-grade videos for their launch

Sam Altman on the Paul Graham advice that not enough founders take to heart “One of the things that Paul Graham used to say that I think never became venerated advice to the degree it should have is this idea that you should try to be relentlessly resourceful. Surprisingly often, if you just keep looking for new attack vectors on a problem in front of you, you can figure it out. And I think this is one of the most important skills in life… it works in almost all scenarios.” Sam recalls trying to get a deal done with a mobile operator that risked killing his first startup when he was 19 years old: “They didn’t really work with startups or technology companies in general, and we probably tried 30 different paths into this company…. [Then] the key decision maker said, I’m finally going to meet with you because I want you to stop bothering us.” He continues: “You can just keep doing that until something works. And I think most people — at the first ignored email or at least the second — would just stop.” Video source: @HarvardHBS (2024)

@GulagGlobal Est ce que des boites comme Cluely ou Lovable sont considérés comme des wrapper IA ?

traduction : les wrappers AI captent de la valeur à court terme ... mais c'est qu'une question de temps avant que le LLM récupèrent cette valeur et rendent le wrapper obsolète c'est un peu la fenêtre de timing qu'on avait pour tugan ai gpt était pourri pour faire de la copy et ... tu pouvais pas mettre dedans des urls pour bosser sur de la matière première juste en réglant ces deux trucs on a peu acquérir 60k users payants. Ajd gpt fait tout ça très très bien !

I have a good feeling with this app.

Sorce (@sorcejobs) is building Tinder for Jobs. When you swipe right, AI navigates to the company’s website and applies on your behalf. It writes cover letters, too. Congrats @marvy_101, @davidalade & @therealdajayi on the launch!

Multi agents system make the gap between small AI gadgets and scalable human-level automations.

Everything to win when I have nothing to lose

@andrewchen Thanks you andrew, i’ll apply tonight !!

@ayoubtwelve we're open to all!

LAST CALL FOR A16Z SPEEDRUN 2026: you've got two options in life: 1/ build for yourself 2/ build for someone else (as a wise account once said). Those of you who have been following our work at a16z speedrun have been tracking us bc building for yourself, and betting on yourself, is the highest calling. It's the most fun, you learn the most, and there's a chance to build something great. this is why you should: - quit whatever it is you're doing - build the startup you've wanted to build - work with me and the a16z team 1:1 - And yes, I'll invest up to $1M via a16z speedrun (and the earlier your startup, the better. apply here: speedrun006.a16z.com/x) In fact we are entering the final 72 hours before the deadline Sunday Sep 28 2025, 11:59PM PST. the details: - easy/quick to apply - we wire immediately - up to $1M of investment - hosted at a16z HQ in SF SOMA - 12 week program, with an IRL kickoff - private dinners/Q&A with Marc/Ben of a16z - live events with the founders of Carta, Zynga, DoorDash, Behance, Airtable, Twilio, Figma, and more there's a lot more to the program that's on our website, and you can check out the FAQ for more. Some common questions that come up: - do you accept global founders? YES - do you accept solo founders? YES - do you need to be technical? NO - do I need a referral? NO in general, anyone can apply. But the ones that are selected need to stand out. If you don't have a cofounder, that's fine -- but have you recruited a few people to be a team? Do you have some customers? Those are all useful to demonstrate that you're serious, and you've been able to start the first steps of your journey by convincing other people to join you. Are you international? Great -- we'll help you with relo and O-1 visas. Not technical? That's fine, but then tell us the prototype you vibecoded, or the engineer you recruited. How we're different Sometimes we're asked how we designed speedrun to be different. There's a lot of ways: - we're part of a16z, a broader firm with a big network, lots of vertical expertise, and a long track record - we have a deep operating team, with experts from talent, people, BD, creators, marketing, and so on. We've invested big here and help - we host speedrun from a16z's offices in SF (for SR6), where you're part of our community of founders - we're the only multistage firm with a scaled effort to invest in the unique needs of early stage startups. We have a whole team on it and we're working hard! scouts and referrals You might have noticed a number of folks announcing themselves as scouts who invest in a16z speedrun companies. If you know them, great! Please reach out. They are often founders who have gone through the program, and they can give you tips, connect you to folks at speedrun with a warm intro, etc. Sometimes they invest, sometimes they don't :) just ask. In general, referrals are useful but not required. They are useful in that we get a lot of interest for speedrun and it often takes us a few weeks to work through everyone. (sorry!) Thus, if someone flags your startup to us, we can help prioritize and get to it earlier. But again, not required. The deadline Consider this your last call! The final deadline is Sunday 11:59PM PST. Apply to speedrun, we'll get back to you shortly, we wire ASAP, and then we kick off SR6 in SF in Jan 2026. Here's your chance to bet on yourself.

In a post-GPT era, if Shopify didn't exist and we had to create a platform to sell things online, would we have created something like Shopify?

@kevinlu625 Amazing! Can we have per-usage pricing ?

Why these guys don’t launch a SaaS ? Instead, they build: - Audience - Distribution channel - Trust - Idea platform for telling YOU to build a SaaS

@CoderNolimit Ou bien de posséder un gros canal de distribution. Mais le fait de vendre la techno aux entreprises trad. revient à etre en concurrence avec des géants et des millions de lambdas qui pourront coder avec Replit ou Cursor.

@ayoubtwelve Pourquoi ça?

Je suis persuadé que dans le monde du saas mieux vaut se focaliser au début sur le marketing Un produit bof avec un marketing fort et visible= des gens acheteront quoi qu'il arrive Un produit excellent avec 0 marketing = échec assuré

@CoderNolimit Créer un SaaS revient à vendre de la technologie à des entreprises traditionnelles (plombiers, ecommerces, avocats, cabinets, …) Et la question que je me pose est que peut-être, la réelle opportunité est de créer ou racheter des entreprises trad. en intégrant de l’IA nativement

@CoderNolimit J’ai vraiment l’impression que la finalité, quoi qu’on puisse construire, on finira par être en concurrence avec OpenAI/Anthropic/Meta/Google… La barrière à l’entrée est de plus en plus basse, et on commence collectivement à réaliser que la distribution est le nerf de la guerre