Krish Mendapara
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Krish Mendapara
@krish_mendapara
🇨🇦 @matrixbiotech // z fellow

ok - dropping big dates/news for a16z speedrun: - starting TODAY, founders can apply for the 2026 program that runs July 27 to Oct 11 in SF here's the link: speedrun007.a16z.com/ac - we will be investing up to $1M and funding 70+ companies over the next few weeks - But there's also $5M in credits/tokens/etc from AWS/GCP/Open AI/Azure/NVIDIA/Deel/Stripe/etc. You'll also work with our amazing operating team (GTM, talent, brand, people, and more), and join our community of elite founders - we offer a Global Founders Program for international founders, to help with visas, banking support, relo recommendations - yes you can be solo (but better if you're further along, and have built a team). No you don't have to have an idea yet. Yes you have to know how to build (even if you're not technical) - Also, in other news: speedun is officially moving full-time to SF. (prev it alternated SF/LA) this is for all the obv reasons - we've continued to have an insane lineup of speakers, including the founders of Carta / DoorDash / Twilio / Figma / Zynga / Airtable / Twitch / and of course, lunch/dinners with Marc/Ben alongside a16z team - and much more - the deadline for applying is May 17!







I built your app ChatGPT with threads:


A couple weeks ago I landed a position at one of the best neuroscience labs in the world, bringing me to California next term. Today, I was denied the grant funding to make that happen. Distraught, I took a walk by the water to reflect, where I met a guy named Jake. He was just singing and playing guitar in the dark, on his own, so I asked him how long he’d been playing for. What followed was a 40 minute conversation about art, expression, balance, and meaning. He told me about his paintings of the mountains, the poems he used to write for his family, and his time in school. I told him about the hobbies I used to love, the things I used to create, and how I’m far too busy to do any of those things anymore. The world isn’t so bad; take some time to lock out every once in a while.





Applications for Akatos, Waterloo’s first hacker house, will close this Sunday at 12PM EST. We are a house for Waterloo’s best founders and builders. Our applicants so far are incredibly talented! If you want to join, don’t miss out and apply below 👇









