Victor Ma

@AlanaDLevin great team

I feel like sometimes you can spot a brand early(ish) that's about to absolutely rip Sourmilk Yogurt feels like it's going to be huge in a year or two

if you're fortunate enough to have gaby on your cap table run towards the opportunity she's a deep thinker, cares about the people she invests in, and most importantly, she wins

dust.tt cool domain

@gaby_goldberg major win for a16z

I’m excited to share that I’m joining Andreessen Horowitz as a Partner on the New Media team, focusing on the intersection of comms, networks, and investing. I’ve been working on these three things throughout my career, first in early-stage investing and most recently in comms at Rostra, writing about my perspectives and experiences along the way. For a long time, I thought these were three different paths I’d have to choose between. I’ve done comms, but I’m not just a comms leader. I write and build community, but I’m not just a writer or community builder. And I’ve invested, but I’m not just an investor. When @eriktorenberg approached me about the opportunity, he told me I could come do all of it under one roof, at a scale that wouldn’t be possible anywhere else, and crafted the right role to make it work. @a16z is the perfect place for me to manifest the full range of my interests, skills, and ambitions. Erik has been one of my earliest believers (since college!), so this feels like a long arc finally closing. I look forward to working alongside him and the rest of a16z’s brilliant team, and also hire even more great people into the firm. I’ll be taking some time between roles to touch grass and exist in the context. In the meantime, my DMs are always open.

@jason_koebler cc: @ScottHickle

A Redditor is trying to sell a database of 150,000+ poop images and the associated user-reported data that he harvested from an app he created where users upload images of their poop:

@aashaysanghvi_ "status as a service" by @eugenewei, advisor at @homebrew also "the great online game" by @packyM

What are the examples of funds with an anchor essay or a "golden 1 pager"? - Founders Fund manifesto - "What happened to the future?" - A16Z - "Software eats the world" - USV network effects thesis - Situational Awareness

@seanjagermann @eatboldbar i would buy it

Would you buy a non-caffeinated @eatboldbar? Seeing this target crap makes me so upset. It makes me want to win in the broader bar space more than ever. I’ve spent months pushing how clean the ingredients are & I believe BOLD BAR beats everyone. Start with 1 non-caf flavor?

this every morning will change your life - greek yogurt - fresh fruit (blueberries, raspberries, etc.) - tsp of honey - granola of your choice (can go high protein if you want) takes 60 seconds to make and has 20-30g of protein

@jacksondahl @nxthompson oh this is going to be a banger

Nicholas Thompson is a disciplined machine (Atlantic CEO, record-holding runner, perpetual achiever) and a wholehearted human (insatiable interviewer, loving father, lifelong student). I talked to @nxthompson about what makes words worth reading in an AI world, the discipline of long form, and what compounds when you keep showing up. Nick is the CEO of @TheAtlantic, the American record holder in the 50K, and the author of The Running Ground—a book about inheritance, pushing oneself, and remembering that life remains richer than we can possibly know. We discuss whether I am a journalist; why The Atlantic matters, great editing and coaching; lessons from David Remnick and the gift of commercial constraints from Laurene Powell Jobs; daily momentum and how tiny tailwinds compound; getting paced to a 5-minute mile by his 15-year-old son; inheritance and Nick's exuberant, chaotic dad; the part of Nick's book that he's never been asked about; and why we are capable of much more than we think. Timestamps: 0:00 - Opening Highlights 1:17 - Intro to Nick 3:30 - Start: Words, Reading, and Writing in an Automated World 18:39 - Why Stories Matter and What Makes a Journalist 28:22 - Media Institutions, The Atlantic, Democracy, Tech, and Power 44:21 - Retaining Great Writers and The Virtues of Editors (and Coaches) 57:44 - Magazines and America 1:05:57 - Running, Motivation, Momentum, and Tailwinds 1:16:08 - Aging, Fathers and Sons, Inheritance, and a Mother's Grace 1:31:00 - Merging Machine-like Discipline and Wild Curiosity, The Boat that Never Touched Water, and Who We Might Still Become 1:44:11 - Gratitude, Stalin's Daughter, Scott Thompson's Verve, and Feeling Most Alive Episode 45 of @dialecticpod: Nicholas Thompson - A Life of Long Form - is available on all platforms and below. This was a special one for me. Please enjoy.

65% of consumers say health and wellness is their #1 or #2 priority in life, even above career, friends, and family wellness as a category is growing 2x faster than GDP skate to where the puck is going

airpod pro 3s also track heart rate

when everything becomes instant and easy, how are people going to find meaning in their lives? human physical achievement, by nature, is AGI proof zooming out, you either need to be building for ai (in which case the labs are always a threat), or for humans (live entertainment, human competition, human connection, etc.)

@bdguan @unlonely_app @my_cabal legend

Nuanced Labs is shutting down. Over four years we shipped @unlonely_app, @my_cabal, Unlonely: AI Dating, FaceMog, and a handful of others. None of them found product-market fit. That's on me. But I learned a lot about content, distribution, and where I believe real leverage lives in 2026 — and it's shaped what I'm doing next. @shayonsengupta , @KyleSamani , and others — thank you for backing me in 2022. You bet on me when no one else would. I won't forget it. Now my mission is fixing America's spirit. more on that below

@jatinsandilya_ how else am i supposed to know where to go?

@vmny this is the way!

if you're not saving every place you've ever walked past what are you even doing

clearly AGI is here and all that matters now is the physical world and IRL

hot people are so hot right now

@srcasm @rob is the guy here

Who’s the best firm (or person) you know for acquiring domains? Looking at one or two 🔥 URLs for a friend and could use some help here.

@venturetwins also dick's at #3 a few weeks ago, both rewards centered apps

I love America

@damccormick13 pretty close! smart to stick with creatine for now

@vmny warm

Create is launching a new product category this week. We've been working on it for a year and I've made it part of my daily routine for the last ~3 months. I am addicted to it. Up to 3-4 servings of it per day. Feedback from other early testers has been equally enthusiastic. Think it will fundamentally change the shape of our business. What are we launching?