Frank Chen

Congrats to @arielcoco, @itwig, and the entire @Navan team. Navan survived a global travel shutdown when COVID hit in 2020. Their resilience speaks for itself. We @a16z are incredibly proud of them, and their IPO today is a well-deserved milestone. Onward!

It's been open season critiquing AI app margins Fixating on margins...and ignoring a company's value to its customers, retention and ease of acquisition completely misses the mark @martin_casado & I address what critics get wrong + what really matters👇a16z.com/questioning-ma…

On Saturday morning I met some cracked student engineers on the sidewalk and offered them a place to crash in NYC. 24 hrs later, we won the biggest robot arm hackathon ever. Meet Raju: an autonomous chess-playing robot (ELO >2500) inspired by GM Gukesh Dommaraju, who earned his title at age 12. Like Gukesh, Raju is poised for greatness at a young age, having just learned to move pieces yesterday. @snbafana @marco_schonert @AlexBoniske @TalhaKhan_TK_

@blader Sending much ❤️ and 🙏🏼 to you and whole family, Siqi. I can't imagine what you must be going through, and I pray for peace and healing.

pain is learning your 4 year old has a brain tumor in the morning. and watching her 10 year old sister play with her, trying so hard to hold back her tears so she doesn’t scare her little sister. all you can do is turn around and scream silently into your fist until it bleeds.

The time to join an AI x creative startup is now. We're moving beyond the early adopter era - thanks to improvements in quality & controllability, these tools are ready to go mainstream. Six companies across modalities that are hiring 👇

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after many months of cross-country flights, zoom calls, and late night deck revisions... whew... I'm glad to finally be able to share what I've been up to for the past bit: yes, that's right-- A16Z GAMES FUND TWO 😎 I'm super proud of the team for putting this all together. Huge team effort. This is an all-new, next generation fund that is dedicated to the intersection of TECH x GAMES. It's equally sized to our debut fund that we raised in 2022, and we are excited to invest this new fund across many stages and sectors, from inception to Series A/B. And from AI/infra, web3 games, VR/AR, 3D tooling, gamified apps, game studios, and much more. The fund targets a $300B+ industry that has spawned incredible companies over the past decade, and it's great to be able to build!

We've raised a $1.25B infrastructure fund! We love all infra, compute, network, storage, databases, data science, gen AI, dev tools ... from silicon to UIs. Infra is the true root of value in tech. And we're deepening our commitment to it. a16z.com/new-funds-new-…

We’ve raised $7.2b to continue investing in the future. You can read more here: a16z.com/new-funds-new-… @a16z

When I joined Andreessen Horowitz 2.5 years ago, we were still in the midst of Covid. Russia hadn’t invaded Ukraine yet. And “America” wasn’t a word you heard people in Silicon Valley say very often. In January 2022, we launched American Dynamism and committed to funding companies building for the national interest. I don’t think we could have predicted the extraordinary events that followed, but founders and engineers heeded the call to build for America. Today, we’re extremely proud to announce American Dynamism Fund I, a $600M early stage venture fund dedicated to seed and Series A companies. No company is too small or too early for our team— we back companies at inception. Many of our current American Dynamism portfolio companies started with us writing a check on Day 1. We’re working to support AD founders across the country, and we will continue investing in founders committed to building for America across aerospace, defense, logistics, public safety, manufacturing and industrials. @davidu, @espricewright and the entire American Dynamism team at @a16z are extremely grateful to our limited partners for supporting the American Dynamism mission. And as a country, we are indebted to the founders building for this movement. There’s a lot of work to do. It’s time to build. 🇺🇸🚀💪 a16z.com/new-funds-new-…

[Announcement] We're leading the seed round for @udiomusic, a new AI music app launching today in public beta. Go to udio.com and try it. You will be blown away by the music you can create - melodic, coherent, creative & high fidelity. Thoughts & samples below 👇

BIG NEWS: i'm investing $30M in the next 45 days via the a16z SPEEDRUN program 😎 Yes, $750k per startup that joins the SPEEDRUN program plus obv it'll be a great way to work together on something. So come work with me at a16z's SPEEDRUN program -- we'll invest, work with you, expose you to the world's top investors/mentors, etc. here's the best place to apply: sr.a16z.com Important dates and program details Deadline: May 19, 2024 Notified of Selection: End of June at the latest! Program Dates: July 29 - Oct 20 in Los Angeles ☀️ Our intensive 12-week program is highly selective, with ~ 1% of applicants accepted in our last cohort. Participants are supported not just with capital, but also by a highly curated set of industry coaches, mentors, and a community of ambitious founders. 80% of companies from SPEEDRUN’s first cohort secured funding from investors following Demo Day. for example, in the most recent program, we had an amazing set of speakers: - Mark Pincus, cofounder of Zynga - Emily Greer, cofounder of Kongregate - Eros Resmini, cofounder of Discord - Kevin Lin, cofounder of Twitch - ... and dozens more What kinds of startups are we looking for? tbh -- we are very open-minded! Great teams with ideas, before a product is built, is totally fine. But we also have startups with real revenue, a great product out there already, etc. We are investing at the intersection of TECH x GAMES which means AI/infra, 3D tools, VR/AR, web3 games, gamified consumer apps, and much more. For AI and B2B startups, there's a huge advantage in being able to meet startups in your space as potential customers, and when you are working out product/market fit.

@rexsalisbury @conniechan @a16z Aw, thanks for the shout out, Rex 🙏🏼 I hope you and the family are healthy, thriving, and growing!

@conniechan anyone who's been at @a16z knows @withfries2 is the cultural heart, soul + unsung hero.

12 yrs ago, this brought me to a16z, transforming my life. Along the way: ▫️ I introduced new tech ideas from East to West ▫️ Was promoted to GP, breaking the firm’s rule of no GP promos ▫️ Invested in bold founders It’s been a great ride, yet it’s time for a new beginning…

@conniechan I'll be forever grateful that @ifindkarma reached out to you as a canonical example of his "five minute favor". Thank you Adam! And thanks for all you've done at a16z, can't wait to hear more about what's next for you @conniechan

At @UpSmith, we’re combatting skilled labor shortages by helping trades businesses solve workforce productivity challenges.

What do marketplaces look like in the age of AI? Some will grow, some will shrink, and some will disappear. It's a new era for the marketplace model! My take on who will be impacted - and how 👇

Congratulations to @apoorva_mehta, @fidjissimo and the entire @Instacart team on becoming a public company! We @a16z have been privileged to be along for the ride. Reflections from our initial investment back in 2014: a16z.com/instacart/

New essay from @andrewchen with lots of insights 💡and graphs 📊📈

Building at the intersection of games x healthcare?