Andrew Lee

"Peace through understanding can survive conflict, while peace through agreement lasts only as long as everyone keeps agreeing" I've officially become the old guy that is impressed by a younger generation Noah Eckstein Delivers the Senior English Address | Harvard Commencement... youtu.be/Bz_iIA3kaLI?is…

@tmhammer @a16z congrats - continuing the @bhorowitz tradition of rap quotes - the young kids now say @Outkast is a classic!

seven years at Andreessen Horowitz today 😤 will never forget the first call - March 12th, 2019. i had an offer from another now-very-famous-but-then-only-series-a startup but @a16z was my actual, literal dream job ever since I started reading Ben's rap laden blog posts in 2012 i told them i couldn't turn down said series a without an offer, but a16z had my word that i would accept on the spot with zero negotiation. they flew me up from LA for a day of interviews, I had an offer at 6:21pm on Friday, and accepted that weekend this place has fundamentally altered the course of my life, and given me an incredible platform to try my hardest to help many, many others 🧡

@_CallMeMacy @speedrun @SamiraBehrouzan @andrewchen @Chen @TracyMassaro_ @nazzari @emilybenn12 @kenanhsaleh @tmhammer @far33d the winner of the offsite @_CallMeMacy 🤠

Back from some much needed fresh air in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with the team that makes @speedrun happen. These are the people who hold each other accountable to make every cohort better than the last. We can't wait to meet you, SR007 🤠 😎

@NimaNaderi2004 @kenanhsaleh will be there with some team members

@ndrewlee Will you be joining in person?

Some of the best founders I know are from Sweden!

@jackkuveke pffft - until a robot can do this on the toilet, we all still have relevance boys

AI just took my fucking job

I am so aggravated that plane wifi is faster than my home wifi

every morning, I wake up and tend to the Codex/Claude cows and then feed the kids and get them ready for school... anyone else?

Growth, Seed, Early Stage, Angels

@emilybenn12 this is why my third date with my wife was to climb the cables of half dome

One of the best cofounder diligence questions: "Tell me about a time you strongly disagreed. What happened next?" I'm less interested in whether there was conflict (there always is) and more interested in how they got through it. Early tension is normal. In fact, I'd worry more if a founding team has never had a real disagreement. The signal is whether they can: debate hard without making it personal change their mind when presented with evidence commit once a decision is made repair trust after conflict

congrats to Han, Angela, and team Fearn on closing their $5.5m seed round led by our friends at Kindred, Designer Fund, & Essence VC! @fearn_ai is the AI-native patent platform built for a fast-moving IP world where being first-to-file is the difference between making money off your idea or not. Fearn has developed purpose-built models with custom workflows to take inventions from disclosure to filing-ready draft in minutes, all at a flat $2k per patent. Fearn is already used by leading startups and public companies, including Unity, Dandelion Energy, Serova Bio, Capsule, Syncere, Sans Strings, Taya etc we’re proud to have been investors since the preseed thru a16z @speedrun where we saw the team in action up close. This team has amazing founder-market-fit: Han was a former patent prosecutor at Morrison Foerster and Angela is a Caltech PhD and AI researcher at Google @ndrewlee @samshank and I have been so impressed by their vision and sheer velocity, and we couldn’t be more excited to support Fearn on the next phase of their journey! Let’s build!

@Tocelot @fearn_ai This article is 🔥 : businessinsider.com/a16z-backed-fe…

@hanhanhan_kim @fearn_ai Very excited for you both - rarely do you have subject matter experts want to evolve the industry instead of sitting around letting the status quo stay the same. Congrats @fearn_ai !

Patent systems are first-to-file. It's produced a quiet two-tier system: well-funded companies file in 48 hours. Everyone else waits weeks. Today we're announcing @fearn_ai's $5.5M seed to end that gap. 🧵

The patent system is first-to-file, but the old workflow quietly created two classes of inventors: Those who can protect ideas in 48 hours. And everyone else who waits weeks. Proud to back @fearn_ai @hanhanhan @af_gao to close that gap: Big Law-quality patents in ~20 minutes, self-hosted AI, no outside model calls, built by people who lived the pain

@KindredVentures Big congrats @km @stevejang !

News! We are proud to share our latest $355M set of funds, combining early stage and early growth.

@ikirigin it's all about the right form!💪

Your moment of zen is watching someone in tech do pushups with proper form. Raised for full extension, to a metronome. Unfortunately my fat ass at 222lb can only do 15. I’ll post again next Friday

such a vibe agenticmotherfucking.website

@zebulgar @sama @zoink @bryan_johnson @PalmerLuckey @cyantist @traestephens @micsolana @SamiraBehrouzan remind you of a @speedrun tradition???

We put 12 of our favorite people in a room @sama @zoink @bryan_johnson @PalmerLuckey @cyantist @traestephens And made them play the diabolical game of deception, Mafia And filmed it all live with @micsolana as the moderator Good fun :)

this happens in SF all the time but it's before the founders/investors/cool people become famous/rich/known Whether mafia, escape rooms, or Catan - hang with those who live in the future... it's bound to be fun

@AnneNeuberger Congrats on the new role!

Today, I’m excited to join Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner and Head of Global Affairs. This is my next chapter in the mission of securing America at home and ensuring technological innovations are adopted to keep us safe, working together with our allies to build a more secure and prosperous future. Today, as the U.S. and China compete on the global stage, the spread of technology is tinged with geopolitics and more fragmented. Security now requires a focus on digital sovereignty, supply chain resiliency, and the trustworthiness of the infrastructure underpinning our economies and our national security. My full announcement: a16z.news/p/technology-i…